Mi Pequeño El Salvador Restaurant

We arrived in Jackson Heights on Mother’s Day after being threatened by a vagrant on Roosevelt St in the slums of Flushing. Fortunately, my real mom was not involved. Mi Pequeño was the closest restaurant when we decided to celebrate our survival. The festive atmosphere of the restaurant, decked with shiny «Día de Mama» balloons, was perfect.
The mondongo was so good, I wish my gym (another five-​star establishment) would fill their rather small pools with it, so that I could swim in this hearty soup, scooping up perfectly cooked and seasoned bits of tripe and colorful vegetables, tasting the fragrant, salty broth instead of chlorine.
The carne asada plato came with enough food to stuff into a 11.6-inch MacBook Pro, and was also delicious.

Great pupusas they have here, great price and always same flavor. Love it so much. Being coming for them all this years

Pupusas!!! Second time coming here to eat this delicious Salvadoran dish. Pupusas are corn tortillas filled with cheese, beans, and/​or meat. I love the pickled slaw that come with the pupusas and the sauce as well. Waitresses are always very nice and the restaurant is very tidy. I would recommend this spot for a quick, cheap lunch or dinner.

Best Pupusas I have ever eaten and I have tried from various restaurants even from Washington DC, Maryland, and Tennessee. This place is my favorite spot when I am in town! Great food, great staff, and best for weekend night drinks and music!

Friendly staff and great food. Not only are the pupusas delicious every time but the seafood is as well a must try is shrimp asado with rice was extreme good

This place had so many good reviews I thought to come try it out. I came with my mother and was from the start not even greeted by even one of the servers. We had to flag them down just to get water to the table. I love pupusas and it was the major reason I came in and it was something they advertised as being the best of. I bought 6, waited over 30 minutes from them and turned out that they were almost completely empty of all filling. But fine I didn’t complain and just ate them. I also ordered a Beef soup (soupa de res) and that was actually very good, only problem was it was 15 dollars, for soup! Then came out main disk the typical plate number 3, it was suppose to be a flank steak but turned out to be a piece of leather with runny eggs on the side and rice and beans that basically stuck together with no flavor. It came with expired sour cream and a cold tortilla. It was really bad, when we signaled for the server it took her over 15 minutes to come to us for her then to tell us that she wouldn’t take it off the bill because we touched it! I mean how are you suppose to try it and see if you like it if you don’t try it!!! She argued with us for 10 minutes and agreed to take off only half but we could take the food home?! Regardless we had a long stressful experience here with people who obviously don’t know how to manage a restaurant with food that really is below acceptable.

If I want to get a taste of El Salvador this is my go to place. I’ve been coming here for a long time. Everything I’ve eaten here is delicious so far. If you want authentic Salvodoran food w/​o going to El Salvador this is your place. The atmosphere is very layed back & good for a family dinner. The only thing they could work on is taking orders out to go a little more careful & bringing items in a timely matter especially if the place isn’t packed. That’s the only reason I give it 4 stars instead of 5.

Love this place! It’s nice to have a Salvadoran restaurant in the culinary diversity that is Jackson Heights and the pupusas and curtido are consistently delicious.
I know most people always recommend the horchata, but I recommend the Jugo de Maranon :)

Alex and I have been here at least 20 times, if not more. What a gem! The food is always exquisite. A delicious menu which is always delicately prepared and served and is delicious every time. The staff are delightful. The pupusas are a must try, and the refried beans are yummy! They’re addicting!

Well, I wanted to do a pick up order. And unfortunately, the person who answered didn’t speak any English. I guess I have to take my money else where.
Too bad the food was good too.

Went here with a friend to have their pupusas. This is a nice family run place with a friendly waitress that has been in the neighborhood for many years. The pupusas came out very quick and were very fresh. The best ones for me are the pupusas revueltas, which came with cheese, beans, and chicharron. We also enjoyed their nice enchiladas, which is different from the Mexican version and comes open faced. I recommend getting some horchata too to accompany your food.

Beast pupusas. I love this place and try to go whenever I’m in the area. If you’re not in the mood for pupusas, they also have platos like chile relleno here, as well as really good salvadoran tamales. I also recommend the delicious horchata! I’m so glad to have this little place in Queens

«Eat and Repeat»
I recently was introduced to pupusas a month ago, so I wanted to do something a little different on a Sunday evening and I decided to drop by this place.
This is a very family-​oriented established and I assume the majority of the patrons live in the neighborhood, so the restaurant has a nice authentic vibe to it. Plus it seems that you get a generous amount of food for the 13.50+ plates, so it may be better to share with a companion.
I tried the pupusa with chicharron ($ 2.50) and the tacos salvadorenos ($ 8.50). The pupusa was very tasty and it was not as soggy and greasy as the ones I had in the past. And, the «coleslaw» had the right amount tartness and acidity.
The carne tacos, which are kinda like flautas, were pretty good although the meat could have been seasoned a little more.
The only negative thing that I can say is that the service was a little sluggish as it took about 10 minutes to get a glass of water and the place did not seem overly crowded. I definitely would like to return so I can try some of the various sopas on the menu. I wish that I was not in an extreme starvation mode, so that I could have spent more time exploring the menu. But, this will give me a reason to return.

Not a big fan of Tierras. I called them well in advance and asked if I could buy single pupusas. Yes, they said.
I drove all the way up there, went in, asked for two single pupusas of different kinds… but wait. You can only buy them in 3s. Wait, what? But I only wanted 2, and I hate throwing food out, and we had too many leftovers already. In fact they didn’t have one of the kinds I wanted so I just wanted to order one. She laughed at me.
Some guy had told me on the phone, they will sell me a single pupusa. Apparently someone got their wires crossed. So for bad customer service I give them a 2, and I’ll try them again someday if we can figure things out in a more civil and compromised way.
Will update my rating when I try it for real.

Temporarily increased to four stars because they sent me a very nice understanding comment. Will go back soon to try pupusas.
Not a big fan of Tierras. I called them well in advance and asked if I could buy single pupusas. Yes, they said.
I drove all the way up there, went in, asked for two single pupusas of different kinds… but wait. You can only buy them in 3s. Wait, what? But I only wanted 2, and I hate throwing food out, and we had too many leftovers already. In fact they didn’t have one of the kinds I wanted so I just wanted to order one. She laughed at me.
Some guy had told me on the phone, they will sell me a single pupusa. Apparently someone got their wires crossed. So for bad customer service I give them a 2, and I’ll try them again someday if we can figure things out in a more civil and compromised way.
Will update my rating when I try it for real.

We ordered a lot of food. Here is what we ordered:
6 Pupusas
Chicken Soup
Chicken with Rice
Steak with Rice
Pina Colada
We all ate like there was no tomorrow and the food was great, they were all delicious and worth coming here for dinner!

I love this place is great salvadorian food I recommend their trademark pupusas my favorite are the revueltas the mixed ones half back beens half pork.
Service can be slow at times but is worth the wait.

Thanks for ruining all pupusas in LA. I will now have to go back knowing that this chorizo exists but I won’t be able to have it. Merry Christmas.

Thanks for ruining all pupusas in LA. I will now have to go back knowing that this chorizo exists but I won’t be able to have it. Merry Christmas.
Edit 4−10−16: I’m back! I’m back! I’m back! And waiting on my dos revueltas combination plate!!!

Hands down amazing pupusas. I don’t know anything about Salvadoran food but these things are fantastic. For $ 6 you get 3. I suggest coming here with some friends so you can sample different kinds. I had the queso y chicharron pupusas.
They’re made fresh to order so it takes probably 5 – 7 minutes. They’re a little messy so I suggest sitting down, it isn’t a great walk-​and-​talk kind of food.

So I was here 5 months ago & everything was amazing. I came back today & I can honestly say this is one of the worst experiences I’ve had at a restaurant. We all ordered our drinks 3 of us horchata which is a special latin drink. One of us changed our minds & wanted tamarindo instead. The drinks come & the waitress brings us 3 horchatas &&& the tamarindo. After we were waiting for our food & a cockroach crawls on my sister in laws shoulder! & to end the night the bill is supposed to be $ 30 & comes out to $ 64. They told us that they have changed the prices on the menu & didn’t update them so we were looking at a menu they no longer use. Horrible service, horrible. Never coming back here, they’ve changed the staff too. The door also has no grade!

I am a big supporter of local business, especially when I live so close. I get so annoyed when there are so many food options and people go to Mcd’s. My knowledge of Salvadorian food is somewhat limited but I have had it from a few food trucks that were pretty bad ass. The place is larger than expected, communication is somewhat limited so speaking Spanish might be a plus. I would want to go back and try to entrée food.
The food:
Pupusa Revuelta– Tortilla filled w/​cheese, beans & pork rind. The puposa had a nice texture, the cheese and beans inside were great, I didn’t notice much of the pork rind, though. It was a good pupusa, but wasn’t great. I wish it had some type of crunch from the pupusa. The slaw was a nice condiment.
Tamal de Sal– Corn meat tamale. The texture of the tamale here was too soft, I wish they were a little more firm. The meat inside was chicken and potato, it was alright, nothing really exciting.
Ceviche de Concha Negra– This ceviche consists of black or blood cockle. The ceviche is nice and refreshing, it is a tad acidic. The blood cockle had a nice crunch, but it does have a slightly off putting flavor. Blood cockle has a very distinct taste that is not for everyone.

Best pupusas in the neighborhood. The waitstaff is muy charismatico, A real winner

I googled «pupusas jackson heights, NY» on google and this place came up. After following the reviews of the other Unilocalers, I proceeded to try it out for myself! I must say, the pupusas were DELICIOUS! I also had tamale de elote with fresh cheese and it was also delicious! Everything was fresh! I cannot wait until I return again.

Good pupas and horchata.
Very clean and friendly service although the waitress spoke little English. The tamarind drink was also good but I didn’t like the dessert quesadilla– it was too cheesy.
The bean and cheese pupusas were filling but the cheese was a little oily. I also got the salpicon with salad rice tortilla and refried beans. It was not great, a little bland but not bad either.

Went back again on Nov. 30. Still excellent.
Look forward to working my way through the menu (and not stuffing myself so much that I’ll want dessert after the meal).

I grew up eating Pupusas thanks to my father. We used to go every week to the Salvadorian restaurant in my childhood neighborhood. The spanish music would be blasting as there is no volume limit for us central americans but the Horchata and Pupusas were tasty and that’s what kept me happy!
After many years of a pupusas hiatus i found this place!!! It brought back many memories and the food is so damn delicious!!! The prices are so cheap too.
The service isn’t the best, the music can definitely be loud at certain times, and sometimes there are drunk guys just hanging out there drinking BUT the food keeps me coming. I recommend the cheese Pupusas, Tamale de elote con crema, platanos frito, salvadorian nachos. As for drinks: horchata and sebada. As for dessert: Quesadilla! (its not the cheesy mexican quesadilla you might be thinking of, it’s a delicious cake like dessert you must try!)
Go for quality salvadorian food!!!