La Ceiba Restaurant

Food here must taste good depending on the day you go.
The first time we came here, their pupusas tasted great.
We just ordered 4 pupusas, and they came out burnt + dry.
As soon as we opened our takeout container, the smell of burnt food hit our nose.
The chicharron pupusas was overstuffed and the masa was thin.
The last few times we ordered here have been a let down.

Pupusas are fantastic.
Friendly service.
The only item I did not like was the Honduran Chicken tamales.

I had originally gone to La Ceiba before this new location.
Their food was good and had low prices.
I was happy to see they had moved over the pandemic into a larger location with better access. The food now is I think a big improvement.
While the first thing I noticed was that their prices were higher, I was prepared to accept that.
However, their prices are higher and they have included a lot with that.
The first surprise was the free appetizer platter that was delivered to the table.
Chips and salsa, but also pastelitos (Kind of like empanadas but seasoned beef wrapped in a corn masa that was then deep fried to perfection.
and I mean perfection).
They also had homemade plantain chips, which were also nice, especially with the green vinegary salsa they provided (this is not a Mexican salsa btw).
Along with what I think was seasoned mayonnaise and some refried black beans with queso fresco. Then the food.
I ordered three pupusas revueltas, a classic pupusa.
These pupusas were the biggest I have ever seen.
Not only in diameter, but also thick because they had a lot of fillings.
Not just an excess of beans and cheese but very equal portions of refried beans, cheese, and fried pork, all well seasoned, and firm enough that they didn't come oozing out when I cut into the pupusas.
The flavor was excellent in my opinion.
I have eaten a lot of pupusas from different restaurants in SoCal (and Alexandria Virginia, which if you're surprised by that, so was I).
I actually couldn't eat everything because I was expecting smaller less filled pupusas, and so I ordered three, and the first half was sooo much food I had to take the rest to go.
They were as good the next day. The atmosphere is less colorful as their old location, but it is much bigger and very pleasant.
They seemed less busy, but I don't know why that is.
I figured maybe 5 pm on Grand Prix Sunday probably wasn't the best time for a lot of restaurants that are outside of DTLB area. They also seem to have added more options for pupusas than before, and I would be happy to return and try them all.