El Nuevo Izalco Restaurant
“I have only had the pupusas (tried them all – the ones with Loroco are my fav) and the plantains and enjoyed everything I've had there.”
“They welcome you warmly, and if you come in for take out, and it's hot outside, they'll offer you a glass of water while you wait.”
“The sweet corn Tamale de Elote with cream was great for dessert.”
El Nuevo Izalco Restaurant
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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The pupusas here were okay, but not the best I have had.
I tried several different ones – one with cheese, with pork, with beans, and the mixed one. They are very cheap – 3 for only $4.50. Taste-wise, they were good. However, there were a couple things that I noticed. They were thinner and the filling was a lot more scarce than other pupusas I had before. Also, the tortillas on some of them were rubbery.
Also, I tried the Frijoles dish. It was simple – refried beans with four fried plantains and sour cream on the side. The plantains were very good, as were the beans. However, be warned because they tasted very salty to me.
Extremely friendly service..The pupusas are so darn good!! I also recommend the sweet corn tamales. .very different from Mexican style tamales..prices are insanely inexpensive. .decor is a bit um.."interesting-tacky-but homey"!
Cash only! Definitely recommend checking it out!
I absolutely love this place! The place is small, but super cute and home-y. There are wonderful pictures and objects hanging all throughout the restaurant and waitresses and owner are super friendly and nice.
So far we mainly come here for the pupusas. They have queso, revueltas, and chicharron, and they're all SO GOOODDD. We always get the horchata as well which is AMAZING, and similar to avena. Once in a while we order the other plates which include skirt steak, beans, chicharron, rice, plantains, just a big ol' plate of everything. In the end, I always end up leaving happy and full.
My bf being Salvadorian says the pupusas back home can't compare to any Salvadorian restaurant in NY, but that this place is as close as it gets.
GREAT PUPUSAS IN WOODSIDE!
Service is pokey as it always is at an El Salvadorean joint, but the staff is friendly and welcoming to foreigners — compared to the Salvadorean places in Washington Heights where no one at all speaks a lick of English. That's the beauty of Queens!
We ordered a tamale, three pupusas, and a main dish (forget the name – it was a rice and beans plate with a sort of stewed beef) and we were absolutely stuffed. Could have afforded not to get an extra pupusa for sure.
I find the non rice flour pupusas more crispy for some reason. Angeline P. thinks I am nuts.
The salvadorean tamales here are for real, less dry than their Mexican counterparts. Have not had these since La Bamba in Mountain View.
Run, don't walk over! This is a great little restaurant.
I'm so glad I discovered Pupusas, how could I have never known of this fried corn cake stuffed with meat, cheese, and beans!
I was brought here by an El Salvadorian, seriously I would've never known of these things. It's the only thing that keeps me coming back!
The restaurant itself seems very authentic and has nick knacks from El Salvador all around the walls. The armadillo is a bit too much but whatever, I'm not an interior decorator.
There is much to chose from on the menu, but make sure you get an appetizer order or a combo order of the Pupusas. I prefer the mixed filling order and I can make a meal of just the Pupusas and the red salsa and vinegared cabbage that comes with it. The typical platters of Carne are huge so be ready to share or bring home leftovers. The Chicharrones are a bit over cooked and therefore hard to chew, but I don't care much for a heart stopper.
Haven't been back here in probably over a year, I don't why not (it's right off the 7 stop, and about a 10 minute walk from the R stop). Maybe because it's hard for me to find a dining buddy who will eat raw lime-cooked shrimp ceviche.
*New Favorite Pupusa Alert!* : RICE pupusa with cheese and chipilin. I was told it was kind of like a cilantro herb- delicious! cheesy and herby at the same time. Better with lots of pickled cabbage an the tomato sauce on top. And it's gluten-free!
The sweet corn Tamale de Elote with cream was great for dessert. Forgot to try the pink horchata-like drink. Co-worker who's family goes there a lot said it's like the best strawberry shake you've ever had.
I had wanted to try this place for a while, but cash only = it took me a year to actually get inside. Whoops.
Pupusas are Salvadorian stuffed corn patties, similar to arepas, and they're what El Nuevo Izalco is known for. The item is so popular here that there's a huge vinyl banner over the front of the shop, declaring them LA CASA DE LAS PUPUSAS!
I visited midday on a Monday and got the combo of 3 pupusas – meat, cheese, and mixed. They're weren't bad – it's hard to go wrong with fat tucked into starch and fried – but overall, the pupusas were on the thinner side, heavy/greasy without being rich, and not as fresh as I'd hoped. They'll bring over a molcajete of intensely tart pink relish (curtido) which should help combat the heaviness of the pupusas, but the curtido actually wasn't necessary (and holy cow was it sour).
The restaurant itself is cute and homey, with lots of little curios on the walls that recall El Salvador. The server (owner?) was extremely friendly and polite. Despite the awkward time of day and the emptiness of the restaurant, several people did come by to pick up takeout orders and chat a bit with him. Looks like they're a more popular place for the neighborhood than their early closing hours would suggest.
Amazing pupusas! The best I can find in NYC so far. The restaurant is a lovely little place with all different kinds native decorations. I love the curtido served with the pupusas, so I always make sure to get extra. The servers are always more then nice, never make me feel like an outsider being that I cant order in Spanish and can barley pronounce most of the things on the menu. If I can recall correctly, they dont accept credit cards to bring cash to avoid the ATM fees in the area!