El Boqueron — Restaurant in Hawthorne

This is a small, very small, restaurant where they serve good Salvadorean food. I visited quite a few times until I decided to take my business elsewhere. I usually order the same thing (beef soup and pupusas) because those are great choices. The soup specially is delicious. The pupusas are okay, not the best, in my opinion. The place is clean enough. There’s two main reasons why I decided I’m not going back here. The service is horrible, the people that serve the food and the cashiers are just plain rude. And the other is the parking situation is the worst. The small lot is shared by all of the other businesses in the shopping center, so good luck trying to find a spot; or getting out of there. I can deal with the place being tiny, all the tables are very closed to each other. And for that reason, it feels very crowded, and it perhaps gives the illusion that is a popular place because it’s so packed. They also take way too long to serve the food after you’ve placed your order, and that’s annoying. I think after the four,or five, times we dined there. This is a total pass for me. I’m...

My FIL recently visited this place as he used to like the food and friendly staff until 2 days ago that he hit rock bottom. He requested a Sopa de Patas. Upon getting it he smelled something weird and the taste was not good. He told the waitress/waiter who agreed to exchange it but under the conditions he was going to be charge for both soups. My FIL declined the offer but still had to pay for the soup he didn’t eat. I am sorry he we will not longer go to this pace nor order food from it. Please be careful when you eat and expect to double pay if you don’t...

Amazing, authentic El Salvadorian cuisine. We had pupusas, tamales, carne asada, and pollo guisado. The pupusas (revueltas) were packed with flavor, had the right balance of grease and were overall just perfect. We ordered hot chocolate which brought so much nostalgia from my childhood years - it was made using the Abuelita bar of chocolate, steamed and we paired it with the most delicious little pastries. Friendly staff and chill atmosphere made our time here...