Panaderia Pupuseria Renderos

Pupusas where good this is literally a whole in the wall in Houston. The young ladies working where so cute and helpful. The only thing I would complain about is the curtido. But the pupusas and frescos made up for it.

My husband first introduced me to pupusas a couple of years ago, when we were driving by a Guatemalan place where we live. I was an instant fan! The way he compared the similarities and differences between what's offered at home, and what he originally tried in Houston really had my curiosity up. So naturally, while in Houston this weekend, I was excited to try some Salvadorian pupusas! I chose this place based on the options on their menu. We had several picky eaters that we were going to bring some back to, so options were a factor. The fact that they were open before lunch was also a factor.If I were going to rate the food alone, they would have gotten 5 stars! The food was 4 1/2 stars, but I would have rounded up because of my happy tummy. These are thicker and larger with crisper edges compared to Guatemalan pupusas and larger than what you find in a taqueria. They were great! My favorite was the pollo y queso de arroz. I've never had rice in a pupusa and that made it quite hearty. The edges on that one were extra crispy and that was just divine. I am craving another one as I write this!I also tried the queso pupusa, and it was better than what I normally get at a taqueria, very high quality. Those who tried the queso y jalapeno reported back that it was very spicy, but I know they were using the salsa, and that may have been a factor.While there we were getting thirsty and got a couple of Agua Fresca's. I had horchata and I have to say that it was way better than what I typically receive, may be my favorite horchata. Unfortunately, the place was completely packed and quite messy. The main factors in not giving five stars were time and a partially incorrect order.It took quite a while to place our order and despite being told about 15 minutes, it took well over 30 minutes to get it. We had ordered nine, but when we got to the car, there were only seven. I don't ever intend to spend 45 minutes in a pupuseria, but it's downright irritating to wait that long and have two missing from the order. The woman had said the right number back to me, but she wrote down the wrong one I suppose. When I brought it to their attention, they didn't offer to make it right. Instead they were like 'sorry, at least you didn't get charged for it' and I explained to them that money wasn't the issue, I had a house full of hungry people to feed. This was met with a shrug. I ended up leaving without them since they weren't too concerned and I didn't plan on waiting another 30 minutes, but that was disappointing. The other dishes I saw looked really good, but we were on a pupusa mission so that was all we tried. Not sure how they kept track of everyone as service seemed very disorganized. We were there at 10am on a Saturday, so I am not sure if they bring in more staff closer to lunch time or if this is just a normal thing here. $1.99 is pretty average and these are a little bigger, so I would say they are a good value. I thought mine with rice added in was worth the $2.50, so no complaints on price. By the way, if you are taking to go, be aware that the salsa is given in a ziplock bag. Yeah, I said a ziplock bag, it started leaking through on the drive home, so decide if you want to take that gamble. This place has great food and so much potential, but they need to maintain their restaurant, organize their staff to decrease the longer than quoted wait times and take better care of the customer. If those things were improved, there would be no reason not to give them 5 stars!If you are not familiar with the cuisine and don't speak Spanish very well, then I would suggest you check out the pictures of the menu on Yelp before you arrive. Hopefully, you can place your order early in your visit to balance out the long wait.The food is great though, as is the horchata, so worth trying if you have the time to spare!

I hadn't had Papusas in a long time. Saw this place as we were passing by and I just had to try it. There was young lady whose English was superb and the rest was heavenly. Papusas were served piping hot, I tried the fruit salad drink...deliciousness. Thank you for a wonderful afternoon treat!

A bit of a let down after our awesome Mexican meal the other day. I loved my dish (the seafood bisque). If it was just my meal, I would have given this place an easy four star. The soup was so delicious and packed full of seafood. All kinds of seafood including crab. I was pretty blown away. My son enjoyed his pupusas. Unfortunately, my husband didn't care as much for the chicken soup. They put half a chicken in it so it wasn't the lack of meat, but the flavor wasn't as rich and savory as other renditions we have had including a Salvadorean place we had tried in Wenatchee. We were also seriously disappointed in the panaderia selection. Half the reason why we chose this place over the half dozen others in the area. The selection was very meager and the panaderia we did end up with were stale and dry. I do highly recommend the seafood soup and the homemade tortillas/pupusas. But don't come for the panaderia.

It's a hole in the wall kinda place but I absolutely love their food!! Especially when I'm craving that Salvadoran Breakfast!!

Amazing!!!! Made to order and super nice people! The restaurant looks very homely and inviting like a little store front eatery. The food was affordable and tasty. Great variety of different items to choose from.

Good food, best cabbage ever! Service was good too, helpful, not sure if I'd ever eat inside but definitely will order again thanks!

they forgot to send my drink. called them 3 times and have not heard of a solution. I was told that I was going to get a call from the owner last night and I am still waiting. Very very bad customer service.Ordene comida utilizando Uber eats. despues de que me mandaron mi comida, olvidaron mi bebida. Llame para reportar y nunca me llamaron de regreso. Yo llame tres veces y nunca pude hablar con el "dueño" o "encargado" para hacer el reporte. Todavia sigo a la espera de la llamada. Muy mal servicio. No vayan o compren en este lugar.

The service here is really lacking. They are simply running around like chickens with their head cut off. They have no sense of detail or plan. They seem so confused and working at simple Cash register. Extremely slow at getting people in and out of their restaurant. They simply do not know what they are doing. Food: The food was OK. It wasn't bad it wasn't great. It was kind of like a middle of the mall type of food. Very greasy. They were decent. I probably wouldn't go back to be honest. It was nothing to just it out. The sweet bread was not sweet at all.Value: the price is really good though. Get a lot of food for a very little bit of money. Also the people that work in there are very nice. They are just simply extremely slow I do not know how to run a restaurant. They need some help. their lack of understanding business is really hurting their restaurant. I see this all the time and great food but they simply do not understand business and cannot run a restaurant. Good luck guys

The variety and portions of food were great. In order to really enjoy this place, you need to be ready to not really get exactly what you had in mind...which is great for the adventurous. Definitely ethnic and my best guess authentic. There was a good amount of a lunch rush and you will find things here you can't find for at least another 25 miles. The most helpful thing is that there are pictures of all the food so you can simply point to what looks good and order it that way.Clean enough and disposable, single-use plates and plastic utensils.