El Esperanzano Restaurant II — Restaurant in Montgomery Village

The first impression counts. Referring to some previous reviews, I decided to give it a try. I ordered yuca with chicharrón, the flavor was ok, nothing out of the extraordinary, what surprised me was $13.50 for super overloaded portions of yuca and repollo and 5 little pieces of chicharrón, the lime was bigger than each pork piece. Punch in the Chin. Not...

Customer service here is good, for the most part. The pupusas here are not that great, i ordered pupusas de frijol y queso but it barley brought any cheese and the texture of the frijol was just not right. One thing i want to mention is that the lady cooking came up to charge me, she took my card and starting pushing buttons on the register and then went back to the stove without washing her hands, to flip the tortilla de harina... this is very unsanitary and i feel that this should be brought up to peoples attention and most importantly the owner. El servicio de atención al cliente es bueno. Las pupusas aquí casi no tienen queso y el frijol tiene una textura muy aguada. Una cosa importante que me gustaría mencionar es que la señora que estaba cocinando tomó mi pago y tocó mi tarjeta y los botones de registro y regresó a la estufa sin lavarse las manos para voltear la tortilla de harina, siento que es muy importante que la gente lo sabe pero sobre todo el dueño. Esto es antihigiénico y puede causar enfermedades, peor...

This place has changed to the Gardenia Cafe for a little over a month. Was recommended by a friend. We went with another couple for an early dinner before a play at the Arts Barn. My wife posted something on Facebook. We've been recommending it too. Food and service were...