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Nena's Restaurant
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Categories: Restaurants, Coffee & Tea [Edit]
Neighborhood: Bernal Heights3459 Mission St
(between Cortland Ave & Kingston St)
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 285-8985
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- No
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
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10 reviews for Nena's Restaurant
I went to this place a couple of weeks ago and what I remember is that the food was okey, the waitress was nice and that it was cheap. A place like many others on Mission st.
However what I remember the most is that I wished I was drunk when I got there - it would have been hilarious. The waitress was nice but spoke no English. As a French guy, it's sometimes already hard in English. That day, my Spanish vocabulary to discuss, choose and order Salvadorian food was pretty limited but we managed to communicate !
Go enjoy happy hours at the 3300 club and then go to Nena's Restaurant, you'll have a great night !
Great Salvadorean food at a decent price in a nice and clean place considering the area. Had the seafood soup and pupusas and both were excellent. The staff didn't speak to much English but the pictures helped and u can manage. Plus it seems more authentic if they don't speak to much English.
Tell me if you've heard this one before.
A Turk, a Frenchman, and a Chinaman walk into a Salvadorian restaurant where the staff speaks no English...
This was a trip. In search of some hang-over cures, we came to this place because one of the reviews below made mention of the fact the menu also contained classic breakfast/sandwich type foods. Unfortunately, I should have checked the particular review was from 2006, and things have changed.
I'm not complaining, as I got to sample some decent Salvadorian food, just the whole experience was a bit disorienting. We were the only people in the place when we got there at 1pm on a Sunday. After we sat down, one of my friends noticed that they had just turned on the music, apparently for us. The waitress spoke very little English, so I'm glad the menu had pictures. I really need to learn some Spanish.
I thought our food took a little while to come out, given that no one else was there. My dish itself was OK, not great. I forgot what it was called, but it would best be described as some sort of breakfast scramble.
It was cheap, food was decent. so I rate it right about middle of the road. There are plenty of other places around though, so probably no repeats.
I forget how the joke ends, but I'm sure it's offensive.
The pupusas here weren't out of this world or anything. I would go back because it was cheap ($3 for two pupusas) and because the space was modern and clean. You don't really get that at most pupuserias so brownie points for sure.
The waitress disappeared on me twice, but was otherwise very friendly.
I would come back.
We approached Nena's with trepidation; the multitude of cuisines listed on the menu indicated that the kitchen might be stretching beyond their capabilities. I certainly wasn't there for a caesar salad or rack of lamb, so we both stuck to the Salvadorean sections of the menu. Although it seems like the conventional American fare dominates the menu, Salvadorean specialties are listed in their own corner of the menu.
I opted for the pupusas revueltas (mixed bean, cheese, and pork) with rice and beans ($5.75) and my dining companion selected the giant breakfast platter of chicken chilaquiles, one egg topped with salsa verde, one egg topped with salsa ranchero, casimiento (white rice and black beans mixed together), and tortillas ($11.50). I was content with my pupusas, the curtido was extremely fresh and the flecks of red chiles brought a welcome bit of heat to it. Beans, rice, and salsa were all adequate and tasty enough that I would return. I felt like the 2 pupusa plate was a much better value at $5.75 as the portion was quite large. The platter brought some hits and some misses. I enjoyed all of the sauces on the plate but the salsa verde was the spiciest and the favorite. I found the casimiento to be less flavorful than the refried beans and rice on my plate, but perhaps that is how it is meant to be prepared.
Nena's is extremely clean inside with comfortable tables and chairs. The restaurant was at least half full for the duration of my meal with only one waitress, she was rather busy. However, she was friendly and fluent in English and Spanish. A good brunch spot to keep in the rotation when dining with a group that wants basics (french toast and pancakes) as well as more exciting fare (spiciness). The pan con pavo (stewed turkey sandwich) also caught my eye as did a few other dishes.
Good pupusas!!!!!
Cute new place. As you walk in to this cozy place, you see hand painted murals all over the walls, even in the restroom. Very nice staff and you can watch them cook your food. They have a very nice menu, but I was happy to see Pupusa's on it. They were terrific with a nice cold beer. I will come back here again and try out some more from the menu. I saw that they also have nice lattes, layered in a clear glass. You won't be disappointed here.
Pretty good breakfast, but their lunch and dinner is terrible, and service is never good.
My husband and I rarely chow outside our basic neighborhood (sunset/parkside/richmond districts is what we stick with). But we were driving a friend home out in this neighborhood, dropped him off and both of us starving pretty late on a Saturday evening... we had a couple of choices in this area and chose Nena's - we were NOT disappointed, although neither of us chose anything that was really Salvadorian - we both chose the shrimp penne pasta - and let me tell you the amount of food we received was astronomical! You will not walk away hungry at all, this was definitely one of those times when you know you should stop eating but the food is just soooo good you don't want to stop. The atmosphere was nice but very simple, the wait staff and cooks, etc. were all family and friendly and it is an entirely family owned restaurant. We will make special trips out there just for Nena's - it is worth it to us! We went home with half our meals and a pint of rice we saw on a passing plate and just had to order some to go- it reminded my Husband of his Grandma's rice - good stuff!
i couldn't have thought of a better place to pop my pupusa cherry. determined to have a warm, homey mexican and salvadorean meal on a cold and blustery day, we spent some time trudging our way up mission, passing countless promises of pupusas until i saw the red and gold sign of nena's. it beckoned. we sat down to a slightly small, hole-in-the-wall restaurant, to one of the better mexican meals i've had in a long, long time. one guy worked the front of the house, while his mother AND grandmother worked the back. though it took forever to get our food, it was well worth the wait. the chicken soup was hearty and full of flavor. the pupusas were simply grand. hot and crispy with an oozing center of cheese, beans, and pork (revueltas). they were divine, and served with a pupusa staple known as curtido - tangy, pickled cabbage slaw - the perfect accompaniment.
i'm so going back. really like stepping into someone's home and waiting for the food made tenderly by his/her grandmother.
