Costa El Sol

The place is a Bar not at all a restaurant. Pupusas don’t taste good at all, bad taste, bad cheese and the salsa is worst no flavor what so ever. It’s cheap but not good, by the way be careful with the drunk guys that are sitting at the bar when you go in to order. This is not a place to go with family it’s so dark that all you need is popcorn and a movie. I actually when today 1÷31÷2016 at 12pm.

FIrst timer here.
First impressions… little hard to find with not a lot of signage. Walked in to blaring latin music and a dark atmosphere. Felt more like a bar then a restaurant. Group of people sitting at the bar drinking beer. After looking around, it appears that it IS a bar, after hours. Not very inviting if you dont know what you are getting. In fact I watched two older women, open the door, look in and turn around and leave.
Ordered the Pupsasa’s which appeared to be their specialty. Got one of each three flavors (bean/​cheese, bean/​meat/​cheese, meat/​cheese). Good but not great. the meat ones were the best with the most flavor.
Salsa that they brought was more of hot sauce. just ok
This place is not mexican, it is central american… El Salvador I think… so dont come in thinking traditional mexican.
The group thought it was ok but not worthy of a return visit anytime soon.
Décor was bit rough and service a bit slow… never did get my refill on my ice tea. lol
Overall, unless you love the pupsasa’s, which by reading the reviews, some do… I would move on.

I’m not sure «Mexican» is at all accurate as a label for this restaurant… I mean sure, they have Mexican food, but this place is Salvadoran. Walk in and it is pretty clear… (Map of El Salvador on the wall…).
With that said, the best thing on the menu is the pupusas are awesome. There aren’t many (any?) other options for Omaha, so that makes these the best in town.
The pupusas are super cheap so it is a great meal for a big family dinner.
Go here. Try something new. (Also they have a dance floor… Try some of your moves on a weekend night?)

I live close to this restaurant and wish I would’ve discovered it earlier! I went in during lunch time hours. The waitress was quick to serve me with chips and salsa and a beverage choice. They were cleaning under, around and on tops of tables. The music created a calm and relaxing vibe. Which was perfect because I’m on vacation. I had yucca for appetizer and it was very good and plenty to take home. I had a tongue taco and a cheek taco. They were smaller but very good and to the tune of 10 $. I was pleasantly pleased and would recommend it highly. If you want good food, service and a check that doesn’t break the bank. Costa El Sol is the place.

Being on a diet for 2 months I had been craving pupusas for weeks. After reading some of the reviews on Costa El Sol I decided to try them out. I was really dissapointed. I liked the pupusas and the hot chocolate was authentic but that was it. My kids ordered the enchiladas and steak tacos and they were tasteless. The torta was huge and ok but a little more meat would have been nice; actually alot more meat. Service was good though.

Costa el Sol is A-​OK. I had a pupusa to start off the meal. It was corn tortillas filled with pork and cheese, then pressed together to make a quesadillaish sort of thing. I’m not a big fan of corn tortillas, but it was pretty tasty. There was a cabbage slaw and mild sauce you put on top that gave it a nice flavor (and maybe covered up some of the corn taste for me!).
For the main course I had #33 — a shrimp dish in cream sauce. It wasn’t the most flavorful thing I’ve put in my mouth lately, but it was pretty good. The beans were the best part of the meal. They were runny and had a great texture.
Today, they were out of chicken, so I will be back to try a chicken or beef dish next time!

This was my first foray into pupusa’s, and I must say I’m impressed. This restaurant is a very good value and serves delicious food!

I have to laugh at this being called «Mexican» food. It’s Salvadoran. Totally different country! Anyhow, that aside, this has the best Salvadoran food in Omaha. I was at Creighton for four years and made the trip regularly with friends or to get takeout. My mom’s side of the fam is Salvadoran and I grew up around the Salvadoran staple of pupusas. The revueltas are awesome. They have chicharron (pork), cheese and beans mixed inside. YUM. They are relatively cheap too. Beans and rice are great. Unlike Mexico’s quesadilla, Salvadorans have more of a dessert item for a quesadilla. It is sweeter and kind of like a corn bread. It’s prepared well at this location. My whole family came from Ohio to watch me graduate and we ate here to celebrate. They all got something different and have high standards for Salvadoran food. They all loved it!

Chips and salsa: Home made chips, some a little stale but overall ok. Salsa was good but not oustanding.
Pupusa: Had never had this before. Tasty. Came with a sauce and a cabbage type mixture. Ordered the pork/​cheese. Light on the pork but tasted good and was inexpensive.
Kids liked all of their food one with a bean and the other with ground beef burritor with rice/​beans. One wanted more cheese on his burrito.
Adults had Steak burrito and chicken enchillada. Both enjoyed.
Empanadas: More of a dessert item, fried crisp outside with a filling inside that had maybe plantains in it? Nice item to try to finish.
Not the typically fair for Mexican so nice to have some different items. We had a $ 25 groupon, that required $ 35 minimum. We didn’t break $ 30 with extra appetizers, so will have to go back with either more people or have some drinks next time. Service was pretty slow with just one person and food was a little staggered.

Pretty decent food. The beans were and rice were really good. papusus were decent but was looking for more filling. My wife had chicken that was ok. I had a fish dinner, whole fish head fins and all which I was very delicious. Ordered plantains on the side and they were good but I am used to getting sour cream and beans when ordering them and did not come with them. Im sure they would have brought some out had I asked as they were very nice. my kids liked the chicken quesadillas. If you havent had salvadorian food i would definately check it out as it as great alternative to mexican cuisine. Well priced and i would return for cheap good food.

**Disclaimer — My reviews are stories so either deal with it, or go to paragraph three**
When I lived in San Francisco, one of my favorite random stops I ever made was in the Mission at a random El Salvadorian Pupusaria. I remember stopping in the street staring at the sign thinking to myself… wth is a Pupusaria? So why did I stop in? Well obviously the first part of Pupusaria sounds like ‘poo poo’ which was enough to make me giggle a little so I decided to give this place a chance. Thank Jebus I did because it started a new frenzy within me that I like to refer to as ‘Poo Poo Revolution’ When I moved back to Omaha I assumed there where no such eating establishments which naturally made me very sad… That was until I found out about El Costa Sol…
One fateful day, I was driving down Vinton st and saw a sign for a Pupusaria. N say whaaaaaaaat?!? I totally had some free time so I stopped my car, parked, and found out they were already closed for the day. Boo! (or should I say Poo?) I was still excited to see that Omaha could in fact fulfil my need for ‘poo poo’ so I drove home and immediately Unilocaled Pupusa. To my surprise, there were at least four establishments that came up with Pupusas! Had Omaha been quietly hiding it’s ‘poo’ from me all these years??? Either way, by this time my mouth was drooling with anticipation for shoving some gooey ‘poo’ in it. The place that was open at the time was El Costa Sol.
You might be wondering what a pupusa is… Well let me tell you! It’s like a corn based pancake stuffed with various goodies like beans, cheese, meat, or pumpkin flower. Pumpkin flower? Hellz yeah! It’s like this green flower that you can get in your ‘poo’ if you so choose. Pupusas are served with shredded pickeld cabbage that you put on top of the pupusa and you can drizzle or dump spicy red sauce on top of the poo pickle plate.
The menu is a mix of El Salvadorian dishes and mexi dishes. I’ve been here a couple of times and I ALWAYS get a pupusa. It’s $ 2 which is way cheap for the size and honestly you can have one pupusa and one taco and that is enough for one meal… all for $ 4!!! The tacos are the real mexi tacos with cilantro, onion and radish but I WARN YOU, if you get the combo platters with tacos, you will get the hard shell taco bell kind. I’m not sure why, but order tacos seperate and you’ll get the real deal! The El Salvadorian dishes are mostly steak which here is a thiner sliced but oh so yummy slab of meat that you can get in various ways. Last time I was there I got rice cream chicken and it was deeeeeeeeeelic! When I eat foods, I can usually describe flavors, but this rice cream was something I cannot describe other than different and yummo! The meal also came with awesome rice, lardy beans, and two pupusas with no filling that I used like naan to scoop up every last bit of that rice cream that was my el salvo chicken was bathing in. I’ll tell you that the El Salvo dishes are awesome but if you want to go more safe, there is plenty of mexi dishes as well. You get chips (fried flour kind) with salsa which is just average but who cares because you should be allocating stomach resources with pupusas and not chips!
As for drinks, they have a several tequila mixed drinks (surprise surprise) and a huge stock of every tequila you know and and don’t know. The also have shakes which I’ve seen people order, but I’ve never got it myself. For sure next time I go there, I need to get a banana pinapple one so I can have something to dip my pupusa in. The one thing I didn’t like about this place is a lack of happy hour. The food is cheap, but the drinks are not! It all balances out in the end, but I usually end up getting a water because I’m a cheapo and bottled domestic beer is $ 3.25 (which you shouldn’t be drinking anyway since they have import beer).
I highly recommend this place if you are looking for an interesting place to eat in middle Omaha… AAaaaaaaand, of course you need to get your poo on!!! VIVA LA REVOLUTION POO POO!

Two words.
Cheap.
Delicious.
Located at the end of a strip mall, next to a tattoo parlor, Costa El Sol is one of those little gems that hundreds of people drive past daily without a second glance.
If only people knew.
Fresh, warm pupusas stuffed with beans, cheese and/​or meat. Just thinking about those little pockets of yum makes my mouth water. Equally delightful are the tacos. I’m a fan on the pork cheek taco, but they’ve got beef, chicken and pork (non cheek) for the less adventurous.
Dining in is the best option (fresh, fresh, fresh), but carry out is pretty good too (there’s always a slight sacrifice). The staff is always friendly and the service is always fast.
Give it a go. You’ll love it.