Reviews for El Pope Latin American Cuisine in Richmond, VA
Food was very good. Went there on a whim based on Google's reviews and it was a pleasant surprise. Would recommend in a... heartbeat. Only -ve was the wait time for the food to arrive, took about 40minutes.. Place has a small cozy atmosphere. Read more
Hard to decide between two and three. Inattentive waiter acted pretty lazy. We were the only customers and he took a while to... get our order. The order was messed up on two of the meals. The used glasses and plates were never cleared off. He was toobusy on his phone to worry about the customers. The food is not that great either. The queso dip was even lackluster. Mysopapilla was decent but not anything to write home about. Read more
Went for lunch with a friend, this place is your stereotypical hole in the wall. Unassuming building, stellar food, they had the... best salsa & chips I've had since Pescado's in Midlothian closed due to the pandemic. I could've pigged out on those but I stillhad lunch to eat, so onto the main course. I ordered four Pupasas, two shrimp & cheese, and two pork, beans & cheese. Thesewere delicious, and came with a Pupasa sauce which is pretty much standard, nothing special with the sauce. However thejalapeño slaw that came on the side was awesome, and I wound up overeating, because I wanted to finish everything. Read more
Visited El Pope for the first time Thursday night around 5:30. My wife and I were the only patrons besides one other booth of... people. We were seated and the waiter returned about 5 minutes later with water for the table. He set the waters down and leftwithout asking us if we would like to order. He proceeded to go sit at the bar and get on his phone. Ten minutes pass by and noone has taken our order...not even our drink order. The staff seems to be too busy talking to their friends who have come in topick up an order and we've made eye contact continuously with all of them and still...nothing. I figured once they get theirfriends order taken care of they would take our order but to no avail. They left with their order and we continued to beignored. A few minutes later another patron came in to receive her pick-up order. The waiter went to retrieve it for her and atthat point we called it and left. I'm seeing all these 5 star reviews about great food, attentive service, and even free chips?I feel like I'm in in the twilight zone because we experienced none of this. It was especially confusing because the restaurantwas empty so what was their excuse for such poor service? To be more attentive to your patrons with pick-up orders than to thepeople sitting in your restaurant just left a bad taste in my mouth. If you are looking for delicious pupusas I recommendCielito Lindo on Broad St. Far better service and the food is delicious. Read more
Great. Service. Very attentive friendly . Chips are free .very good atmosphere Very busy. Burritos are very tasty get the... burrito The pupusas. Have very good taste but. It?s more like fried cheese very delicious very small. Way small pupusas again. They delicious. You will. Need about 8 pupusas to feed an adult. Let?s work on them pupusas the size. Make thembigger to justify. $2.75 per. In the mean. Time. Visit. Tako Tako. They are making. Very authentic pupusas . Read more
Very delicious food and friendly atmosphere. Just one FOH member and one BOH so service is a bit on the slow side. Took a longer... lunch break but that?s just fine. Carnitas, chicken adobo, regular pupusa, and El Pope rolls. All were very tasty. I especiallyenjoyed the rolls. Super surprising taste and flavor combination. I can?t wait to take my friends. Read more
I picked up brunch today; delicious! I had the shrimp and cheese, and bean and cheese pupusas. They are thick, yummy griddle... cakes. The service was excellent; friendly and prompt. I will be sure to return soon. Read more
Great to-go pupusas. The regular and cheese and beans are awesome. Chips and salsa are included in take out orders which is... great! Super quick too! Read more