Pupuseria Doña Azucena — Restaurant in Arlington

First of all, I didn't completely dislike it, but I think that the hype they build up for it it's what makes me give it a low rate, first of all, I liked the cheese pupusa, but that it's pretty much self made, the real art it's in being able to make the mix pupusas, they do have the general idea of how itd done, because when I was on the phone with them they told me that they use pork, beans and cheese, that's how it is supposed to be, they just don't have the right quantities for each, the curtido was good but the sauce it's where they dropped the ball again, also, pup us as are supposed to be golden not pale, presentation means a lot if you're gonna do a country's main dish, so in the overall they should get 1 star, but I would be happier if they just change the name to just doña Azusena, to top it all off, another known dish like the quesadilla was completely stripped off the main ingredients and rebuilt from scratch taking off the cheese and rice from the ingredients and adding more yeast to it, a very very bad idea, to the drink they added cacao, which I don't hate, but if you are going to change the typical ingredients on the food why not do it to make it...

After ordering we waited for a reasonable amount of time maybe 35+ mins and after more time I look over to watching to see if they were done soon I hear the waitress give the cooks the order and all the people who were here before us already finished by the time we got our food (all the seats were full) and people who arrived while we waited left before us they messed up all of our orders and forgot our other half too and we waited for a long time more than you would normally (might I add we were just 3 people it wasn’t as if it was a whole group we also ordered to go) but it wasn’t just us another family also made a complaint to the same waitress saying they messed up the order another family when they were paying supposedly there was a mess up too and a group of people (all came separately) kept on checking in if the food was ready and they had to wait more time I don’t recommend this restaurant in specific (location) because it wasn’t just us but multiple...

$7 for a LARGE lunch. Women owned business by 👑 “the Queen of pupusas,”Doña Azucena herself. Cheap, delicious comida y bebidas típicas in a casual setting with fast service (order at the counter for take out or sit & order to dine in). Many vegetarian options (squash & cheese pupusa is GREAT). Order a side of crema salvadoreña for a perfect accompaniment to your meal or snack. Pupusas are the size of your hand, so order 1-3 each. They have Tabasco on the tables and serve a very mild sauce (+ coleslaw) with every order, so BYO hot sauce if you’re craving spicy 🔥. Desserts are delicious and only $2.

MUST ORDER: squash & cheese pupusa, 🥩🌮taco de carne ($3.5 & HUGE) empanada de plátano con leche dessert ($2 and not too sweet).

Shoutout to Angela for making me feel so welcome and helping me practice Spanish (she used to be an elementary school teacher)! I’ll be...