La Esperanza - Long Beach
La Esperanza is a Latin American restaurant in Long Beach,, CA. Order takeout online for pickup.
1626 Orange Ave
Long Beach,, CA 90813
Phone: +15622690486
Price range: $11-$20
Hours
- Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 06:00–20:30
- Monday: 06:00–19:30
La Esperanza - Long Beach Menu
Popular Items
- Pupusas — $4.99
- Pupusa Revuelta — $5.99
- Plato de Pupusas — $15.99
- Tamal Guatemalteco — $6.99
- Caldo de Res — $22.99
- Fresco de Ensalada — $7.99
Appetizers | Aperitivos
- Steak Fries — $15.99
Cheddar cheese sauce, tomato, onions, cilantro, avocado slices, Cotija cheese and Central-American cheese.
- Chicken Fries — $15.99
Cheddar cheese sauce, tomato, onions, cilantro, avocado slices, Cotija cheese and Central-American cheese.
- 8 Garnachas — $22.99
Mini fried corn tortillas topped with Guatemalan slaw, ground beef, Guatemalan sauce and Fresh cheese, served with a side of our homemade hot sauce,
- Tostadas — $5.99
Fried corn tortillas topped with one of your favorite toppings. Guatemalan salsa, black beans, guacamole.
- Enchiladas Guatemaltecas — $11.99
Corn tostada topped with lettuce, cabbage, pacaya, beets, and carrots cooked in a beet sauce. Topped with ground beef, a flow of Guatemalan tomato sauce, cheese and a slice of hard-boiled egg.
- Pan Con Frijoles — $7.99
French roll stuffed with beans and cheese.
- Garlic Parmesan Yuca Fries — $9.99
Fresh Yuca (Cassava) fried to perfection, golden and crispy exterior. Bathed in garlic-parmesan mix topped with parsley.
Tamales
- Tamal Guatemalteco — $6.99
Guatemalan style tamales wrapped in a banana leaf. Your choice of chicken or pork served with a bread roll.
- Tamal Chuchitos — $5.99
Corn based Guatemalan style tamales, topped with a flow of our Guatemalan style salsa and Cotija cheese. Your choice of chicken or pork.
- Tamal Mexicano — $5.99
Mexican style spicy tamales. Your choice of chicken with green sauce, pork with red sauce, or jalapeno and cheese.
- Tamal De Elote — $5.99
Sweet corn tamales with grains of corn inside the dough.
- Tamal De Chipilin — $5.99
(Small x 3) Chipilin tamale.
Breakfast | Desayunos
- Esperanza Breakfast — $25.99
6oz Steak and two eggs any style with a side of Guatemalan ranchera sauce. Comes with fried plantains, Fresh cheese, Central American sour cream, Salvadorian chorizo (longaniza), your choice of beans or casamiento (rice and bean mix) and your choice of bread or handmade tortillas.
- Desayuno Chapin — $19.99
2 eggs any style. Comes with fried plantains, Fresh cheese, Central American sour cream, Salvadorian chorizo (longaniza), your choice of beans or casamiento (rice and bean mix) and your choice of bread or handmade tortillas.
- Desayuno Ranchero — $19.99
2 eggs topped with Guatemalan ranchera sauce. Comes with fried plantains, Fresh cheese, Central American sour cream, Salvadorian chorizo (longaniza), your choice of beans or casamiento (rice and bean mix) and your choice of bread or handmade tortillas.
- Huevos Divorciados — $19.99
2 eggs topped with green sauce and red sauce, divided equally in the middle. Comes with fried plantains, fresh cheese, Central American sour cream, Salvadorian chorizo (longaniza), your choice of beans or casamiento (rice and bean mix) and your choice of bread or handmade tortillas.
- Tipico Salvadoreno — $15.50
Fried plantains accompanied with Central American sour cream and Guatemalan black beans.
- Chilaquiles — $19.99
Mexican style sliced chips cooked with your choice of green or red salsa. Accompanied with 2 eggs any style, rice, beans, and Salvadorian chorizo.
Salvadorian Specialties
- Pupusas — $4.99
A Salvadorian specialty, large hand-made corn tortillas stuffed with cheese and other ingredients.
- Pupusa Revuelta — $5.99
Mixed chicharron, beans, and cheese.
- Pupusa de Pollo con Vegetales — $6.50
Spinach, zucchini, onion, tomato and cheese.
- Pupusa Vegetariana — $4.99
Vegetarian. Spinach, zucchini, tomato and cheese.
- Pupusa de Camaron — $8.25
Shrimp and cheese.
- Plato de Pupusas — $15.99
Make it a combo. Two pupusas accompanied with rice and beans up to 1 ingredient (cheese already included). Shrimp is not included.
- Yuca con Chicharron — $18.99
Fried or steamed cassava served over a bed of our famous curtido slaw. Topped with chicharron (pork chunks). Served with cucumbers tomatoes and watercress leaves.
- Empanadas de Leche o Frijol — $11.99
Plantain pies filled with your choice or sweet milk cream or sweat bean dip.
- Pan Con Pollo — $18.99
Freshly baked white bread, cut open and stuffed with our creamy coleslaw, chicken marinated in tomato sauce, cucumbers, tomatoes, and watercress.
Guatemalan Specialties
- Pepian — $23.99
Beef or chicken and vegetables in a thick sauce made of pepitas and sesame seeds with small chipilin tamal. Served rice, beans and 3 handmade tortillas. All of our sauces are not spicy unless requested.
- Hilachas — $22.99
Shredded beef in a special Guatemalan style tomato sauce topped with potatoes, including small chipilin tamal. Served with rice, beans and 3 handmade tortillas. All of our sauces are not spicy unless requested.
- Pollo en Crema — $22.99
Guatemalan-seasoned chicken breast smothered in a pool of our Central American cream sauce, bell pepper diced onions and tomatoes. Served rice, beans and 3 handmade tortillas. All of our sauces are not spicy unless requested.
- Chile Relleno — $16.99
Chile stuffed with your choice of meat or cheese, battered with egg mix and fried to perfection. Topped with Guatemalan salsa, cotija cheese and onions. Comes with Guatemalan Rice and side of garden salad.
- Shuco — $12.99
A Guatemalan style hot dog sandwich, grilled sausage slices sitting on a bed of steamed cabbage and guacamole topped with ketchup, mayo and mustard.
Meats
- Carne Asada — $28.99
Guatemalan style season and grilled 8oz flat meat select. Served with rice and beans, sauteed green onions, jalapeno, fried potato, chirmol (Guatemalan chunky tomato sauce), guacamole and 3 tortillas per person.
- Carne Adobada — $25.99
8oz pork grilled and marinated in adobo sauce. Served with rice and beans, sauteed green onions, jalapeno, fried potato, chirmol (Guatemalan chunky tomato sauce), guacamole and 3 tortillas per person.
- Churrasco Guatemalteco — $50.99
A platter to share! Guatemalan style meat platter served with slices of grilled chicken, grilled steak, pork marinated in adobo sauce and Salvatorian chorizo served with a larger proportioned rice, beans, chimol, guacamole, green onions, jalapeno, and fried potato.
- Milanesa Plate — $21.99
Thin sliced beef marinated and breaded in our La Esperanza seasoning. Slow fried to perfection! Comes with Guatemalan rice, beans, garden salad and a side of our homemade green salsa.
Soups
- Caldo de Gallina — $24.99
Central American hen soup. Comes with a bowl of chicken broth soup mixed veggies and a separate plate with marinated grilled hen, garden salad and rice.
- 1/2 Caldo de Gallina — $14.50
Soup only portions of caldo de gallina filled with mixed veggies and a hen menudo mix with hen feet.
- Caldo de Res — $22.99
Guatemalan style beef stew. Mixed with beef, yuca (cassava) cabbage mixed veggies and corn.
Mexican Food
- Tacos — $5.99
- Shrimp Taco — $9.99
Baja style topped with cabbage mix tomato, onions, cilantro and sour cream.
- Sopes — $8.50
- Burrito Regular — $15.99
- Burrito Mojado — $18.99
Wet burrito.
- Torta — $15.99
- 3 Tacos con Arroz y Frijoles — $15.99
Served with rice and beans. Mix and match any combination of meat for $1.50 extra.
- 4 Flautas con Arroz y Frijoles — $16.99
Chicken flautas served with rice and beans.
- Chicken Fajitas — $24.99
Served with rice, beans, and house salad.
- Steak Fajitas — $26.99
Served with rice, beans, and house salad.
- Shrimp Fajitas — $27.99
Served with rice, beans, and house salad.
- Combo Fajitas — $29.99
Shrimp, steak, and chicken.
- Quesadilla Grande — $15.99
Steak, chicken or pastor.
Salads
- Ensalada De La Casa — $9.99
House salad mixture of carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes, Crisp Iceberg and leaf lettuce.
- Ensalada La Esperanza — $18.99
House salad mixture of carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes, Crisp Iceberg and leaf lettuce, boiled eggs, sliced avocados, topped with grilled chicken breast.
- Ensalada De Aguacate — $17.99
House salad mixture of carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes, Crisp Iceberg and leaf lettuce, boiled eggs, topped with sliced avocados.
Sides
- Guacamole — $4.99
- Rice — $5.50
- Beans — $5.50
- Casamiento — $5.50
- All Salsas — $3.50
- Curtido — $2.99
- Crema — $3.99
- French Fries — $6.00
- Jalapeno (2) — $3.99
- Platanos — $11.99
- Tortillas — $4.99
- Pan — $1.50
Bread.
- Ensalada Rusa — $11.25
- Yuca Sancochada o Frita — $13.99
Cassava.
- Queso Fresco — $5.00
2 pcs.
- Side de Huevos — $6.99
- Avocado Slices — $5.99
- Carne — $18.99
Steak.
- Pollo — $18.99
Chicken.
- Adobada — $18.99
Marinated Pork.
- Chicharron — $13.99
Pork chunks.
- Salvadorian Chorizo — $4.25
Drinks
- Fountain Drinks — $5.99
16oz. Fountain Drink
- Kolashampan — $5.99
- Shirley Temple — $6.25
- Arnold Palmer — $6.25
- Iced Tea — $4.99
Tropical Iced Tea
- Orange Juice — $5.75
From Concentrate
- Apple Juice — $5.75
- Jamaica — $5.50
- Tamarindo — $5.50
- Horchata Salvadoreña — $7.99
- Fresco de Ensalada — $7.99
Mixed exotic Salvadorian fruits.
- Tiky — $6.99
- Licuado — $7.50
Milkshake.
- Jugos Naturales — $8.50
Orange, Vampiro.
- Atol de Elote — $7.99
Corn hot beverage.
- Cafe de Olla — $5.99
Coffee with cinnamon and sugar cane
- Champurrado — $7.99
- Chocolate Caliente — $6.50
Desserts
- Cheesecake — $8.99
- Flan Napolitano — $8.99
- Choco Flan — $8.99
- Tres Leches Cake — $8.99