Salvadoreno Restaurant

We were looking for a different place to try for dinner. We love trying different varieties of ethnic foods. My husband saw this place and checked the reviews. We saw the overall consensus was positive and that people raved about their food.
I have to say I was not impressed at all. We sat down and the server came over, asked us if we spoke Spanish, which we don’t. It felt like she was offended that we didn’t speak Spanish and from that moment on I didn’t feel welcome, she was very rude and reluctant to help me navigate the menu. I ordered the 2 Papusa meal with one steak/​cheese and the other chicken/​cheese. I used the sauce that came with it, but they just had no taste. They were so bland. Maybe I just don’t have the pallet for food like this, even though I love Mexican cuisine.
Between the incredibly rude server and the pretty much tasteless food, I can say for sure I won’t be back.

Just because I gave this place a 3 doesn’t mean I wouldn’t come here again. Here is why I gave this place a 3:
Environment: You walk in and you may be greeted or perhaps ignored. If you are dinning in, take and sit. If you’re ordering to go, go to the cashier booth. Very small and dark. Nice pictures on the wall but wouldn’t sit next to them because they’re filthy dirty. The tables are just like I described.DIRTY. I asked the lady to clean our table and she did with an attitude. Floor, just keep your head leveled. –1 star
Waitress: She was absolutely RUDE. She did not introduce herself and she asked what we wanted right away with an attitude instead of letting us know the specials. Drinks take about 5 full minutes to arrive. (There is only one waitress by the way). She Took our order and 10 minutes later she brought us our utensils and condiments.
Food: AMAZING!!! One thing, it takes 35 – 45 minutes for the food to come out. But when it comes out, its nice and hot! The food tasted delicious and perfect. I ordered pupusas revueltas and the sauce was great as well with the cabbage that goes on top. I cant honestly complain about the food. +3
Overall: It was a lesson learned. Don’t come here if you are starving because you will pass out (takes a long time for the food to come out). The food is great. Everything else they can change but wont stop me from coming in again if i’m in the mood for pupusas.

Ok I know this has nothing to do whit food but if you come to restaurant, is because you wanted to have meal. Not listening to Christian music I have noticed that this people have Christian music play at al the time .
Please don’t get my wrong, but where is Liberty of cult, if I wanted to listening this music I go to church, not to restaurant. I hope this change.

Best Salvadorian restaurant I’ve had so far. The pupusa’s were bigger and cheesier than I’ve had before and the beans were on point. The cabbage salad had a nice tangy taste to them from the spices. The meats I ordered where a little over cooked but the taste was still there. Over all, a 4 out of 5 for Salvadorian food.

Takes 30 minutes for an order… I recommend calling ahead or perhaps asking for the day off at work to just sit and wait for your food …

Good stuff!!! We had a large lunch group (we like to try a new type of food every month) and I think everyone loved it! Mostly papusas. I got the three with jalapenos, one cheese, one carne asada and one pork. They were all great! I got the crema (like sour cream) and beans (like bean juice?) for my sides. I will be back — so glad we gave Salvadoreno a try!

You can’t go wrong with popusas! It’s a change from all the Mexican food. I ordered a cheese and a chicken popusa and it was made fresh and came out hot. Hidden in Mesa in kind of a secluded corner however.

I’ve only had take out from this place. It quickly became an office favorite when we wanted to cheaply engage in gluttony.
I usually get the 3 pupusa combo, and it always lasts me for breakfast and lunch the next day. Pretty good for under 10 bucks. They have a good selection of veggie options for the pupusas, but you had better like cheese! My favorite part is the curtido on top. Any form of pickled cabbage makes me very happy.
I wish service was a bit faster though. We usually had to call in our order about an hour ahead of time, or else the person picking it up got stuck at the restaurant awhile.

Best pupusa and the Salvadorean combo plate is amazing. Prices are fair but they did go up. Little taste of El Salvador in Mesa.

I was up one night watching DDD on the food network and they were talking about a Salvadorian restaurant that served pupusas. I had never heard of them before but they looked so delicious that I searched to see if we had a Salvadorian restaurant in AZ. Yay! We do!
This restaurant is tucked far back in a rundown shopping center in a not so great part of town — don’t let that scare you away. The restaurant is clean and the food is AWESOME! I have gone 2 times and both times I was very pleased. The pork and cheese pupusas are great and so are the cheese ones. The green corn tamales are the best I have ever had — EVER! The horchata is different but good and their crema is fantastic. I can’t say enough about this place — I highly recommend!

Came here visiting for work. Order two PUPUSAs pretty good. They have won best in Arizona 2009−2011−2012. Service was great. If you have never had A Pupusa I recommend it better than a burger and more flavorful.

Decided to go here while driving through AZ. The popusas were on point regardless of the kind you get. The bisteck ensebollado was ok, not bad enough to say I won’t eat it again. Definitely held up to previous reviews!

After reading the reviews here, I was looking forward to trying great Salvadorean food. My experience, however, was very disappointing. While the waitress was friendly, the service was very slow. We waited a while for drinks, refills, take out boxes, and finally the check. I would have overlooked the slow service if the food had made up for it. Unfortunately, it didn’t!!!
My sister and I shared the appetizer sampler plate and the shrimp & chicken entrée. We enjoyed the papusas, fried plaintain, and fried taro, but were disappointed with everything else. The pork and chicken were so dried they could have been called jerkey. The salsa was bland and tasteless. The empanadas were so hard you could have seriously hurt someone with them.
To add insult to injury, the prices were pretty high for a hole in a corner place. Lunch for 2 totaled over $ 40 (tip included). We could have gone to more than a dozen other places for better food at lower prices. Needless to say, we will not return to this restaurant.

I really like this place. It was introduced to me when a TV show featured them and boy am I glad they did. Don’t be concerned or scared off by the atmosphere and appearance of the place. It’s not a place where you have to get dressed up! What’s funny is they are almost always pretty empty, as I am guessing a lot of people do take out but that is fine with me because that means I can find parking and a spot to sit. Everything seems to be made to order, so don’t be in a hurry. It is so well worth the wait. I always go get pupusas and I make sure to get their delicious beans. The flavor is delicious!

Can’t go wrong with their El Salvadorean sampler and pupusa combo. Had their chicken and carne asada pupusas, rice and beans, tamale, yuca, empanada, and plantain chips. Their slaw and red sauce especially delicious.

My family loves to come here. At least 2 – 3 times per month we come for the pupusas. There is a combo plate that has 3 pupusas, rice, and beans for about $ 10, but typically I order two a la carte (just over $ 2 each). We usually get the chicharones, but the most recent time I ordered one chicken and one spinach. The pineapple aqua fresca is excellent as well. If you are looking for El Salvadorian food, this is the place to go.

We were immediately greeted when we walked in the restaurant. In no time at all the waitress took our drink orders. She helped us make our menu selections. She also described some of the menu items that we were unfamiliar with. The food was delicious and prepared & served promptly. This was a good experience. We will return. Sure wish I knew the waitress’s name. She was very friendly.

My first pupusa experience was a hit! Had never tried El Salvador food, and wanted to try something new so my boyfriend and I decided to check this place out, and I am glad we did.
The restaurant is very tiny, hole in the wall type place. Posters of El Salvador on the walls. making me want to travel there! Our server was nice, did not speak much English, but that was not really a problem. I am not sure if we misunderstood and we were supposed to go up to the front and order, because we would ask her a question about an item, she’d answer, then run off before we could order!
The food was yummy! I got the squash and cheese and the bean and cheese pupusa and they were both awesome. The squash and cheese had a bit more cheese than I would have liked, as I do not eat cheese often, but still was appetizing. It also came with beans and rice on the side. I wasn’t used to eating liquefied beans, but I did enjoy them.
For dessert my boyfriend and I shared the nuegados de yuca con miel. It was a little odd for my taste, but obviously something I have never had before. If I go again I would want to give a different dessert a try.
OH and when you visit their website, you can find a coupon for 10% off your first visit. Though the food is pretty inexpensive, not that big of a deal if you forget the coupon like I did haha.

Pupusas! I love me some pupusas!
That’s all that I have ordered from there so I can’t comment on the rest of the food.
They are delicious, they are made to order, or so it seems because it takes a while to get the food. I order the cheese and the chicharron with cheese, they are big enough that 2 fill me up.
Why only 3 stars then?
They are inefficient when it comes to customer service and overall cleanliness of the place. Every time I visit there is a few dirty tables that remain dirty while I wait for my food to be served, and there is rarely more than a few customers at the same time, at least during the dinner times I have been there, their server’s could not be any more unfriendly, as if you’re disturbing their time by eating there. Sometimes there is a smell to the place that makes me question my decision to eat there. They have a rule of 1 dollar charge if you don’t spend more than 20 dollars and pay with a credit card.

Authentic Home Style Cooking from El Salvador with a great tasting selection of delicious items to choose from their fantastic menu. Seafood, Meats, Appetizers, Salads, Pupusas and Traditional Entrees as well as Tasty Desserts. They even provide pictures that you can see of each of the dishes on the menu. Nice!
Inside is clean and tidy with fun items on the walls that give you the sensation of being in a little tucked away place in El Salvador. The service was very friendly and helpful when I arrived and when it was time to order. I saw some photos on Brother Unilocal and showed a few to her and said I want this one and one of your famous Pupusas to test out.
Ordered the Churrasco Salvadoreño plate which is Steak, Shrimp, Sausage, Black Beans and Rice, Queso Fresco, Fried Plantain, handmade Tortillas and then some. Had to get a Pupusa and asked her what she recommend. She happily replied Pork, Beans and a Cheese or Revueltas con Chicharrón, Queso y Frijoles as shown on the menu. It comes with a delicious side of spicy cabbage and a very tasty red sauce that you put on top for some extra kick. Hotter sauce also available on the table if you are crazy like me.
Everything was packed with flavors and super good. This is not your typical Mexican style food. You must check it out to experience it. In the same complex as Family Dollar store in the deep corner. Yummo!
4.5 STARS