Balompie Cafe

***Unfiltered Photos***This place never disappoints. Been in this location and the location near excelsior a few times and I must say that they're very consistent with their pupusas and service.Staff are always kind and hospitable. Their pupusas is one of the best if not rhe best in the city. The place is clean and well-maintained including the restroom(as always). I'll never get tired of this place.

I've had breakfast here two times. The food is good, servings are a little smaller and service can be a tad slow. Both times I came in (Sunday and Saturday mornings), it seemed like there were only 2 servers working. The service wasn't horribly slow but I notice the small wait. The portions are a little smaller for the price but the amount of food still fills me up. Regardless, this spot is worth trying. I'd like to come back and try other things than breakfast.

This place is great. They're probably one of the best pupusa restaurants in San Francisco. I always order from them on uber eats--I get 3 cheese pupusas. The wait time isn't too long, they're pretty quick with the food. And my food has never been delivered cold! You should go in person too, which I've done before as well. Parking might be a little hard to find so unless you live close by I'd recommend uber or lyft. It kind of reminds me of your classic neighborhood sports bar as they have a giant TV in the corner that normally plays soccer. The staff is really great too!

Food is excellent here. I've had the pupusas, sopa de res, desayuno típico and all have been excellent. Service is also great, everyone is super nice and make you feel welcome. Ambiance is great, very much a family restaurant, and there's always some soccer match playing on their TVs. Affordable.

Food was good, portions could've been bigger, especially considering the prices. I think my scrambled egg dish had only one egg

The service was great! Ambiance perfect too - not too loud, they have fútbol playing, draft beer, aguas frescas, and sangria too!! Unfortunately pupusas were super greasy compared to others. My friends said the same :/ Yucca and chicharrón were good! I did try the loroco por primera vez and loved it!

Big ass pupusas! Warning it gets hot in the restaurant, sit by the open window. I've been here a handful of times over the years. It's incredibly full on weekends, especially if their is a match on. Recently popped in on a Thursday afternoon, it was rather empty. If you eat pupusas on a regular basis you know how long it takes to get them on your table. Having the place virtually to myself was great.Ordered the two pupusa plate. I had a revuelta, Mexicana with casamiento. Do not eat these if you are lactose intolerant, you will hurt yourself. Thankfully I am able to process lactose and ate the f*%k out of them. The revuelta was just as I remembered, hearty. This was the first time I ordered the Mexicana. It was stuffed with a stunning amount of cheese, super satisfying cheese pull. I love hot spicy foods, the jalapeño didn't kick, they were fresh not pickled jalapeños. I'm not a fan of ground meat but the ground pork in the Mexicana gave the pupusa a great texture contrast to the jalapeño bits and gooey cheese. Casimento was bland, I slathered it with red sauce and that made it pop. I would bring my Salvadoreña mother here, she'd love it but still find something to complain about.

We barely slipped in around closing time, and got the whole fried fish, fried yuca and chicharon, the jalapeño and ground pork pupusa, and the shrimp and cheese pupusa. As Yelp recommends, get the shrimp and cheese pupusa!! It was my favorite pupusa and it was super cheesy and yummy. Honestly, Balompie's pupusas are better than Panchitas. You should make that extra walk from the Bart station! We were really surprised by the fried fish and the fried yuca. The fried fish was really well seasoned, and the onions were on the sweeter side, but pickled. The onions suit the savory fish, and we liked how the rice was very umami. The rice was a bit undercooked. The fried yuca was very "umph" and it's the best fried yuca I've ever had. Both are must gets, especially that fish!The wait time can be a little long, but you can entertain yourself with some cheap beverages (;

I've come here more than once before. Today it was extremely busy but the staff was very polite. The table's were quickly cleaned & the staff stayed busy the entire time I was there. I walked in around 12:30. The place was very well kept & clean. The pupusas here are the best in the SF Mission and second to none. Please stop by & don't miss out! I went somewhere else on Monday night and it's only Bc this place was closed but oh boy this is the best. I'll compare others to this place and when u know better u pick better.

I always thought this place had a bad costumer service. The only time I been here and loved it, is when Evelyn is around, always smiling and giving good vibes. I was here tonight with my family, they all loved pupusas but not the rest of the food, tiny portion, my bistec was under cooked, not well done like I asked, I got hard pieces of rice. I hope they change the workers, for someone that really likes to work and is happy to welcome people. I will be back for to go pupusas