La Perla Restaurant

First time trying Salvadoran food and boy was I not disappointed! I got the house special (Especialidad de la Casa) and the skirt steak with Argentinian sausage (Carne Asada Con Churrazco) for a meal later. Takeaways: 1) The portions were HUGE. $15 and $12 each so a big bang for your buck. Each order could be 2 meals. 2) The flavor was excellent. It was a little salty personally, but I have never had Salvadoran food. It was also easily balanced by the generous helpings of rice/beans, guac/salsa, baked potato!?!, and pupusas. 3) Speaking of pupusas they were the cherry on top and a delicious complement. Other reviews said everything is made from scratch and I'm not surprised. I ordered through UberEats so I can't comment on the wait time or service. But my deliverer said I was the third order from La Perla that day so 🤷 that speaks for itself. Definitely would come again and recommend it to others!

First Timer here. I’m around this area all the time because of work and I was really wanting caldo de res Salvadoreño (Salvadoran style beef soup) but my mom who always makes it for me lives down in Houston and I’m still new In the DFW area. So the craving was surreal and I googled “ Salvadoran food near me” and the two places that seemed to have the best reviews were this and some other place. I called in both places just to see if they had it (since it’s Thursday around 5pm, sometimes places only serve soup during the weekend or run out at earlier hours), both places did indeed have it the only difference is one is $8 the other is almost $13 (the ambience looked fancier In the picture, but I’m not about to drop $13 on a soup just because the restaurant decor is nice) so any who, naturally I chose this place where I’m getting my money’s worth and boy did I get my money’s worth. The soup was HUGE. They were generous with my portion and the soup was hot and it tasted fresh so I loved that. As to the wait, I waited maybe around 20 minutes, to me that’s not bad wait for a soup especially if it’s coming out fresh and good. My waitress was friendly and checked up on me and would keep me updated. This place looks like a total hole in the wall, but that actually is better for me b/c I’m not in there to pay for fancy decor, as long as the place is clean, that’s what matters to me, and the place was clean. The soup was really good, I wouldn’t call in food orgasm but it still was very good and it hit the spot. Definitely coming back. Hopefully once I’m off my keto diet, i can try their Pupusas, pan con gallina (Salvadoran chicken sandwich), pastelitos, yuca con chicharrón, empanada de plátano and the rest of the Salvadoran wonders that I’ve grown up with 🤤

It was my first time and I love the service that all employees gave the only I really don't like was the popusas too much cheese less meet not very well cook was very salty the revueltas the drink I order was too sweet the quesadilla was good and don't mine too he wait time since I'm used to waiting.

You know it’s authentic Salvi food when they serve you with plastic utensils and paper plates .I drove an hour to arrive here and This restaurant food didn’t disappoint and their pupusas and fried plantains are on point ! HOT AND FRESH ! It was well worth the drive . Staff are nice ! Also they have a mini store and a Panadería (Bakery) inside . Only cons where when we came in, we weren’t greeted and stood there for a moment or two, then Decided to just seat ourselves . It did take a while to be attended and the food took even longer . Which I assumed they make everything from scratch .