La Imperial is East LA in edible form-warm, soulful, and unapologetically flavorful. The chilaquiles in red salsa are a must: saucy, tangy, and layered with handmade tortillas that soak up every drop of goodness. The elote tamale? Sweet, tender, and wrapped in nostalgia. Staff is friendly and bilingual, and the vibe is pure neighborhood pride. It gets warm inside, but the flavors are fire.🔥

Best menudo I’ve has in LA, writing this on a Wednesday off peak hours too.

First time here. I like trying new spots & specially wen its a mom's & pop spot. I got menudo 10/10.

The menudo here, is the best I've had.

I recommend their menudo -only.

Our table server was forgetful, put in our order wrong, blamed it on the cook, and FAILED to correct it, -even after I asked her to…in fact, she never returned to my table–AT ALL!!

After waiting and waiting, i asked another attendant for my check, and assisted me with further needs.

The food here is GOOD. I'm not gonna lie, I really enjoy their food EVERY time I come here.

I'm giving one star rating because they are also SUPER UNORGANIZED and show CUSTOMER PREFERENCE. I was next in line to order food and I stepped up to start ordering the lady behind the customer started talking and helping the lady behind my with her family. On top of that they took my order and still helped about 3 other customers before they actually brought me my food to go. THEN, when I was getting ready to pay they started running my card and ALSO helped about 2 other customers pay for their orders while they just kept my card and I stood on the sidelines waiting for my card back and a receipt.

Once I think the headache is over I'm walking to my car and the food spilled inside the bag!

Hopefully this one star rating helps them notice they need to be more organized and treat each customer the same.

Picture attached of my food before I made it to the car.