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Rinconcito Salvadoreno
Rating Details »
Category: Latin American
Neighborhood: Bernal Heights3829 Mission Street
(between College Ave & Crescent Ave)
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 282-9114
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
5 reviews for Rinconcito Salvadoreno
Good! I have to take off a star, to start with, because I think the prices are simply too high. I'm kind of over paying $10 for a small plate of rice, beans and fried plantains. The fried plantains were very good, though. The rice and beans were fine, as were the chips and salsa. They were eager to accommodate my vegan requests, and made me a beans-only pupusa, which was warm and good.
We went (for the second time) on New Year's Eve, and it was packed with happy customers, drinking Coronas and watching rather loud Spanish-language TV. A pretty upbeat place to have a meal, really.
The bathroom is clean.
Very reasonable price for food and the wait isn't so long. Not greasy and tasty pupusas. They even have good and clean bathrooms!
While the nachos are super yummy, I haven't been back to this place in months thanks to the unneccesarily rude service I received.
My first visit I had to wait 15 minutes to get nachos with no one ahead of me. I'm not exaggerating with the time since I kept checking my cell phone. The owner or mgr, the older lady with glasses, was pretty nice and chatted with me which made the wait not so bad.
However, on my second visit, her attitude did a complete 180. She took my order, I paid in advance since I knew I would have to wait. I waited and waited again. One of the girls finally brought my order to me, and then asked me if I paid. I said yes and showed her my ticket/ receipt. Then the owner who charged me had the nerve to get an attitude and ask me if I paid. Um, I'm the only customer in here and you can't remember that 15 min ago I paid you? I mean get the F outta here! I was so annoyed.
So needless to say I wont be frequenting this spot whatsoever.
We had a really hard time ordering here because our waitress didn't speak English, but she was really nice and patient, and I guess no English adds to the authenticity, right?. They do have pictures of a lot of their dishes, so that helped out a lot. What's really good here is their pupusas. I learned about them because my mom's coworker would used to bring them her workplace and share them. The pupusas didn't disappoint. I wasn't too impressed the the milanesa (battered beef) because it seemed like something I could whip up at home, but at least the beef was tender. Overall, I'd go back, especially since I'm two blocks away.
JONASAPPROVED!
so goood. with several pupusa joints in close proximity, this one shines brightly. sure, their pupusas are great ( i really like the cheese and loroco - kinda like a caper)... but try the specialties; the churrasco nicaraguense (i have no idea how to spell that), huevos estrellados, the chicken soup! it's all really tasty and the ladies who run the joint are really sweet.
try it out. it's open late. pupusas are really good hangover food, too. trust me.
