Pupusa Restaurant

Food is amazing. But the prices are even better. Also, people are very welcoming and place is super clean. Restrooms are always clean, I know a lot of people probably don’t see that important but I have kids and it makes me uncomfortable to see dirty restrooms. So I give this place a 5 stars because of, the amazing PRICES, food is GREAT and the whole restaurant is CLEAN.

Yummy! This place is fast n very delicious pupusas. By the way the only have breakfast and pupusas and some antojitos. Don’t expect a full Salvadorian Menu. Pupusas are very very good I highly recommend it. I try the chicharon con queso need to come back and try other ones.

Food was ok. I ordered a breakfast of eggs with vegetables, my wife had the huevos estrellados breakfast. The food arrived quickly and hot. The Atole was hot and not too sweet. Area and restrooms were well kept.

Pupusas and tamales de elote are always on point! I highly recommend this salvadorian restaurant if you want to eat tasty pupusas!

Very delicious and flavorful pupusas. These are mixta (beans, cheese and pork). Must try if you are in the area, they will not disappoint.

Best pupusas in Houston…period. The aesthetic of the place is very homey and welcoming. Takes you to your childhood when your Salvadorian mom would make food on Sundays. Don’t skip out on their aguas frescas either.

Pricing is perfect and the pupusas are wonderful for a cheap and filling meal. The staff was very helpful and offered recommendations. You order and pay first and then can get a plate of included cabbage with spicy tomato sauce. The yucca fries, fried pork, and pork pupusas were all very good and filling.

Place was great and good prices I’d definitely come visit again when in town.

Man I love this place I've been ordering pupusas from here since I started working off hillcroft. Affordable thick and delicious Their pickled cabbage and spicy salsas are delicious! I always get the revueltas Combo pupusa or when I'm feeling gluttonous I'll get the large cheese pupusa with an order of the fried chicharones and eat it wrapped up I always pre order cause they can get super busy!

This is truly authentic and original food. You wouldn't know you weren't in the country have food in a cafe there, if you hadn't walked in off the streets of Houston.

Here you will definitely get your bang for your buck. Meals under $7 and very tasty. Really good portions and different options. I've been here many times and not once have i had something i didn't like.

While the name of the restaurant might not be particularly imaginative, this neighborhood Salvadoran eatery certainly delivers with a variety of piping-hot pupusas (and when I say piping hot, my goodness do they come out hot - use the accompanying curtido - a slaw - to regulate the temperature in your mouth). The plantains with cream are a delicious accompaniment. I also tried a chicken tamale but was a bit underwhelmed - I'll stick with the pupusas and plantains.

This a bustling popular place. It is very inexpensive and simply delicious authentic food. We chose a chicharron y queso pupusa which comes with a side of slaw and hot sauce. It is like a stuffed corn pancake.

Delicious pupusas made to order. My favorite is the bean, cheese and pork, but the loroco is good too. They come out piping hot and so tasty! The curtido served with the pupusas is super fresh and the salsa complements the pupusas perfectly! Definitely my go to place when I'm craving pupusas.

Delicious- hot and fast. Highly recommend the squash pupusas, beans, and the platanos fritos. Our new go to pupusa place!!

Really good pupusas just take a bit to come out. I understand their made fresh so they take a bit only thing is restaurant is just regular but regular is ok overall Good

Great taste and fast service most of the time. It does get busy during lunch, so keep that in mind. Definitely worth it.

Good and filling food. I recommend trying the pupusa here. The pastelitos is also good. Tamale de pollo is ok. Make sure to try their refresco. This place can become a regular if I live in the area.

Eight years later, this isn't a buffet restaurant anymore as Pupusa Buffet is now shortened to simply Pupusa. Not sure if they are still part of the Cocina Latina chain, since I order everything through delivery apps these days and can't view the paper menus. Besides, the cafeteria ambience encourages takeouts. What I like about this place is that the food is still cheap, there are plenty of options beyond pupusas, and I like the crisp fresh curtido and salsa. I really like their thick red bean tamales which are wrapped in banana leaves which impart their flavours further if you were to resteam or microwave them. I also like that they have ayote (squash) pupusas in addition to the traditional vegetarian options of loroco and beans.

I've been here twice. Perfect pupusas. The cabbage is a little different than other restaurants I've been to, but it's great. I mainly like their most basic pupusas, but their other dishes are good too.

If you want truly authentic Salvadoran food, look no further. I'm talking "none of the staff speaks English and there are grandmas rolling out pupusas in the back" authentic. The room is set up in a cafeteria-style and you order at the counter. There was a pretty long line when I visited last on a weekend, but I didn't much mind the wait as I took in the beautiful mural of a rural scene on the back wall and basked in the collective warmth of families with their giggling children eating breakfast all around me. The pupusas have the ideal texture, soft and gummy, packed with salty cheese and best doused with the tart and pungent curtido (slaw) and hot sauce. Don't skip out on the Loroco variety, which features a crunchy and delicious edible flower indigenous to Central America. The squash pupusas are great as well. The one with Cheese, Beans, and Pork one was savory and rich but could've used more of each ingredient. Hard to beat hot and freshly made pupusas for breakfast or lunch (or dinner for that matter) and this spot does them well.

First time I got food from here it was pretty good but when I went back two months after the food came out cold the workers are friendly but the food isn't so good anymore

Great place to eat , super clean , food its great , excellent customer service , they have several dishes ready , definitely will come here again

don't recommend. They don't do good service and the woman who attended me had a bad attitude definitely don't recommend this place.

Man, what great food. I haven't had Salvadoran food since I lived there, and there was no disappointment. They're good was authentic, the service was excellent and the restaurant was so clean.

Excellent food and service. Best pupusas I ever had. People are very nice, friendly and proffessional. I highly recommend Pupusa Restaurant.

This place has such great papusas! We ordered a variety to try-bean, cheese, pork. They were all delicious. The salsa was phenomenal also... will definitely be coming back!

Great place, I have tried other places in town but this one hits the spot! I have had friends try it out and they love their food.

One of my friends kept talking about the amazing fresco de cebada he had here, so after driving through the area, I decided to stop by here for a quick snack. Loroco Pupusa - 4/5 The Loroco kind of tasted like artichoke, which was pleasantly surprising. The pupusa dough was nice and soft but was also pretty dense. However, the flavors of this pupusa paled in comparison to the pork, bean, and cheese pupusa. Pork, Bean, and Cheese Pupusa - 5/5 This pupusa was my favorite of the two kinds I got; I wish I ordered more of this one! The filling was so flavorful, and you could taste each of the three ingredients inside. The exterior is super unassuming, with just a sign on their building titled "Pupusa". The interior was nice and clean, and the man at the cashier was super friendly. We asked him if they still served the drink (fresco de cebada) here, and he confirmed and even let us sample some for no charge! The food was very inexpensive ($5 for 3 pupusas) and delicious, and it came with dipping sauces and cabbage salad. Will definitely come again soon to try more of their drink selections and to get more of my favorite pupusas.

Es una verdadera lástima que sean tan codos como la salsa y el curtido, para dos pupusas te dan una ramita de salsa pequeña, me hacen dudar que sean auténticos salvadoreños.le doy 3 star por las pupusas

Love the pupusas and breakfast! Me and my co workers always order food from this place. If you haven't tried them out, it's a must

Muy delicioso la comida En especial las pupusas Totalmente recomendado El servicio muy bien atendiendo

Pedí frijoles con queso y cuando empecé a comer sentí que tenía más frijoles. Ni siquiera sentí el queso. tambien tenia mucha harina de maiz

the pupusas are just prefect with 2 of my favorite drinks being horchata and cebada the srvice is well such as including a pick up or delivery Overall a good place for hispanics or salvadoreños to enjoy eating here.

Amazing authentic fresh Salvadorian food! I waited less than ten minutes for my food despite it being a full house!! awesome friendly staff who know what they're doing. Small menu with great choices that are cooked to order with a wide variety or refreshing drinks and coffee. Been coming here for months and i can always count on amazing quality service and food. Do yourself a favor and treat yourself to Pupusa!

I'm disappointed that they no longer have the all you can eat buffet. Other than that the food is amazing! I ordered the bean and cheese pupusa and also a bean, cheese, and pork. I topped them with both salsas and cortido. I also tried then yuca con chicharron which was pretty good. I enjoyed their food so much I went back for another pupusa and also this fried corn thing that came with crema, I can't remember what it was called, but it was so good! I ate until my stomach felt like it was going to explode. I see some reviews on here saying they paid $1.39 per pupusa. Prices have gone up since then and they are now $1.50 each which is not bad at all. For my husband and I eat it was only $24 and we ordered A LOT. I would list everything we ordered out, but I'm honestly embarrassed 2 people ate that much.

I come here with family and friends. Very friendly staff and they greet you fast. The wait is very short so you get your food pretty fast. The food is delicious

The lupus as are molten lava hot, flavor is great and it's a good sized Pupusa for the money. Really enjoyed our first time here!

Friendly order taker, manager or owner. As for the food, in all honesty nothing great. We ordered cheese, bean/cheese, chicharrón pupusas weren't very savory. The cheese was definitely not Salvadorian, could have been regular Mexican or mozzarella cheese. The waters were very sugary that it overpowered the flavor of given water, we purchased 3 of them. The corn tamale was very dry, nevertheless service was quick and friendly.

Pupusas revueltas were a little dry. Not the ooey gooey I love, though it was delivery. Plaintains were bomb, especially mixed with the cazamiento (beans and rice). Chicken Tamales were not my style, I like Mexican tamales where the masa is more dry, these are super wet and just ok. Not very filling. Happy they deliver on door dash though!

OMG I've never had such fresh pupusas for only $5!!???? Ayce ! If you happen to call them and ask what time they close you better know spanish because you will get a " QUE QUE ???" They close at 9 pm sat Ok, everybody pretty much covered all corners on what was to review about this place and they were pretty much on the spot. My son and I just came from eating Pho a couple of hours before that and decided to drive way across town just to try this little place. The first thing I noticed when I parked and got out of my car which was about a good 15 yards from the door was the smell of what they were cooking. My son who is half Salvadorean widened his eyes and started acting like a kid in a toys r us store when he walked in and said "all you can eat!??" Those of you that have teenagers know how much they can eat right? Well when we finally finished we downed a total of 11 pupusas all together. Him 6 and me 5, I could not open my jaw anymore. Having been introduced to Pupusas for about 17 years and dragged all over Houston to almost every Pupusa restaurant there was because of his mother allowed me the nice experience knowing when I'm eating a good or bad batch and I can tell you this, this was the best pupusas I have ever tasted in my life. I would have been glad to pay $7.99 instead of the $4.99. They were that good. If you do not speak Spanish you might have a little hard time communicating what you need but there are numbers 1 through 6 where you can point and the nice little young lady behind the food will serve to you. It is a good thing I can speak spanish fluently and they even had a hard time understanding me! The only con I have is if you are not of hispanic descent or Asian like me, be prepared to be looked over a little strange by the patrons and the counter ladies but they mean no harm. Heck I do the same sometimes like when I'm at a Pho' place and see a construction truck full of "amigos" get out and step into where I am eating with chopsticks. I definately will return and will probably become a duke here by the years end. I live about 20 miles from this place and distance and price is not going to keep me from my new found gold. Thank you fellow yelpers for steering me in to this place. Next on my bucket list will be that Hot dog place by canal street. See ya soon!

AMAZING!! We went shopping at Value Village and worked up an appease turned to yelp for some help and stumbled into this GEM!! Hole in the wall, crazy busy, SUPER TASTY & CHEAP!! I live 15 miles away but plan on becoming a regular! Don't miss out!!

As someone who doesn't often eat pupusas, this restaurant was a welcome change from my usual diet. It was surprisingly busy for 8:30 AM on a Thursday morning but the servers were quick and courteous with orders. If you're learning Spanish like me, this was a great place to practice making an order! A couple words to remember: puerco (pork), frijoles (beans), and queso (cheese). I ordered the pupusa con puerco y queso para llevar (to go) and it was both reasonably priced and delicious. The texture was perfect - soft yet slightly crispy on the outside. I tried the spicy (picante) salsa with the pupusa which added a great spicy tomato flavor. They usually give a side of curtido (a fermented cabbage salad) with the order. I didn't try the curtido but my friend enjoyed it. I will definitely be coming back here!

Great hole in the wall. I was even with a Salvadoran friend who confirms authenticity of the pupusas. They are delicious but I just wish they had other flavors other than pork. Nevertheless very delicious.

The food is delicious and greatly priced. I had an egg and sausage breakfast plate with a revuelta Pupusa with frijoles on the side.The plate includes the scrambled eggs, beans, plátanos fritos, some cheese and sour cream. My belly was so full, I couldn't even finish my food. Everything for only $7.57!

I can't tell if I should rate this place on their service or the Papusa itself.... Let's just split it up. The service The person taking our order was very kind. She spoke English, so that helped a lot. The line was almost out the door. But she was very quick. She probably was one of few who actually spoke English. So come prepared using your HS Spanish. Basically, you order and then grab a plate and tell the lady behind the buffet bar which ones you wanted. The two we ordered were out at the time. But she hand festered and told us in Spanish it would be a few minutes. It didn't take long at all and our papusas were ready. The place was super packed but they cleaned the spots up quickly to free up the space. Overall, service was 5/5. The food It might be just me, but there was nothing really special about papusas. It was basically a na'an filled with cheese and something else. I had the cheese and pork and the BF has cheese and squash. I couldn't find any pork in mine. Maybe remnants of pork. But no actual meat. The squash one was more refreshing than the pork one. They were cheap. Two papusas were $3. Just one Papusa is filling. So, it's a super cheap meal. However, I didn't care for it much so I'd say 3/5. To compromise then, my review is 4/5

I love a man who can work his tongue. Oh, wait. I mean, a man who can handle two different languages easily is a sexy beast. Come here and your probability of finding such a man will be pretty darn high along with some tasty pupusas. Forget the Colbert Bump: I'm bumping up my own rating from 3.5 stars to 4 stars for this humble "Little Buffet That Could". Set in a fresh new strip center just south of Bissonnet and Hillcroft, I was lured to explore it by a totally random Yelp review (Ashley W's, if you're curious). Seeing John D's review only added fuel to this fire. The interior isn't the largest but the tables are clean and newish with a bright landscape mural of towns in El Salvador on each end wall. You pay your money up front ($5.40 including tax for the buffet only) and then pick up a styrofoam plate at the steam table. Choose among the 6 types and the steam table lady will unwrap the foil and put your chosen type and quantity on your plate. Move down and ladle up some picante salsa and/or some curtido (the zingy cabbage salad: think coleslaw). Grab and seat and enjoy while watching some Spanish telenovelas on the big screen TVs. I sampled one of each of 4 types: pupusa revuelta (pork, beans, and cheese), the loroco con queso, the ayote with cheese, and the plain beans and cheese. Some definitional terms from my transplanted El Salvadoran co-worker: Loroco is a flower that grows on a vine and used in various dishes. It has a pronounced flavor when fresh so is mixed with other ingredients to dilute its strength. Ayote is a baby pumpkin-squash vegetable and is considered a delicacy. [Okay, lesson over.] The loroco and ayote versions were tasty but not "out there funky". To be frank, the loroco was kind of bland. The ayote was different since you could see the spinach-like vegetable in the pupusa. I'd say you could serve your country-bumpkin Aunt Winifred these items and she would be okay with these "exotic" items if she can handle corn, cheese, and beans. The other pupusas were similarly mainstream but the reason for the star upgrade were the lovely charring those maize rounds took after their visit to the griddle, the tangy salsa, and the sour crunch of the curtido. The combination made for some nice eating. Of course, as the only Asian man in the place, both the cashier and the steam table lady gave me the eye to see if I really was eating these pupusas as well as whether or not I was enjoying them. After catching them eyeballing me, I kept on eating and gave them each a big grin. Or, the grin could have been due to a neighboring table of three young men who effortlessly flowed between flawless English and Spanish. Super sexy at how they shimmied between the two languages. I wanted to lean over and say "I like your pupusas" but worried that it would come off sounding dirty. Would it sound less dirty in Spanish? I thought not.

came into this place with my friend after we came in for the nail place right next door and we were not disappointed. best pupusas we've ever had we came back the next day for seconds!! definitely recommend it's so affordable and delicious

This place is so good full of nutrition food!!!!! We ate for 2 people and paid $22 we ordered two breakfast plates and 5 popusas with drinks !!!!!! Super cheap and delicious

I LOVE PUPUSAS!!!!! I Do!!!! ! I DO!!!!!!! I was introduced to this cheesy heaven sent creations almost 20 years. My best friends Aunt made the best ones ever. I had one bite and fell in Love forever Now I Found a place to get them just like she made them........ TO GO $1.00 EACH!! Sorry I don't mean to Yell. I'm excited!!!! Pupusa Reveltas MUST TRY!!!! SOOOOOO GOOOOODD!! Then for $4.99..All you can eat....WHOA.... There's a lady at the pupusa station who asks which one of the six kinds you would like. I really like they have her handling these pieces of gold with gloves on.. Thank goodness. Everyone would be picking out the not so cheesy ones. It's very sanitary. I now know where to come when I'm Jonesing for A pupusa a oooey gooey goodness of Heaven.

Besides tipical taste on the food, rich flavors, and plentiful amount of food, the price I paid for my breakfast was the BEST. Clean, neat, and friendly place the three times I had been there. Dare you to try it.

Just finished eating here and the breakfast and pupusas are delicious! I ordered the #10 #11 breakfast that come with plantains and a order of pupusas revueltas they were large and extra meaty and cheesy really good! I had a Jamaica and it was the best I've had in Houston its not too too sweet it's just right. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED plus the music and environment give me a home comfort feeling that reminds me of my grandparents

Amazing Pupusas. From your basic Puro Queso (Just Cheese) to your all out Revuelta (Cheese, beans & chicharron) The atmosphere isn't SUPER modern or anything like that so don't expect much but I can tell you hands down that you cannot get pupusas as fresh as that unless your grandma made them! The kitchen staff is always working hard and constantly pumping out Pupusas and their work really shows! If you have a chance, try at least each one out! As of 6/8/2016 the full price for a buffet is about $7.95 for the buffet alone no drink so it's not what it used to be back then where it was $5. I would definitely recommend the Lorroco y Queso Ayote con Queso Chicharron y Queso Pupusas! Grab yourself a plate for the "Salvadorian Coleslaw" with some salsa on there with some jalapenos, rip off some pupusa as a spoon for the slaw and CHOW DOWN. Too hot? Cool your mouth with some bomb ass Agua Fresca Pina (Pineapple Water) and boy you'll be in heaven!

Hole in the wall for sure. I have to give them five stars. Four for the food and 1 for cleanliness! The food is good and as expected of Salvadorian cuisine. The restrooms and restaurant dining area are kept very clean! Order and pay at the cash register and just give the cashier a count of what you want. ( i.e. 3 pupusas 2 tamales 4 drinks) then grab your plate and head to the serving station. This is where you can be specific of what type of tamales or pupusas you want. The aguas frescas were a bit on the sweet side, but I had a bottled water so just added some to balance the sweetness. We took some tamales and pupusas to go for later

Mmm pupusas, my loves! First of all, it's spelled PUPUSAS not PAPUSAS. Get it right! I don't know why many people spell it like that. Either they don't read or they think it sounds like English poopoo. It's P-U-P-U! The word has nothing to do with fecal matter, and the word comes from Nahuatl not Spanish. I found this place while searching for something around Hillcroft. These pupusas are decent, but I was not impressed. I've had better. I think the chafers make them soggy. If you're going to eat pupusas here or anywhere, do it right: 1. Order revueltas and queso con loroco for optimal bang for your buck. Order an horchata to drink. 2. Make sure you get curtido (the "slaw") on the side (do not pile it on top of your pupusa! I'll give you the stink eye if you do). 3. Add the salsa on top of the curtido. Do not pour this on top of your pupusa! 4. Cut a piece of pupusa with your hands. You are NOT supposed to eat them with a fork. 5. Now, with that piece of pupusa in your hand, grab some of the curtido/salsa. 6. Put in mouth, chew, and enjoy. 7. If you want to at this point, sip some horchata. 8. Repeat steps 4-6. Congrats, you're eating like a true Salvadoran!

We were craving pupusas, found this place, chicharrón y queso pupusas were mushy... they were edible but I don't see myself returning. Other than that- service is good, salsa was good, prices were good The tamale frito was good!!

Amazing. Best pupusa I ever had!!! Super cheap and big on flavor. Do yourself a favor, and get the spicy salsa. Where else can you stuff yourself to capacity for around $4?? Nowhere. That's where. Btw, on weekdays they close @ 8pm! Not 10pm

Their papusas are huge and yummy! We got 6 large papusas with all the trimmings for $7.53, you can't beat that. The staff are nice and this place is pretty big and clean inside. They had different types of home made fresh juices. We will definitely be back :)