Many moons ago, a friend introduced me to pupusas. Every so often since that fateful day, I get a hankering and that is how I discovered Los Planes de Renderos. Now, this low-key, casual spot is a regular in my rotation of restaurants, a favorite place to stop by for a reliably good, inexpensive meal with friendly service. Parking is easy in the private lot beside the restaurant. I've never had to wait for a table; reservations are not necessary. The décor and hood are nothing fancy, but the food is well worth the trip. The crisp, chewy, made-to-order pupusas; generous sides of tart curtido; and extra-large sweet beverages (I always get the piña) bring me back again and again. read more

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Rude service. Food wasn't good, looks and feels dirty inside. Won't be coming back, Don't recommend.

This was my first visit but it won't be last. Everything was delicious and the pupusas were amazing.

I've probably been here over thirty times over the last couple of years. The mixed pupusas are consistently some of the best I've ever had. The staff is super nice and I would sincerely recommend anyone reading this review to give this place a shot in your dinner and lunch rotation. read more

I ordered 20 pupusas for a family dinner, everyone said they were the best pupusas they had tried in our area and staff was so kind.

This is my go to pupusa spot. I usually order over the phone and pick it up. I ordered over the phone for take out. The person over the phone was ready to take my order and nice. Usually there's only a few folks working but they always greet you when you come in and are courteous. This time, I ordered 3 pupusas (chicharon and cheese), a side of rice, and a side of plantains. Eveeything was really good by my plantains weren't warm. I always love that they give you a lot of curtido and sauce for your pupusas. They have a parking lot right next door with a blue wall. Entrance is a missionn though so it's easy to miss if you do not know where you are going. Overall, a great place for yummy pupusas read more

Los Planes De Renderos - Salvadoran Near Me - Hayward, California

Pupusas are authentic!! Thin and meaty!! I think ownership has changed as they are very pleasant and welcoming now!! Definitely my go to now!! read more

This use to be my favorite papusa spot but lately the sauce has been kinda sour/different. Not sure if its new owners or what they changed but its been a few times now that its just not the same. Will continue to go a couple more times in hopes they get it back to what it was.. love the cheese pulls when I rip apart that chicken and cheese papusa. Great quantity for the price and good service. read more

I wasn't sure if it was self seating or if I needed to check in with anyone but it wasn't busy when I walked in, so I just sat at a table of choice. Service was great and the pupusas were made fresh. They were piping out when I was served. The inside of the restaurant is fairly quiet and I appreciated the fact that they a designated parking space available! Bean and Cheese Pupusa -- 4.5/5. Can't really go wrong with a bean and cheese pupusa honestly. Chicken and Cheese Pupusa -- 5/5. Packed with so much flavor, this pupusa was honestly my favorite! Would definitely recommend Los Planes to one that is craving pupusas and wanting to eat them in a restaurant! read more

Los Planes De Renderos - Pupusas - Salvadoran Near Me - Hayward, California

Food: 3/5 I ordered two Pupusas. One queso y ayote and one queso y pollo. I found them to be mild in flavor and thinly filled. The red sauce enhanced the flavor and the spicy cabbage added kick. I enjoyed the queso y ayote over the queso y pollo. This was my first time here. I've had Pupusas before but frijol y queso. I love some refried beans. Overall the food was good, just preferred more filling and flavor. For a beverage I went with a Pineapple agua Fresca. I wish they offered Hibiscus or strawberry. The selection was limited to three flavors. Service: 5/5 Customer service is the key component to any transaction. The server greeted me when I entered, and was helpful answering questions I had regarding the menu. My order was freshly made and came out pretty quick. She checked in to see if everything was ok. I love great customer service. Ambiance: 3/5 The restaurant was clean, empty, just one couple inside. The decor was minimal. Your standard dining tables and booths. read more

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Saw this place as we're driving by. Pupusas were delicious. Had the chicharrón y queso , queso con jalapeños. Chicharrón was the best for me . read more

Los Planes De Renderos - Pupusas - Salvadoran Near Me - Hayward, California

This use to be my go to place for pupusa's but the last few times I've ordered were terrible. Burnt pupusa's and melted to the styrofoam container. I don't know if they changed owners but the food is not the same. Today I got something crunchy in my food and finally had to draw the line and leave this review in hopes they will get back on top of things and turn it around. read more

Los Planes De Renderos - styrofoam melted to pupusa - Salvadoran Near Me - Hayward, California

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The food is amazing!! Everything is fresh and taste incredible. The service was also fantastic. The ambiance is like eating at your own home. Comfortable and relaxing read more

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An affordable and delicious place to eat in downtown Hayward. Pupusas and curtido on point. My wife loved her queso y loroco pupusa. Service was excellent. Couldn't ask for anything more. read more

Los Planes De Renderos - Menu April 2023 - Salvadoran Near Me - Hayward, California

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If you don't want a large atmosphere for eating out and you want something that is more relaxing, you will love this place. I have nothing against large crowds but sometimes I want something more relaxing :) And you get that with this place. The food is so awesome and you get nice portions. Fluffy tortillas now those are my favorite. But my husband likes the pupusas he often orders plenty and takes them home to eat for dinner. Just an ample time in the microwave and they are ready to eat again. I can tell you right now they did a good job of remodeling the place during that closed phase. I do realize there is a difference between Mexican and El Salvadorian food but at the same time, the carne asada is wonderful. FYI, You can always order stuff to go if you're still hungry and want a snack to go. They cook it up pretty quick. read more

We have visited this place a handful of times already and have really appreciated the array of options here and the consistency of the good food. We've gotten the combination plate a few times. The tamales are always very tender and fresh, though the corn tamales were a bit on the sweeter side. The enchiladas have really good sauce to it and are always cheesy. The pupusas are amazing and although they are a bit salty, they are fresh and have great toppings inside. You can get a 10% discount off of our food if you pay in cash. The thing that annoys me most about this place is how sometimes the wait is 45 minutes, but one time they called early to say the food was done 10 minutes early...What's the point of the point if I live 10 minutes away? They can be a bit disorganized when it comes to timing. read more

Los Planes De Renderos - Pupusa , Tamal , Enchilada , Rice & Beans - Salvadoran Near Me - Hayward, California

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My family and I would come here a lot. Today I went to go pick up an order, the service was not it. The person who attended us was some girl with red streaks in her hair, she did not look happy to be there. I checked the salsa cup and it was not even full! It was clearly poured out and when I asked her about it she said "you get a full cup if you order 20 pupusas". Really disappointed in the service:( read more

Los Planes De Renderos - Salvadoran Near Me - Hayward, California

**COVID TAKEOUT** I was here today because I have been wanting pupusas SO BAD. I did my research for my local area and there were so many mixed reviews. Then I found this place.. I ordered a two pupusa combination plate that comes w/rice and beans, 1 corn tamale and 1 pork tamale. That is totally not what I got. What they gave me (and charged me for) was 2 chicken pupusas, 1 bean/cheese and 1 chicharron. This is one time I'm grateful for the mix up! I got home, cut all of the pupusas in half and shared them! It was unanimous! We LOVED the chicharron and chicken! The flavors were SOOOO on point that it did not need the curtido that comes with it! The meat wasnt ground fine like other places you hear about! It had good size pieces of meat/filling. You know it's good when it needs nothing else and can be eaten as is! Onto the tamales.. The pork tamale was sooooo soft and had huge chunks of pork marinated with pieces of julienne carrots/chili peppers (mild). Delicious! I will say that I'm Spanish/Mexican so I'm used to a different kind of tamale, but this was a good representation of Salvadorian cuisine! I not fancy the corn tamale at all. It was too dry for me. But everything else, perfect! Please give these folks a try. They nailed it for me today! Gracias senoras por todo! read more

Los Planes De Renderos - The big chunks of meat in the pork tamale. - Salvadoran Near Me - Hayward, California

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3.5 rounded up to four. 3 due to the lack of filling in the papusas and the extra star cuz of the other delicious foods they have. My boyfriend and I frequented this spot for papusas all the time and the other day we ordered 3 jalapeño papusas & one Loroco, and a order of sweet empanadas. My empanadas were bomb per usual but all the papusas was 4/5ths corn flour and 1/5 filling lol super disappointed but whatever I enjoy their other dishes. I just won't be returning for papusas but definitely the plates. We also love their pina drink- lots of pulp if you're into that. I love their corn tamal, regular tamales, basically all the side dishes lol When we dine in, they do take a while to prepare your food so be ready. The have beers though so if you drink, there's a way to pass the time. read more

Los Planes De Renderos - Jalapeño papusa with nothing in there lol - Salvadoran Near Me - Hayward, California

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We had a craving for pupusas at work yesterday and decided to order out. The whole team pretty much ordered some and they were delicious! I tried the queso y frijole and the pollo y frijole. They were so flavorful and comforting. The only problem is that the forgot to include my coworker's side order of plátanos. I'm sure they'll have a chance to make it up, because we'll definitely be ordering from them again! read more

Man! This place is a gem! That Yucca Con Chicharron was so freaking good omg. Just the right amount of crispyness and it WASN'T hella greasssy! I really liked their Hotchata de Morro! Really refreshing. The pupusas were great along with with plantanos. Service was great. Wasn't crowded either so that was a plus. read more

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Was in the mood of pupusas and this was the nearest location to me. There was a bit of a wait, about 40 minutes for our food, which was only a total of 3 pupusas. The food was good and so was the horchata. If you're in the mood for pupusas I would recommend this stop, it will satisfy you. read more

Los Planes De Renderos - Pupusas and horchata - Salvadoran Near Me - Hayward, California

Best pupusas around! My wife is Salvadoran and she is in love with the food! My mother-in-law even ordered 30 pupusas for a get together. Highly highly recommend this mom-and-pop spot! read more

Los Planes De Renderos - Pupusas, curtido, rice. - Salvadoran Near Me - Hayward, California

Doesn't look like much from the outside but I kept seeing it pop up on yelp and decided to give it a try. First impression, it's bigger than I expected it to be. There is plenty of seating but it definitely has a hole in the wall type of vibe but was clean looking. No one greeted us upon entering because they were busy restocking the beer so we sat ourselves. A few minutes later our server came over to take our order. I decided to go with 2 pupusas revueltas. I really liked them, the flavor was there. The salsa wasn't too spicy and went really well with the pupusas. I didn't try the repollo (cabbage slaw) because I don't like it in general regardless of who makes it. I tried a little off the other plates, plátanos, casamientos, Salvadoran eggs and I wasn't really all that impressed. I think if i decide to return I'd probably only stick with the pupusas. We ordered plátano empanadas con leche and they never arrived to our table but were on our bill. I had to kindly remind our server of this. At the end of our meal we had to get up and walk to the register because the women were busy conversing in the kitchen. Lastly, half way through our meal we were bombarded with a fighting couple right outside of the front door. They yelled and she slapped him because he wouldn't give her back her phone. The area where this restaurant is located is pretty sketchy and there is a bar/casino next door. Overall the pupusas were the saving grace for this restaurant. They are decent in size, hot and cheesy with bomb flavor. Would I return???? Hmmm. I would probably order and pick up to take home. I sure do not wanna be sitting there when another fight pops off. read more

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Very good food. I have been coming over for like 15 years mainly for the pupusas. I usually take them to go and I've only sat down to eat once. Service is very slow. Usually I only see 1 waitress but I'm not sure if that's the case all the time. It took about 30 minutes to get the food. I think that they only have 2 cooks. 1 mainly making pupusas? I'm not sure It's a small place and it's clean. read more

Found this place on Yelp. Large sitting area, with music in the background. Ordered pupusa with rice and beans, and plantanos con creama y frejoles to go for my husband who is Salvadoran. He loved it! Said it reminded him of moms cooking. Food was delicious and reasonably priced. My only complaints: the cortido was a bit dry. The parking is horrible. But I'll be back!! read more

Los Planes De Renderos - Gonna see what this place is all about. Reviews look pretty good. - Salvadoran Near Me - Hayward, California

Best pupusas in Hayward! I recommend the mixed ones and the rice and beans. I also recommend the horchata.

The best pupusas in the Bay Area period! Oh my god, this gem of a place. I give thanks to my mans who brought me here a few years ago. I will never go anywhere else for pupusas. (Unless ya mama or grandma makes em, cause I love me some homemade food.) but no seriously, if you want some good pupusas at a decent price, come here. They have their own parking lot, if it's full they also have a little lot directly across the street, but it's usually full due to the little casino next door. But this place always has a space open. They have plenty of booths & tables, a mini bar, flat screen TV & bathroom. Whenever I come I get chicken & cheese pupusas. They are my favorite but I've tried quite a few different ones and they never disappoint. They add a perfect amount of cheese, meat, beans, etc. They are made to order, so FRESH food! If i'm really hungry I get an order of platanos, my fiancé and babygirl love them. Customer service is always on point. Girls working sre very knowledgeable and sweet! Give correct wait times and are very attentive to all tables. Damn just writing this review my fat self wants pupusas now read more

Great pupusas! Love the jalapeño and cheese! Also got a sweet corn tamale that was really great as well.

Best pupusas I drive from San José just too eat here been coming here for 15 years now

Good food but not the best. Service was mediocre no smiling no thank you nothing. I even said thank you in Spanish and got nothing. Very neat and clean looking restaurant. read more

Absolutely delicious- I love that the curtido was finely chopped, salsa was perfect. Casamiento was great.y only wish is that they were closer to where I stay up north! Worth the 24 mile drive for me. read more

This place is open for takeout during COVID, and thankfully so. We all need a good pupusa now and then. The best deal in the house is the $8.45 combination plate. Its the one that has a pupusa, a tamale, an enchilada, rice and beans. Out the door, for take out you are at $9.50. Its a lot of food and they throw in cabbage for the pupusa. By default, they also give you a vial of hot sauce. The food here is made fresh. I chose the pork pupusa and the meat was plentiful and tender. It was piping hot and served right off the grill. The tamale is steamed to perfection and so soft! The meat is a standard quantity in the tamale. The enchilada is a little on the smaller side but has a nice mole sauce. With every pupusa order you get some cabbage to throw on top. Watch out! The hot sauce is hot!! read more

Was running an errand in Hayward and finally made it to Los Planes de Renderos. The friendly waitress explained that the owner here was the original owner of the SF restaurant of the same name, but sold it when she opened the Hayward location. Anyway, they have both masa and rice flour pupusas and all varieties are $2.25 along with other Salvadoran and Mexican dishes. I got a corn pupusa with loroco and cheese and a rice flour pupusa with chicharrón and beans along with some Horchata and a Tamal de Puerco. I love Salvadoran horchata compared to Mexican The morro seeds give it a nuttiness and the version here has a light chocolatey flavor. Very smooth with absolutely no grittiness (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/los-planes-de-renderos-hayward?select=oSDor-7K6dqjKwqcd5aGDg#qNWZdnoguTDPYHcFcgz6gw) The tamal was first out and is wrapped in a banana leaf (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/los-planes-de-renderos-hayward?select=oSDor-7K6dqjKwqcd5aGDg#D29rYSH2j0myTu2FTUNCmQ) plenty of moist chunks of pork along with strips of carrot and bell peppers (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/los-planes-de-renderos-hayward?select=oSDor-7K6dqjKwqcd5aGDg#XRt9vSOhex0bMG-EIJjFmw). Here they bring small bowls of the salsa and curtido (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/los-planes-de-renderos-hayward?select=oSDor-7K6dqjKwqcd5aGDg#on9maMjW7cKxAz1z729mRA). The salsa was the typical thin and mild red stuff and the curtido was fresh and crunchy. Despite having a decent amount of red pepper flakes, the curtido was pretty mild (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/los-planes-de-renderos-hayward?select=oSDor-7K6dqjKwqcd5aGDg#cgyDoLj4n7rE8o5zu1G1Ww) You can really see the difference between the masa and rice flour pupusas highlighted by the greater browning of the rice one on the right (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/los-planes-de-renderos-hayward?select=oSDor-7K6dqjKwqcd5aGDg#zvg0u4rTq_gDTN9AJCBKqQ). There wasn't that much loroco, so that one was dominated by the cheese, which unfortunately stayed in the pupusa so no crisp griddled cheese :( The rice flour one was really tough to cut through even with a knife. I turned it over and found the bottom side a little burned up (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/los-planes-de-renderos-hayward?select=oSDor-7K6dqjKwqcd5aGDg#Aw8H0x5Ovh8qSjVByOVR7Q) making that half more cracker like. The rice flour pupusa (non-burned parts) was denser and chewier than the masa pupusa (I prefer the masa's texture) and the filling was mostly bean with pockets of pork. Pupusas: 2.5-3 stars Tamal: 3.5 stars Horchata: 5 stars! Overall: 3.5 stars. Rounding up for the friendly service. read more

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Most delicious food here I always come here to get my tamales and pupusas and the customer service is great to overall good restaurant

The chicken pupusas are ahmazing! Filled to the very edge. Es muy rico! Our go to pupuseria is Labamba in Richmond. This is our 2nd go to. read more

This place was highly recommended for their pupusas. That was the ONLY thing good about this place.(I've had better pupusas elsewhere) The Carne Asada and beans were so salty I couldn't eat it. (I left it there) The meat was so tough, I couldn't cut it. The fish had pockets of saltiness. Service was mediocre at best. The decor leaves much to be desired, unless they meant to go for the dive look....then they're spot on. To top it off, they overcharged us by $10. Luckily my husband caught it, and they adjusted his credit card. Never going back. read more

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Buenas pupusas y platillos típicos. Amable servicio y rápido. Los frescos de Horchata y tamarindo son ricos. El restaurante siempre está muy frío para ventilar la cocina. Lo recomiendo. read more

Recommend calling in for pickup as the wait can be from 15-40 min long. Both the combo pupusas plate and plantains plate were delicious and satisfied the craving. They also give sauerkraut and sauce with the pupusas. read more

Los Planes De Renderos - Plantain plate (very bumpy car ride led to the mess, more delicious than it looks) - Salvadoran Near Me - Hayward, California

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This has been my favorite place for Pupusas for years. I recently got a bunch of the the chicharron/cheese, bean/cheese, and jalapeno/cheese + plantains w/ beans and sour cream for my family and I for my sister's birthday. Everything was so good. read more