Balompié Cafe #3 - Salvadoran restaurant in San Francisco - 3801 Mission St, USA

I have never had Salvadoran food and the pupusas are really different enough from tacos that I wanted to give it a try. To get a better experience, I visited the place when it had just opened, when the restaurant had been opened for a few hours, and when the place was about to close. The service and food quality were the best when the place had just opened: both pupusas had been cooked (not raw) and each had similar amounts of shrimp and cheese in it. However, when the place had been opened for a while, both food and service quality became inconsistent. For example, one pupusa had SOME cheese and shrimp in it, but the other had almost neither. And although the place closed at 8, they wouldn't take orders at around 7:30, not even to go, so go early. As the price is low and the food is really quite filling, I think even if food quality and service aren't consistent (at all), I can recommend it only if you want some food to be quick and filling and don't care about either food quality or service quality (communion has never been easy, even just pointing at menu items and indicating how many I would like)

This Salvadorian neighborhood family restaurant is exactly what it should be, a local haunt where great homemade food is served, and the people in the Mission know it's delicious. The soup and papussas were on my menu for the night. The hearty broth, the mixed vegetables and the chunks of tender beef is what you want on a cold damp day.

Balompie #3 is our go to for salvadorean breakfast. Service is always friendly and the food is always delicious. The food is an excellent value and you leave saying yummmmm.....

Nice spot for lunch. Had a sangria and three pupusas. My date had three pupusas as well and we split some plantains, which had a delightful caramel like finish. I ordered three different pupusas, and each one was a good quality for its flavor combo. More shrimp and cheese pupusa please lol. I think there was a little communication issue with the server because of a language barrier but no biggie. Drink and full meal for like $20. Can’t complain! Food looked wonderful too as you’ll see in the video.

Balompie is my favorite pupusaria!!! Ordered online for pick up Oct 4, 2023. Pupusas were made fresh, piping hot, and they gave us plenty of curtido!! We don't really eat the sauce that comes with it because we like our sauce spicy. However, they gave plenty of that as well. I highly recommend this spot if in the area. And on a warm evening, the parklet is a nice addition.

Someone took down my review and just kept my photos. It's ok. Story short: Ladies have attitude and are very rude, the food isn't that great anymore (very salty, raw pupusas) and the place needs a good cleaning.

I've never had a pupusa before and my friend recommended coming here. It felt super authentic and I we got the cheese papusa, chicken papusa, and a tamale. Delicious! Very much a no-frills, local spot - very well priced, fast service, and just like an felt authentic experience

Ordered casamiento rice with 2 pupusa and a horchata. Delicious.