Acajutla Central American Amy Llc

The food was so good. Went in for an impromptu lunch since the Subway we were going to go to was closed. What a pleasant surprise. We will definitely go back there. There was an ice cream shop by the same name but we didn't have time to try it.

Wow! very elegant for a very reasonable price! the food was so delicious and the coffee was great! the atmosphere was very relaxing. we need to protect this place and make sure that he stays here! excellent! (I forgot to mention that the bathroom was immaculate!

Loved the food and it is a great value in the area. Pretty good margaritas too even without tequila!

This is one of our family favorite small, local restaurants in Fort Myers. The food and service is always great. My husband usually orders cheese pupusas as appetizers and according to him are the best in town and for dinner we get carne assada for us and the children, the portions are a great size and the prices are more than fair. They have recently moved to a bigger unit and the new place also looks beautiful, love the fact that they have more space now and it doesn’t feel like everyone is on top of each which we still didn’t mind because the food is so good. If you are looking for a Salvadoran cuisine restaurant in Fort Myers than I highly recommend el acajutla.

El Acajutla One of Fort Myers’s better long time well kept secrets. Review part 2 of 2 by William Noel To me, one measure of the quality and care of an “ethnic” restaurant is whether or not they have drinks specific to their culture, something beyond wine, beer, hard liquor, cola, coffee, tea, and water. If I go to a Thai restaurant, there’s a good chance I’ll ask for a Thai iced tea (the orange/pink colored ones are generally better than the brown colored ones). If I go to an Indian restaurant, I’ll probably ask for a Lassi, a Spiced Chai, or a Madras Coffee. In addition to the regular coke, wine, water, and other mainstream drink selections, El Acajutla also offers the dependable Jarritos brand of Latin American soda in its superb Tamarind, Mandarin, and other flavors, in glass bottles. You can buy Jarritos at some 7 11s, but that doesn’t mean that what is convenient is not also good. Another imbibement they offer there, offered more rarely than Jarritos, is their Goya brand Cola Champagne – also in glass bottles. I’ve never had another soft drink quite like this amber colored delight – it’s sort of like turning Sprite from a lemon lime drink into a nectar like drink with just a little bit of edge. I bought two more to bring home with me. Last but not least, they also offer Salvadorean Horchata, presumably made in house, something I will absolutely have to try next time I go. An array of non mainstream drink options such as these is a mark that shows that the restaurateurs actually care about variety, uniqueness, and giving their customers a real slice of their own culture. I had actually never tried Flan, a dessert item, until I was either 44 or 45 years old. El Acajutla’s Flan was the first I ever tried the first time I went there. I was blown away by its texture and the wonderfully harmonious blend of vanilla and semi delicate caramel like flavors. Every Flan I’ve had anywhere else since then has been a real disappointment in comparison to El Acajutla’s. They offer a few other dessert items such as their Tres Leches cake, which can be a real knockout of a dessert if well made, but the last couple of times I went there, they were out (probably because it flies out of there not much longer after it’s made, if it’s as good for a Tres Leches as their Flan is for a Flan). I forgot to ask today if they had any of it in, which is just as well in terms of keeping observant so soon after Hurricane Ian struck the devastating blow it did closer to the beach down here. In short summary, this is an independently owned family restaurant that is an absolute gem and not at all what you would expect looking at it from the outside or where it’s located. Nice décor, great presentation, great food, and great service. The Salvadorean Dominguez family takes obvious pride in their home country and culture and food, and they are successfully passing down this enthusiasm to the next generation. El Acajutla gets my utmost recommendation.