Balompié Cafe #1 — Restaurant in San Francisco

Food was excellent, one of the best Pupusas I have ever had.

Reason for one start is because they were trying to cheat and took no responsibility when called out for the error.

My friend and I only ordered 2 pupusas and a coke. And when it was time to pay the total came out around $14. I was a bit surprised and suspicious of the total. So I asked for the receipt.

I can't imagine how many people they have cheated because they only show the grand total and not the itemized total unless specifically asked for.

I noticed that the menu had pupusa listed to $4.75 wheras they charged me $5.25 each other for both of them.

Things got ever worse when I pointed it out and the server tried to play dumb and act like he did not know what I was talking about. This happened for solid 2 min and it seemed like we were arguing at this point. So I pointed it on the menu and showed him the difference.

I then asked him to fix it or make us an additional pupusa for the inconvenience whichever is easier. He replied "NO" in an aggressive and rude tone to which I responded "okay no problem, please fix it then."

He said okay but totally ignores us for about 20 minutes. So we get frustrated and decide to leave.

It wasn't the money which caused mental agony rather the aftermath of how we were treated which was infuriating.

They also charge you an additional 5% service transaction which is further taxed and tip is added on top of it. Not once was this mentioned to us.

ADVICE TO EVERYONE - ASK FOR ITEMIZED RECEIPT AND COMPARE IT TO THE...

When I went on a funventure in the city a couple of weekends ago, I was in the mood for some good pupusas, and Balompie Cafe came across my radar during my restaurant search on Yelp. I decided to save this review for my official 100th review here on yelp (Yippee!).

Balompie boasts some truly authentic, delicious and quality food at a very reasonable price. We ordered the pork/cheese and shrimp/cheese pupusas, and they were both spectacular. I really enjoyed the shrimp ones since I had never had seafood in a pupusa before, so it was a really cool and new flavor combination for me. I also thought that the pork pupusas were particularly savory. I don't think that you really can go wrong with any of their choices. I recommend taking a look at their specialty pupusas since they had a pretty interesting selection.

We also ordered the platanos (fried plantains), which I could have done without, but my fiance loved them. The only negative thing about our experience is that when they asked us if we wanted sour cream with the platanos, we said yes, unaware that it would come at a fairly hefty extra cost (for sour cream, that is). I wish it had been more clear in the questioning, but I was still incredibly satisfied with my experience here hence the 5 stars!

Overall, if you are looking for some authentic food in the Mission at a cheap price, come here. It is delicious and they give you a lot of good, quality food for a price that is pretty atypical in...

Wow!!!

I mean we were craving something cheap and delicious and wow does this place deliver! We stopped in almost around closing time and they were so kind about it and still served us and helped us figure out our order. Staff are excellent!

The beat thing here is of course the arepa! Like order a few different kinds and share or just sample some and take it home! Either way it's a must must must try here! There is nothing like that texture combination of the doughy and gooey arepa (based on the filling of course) with a perfect bite of cabbage slaw and drizzled with some of that sauce! Idk which sauce but test around and use all of them and see which works best for you! I love spice, so I piled on high them jalapeños and red spicy sauce!

We also ordered the fried fish to share and it was ample amounts of food! The fish was good, but by far the best thing is the arepa! My favorite are very basic- cheese, mixed (meat and beans) and of course meat (your choice!)!!

Would definitely recommend and don't be shy to order a local beer...