Bahia Restaurant
“It took me forever to find a place that made pupusas that were GREAT and this place was it.”
“I always get the revueltas which is queso and frijoles, and they always bring it RYT with the cabbage and Salvadorian tomato sauce.”
“I also got a plain tamale (great), rice and beans (huge portion), Fried Yuca (also huge portion), and lastly the Empanada De Leche (delicious).”
Bahia Restaurant
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Things move a little slowly with a more relaxed, resort-like feel in the air.
Get the seafood stew! $15 for a hearty bowl of fresh seafood that is happily stewed in a delicious brew. Worth every penny. The pastas, however, were bland and uninteresting. I guess I shouldnt have expected too much since pasta isnt exactly a dish of Latin American pride.
Bahia is the best restaurant in East Williamsburg. Yes, I know the pickings are slim. You can only eat pizza and pasta at Carmines so many times. There's a few Thai restaurants in the area but they don't excel, partly because Thai food is limited in panache. (not a huge Thai fan) There isn't even a great gastropub or New American joint in the area. After that you're talking about high brow Mexican (oxymoronic) at Mesa Coyocan or getting a burger.
That is until I discovered Bahia. When I checked out the menu and saw the diverse offering of authenthic Salvadorean items littered with shrimp, beef and roasted chicken, I knew this was my kind of joint.
We had the Camarones Al Ajilo (garlic shrimp) as well as the Churrasco steak. The steak was a little bit overcooked but still tasty, I have yet to find someone who can properly cook a skirt steak. (Chimu doesn't do it well either)
The Camarones al Ajilo had excellent flavor. And the garlic sauce made the white rice so tasty. The julienne vegetables are lightly stir fried vegetable medley and I highly recommend this as your side over the side salad.
I also tried the Tostones and they give you a good portion for $3, but they were slightly over fried. Just a bit hard to chew on. I got myself a jalapeno Pupusa and this was a nice appetizer for just $2!
The menu here is varied and the appetizers are pretty cheap, you can get a few pupusa's and maybe even some Tostones or Yucca frites and not break the bank. Main dishes here run from $10-20ish depending on what you order. The chicken is the cheapest thing on the menu and I'll try that next. The steak is the most expensive with seafood being in the middle.
Bonus points to the waitress who was so good natured about my spanish. I just hope this restaurant sticks around for a few years and doesn't get gentrified out.
I order from Bahia on Seamless ALL. THE. TIME. I've never been inside, so this review is for delivery only.
This is the only place in NYC I've found with pupusas — I'm sure there are more, but I like these so much, I haven't wanted to go anywhere else. Favorites of mine are the Frijol and Jalapeño y Queso. I always ask for extra curtido and sauce. And they're only $2 each! Can't beat that.
I've also tried:
El Tipico ($7.95) — fried plantains with beans, cheese and crema. I'm not sure if it was just how they packaged it for my delivery order, but this was kind of awkward to eat. Delicious, but not something I consider a "must order"
Tamal de Elote con Crema ($2.50) — ordered this because I kept seeing it in reviews, and I do not regret it one bit. This is delicious and will become part of my standard order. It's sweet and savory all at the same time.
Elote Loco ($2.50) — I really didn't like this at all. It's my fault for not reading the description but it has mustard on it. I have NEVER seen elote prepared anywhere else with mustard… Was not my cup of tea at all.
Delivery quotes are usually pretty accurate. One of my favorite places to order delivery from.
Came here on Thursday around 6pm.
Ambience: This place is simple with no frills. There were only a couple of tables occupied around that time.
Service: Our waitress was nice, no complaints.
Food: I must first add that I'm not a pupusas expert, and this was my third time having them, therefore my expectation might not be the same as let's say, someone from El Salvador.
I had the tamale con elote, and two pupusas, one cheese and zucchini and the other chicken. De tamale was semi sweet which I really liked. The zucchini and cheese pupusas was soo good, soo cheesy. The chicken one was good, but I regret not adding cheese. Make sure to add the cabbage and red sauce on top of the pupusas, it seals the deals.
Overall, this is a great place to come if you're in the area.
If you come to this store for some tamales and pupusas, then you are the Bahia, and Bahia are the Sellers. If you're not confused yet, you will be. About your sexuality. I promise. When you visit Brazil that is. But despite the Brazilian name, this is not a Brazilian eatery, darlings. This is Salvadoran. Which is where Salva Dora The Explorer is from. Maybe.
What to get: A Pupusa and a Tamale.
What else: Bahia the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising.
Bahia the powers invested in me I do pronounce this review… open.
PUP USA should be a baby dog rescue organization, obviously. Instead, it's something delicious that you eat from Centroamerica. Much better than Poop USA anyway, which would mean that German habits had finally reached the shores of the New World. Hopefully not. If you don't understand my humour today, maybe you'll figure it out tamale or the day after.
If you are attracted to both the girls and boys that work here, you're probably a Bahiasexual.
The down side to Bahia is the wait time. I ordered a Tamale and a Pupusa and I swear to f***ing Allah I must have been waiting a good 35 minutes for my food. They didn't seem insanely busy, though things were steady, so either I was there on an off night, or it just takes forever to make it. Either way, call well in advance or bear this in mind. The food was spectacularly scaldingly hot, too, so it wouldn't matter if it was ready before you arrived, since it stays hot due to foil wrapping, for a good 20-30 mins.
Standing in line to see the show tonight and there's a light on. Heavy glow. Bahia the way I tried to say I'd be there.
As for the quality of the food, it was excellent. Delicious. Very greasy. Filling. Thoroughly satisfying. My favourite in the country is still, by a long distance, Pupuseria La Bendicion in Cleveland, which is off-the-charts amazing. But Bahia is a very good version of Salvadoran food, and if you want some and are in Brooklyn, this seems to be the place to go. Want some Salvadoran food, I mean. Not "want some", which is a much easier problem to solve, because you can just call me, maybe.
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Bahia was an excellent find for dinner – we were the only non South Americans eating there, which in my book is how I can tell that a place is authentic and delicious. And Bahia did not disappoint in any way.
In the back of their menu, they had explanations of certain South American specialties including the drink horchata, made with ground almonds, sesame seeds and rice. Also listed was a drink made with a fruit called maranon, that was sweet with flavors of citrus, Apple but also green pepper. We tried both traditional drinks and they were great.
For appetizers, we had wonderful Salvadorian papusas ($2 each! So cheap!), one filled with cheese and a unique wild flower and herb called loroco and the other filled with pork, refried beans and cheese. I had never had a papusa before and WOW these were delicious. Straight out of the oven, the filings were perfectly gooey and melted in the dough pocket. Served with fantastic tomato sauce and pickled cabbage on the side.
For entrees, we had the shrimp in spicy sauce served with rice and beans ($15) and the campesino ($18), which was steak with a rice and bean mixture, two pieces of fried bread, sliced avocado and Salvadorian cheese. Huge portions and everything was absolutely delicious. We had no room for dessert.
Restaurant is low key and service is good and fast. Can't wait to come back and bring all my friends to try papusas.
Came here with a group of 12 for dinner and we were mostly all Salvadoran so we know good pupusas. There are a handful of places in the city that make really good pupusas, and this is one of them. The food here was delicious, I ordered a tamale de elote and two pupusas con chicharron y queso. Portions were good and I was really full by the time I finished. The horchata, which I always order at a Salvadoran restaurant, was also really good. The service was also friendly, but I felt bad for our waitress who had to take care of so many different pupusa combinations, lol. She was a good sport though.
Will definitely be back.
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Pupusas for $2! What a deal. I'm a fatty so I ordered 3 of them for myself -Pollo y Queso, Chicarron, and Chicharron y Queso. I had the Chicarron y Queso last night and was full of it… PLUS my Elote Loco (Corn on the cob with mustard, mayo, and parmesan cheese) and Maduros (Sweet Fried Plantains with a side of fresh, homemade sour cream).
Soooooooooooo good. Will definitely be back to try some other things. I ordered mine to go, which didn't take too too long. But next time, I think I will call ahead with my order. I wasn't too into the homemade sour cream that came with the sweet plantains, so I just ate them as is. Caramelized to perfection. Enormous portion for $3.00.
The tomato sauce and the vinegar-y veggies that came with the pupusas was delicious and paired perfectly well with them. The Elote Loco was also delicious. Never imagined eating my corn on the cob with mustard and mayo, but there is a first for everything. It was good.
Service for take out was good. I was greeted immediately when I walked in and got a few minutes to look over the menu before the woman took my order.
Good location, easy access from the Subway.