Salvadoreño Restaurant
Salvadoreño Restaurant
Lengua de res guisado, with a side of pupusa con frijol y calabaza.
Curtido de Yuca!!!
Love this restaurant for their popusas.
This is a great deal. 2 pupusas is plenty for most adults.
a dining area with tables and chairs
Curtido de Yuca!
Vegan dessert VEGANO-Empanadas de Frijol
Vegan menu 2022
a sign in the window
The overcooked pastelito
Pupusa Revuelta and Chicharrón!!!
Empanadas de Platano con Manjar Blanco
2 Pupusa Combo, Side Casamiento
Pésimo servicio unos pastelitos de carne todos recalentadas que no sirven están puras piedras al final pagas de regalado en ese pésimo
Pupusas traditionally go with 'curtido' & 'salsa'.
Front sign
Vegan Salvadoran Breakfast
Bad picture, but this was so overcooked even the stuffing was dry as a desert
interior
You can see how the cheese stretches in this picture, and vegan cheese doesn't stretch like this.
NOT vegan chicken
Dawn C.
Aug 26, 2024
My husband and I have never had Salvadoran food and decided to try the restaurant because it is so close to home. On first entering, we were warmly greeted and asked if we would like some time to read the menu (she may have overheard us talk about how we know nothing about the food lol). We sat at the tables to do so (there were a few tables that still had chairs stacked on them so that seemed odd). We appreciated that the menu had the English translation next to everything so we didn't have to work out what things were for ourselves. When we were ready to order, she was very helpful and encouraged us to make sure we try certain things together to get the full experience. And she was right! We tried the chicken, carne asada and mixed pupusas with the curtido and crema and had beans, mixed beans and rice, and plantains as our sides with the combos we ordered. There was a lot of food and we had a lot to take home so we will order more thoughtfully next time. Everything was delicious! We don't have anything to compare it to, but we loved everything we ordered and will definitely be back. I wish Yelp would let us use 1/2 stars because I would have given them 4 1/2 stars overall if I could. The reason is that the prices seemed very high for lunch time though that could also be that we just didn't order smartly. But the food was definitely 5 star quality in my book.
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Norm R.
Aug 21, 2023
This is good place to get some really tasty comida salvadoreña. The place is very simple and unpretentious, and ordering is simple: get the menu from the counter, place your order, choose a table and they bring your food to you. I ordered the lengua de res with a side of pupusa de frijol con calabaza. It was a very tasty and satisfying meal; the braised tongue was tender and very nicely seasoned, and the proposal was just bursting with flavor. Great food, good prices, fast service.
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Selenia P.
Jan 7, 2024
This is one of my husband's favorite places for pupusas. Preface to my review. They keep it pretty cold in the restaurant year round so take a sweater if you get easily cold. This go round I got a pupusa and a tamale. The waitress brought our food and then we waited about 10 minutes to get the curtido and salsa. The tamal was a little salty, but the pupusa was perfect. Their horchata is a bit strong for my taste. Maybe I'm just not used to Salvadoran horchata... but it was good. Just a bit too sweet for me. Also as a side note, please don't be inpatient, pupusas are made fresh there so you will wait a bit to get served if you order any of them.
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David F.
Jan 20, 2024
Stopped in on a Saturday for lunch. This place was not busy but it's moderately spacious. I have had Pupusas before so I selected a variety. I got the 3 Pupusas combo thinking they were small. No, these were huge and good thing I had an appetite. They were many choices of meat to chose from and the rice and beans were on point and delicious. They put a lot of love in their food so it takes some time.
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L. T.
Jan 6, 2024
Ordered the vegan combo plate with their vegan pollo and chipilin tamales and pastelito carne, and I was given real chicken and dairy cheese and the pastelito was overcooked to the point where it was HARD as a rock. I wish I could say that this was just an isolated incident, but this is now 2 for 2 where I've been given non-vegan items and whatever vegan sides there were were just bad. The side of beans also had a layer of oil that pretty much made it inedible unless you want to be on the toilet in an hour evacuating your bowels. There was nothing that could be salvaged. Whether you're vegan or not, just stay away from this place because not only are they incapable of getting your order correct, their quality control is just terrible. I wouldn't be surprised if they also fail health inspections.
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Ben H.
Aug 4, 2022
I'm predicting by 2025 Taco Tuesday will be replaced with Pupusa Tuesday. Pupusas are like tacos on steroids and you go to the right pupseria, you're in for a treat. Salvadoreno has one of the best Pupusas in PHX .They are bigger than the delicious silver dollar-like pupusas found in ES but not as good. I really like the overflow of cheese carmelizing and oozing from the pupusa. Unfortunately the 2 I ordered were too clean cut and pretty. I ordered one cheese and one lorroco. My side dishes were plantains and queso fresco. I left happy and 2lbs heavier.
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Emi S.
May 8, 2023
Having never had Salvadoran food, this place piqued my interest and I'm glad I had a chance to try a good variety. I ordered the grilled tilapia fillet that comes with rice and beans, some lettuce/tomato (not shown) and pico de gallo. I also ordered a steak pupusa (left). I definitely liked the large piece of fish which was seasoned well, and really enjoyed the rice (wish it came with a little more rice!). I will say I'm not a *huge* fan of pupusas themselves.. They're a little thick for my taste. But the generous cheese and steak inside was good. If you like pupusas, I'm sure you will like there's. I do think that the tilapia meal would be better served with some kind of sour cream. I was glad I had some on hand at home. So maybe order some extra if you go. The service here was very nice. The woman up front was in a wonderful mood and was very helpful when I didn't know what to order. The ambiance of the place is very casual. This is for the most part a "grab and go" type location from what I could tell, but there is seating available.
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Eva G.
Mar 16, 2024
Love their papusas! Finding authentic food is hard to find in the Phoenix area just wish they had more delivery options.
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Jaslyn S.
Sep 28, 2022
I passed by a sign that said Pupusas and thought to myself, "Wow, I haven't had pupusas since freshman year of college!" So, I excitedly went in for lunch. I was greeted by a young lady, and I'm sad I didn't get her name. She was so kind & sweet as she explained to menu to me, and recommended some popular drinks people like. I ordered the 3 combo pupusas plate, which came with 3 pupusas (I picked pork and cheese, very cheesy!!!) and 2 sides ( I picked plantains and black beans). It's been a really long time since I've had plantains too, and idkw I love Tostones! And, for my drink, I ordered a Jamaica aka Sorrel aka Hibiscus Tea. I really enjoyed my meal! It just made me feel happy. It took me back to when my Salvadoran friend and I would ditch class to go get some lol But, aside from the good memories attached to this meal, the pupusas were well made, and they were big! I haven't had any that big before! So, that was nice. And the pickled veggies and sauce were delicious toppings. I really enjoyed the pickled veggies, they had a nice flavor to them, not too overpowering and vinegar-y. I could eat that as-is and not as a topping lol Overall, I loved my dining experience and my meal! And, I'm looking forward to coming back!
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Ana J.
Apr 6, 2024
El día de ayer por la noche mis hijos querían comer pupusas. Somos nuevos en Phoenix y entre varias opciones decidí ir a este restaurante. Sucedió que desde que llegamos, la señorita que nos atendió no fue para nada amigable, le comenté que era la primera vez que los visitaba y por eso no sabía que ordenar pero ella solo mostraba su molestia en mi demora al ordenar. No había nadie, había una pareja que se retiró poco después de que nosotros llegamos. Pedí un plato y dos bebidas para comenzar (quería ver el tamaño de las pupusas y cuál nos gustaba más para ordenar más, así como luego en la mesa decidimos que dos postres ordenar. No pude llegar a hacerlo pues nos tuvimos que retirar dada la forma despectiva en la que la señorita nos trató, a continuación más detalles).Mis hijos, al escuchar "Cumbia" se pararon a bailar. Cualquier niño en el mundo tiene energía y se emociona al escuchar nuevamente algo que es parte de su cultura, yo personalmente iba muy emocionada de comer algo que siempre disfrutábamos en Guatemala pues es país fronterizo a El Salvador. Se nos acercó la señorita que jamás vio a mis hijos (ni a mi) con buenos ojos y me dijo que mis hijos no podían estar haciendo eso. Sinceramente no nos hicieron sentir bienvenidos desde nuestra llegada al lugar aún así decidí ordenar con tal de probar la comida, me arrepiento de no haberme ido al primer mal gesto de la señorita. Pésimo servicio. Había escuchado que el peor enemigo de un latino era otro latino y ellos me demostraron que así es, pues hemos ido a muchos restaurantes incluso de mejor ambiente y calidad y en ninguno nos trataron tan mal como en este lugar. Fue una terrible experiencia. Sinceramente su nivel de servicio al cliente deja muchísimo que desear.
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