El Asador Restaurant

The one on Lafayette Blvd is wonderful, wish I could say the same for their Warrenton Rd location (fruit flies swarming around and landing on food, drinks not brought until food arrives, and papusa room temperature) The service on Lafayette BLVD is warm, attentive with a very clean restaurant with awesome food.

I just tried this place for the first time and I have to say this is definitely a hidden gem. Very authentic Salvadorean food with that delicious sazon. The only reason I did not give it a 5 is because the service was very slow, but once the food came out it was so worth the wait. I will definitely be coming back with my daughters who loved it along with me (and that’s saying a lot seeing as they’re picky eaters)

Love this place. Reminds me of some of the great obscure Mexican places in Southern California. I haven’t tried everything here, but what I have tried is awesome! The carne asada tacos, chicken tacos and carnitas burrito’s are uncomplicated and killer. The Tamale’s are awesome too! Oh, the prices are great. The vibe is unpretentious and authentico. Love it!

Driving back to DC in the RV and we had to make a potty break for kids. While the restaurant said that restrooms were for paying customers only (totally understandable), I asked anyway and the hostess inside graciously allowed us to use the restroom for my son. Because of that basic courtesy, I wanted to thank them by partaking in some tasty morsels. I ordered a few soft steak tacos for the wife and a chicken Quesada for myself. My wife and I were pleasantly surprised. Portions were generous enough and the food was very good. They even had fresh horchata to wash down the tasty meal. Nice little gem on the side of I-​95. If we are ever back in the neighborhood, we’ll be back for more. Thanks!

Friends and I stopped in here after the Historic Half Marathon in Fredericksburg this weekend. We were craving some post-​race tacos, and found this place in a quick Google search. Thank you, Google!
We ordered pupusas, tacos, and burritos. All of those were delicious! I also highly recommend putting some of their green salsa on whatever your order, it’s spicy and flavorful. Of the tacos, the table favorite was the chorizo. Absolutely delicious! The starting chips and salsa, however, left something to be desired. The red salsa was ketchupy and not very good. Just ask for the green salsa, which is amazing!
I’ll definitely be back here after next year’s half!

The starter chips sucked. Tasted stale and cold. Salsa looked like ragu sauce… straight out of a bottle.
Taco del carnitas took awhile for them to bring out considering it’s a small item. It tasted fine.
Sopas de camarones took FOREVER for them to bring out. It was pretty good though.
The Latino TV show they had on was incredibly annoying. Annoying loud clowns. Tried to cover my ears while I waited for food.

Ok — appearances aside (this place is spartan, to say the least), the food passes muster and then some.
Only real problem you may encounter is a bit of a language barrier, and maybe a short attention span, but trust me — the food is worth the trouble. Load up on tacos and pupusas (had the pork and cheese and cheese pupusas’; and beef, chicken, pork, and barbacoa tacos — pork and beef definitely the best). Skip dessert though… Ordered empanadas and they were lacking. Next time I think I’ll try something grander, and there will be a next time, most definitely. If you live anywhere near the Burg, go to El Asador.

The key word here is authentic; no gimmicks, no pretension, no fashion: just honest, good quality, delicious and affordable food. We’ve been customers for 2 years now, and we rarely find anything less than satisfactory. Sometimes the meat can be tough, but that’s about it. We’ll be customers here for a long time to come if they keep it authentic like this, and don’t succumb to some trendy nonsense like so many downtown Fredericksburg restaurants have.

decent Salvadorean and Mexican food. fairly authentic. mostly Latin American clientele. good place to watch soccer while dining.

El Asador sells authentic Latino style food within a few miles of downtown Fredericksburg, Virginia. I have lived in walking distance of other Latino restaurants and still preferred to drive to El Asador based on food quality.
The service is friendly and eager to help. Once seated customers are treated to on-​the-​house fresh corn chips and salsa. Unfortunately, the restaurant does not sell beer.
Portions are moderate and flavor is huge! My recommendations from the menu are the Mexican-​style tamale and the pupusas. A variety of pupusa fillings, including beef, pork, and cheese, is available.

Best Papusas in the area!!! Friendly staff and great horchata too.

On a recommendation from a Salvadoran friend… We took the plunge into this small unassuming place.
First off, I would not know AUTHENTIC if it bit me in the keester.
With that said… I DO KNOW good food! There is a little language barrier which makes it all the more fun IMO. I love the Ala Carte choices, makes for great mix & match.
The side sauces were excellent and not too hot.
Even our «sissy» friends could eat them. :)
The Chicken Tamales were wonderful, as was the Taco Carnitas and I could go on and on about the flavors and quality. Instead, to sum it up… 4 of us at the table for lunch and all 4 agreed this place is a keeper. I’m going back to try the Sopas.
Humble atmosphere, very clean, reasonably priced. DO IT!
Only negative is… NO CERVEZA :(

A hidden gem.
Authentic food and service (slow and relaxed). Amazing pupusas. Decent paella, great pork and chicken dishes.

Went there for the first time last weekend. The food was OK, but the perceived rushing by our server was a bit annoying. She was at our table several times in 5 minutes to see if we were ready to order. She was also there several times while we were eating to check on us. This was OK, but the attention got to be quite annoying. When it was time to pay the check, we waited for her to come by, but she finally told us that we had to go to the cash register to get our check and pay. The credit card machine was not working for American Express and I had to use a different card.
Like I said, good food, but everything else lowers the rating.

Was freakin awesome! Tasty, spicy and very good. Had 3 tacos; spicy pork, beef tongue, and beef head. Forget the rest, this one is in my favorite list! And I’ll be head over to try other specialties.

My girlfriend is from El Salvador and we both moved to Fredericksburg for various reasons and were very unhappy with the lack of good ethnic food.
El Asador was one of our first regular places in the area. It’s very reasonable (like it should be), delicious, and she likes it because they play her novelas non-​stop.
The pupusas revueltas, tamales de elote and the horchata are all great. The majority of the customers are Salvadorians and the waitresses will speak english, but I’m not sure if that’s always the case.