Don Chepe's Restaurant in New Westminster
1122 5th Ave, New Westminster, BC V3M 4H7, Canada
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I was finally able to visit this place. Let me tell you the food did not disappoint. I was dying for some pupusas! The queso con loroco was amazing. They were thick and full of cheese and beans! Loved them. My mojarra frita was delicious. My husband ordered the carne asada tacos and he loved them too. I will definitely be back. I wish it was an actual restaurant. It's only take out but the owner is very friendly and she definitely knows how to make pupusas! I live in Maple Ridge and I had not found good Pupusas near me. I will definitely be back for more.
Recently bought from here and ordered the pupusas. But to my surprise they didn't include the sauce or pickled cabbage salad. Those two items are essential to that dish. Very disappointed with this restaurant.
Thought I would try a few dishes here because of the high rating. Got everything to go. Steak fajitas and the revueltas. They got the protein wrong on the fajitas and gave us chicken instead. The fajitas were average tasting at best, the homemade tortillas need work, just a thick doughy pancake that was slightly underdone. The revueltas were pretty good, decent filling and texture.
The best place for pupusas are number 1 in b.c. Vancouver burnaby new west, I give them 5 stars because the food is authentic and made with love. I love pupusas and they make the best ones out there for sure, plus the people who attended me where super nice and very sweet to me.....not sure if there a dinning area because when you walk in it's a big kitchen ....never saw tables or chairs, so this place you just order pre hand and then pick it up. So worth it everyone I'm telling you the best !!! Xo
Don Chepes has the best pupusas hands down. The revueltas are my favourite. My only complaint is that it should be made clear on google that you cannot dine in and it’s take out orders only. The entrance is also confusing as there’s no sign that says the restaurants name.
This place was a really nice find. I ordered the Salvadorian breakfast and everything was absolutely delicious. Good prices and fresh, healthy food. The platanos and crema were the best I have found in Canada!! Would definitely come back..
We really enjoyed everything we ordered! Staff were so friendly. Decent prices if you order from them directly :)
A friend told me about this little place, tucked away in a small plaza. I love pupusas, so I'm glad I found this little gem! They were cooked perfectly, very cheesy and full of flavor! The curtido had little finely chopped jalapeños, I've never had it this way before, but it was a nice little spicy kick! The tamales were lovely as well, I love that they use chicken and not pork. Would have given 5 stars but they don't have a full menu right now so when I tried to reorder they were out of many things....Maybe do an updated menu online? Either way, will definitely be back! Yum!
The pupusas are no longer the same as when they were in Surrey.....it seems they lost the recipe
This place is takeout only, there is NO restaurant there, just a kitchen where they cook food for 4 different businesses so I dont know how authentic the food is. Was really disappointed.
Not an actual restaurant But seriously these are the worst papusa Ive ever eaten Anyone who says these are good had terrible homecooked papusas Food : 1/5 |
Excellent pupusas
Very good cheesy pupusas! Perfect amount of filling! Overall a very delicious meal :)
This is take out only, a little confusing to order from in person, but the staff were friendly and helpful. Vegetarian options: Lots of non-meat options. Parking: Parking is around back through the lane way.
Amazing food
Tacos and quesadillas were horrible cheap processed ingredients won t be going back
Delicious Latin American food.
Mexica talking here, you have to try this place, tacos are fantastic, pupusas are really good, the sauce could be better but overall for a take out place is highly recommended
Pupusas are great! They are stuffed and big
The owners of this building must be slum lords. 12th street can do better
Food is only to go but as Salvadorian their pupusas are amazing!
Ordered on Skip. Terrible food. Avoid. Avoid. Avoid.
This is not a dine-in restaurant; takeout only. Their pupusas are the best Ive ever tried. I wish them a lot of success and prosperity in their business ventures. Keep up the good work!
Best pupusas in the lower mainland and the service was quick!!
YUM! Have now ordered the chicken Chepe s Burrito twice already! Authentic Salvadoran food that is super fresh, has delightful flavours and is very satisfying. While the location and space is slightly awkward, the superior and fresh quality of the food and friendly service is definitely worth it. My mouth is watering just thinking about it! Take out only. I highly recommend!
Really tasty pupusas. Very cheesy and loaded. It was pretty filling. Would like to try other things
I ordered the steak quesadilia and carnitas tacos. The tacos taste ok but are very small for the price of $15. The steak in the quesadilia was kind of tough and there was only cheese inside, no peppers and onions as advertised. It was really disappointing to say the least. It also tasted burnt. If youre looking for authentic Latin American food, I tried delicious tacos and pupusas from a spot in north delta last week and would highly recommend.
We ordered two chicken burrito which mentioned to be a popular choice from the Uber eats app. $20 each for a burrito. We recieved the two burritos. Both packaged nicely. Came with a tiny avocado lime sauce dip. A couple of bites in, already the chicken was chewy. Poor protein quality. I am not sure if you have to request for sauce, but it would have been nice to provide salsa or hot sauce at least. First time ever trying a burrito with poor quality chicken. The taste was bland. More Sauce is needed with the orders.
Amazing service. Don Chepe s has the best traditional pupusas!! Even with the new location, I m still ordering for takeout weekly. Thanks for satisfying my Salvadoran cravings.
Best papusa place in BC hands down
Tried this place for the first time since it got rave reviews on Delicious Papusas and i was not disappointed!! Great Customer Service and Very Tasty fresh bean and cheese papusas with perfect filling distribution!! The coleslaw and tomato sauce was perfectly seasoned and fresh as well! Very happy i found this place!!
I m almost willing to move to New West to be near this place. Best pupusas I ve had in Vancouver! Very tasty and great service too!
Best pupusas in lower mainland. They unfortunately moved to New west so I dont go nearly as often. Also not the cheapest option but best flavor and big portion
They should clarify it is not a restaurant!
Had a great experience at Don Chepes. Amazing fresh food loaded with quality ingredients. Had the veg burrito, quesadilla, chips and salsa and guacamole. Restaurant staff were very accomodating to my vegetarian diet. A new favorite for Latin eats. Definitely reccomend! Vegetarian options: Great service, being a vegetarian, I was offered a veg burrito and quesadilla and they were amazing.
Very interesting concept. Multiple restaurants kitchens in one area. Take out only, no dine-in area Food was good and my toddler liked it
Was looking for lunch and stumbled upon this place. Great service, fair prices and Ill definately go again.
Good place for popusas ,no doubt
I love the pupusas
Awesome food
Great staff and food
Best family run business and great food!
Excellent pupuzas
Best place to get pupusas!!! Closest that you gonna find to salvadorean flavor. Try the rice flour pupusas and close your eyes... youll feel like in olocuilta
Food is good & authentic however the last few times we had tried to dine-in we have been turned away even though the restaurant has room. The host is very abrupt and unhelpful Its too bad that the food is good but service is terrible, we will not return.
The pupusas are perfect!
GREAT food, love the pupusas! They had high chairs for baby, despite being a smaller restaurant. Food came quick!
Good service,
The service is not good, we ordered an atole and they told us that it was too late, we ordered an order of plantains that cost $6.00 and it turns out that only the plantain came, no beans or cream! And to scrub the ugly bananas!
Really great food here, would recommend. I personally love the papusas and tacos
Good food
This place is great. The only bad ratings seem to be because they were out of ingredients or tables. Ignore them.
Very delicious Salvadoran food
We go to this place often only for the pupusas and chicken tacos! amazing authentic environment with friendly staff!!
Delicious Pupusas
If they have a menu online they need to have wifi But food is good
Excellent service
Best pupusas in town hands down will definitly be back
It was really bad experience. I was waiting for 20 minutes for my orden they never bring my orden. I told them forgot my orden n they just say, I did hear u. Bad service. My first n last time I come here.
They lack of customer service, even with few clients in the restaurant, and I waited much time to my food, as a result to cancel my order. Unfortunately pretty, pretty bad experience
Delicious tacos! Friendly staff and environment, I love that they re a family run business. Will definitely be back for more!
I called to make an order for pick up and I was asked to make it online. I made the order online and I came to pick up my order and they said that the system never notified them of the order. So the food was not ready. Your Pickup order (#Lg57bn) Bad service!
The pupusas are stuffed! Customer service was extremely friendly.
The platanos are delicious !!!
Good food, good service.
Amazing food and service
I just did take out, but the service was very good, and the gentleman encounter was very polite and professional. The pupusa was delicious. I got the bean cheese and pork ones. I also got the chicharon mmmmm. They included their cabbage salad separately so that it wouldnt run into everything, and lots of sauce for dipping. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Bad news that it is closed because it is very good
Love love love this place. The pupusas here are some of the best I ve ever had and the customer service is 10/10. Definitely recommend to those who are wanting to try new foods but are unsure of the good spots to do so
The best of surrey!! When do they open again? The best popusas!!
Good
Temporary takeout place while they get their place in Surrey set up again. The pupusas are great. Try the different combinations.
The food is fantastic! Shrimp tacos and shrimp ceviche is fire! Must visit, a gem in Surrey.
I love las pupusas. Theyre very reasonable with the wait time, the pupusas are very delicious and priced right. I usually order and pick up, and I highly recommend them.
Authentic Spanish food. Popusas are a good size
Amazing food I recommend this place to everyone
Very good salvadorian food
Good food and good service in light of the situation
Excellent services
Always great food and service. Best Salvadorian food.
FOOD IS AWESOME!!!!
Good food really bad service, if the workers don t like to work they should go home
Delicious
Yummy papusas my kids and I loved it
Pupusas are a must have, theyre cooked so well and taste delicious!
Excellent quality and consistent food! Highly recommended! Can t wait to dine in again once this pandemic passes. Great hospitality.
Very good food, love it
Love their papusas and horchatas. Great service too!
Im obsessed with their pupusas :)
Fast service, delicious pupusas. Little expensive. The are is not that nice.
Food is good, customer service terrible.
Tasty, but a little expensive
love this place everything on the menu is absolutely amazing
It is clean, healthy distance, friendliness and good cuisine
Friendly staff and amazing latino food. I recommend this place to eat with friends and family or just stopped by and try this great food.
Im a regular customer. Love their pupusas and tacos and plátanos maduros. Its the best salvadorean restaurant in the lower mainland and they do a good job at it. Give it a try.
Our favourite Restaurant for Latin Food. Try the Chicharron con Yuka. Or Platanos or Pupusas
Great food! It s a family restaurant so mom cooks the amazing food / if you haven t tried pupusas - you must! It s like a party in your mouth!
Very bad food no even the dog cant eat
Great authentic food. Service was quick and friendly.
Fantastic food and amazing customer service.
Pupusas are sooo good it was more than worth driving kind of far to come try these hope to experience more of the yummy things here soon
THEY ARE BIG TACANOS, THEY SELL THE CURTIDO AND IN ADDITION TO THAT THE SOUPS ARE PIURA WATER WITH CABBAGE, THAT RESTAURANT IS FATAL, AND THEY CANT MAKE SALVADORENE RICE. FATAL
This place is legit! The best pupusas and great tasting curtido I ve ever had, and that s not the only thing on the menu. If you re in the mood for some good Latino soul food get it here! A+++
My expectations were very high on this place as I had good previous recommendation that it was great, but was very disappointed on the execution in the food and service, so I decided on take out, hopefully next time if I personally decide to go there. it will be better, until then.
Good Spanish food. I like the Chicharo and yuka and pupusa.
The man who takes the orders and gives the orders, has a terrible customer service!!! We will never come back
Absolutely delicious food. I have to give it to the chef of the house because every dish we tried had no fault. They came and they delivered. It was my mom Janet Marleys first time here and she was so surprised by how humble the place appeared to be. We go usually to multiple different restaurants around the lower mainland and more and this definitely hit home for us! It brought the childhood memories back from the countries we immigrated from .. the comfort and huge portions that our grandmother would bless us with. You want a place to eat like you are part of someones family, be filled with all the flavor you can ask for!.. then this is the place to come home too .. also have some respect and make sure not to leave anything left on your plate! Because there are people out there that would appreciate a good meal like this! Thank you Don Chepes for the incredible experience
Really great, friendly and fast service. The food was delicioso!!! Everything on the menu is a must try.
Very good typical food from Salvador according to my friends and some acquaintances and my wife who is from Salvador is the authentic Salvadoran flavor and well I tried a beef dopa and it was very good I recommend it even though the place is a little small it is very welcoming to spend with family
Always delicious food! I would eat pupusas from there everyday if I could
The service is not with Latin heat....and since I enter there is an American football game on the 5 screens at full volume....terrible....I just want to eat and leave....
The pupusas are alright, but the customer service is bad if you want to dine in, they are so rude and make you feel unwelcome
I will give 0 stars, my husband called to place an order and I was told no one called, looking thru the phone calls, I have proof that my husband called to place the order 45 minutes before, anyways they couldnt make the order because I will have to wait 30 minutes on top of the 45 when we called ahead of time. If you call ti place an order just make sure they took it or you will be left with no food and waiting longer.
Rude, service is sub level, food is alright, the service could use some work, the person behind the counter is dismissive, he wants you to make a quick order and leave ,that is the feeling I get from this establishment ,I have been there a few times, hoping that maybe last time was an off day. I returned to receive, what do you want to order, no smile, just yes we have these options, when you are asking questions about the food choice, what does it come with, I get a feeling of annoyance from the person taking the order. His demeanor and snappy responses indicate to me, hurry up and order stop asking questions. After a few encounters I will take my money elsewhere.
Good food and good prices
Tacos were two thumbs up. Fresh authentic taste
Service is less than mediocre. They are not friendly here. Beware - menu items could change on the fly, and you wont find out until you order.
Started off with chips and salsa. Nice kick with spicyness. Had 3 pupusas mixed. My son had a small cheese pupusa. And wifey had a nice breakfast ( egg and sausage cream and plantains with beans )
The pupusas are soooooo cheesy. The pork ones are very delicious. A must try for latin food.
Don Chepes is the best kept little secret in Whalley. This amazing El Salvadorean restaraunt is unassuming from the outside, but the flavours within pack an outstanding punch! I have had both breakfast and lunch menu items and been thoroughly pleased every time I come here. If you are craving everything from a great burrito to an interesting experience in a traditional Salvadorean breakfast plate, this is a must check out place for you!
Loved
Papusus are AMAZING!!
Wonderful pupusas!
Did take-out today.....Best papusas weve ever had!! Amazing!! So tasty and so filling!! Great price too. Eat here... you wont regret it!! Well definitely be back!!
Pupusas were amazing!!!
LOVE THIS PLACE! FOOD IS GREAT, SERVICE IS GREAT. 100% RECOMMENDED
Yesterday I ordered by phone, I arrived ten minutes before the restaurant close, unfortunately my order was cancelled, so sad because the pupusas are delicious, next time time guys if you decide please call me back to let me know that you are cancelling my order. I dream with this food.
Great food!!!
Called at 6:15 to place an order for pupusas! They closed at 7. The guy with very poor customer service said the kitchen closed at 6:30. Definitely won t call again
Good local latin food place.
Best pupusas
Reasonably priced and the best pupusas Ive had in the area. Tacos are delicious aswell! Staff is super friendly. Will definitely be coming back.
the cheese pupusas are soo cheesy and soo good but dont eat it too fast or you might choke
Worst customer service ever! 5 Thumbs up the bum Guy at the front needs to be in the back with all his attitude. I ask for Extra salsa to have with my pick up order and replied there is already some in my burrito. Guess I cant have any extra for the rest of my meal And to top that off the beans were sour and gone bad!!
I love this place !! Really good pupusas
Great food...try the atol de elote!
Best pupusas and tamales!
Very excellent service
Soo good .. good pupusas and fajitas ... peoples so nice and food so fresh... pupusas are good big and with good flavor
Delicious food end very nice place .
Great little place, good food, lousy music lol
I recommend this place, the service is excellent, the pupusas are good, they are big and cheap.
Very good authentic food. Reasonably priced. Nice people.
Our team loves to come here for the pupusas. One day we will try all the other things on the menu, but for now, the pupusas are great.
Front desk is not very welcoming, food is ok.
I had hair in my pupusas....not one but 2 of them had hair stuck between the cheese. I called to let them know and they aknowledged and were apologetic but I told them I wasnt comfortable eating any of the food I had ordered. They said they would only refund me for the pupusas. I didnt even bother going back to get 12 bucks. Aside from that, the taste was below average. The steak was chewy, tortillas were too thick-tasted liked plain dough, and pupusas lacked flavor! Ignoring the hair situation, I wouldnt recomend this place as the flavor seriously lacked!! They are nice however but not sure how hygenic they are in terms of wearing a hair net!
Very nice staff and the good was great. Very reasonable prices too
Place is nice, service was excellent, good atmosphere, meat burrito I had on Sunday was horrible for my taste. I dont cook and can make a better burrito. Even if it wasnt that good (beans and other) the meat is the heart of the burrito and it should be rather good. All I ate was fat. I hate fat.
Good pupusas!