El Pulgarcito Restaurant - Bakersfield (CA)

4 /5 Sandy Hui: Authentic mom & pop restaurant. The Pupusas were all fresh make, very cheesy and delicious. The soup is like home made summered for hours. The Beef Vegetable Soup has a large piece of beef shank with bone, so tender! The Tamale con Pollo is quite different from the Mexican tamale. The texture is soft & fluffy like a pudding.

5 /5 Randy Arevalo: This is a really nice little restaurant! The food and atmosphere make it feel like your at your favorite relatives house sitting down to eat some of their delicious food. Very nostalgic mood, which make the food even tastier! There pupusas and tacos were very tasty. The staff were very quickly and kind to all of our needs. The to-go bread they sell is also very good! The prices were very fair and the portions were very nice.

5 /5 Vanessa Lizarraga: Honestly, this Salvadorian food was authentic—10/10! From the pupusas to the bomb horchata, everything was so good. My dad, who’s Salvadorian, even asked for 6 more pupusas to go. We’ve tried a lot of restaurants, but this is by far the most authentic spot we’ve found so far. It’s a small restaurant with about 5 tables, and they get a lot of call-in orders, but the food is absolutely worth it. If you’re looking for true Salvadorian food, this is the place to go. The owner was super kind, and the staff was really helpful.

5 /5 Alli L: Super cute and cozy salvadorenean restaurant, it is pretty small just fyi, but take it to go it’ll be worth it. Feels homey and authentic. We stopped here in our way to LA and it did not disappoint. Super fresh taste and tastes like being back in Central America. The owner was really sweet too. Anyway, the food was incredible and I would totally come back if I’m ever in the area again.

5 /5 Chrissy Foley: I stopped at El Pulgarcito on my way through town and wow it was incredible. The pupusas were fresh, flavorful and just delicious. Must add the curtido (picked cabbage mix) and hot sauce. It was all excellent! I had horchata to drink and it was the best horchata I’ve ever had.