What a beautiful day today especially when after church..me and my honey have a great Lunch @ the America's House! We were craving for yummy Pupusas so we drive there to San Mateo from San Francisco! We have been here before..and this place NEVER DISAPPOINT! Upon reading other comments on Yelp..it's a hit or miss for some people and I get it! It's your personal opinion..well respected! :) As for my experience today..from going inside to being serviced by two awesome staff there like Saul and Yesenia was very pleasant to us! :)) We appreciated great customer service and it makes a big difference when you're greeted with love and smiles!!! The people who work there are very nice hard workers! Thank you guys!! :)) We noticed a lot of people eating there! It was a pretty full house today which is a great sign for us and for them I'm sure! Saul took our orders! My honey got the Combo 2 Pupusas..one cheese(that one was actually ordered for me for later!) I got the 2 Pupusas..chicken and pork with yummy rice and refried beans!! Both were delicious but the pork was more flavorful to me! Love..love the Cabbage slaw and red sauce! I really glad it wasn't spicy too! Lol!! :} We had our own drinks coz we're trying not to drink too much sodas! Everything was sooo GOOD! It was a perfect meal and being full with happy tummies feels GREAT!!! Overall..try this place..Support this establishment! Especially a family owned restaurant! I'm certain Mr. Oscar Chavez the General Manager their Awesone son Saul will appreciate your kind business!! I've included the business card and our fabulous food we had today! Thank you again! Hope to visit you All soon!!! ;} read more

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A year after trying this place out and it's still great. I normally go during lunch time and there's always a place to sit. Saul always provides great customer service and makes really good Micheladas. The pupusas still taste great every time I go and I highly recommend. They serve Breakfast, Mexican food, Salvadoran food, and Seafood. I want to try other foods, but I just really enjoy their pupusas. Check this place out, I'm sure you'll enjoy it. read more

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How is recommended this place for the food which I believe is very good. The food Does have the zest and tastefulness of the meals. . Sadly they only have one cook who is trying to make all the meals and as it gets more and more popular it is quite a desperate call for help inside the kitchen. I would highly recommend an additional help. Not only in the kitchen but outside with the waiter who is also trying to manage all the incoming parties. I gave it a four stars because the food merits, but it is greatly needed to have additional help to continue its popularity. I hope this is helpful for those who read this and know that the time there may be a little longer than expected, but once you have your meals it is worth it again. They were able to compensate one meal further tardiness which was nice and unexpected. Thank you again for a great experience read more

Salsa a bit watery Weird that burrito comes with steak fries Papusas were pretty good the chicken was good but the pork didn't seem like it had much in it other than cheese Chicken Tamales were good and moist if eaten right away otherwise it starts to get dry but still flavorful The empanadas were interesting, more cooked than pic so charred a little which is fine, mainly tastes of plantains. All in all I would go back again. read more

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Food was great had the steak and eggs also the inside was nice had a big tv for me to watch while I eat also the owner is real cool would come here again read more

WHY WE WENT HERE: - coworker lunch with pupusas in mind THE LOOK (FROM THE OUTSIDE): - across the street from Chavez Supermarket THE LOOK (FROM THE INSIDE): - a bit open but condensed seating - hostess station at the back of the establishment on the left WHAT WE ORDERED (we focused only on the SALVADORIAN SPECIALTIES menu: - two pupusas - pupusa plate - pupusa combo THE TASTE: - AMAZING; portions so big two out of the three of us had leftovers that made another meal in itself) CUSTOMER SERVICE: - a bit slow, but nice read more

America's House - Pupusa Combo (two pupusas, one cheese and one pork; one tamal de pollo and one empanada). - Italian Near Me - San Mateo, California

It's CLOSED at this time and it's not showing up on google. The Fiesta Latina caught fire last march and they are checking on ALL of the businesses for ASBESTOS!! read more

One of my favorite break fast spots. I usually will get one of their omelettes which is always amazing whichever one you get. I did however also have the papusas which are delicious too!! Decent prices, has all types of food Mexican, Italian , American. There are also nail salons, dry cleaners, grocery store, pizza place, & other stores located near the restaurant too. Parking is ok. read more

Came back to the original Pupusas location and had 4 pupusas de arroz con frijol con queso (4 rice pupusas with beans and cheese). It was smooth like butter but tasted super rich. Also had the breakfast plate and that was good. read more

America's House - Curtido y Salsa - Italian Near Me - San Mateo, California

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My mom always gets us pupusas here, cheese, revueltas and beans, there pretty decent for the price and tasty.

I LOVE America's House....or I used too. They changed owners and I met him while ordering. Super cool dude! But, we noticed the quality went down. We gave it a few months and the quality went back up. Now their hours are sporadic. I can't tell when they are open. Twice now their posted hours are not correct. Tonight we ordered via Yelp/Grubhub. It said it was open and accepted our payment. My wife went to pick it up and they were closed (on a Tuesday). I had to call Grubhub and get a refund. Even they had to call to confirm they were not open. I will give them one more chance read more

It is closed but they should be open according to yelp ...we wanted to have breakfast here today and have been craving for their pupusa...

I been coming to this place for years but yesterday ‍ I order 10 pupusas and they were awful no cheese, they had more dough then ingredients. I basically paid for dough ‍‍ I don't know if the cooker has been changed but I will never be coming again after this experience... very disappointing. read more

Was told a pick up order would be ready in 20 minutes and ended up waiting almost an hour. Did not receive any apology or sign of urgency for my order. Restaurant was not close to being busy and only had 1 other table being served. read more

I love America's House. It's a funky restaurant known for the homemade pupusas, but the rest of the food is just as good. They have food from all over the world on their menu and everything is huge! We have never left here disappointed. The only reason this yummy restaurant gets one less star is because it's always a little too warm inside the restaurant. But never fear! They have a few tables outside where you can sit and watch the drunks stumble out of the bar across the street. TIP: Try the Molcajete, but be prepared - it's so large you'll have to split it with a friend. read more

America's House - Chili Verde - Italian Near Me - San Mateo, California

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5 stars The food the service the ambiance everything here is a definite hit, they got italian, american, mexican, and el salvadorian food, we tried 3 things the crab and shrimp salad, wife had the pupusas combo, I had the moteljeta combo just yelping for a place to eat we found this place that had several choices american breakfast food, italian, mexican and el salvadorian, so many choices we tried a lil from each nationality except american breakfast food. We tried the shrimp and crab salad excellent I must say excess with the meat of shrimp and crab literally more meat then salad... "excellent" in a demeanor like mr burns would say from the simpsons. The wife had the pupusa combo which included 2 chicken pupusas, a tamale, and a plantain with sweet cream with an almost hard covered outside, wife stated pupusas were excellent close to my wifes grandma's cooking which is a big statement cuz from what she tells me everything her grandma use to make was hand made from scratch so that was big statement in the background when we got in you can hear the sound of pupusas being made I guess if you had it made from scratch you know the sound my wife stated haha I had the motejca which included sauteed chicken, juicy and tender, carne asada steak was super chewy with perfect amount of fat on every piece of meat, some people don't like the fat on steak they cut it out and throw it out, I dont haha, thats the best part. also there was shrimp grilled I think about 7 or 8 pieces amazing taste. my plate also came with red rice, fresh avacados, sour cream, and refried beans oh also orchata was on point we ordered 2 more to go when we left definitely will visit this spot again this is my new favorite multiflavored restaurant. on the last note the garlic bread is excellent it tasted like garlic bread offered at sizzlers when sizzlers was good, they kind where when you bit in there was a crunch and the inside was super soft and the taste filled every part of your mouth havent had a garlic bread like this in a long time. sizzler still offers there garlic bread but it no longer taste like this, at this place their garlic bread brought me back the first time i had garlic bread when I was a lil kid having it at sizzler with my parents after church meal = ) food ***** everything we had was excellent, meats excellent, drinks excellent, they even got beers from italy, mexico and el salvadorian service ***** ambiance ***** large restaurant meant for groups if not couples or even family they are playing mariachi all day haha which is fun when the tvs are also playing mariachi haha price $$ inexpensive if you like food that has taste read more

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Very low in staff and very low quality in the food the aguas frescas taste like sink water, I don't recommend the food here. They play horrible music and it's very pricey. read more

This place use to be a good spot. The food is definitely different then it was 6-7 years ago (their pupusas were fire back then), back when I was a regular. Their pupusas now are horrible, No flavor. I went here long before the pandemic and it sucked then. I thought I'd try again and they still suck. And they charge way too much for the quality of food they provide. I can probably make better pupusas at home in my underwear, completely stoned out of my mind while watching YouTube for step by step vids. Just saying. OH! And the cola champagne was flat.....both of them. I'll give them this though, the rice and beans are on point, the chicharron con yucca is alright (the yucca is delicious, the chicharron has no flavor and dry). read more

Great Papussas's, nice people, easy parking, and good prices. We bring new people with us each time and they are amazed they hadn't heard of it before. read more

Place keeps getting worse and worse by the year to the crappy service to the tasteless food Cleaning the place should also be a priority or else you get roaches crawling on the walks read more

America's House - Italian Near Me - San Mateo, California

America's House makes amazing pupusas! I got 3 and they were all delicious. Definitely the biggest pupusas I've ever had which is a plus! Don't sleep on them - try them out for your pupusa cravings. :) read more

America's House - Bean & cheese, loroco & cheese pupusas - Italian Near Me - San Mateo, California

Combination Papusa Plate super good. It came with some pickled vegetables and a tomato base sauce... took it to the next level. Worth the price. read more

America's House - Papusa Combination Pupusa Plate - Italian Near Me - San Mateo, California

Raw pupusa alert !! It took about 2 hour's to get our order at our table I will say the staff were very nice though read more

Kinda disappointed I've been coming here since I was kid and I always order bean and cheese pupusas since I am a vegetarian and I've gotten revueltas instead more then once which has pork in it. It's even more disappointing with a to go order to come home and not be able to eat it :( read more

I used to come here at lot. Have not eaten here for months due to Covid. However, I placed an order today and was SHOCKED at the prices!!! Each pupusa is $3.80 and $5 for a hot drink. The food had no flavor!!!! read more

America's House - Italian Near Me - San Mateo, California

Friendly service and the pupusas were out of this world. So nice and cheesy. Rice was good but room temperature. Beans were pretty bland but the pupusas made up for it. Inexpensive. Would go back again. read more

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I found this place on Yelp and with all those great views, I thought, got to try this place out. Service is extremely friendly, she checked on us regularly and always had a smile on her face, she made us feel like she was happy that we were there. The chips and salsa were delicious. I ordered the chicken and cheese pupusas which was probably one of the best I have ever had. I also ordered a tamal and fried bananas which were okay. My friend tried the enchiladas with rice and beans and they were pretty good. Prices are pretty reasonable, parking is easy. i would try this place again. read more

Don't let the name throw you off, not so much American but the portraits of Marilyn Monroe scattered throughout the place lol. A little awkward walking in as if everyone just finished gossiping. That or they were blown away by my presence. We all ordered pupusas and we were all pleased. My mom wasn't satisfied with the greasy cheese they used, I couldn't tell. I won't recommend unless your in the immediate area. read more

America's House - Pupusa Combo - Italian Near Me - San Mateo, California

Service was friendly and helpful. Prices average, I guess. I have been there a number of times before the pandemic and only.once since things have eased up and you could eat inside. I like the pupusas and the chiliquillas read more

This place is actually called, America's House but also has a sign saying Armando's Restaurant. Kinda schizo? You bet, This place is eclectic in a number of ways 1. The menu has Italian entrees, sandwiches. burgers, breakfast, Mexican, and Salvadorean (which is what drew me in the first place). 2. The decor has still life paintings, a French themed clock, Italian Cafe wire reliefs, an ATM in the middle of the room, a toy machine where you pick them up with an overhead gripper, and a picture of a redneck outfitted fish named "Bubba Bass" 3. The crowd has some people who I'm sure grew up during the Great Depression, Mexican locals, office workers, and of course us! It was crazy weird let me tell you. However the Chicharron Pupusas were awesome and sized almost as large as a 45 record. Two of these puppies were sizable and really tasty. I also got a Salvadorean Tamal with chicken, potatoes, green beans, peppers, in a light masa. Pretty damn tasty for such a wacky place. As we were eating I finally caught the specials board where they were listing shrimp scampi, BBQ Pork Ribs, and their "famous" burger. Hmm not sure Im set to try the other stuff but the Salvadorean/Mexican stuff is solid. There's Univison playing on one of the flat screens and midway through the meal, Mexican music started blaring. Crazy place but if you like Pupusas, this is worth giving a try. read more

I recently tried this place out and I'm giving it a 4 just because they need more staff to serve the food. The food overall is pretty good I ate pupusas and they were good. They need to open a little earlier though I'm a morning person. But overall I would go again. read more

Don't waste your time going to this place, the food is nasty. I ordered the America's burger and a coke,, it was $20. I got my food after 15 minutes and the fries and burger where soggy and flavorless. It's a total rip off. read more

Best cheese papusa and service was excellent.. DELICIOUS PAPUSAS!!! Banana split was huge!! Cheese enchiladas were amazing!! read more

America's House - DELICIOUS PAPUSAs!! - Italian Near Me - San Mateo, California

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Pupusas are good But the new management sucks One dude is always drunk and the other one overcharges people I told them about the over charges and they were really rude I just hop the keep the same lady making the pupusas read more

This is my go to place for pupusas. They are so friendly and it's super easy to place a togo order over the phone. I have placed small orders and larger ones for a party. They make their pupusas fresh by hand and grill them right there in front of the pick up window. I love that they always include the cabbage and salsa with the orders (Which other restaurants have forgotten to provide and it ruins the meal). Their customer service is great. For Covid, they have an outside pickup window you walk right up to to pay and pick up your order. Love this place! read more

This review is based on two different occasions. The first one was a dine in and the second one a take out order. I have only tried the pupusas at this place, and let me tell you that they are really good. Each pupusa is $3 and they are really big with lots of inside meat,cheese and beans. We have tried both maíz and arroz pupusas and they did not disappoint. What I really like about this pupusas is that they do not feel as greasy as other places. The cabbage and salsa were good and complimented the pupusas well. The service here was good, the ladies were attentive and friendly. They have quite few tables and the kitchen is big. We did not wait too long for service and food when we ate there. I ordered some pupusas the next time and they told me it would take about 15 mins to be ready. I arrived a bit earlier than 15 so I had to wait but it was no longer than 20 mins total from the moment I place the order. I recommend this place for their pupusas, maybe I'll try something else from the menu next time. read more

(2.5 stars) This review is just for the America's 1/2 lb Burger. I was really curious how they would do when I wasn't ordering a pupusa. Turns out, not so well as I'd hoped. Pros: Huge burger with fresh toppings, including 2 slices of cheese, avocado and bacon and a thick slice of tomato. Offered with fries, salad and soup. Chose a salad. Cons: Patty was overdone, dry and not very tasty (Requested medium), the cheese was hardly melted, and the bun was not very fresh. Sometimes you should not look a gift horse in the mouth. And I did that today, deciding to choose something other than their wonderful pupusas that I've had at each visit here before. Maybe that's like ordering a Prime Rib in a Chinese restaurant or Beef Chow Fun at a Steakhouse. Don't do it. The burger was not the worst I've had, but it was far from the best and it took a decent amount of time to get to me, which is maybe why the burger's cheese did not melt. Service was really nice and I still like this place (just not for burgers). Back to having their yummy pupusas. read more

Husband and I made a stop here before heading to San Francisco. There is street parking in front of the restaurant but space is limited. We parked across the street in a shopping center. The employees were nice and the food was good. They have Mexican and Salvadorian Food. Our server forgot my husbands drink and when she realized it she gave him an extra drink at no charge. read more

America's House - Italian Near Me - San Mateo, California

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I really like coming here. The food is great, and the people here are friendly. I come here often and the pupusas never disappoint. I recommend this place to anyone I come across. It's a perfect dinner choice. read more

This place is EXCELLENT. Big portions and the owner was very accommodating, I believe his name is Omar. I highly recommend this place.I asked for mash potatoes and he said they normally don't make them but he did and they were actual potatoes and he out gravy on them, they were perfect. read more