El Papaturro

Food is good! But the cashier lady was extremely rude! I called over the phone to place an order… when I arrived not even 5 min after hanging up… I asked if I can added 3 mores additional items to my order. Lady gave me the most horrible look! Like if she was the one in the back cooking! Smh! If your no in the mood to work why even go in… I work in customer service & attitude like that is unacceptable … I was so close on canceling everything!

The food is «Ah-​ight». But the pungent smell of shit is so overwhelming at this North Side location that your better off getting your food to go. As a plumber I can quickly attribute the odor to a sewer gas leak. This can cause nausea and migraine headaches. This may explain the attitude of the staff here who exclaimed in broken Spanglish «I don giff a ffock,» when I tried to inform them of the vile smell in this joint. As I write this I am currently perched on my own toilet at home with my styrofoam box across my lap and this experience is 10 times more enjoyable than stepping into that black hole they refer to as a restaurant. 2 stinky thumbs down says this critic. Won’t be going back till I’m high and hungry again. Possibly tomorrow.

Fiancé came in about a month ago and refuses to return. Sad because this was one of our favorite spots. He was showing a friend around houston and decided to stop for lunch. The wait itself was a bit longer than usual but when the food arrived he was disgusted. The food smelled horrible, not like the usual dishes but like excrement (not exagerating). Our friend across the table could smell it as well and it was so off putting he mentioned it to the girl at the counter. While he was up there another man came up to complain about the smell of his food… same thing! Not sure what happened or how that could be possible but we won’t return. Prior to this we had gone several times without incident :(cleanliness is becoming an issue

Delicious pupusas. La crema sucked. The beans watery. Don’t come here if you’re starving — it’ll be a while before you get it. He waitress had a sour attitude, didn’t check on us at all, and rude. If you see a tall dark skinned waitress avoid her — she’ll ruin your day!

First, this restaurant is primarily Salvadorian cuisine, with some Mexican dishes on the menu. That being said, I can only vouch for the Salvadorian dishes. The food here is delicious!

I haven’t been there in a since they moved across the street, but last time I went the food was great. It was my families go to place for pupusas. Also, I would like to say that this place isn’t «Mexican» food as it’s labeled, it’s actually more of Salvadorian food.

I love their pupusas and fried plantain. I could probably eat it every day, but I would gain a lot of weight. Nice new building.

Absolutely love this place every time I come to Houston I have to come here lol the only thing that sucks is that they take really long to bring out your food and that they don’t speak English but good thing my family can order for me lol

this is the worst restaurant i have been too, the food was ok but after the terrible customer service we experienced i will definitely never go back to this place. it was 6 of us in total so we sat in 2 different tables the waitress didn’t even bother to take our order after she took the order for the first table, my father in law had to get up to ask them to take the order for the second table, we didn’t even get our drinks and food until my family in the other table were almost done, the waitress didn’t even bring us drinks we had to get up to ask. the waitress was terrible she didn’t take care of us we keep getting up to the register to ask for what we needed. the worst part was that when we payed she had the nerve to charge the tip on the bill wow i was so disappointing, i complain to the manager but she didn’t do nothing about this is the worst place ever please be aware of how bad this place is

Went to their new spot across the street from the old location. I am genuinely disappointed with these people. The pupusas were mediocre, I’ve definitely had better and my yucca had a sorry amount of chicharron.
My server is what really pissed me off about this place. They accidently gave us one more pupusa then they were supposed to and she stuck her hand in my boyfriends place and took it! My boyfriend can’t speak Spanish, but he felt like that was really wrong to do. Mind you, she didn’t even ask she just took it on another plate and left. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone else gave it with how disgusting these people are. He lost his appetite and didn’t eat what was left of his.
She also checked back with us 1 other time. She wasnt busy. We were there at 1pm on a Tuesday. There was a total of 3 parties there. And another server. But before I left she begged me to tell her boss that it was too hot in there because she was tired. It was perfectly fine in there. I don’t know what’s wrong with that lady.
Odds are, I’m never going back to this place. I’m fortunate enough to know of other places with exceptional service in Houston. I’m surprised I stayed as long as I did.
If you decide to go here, keep your eyes out for the old blonde lady. She’s the worst! Wish I would have told her boss THAT!

can’t wait for them to move across the street. this little spot could offer so much more to this area… food good

I love coming here for my pupusa’s. They are the only place i know of that sells pupusa’s with squash… which i would absolutely recommend you try! They also make horchata (salvadorian not mexican) and this other really amazing homemade fruit punch drink… it has like apples and oranges in it! So delish! If you are a houstonian and haven’t had the chance to experience good salvadorian food you are truly missing out on a unique experience. The arroz con leche here is sooo so good… they serve it hot! The hot sauce for the pupusa’s is really tastey as well… not to spicy. which i like. The coleslaw for the pupusas is meh… could be better, but it’s still good. don’t get me wrong. The only downfall to this place is that they DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH… like at all. I have come here on numerous occasions and have had to call my dad to order for me (since i don’t hablo espanol). Honestly though that just goes to show you that this place is authentic and you are going to get some mean a** pupusas hahaha!