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Salva-Mex

Mexican · Houston

4.1 · 324 reviews Google

About Salva-Mex

Salva-Mex is a restaurant in Houston, TX. Rated 4.1 out of 5 by guests. Check the opening hours and menu for the latest availability.

What Customers Say About Salva-Mex

Salva-Mex is a hole-in-the-wall known for its delicious, authentic pupusas made fresh to order. Customers rave about the food quality, especially the pupusas, menudo, and breakfast items. However, some reviewers mention inconsistent customer service and long wait times.

Popular Dishes

pupusas (9) Menudo caldo de res caldo de Pollo Torta Carne Asada fajita torta fajita tacos

Best For

Locals Quick Bite Casual

Tip: Call in your order ahead of time, especially for takeout, to avoid long wait times as everything is made from scratch. Be prepared for a potentially dry sense of humor from the staff.

Features

🅿️ Parking Accessible 🌅 Breakfast 🍽️ Lunch 🌙 Dinner Coffee
🎯 Casual 🛋️ Cozy 🤫 Quiet Trendy 👥 Groups

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Westbury High School Baseball Field
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Frequently asked questions about Salva-Mex

Salva-Mex is located at 13407 S Main St, Houston, TX 77035, Houston.
Salva-Mex offers mexican cuisine.
Salva-Mex has regular opening hours. Check their profile for updated schedules.
Salva-Mex offers the following services: dine-in, takeaway.
The most recommended dishes at Salva-Mex based on customer reviews are: pupusas, Menudo, caldo de res, caldo de Pollo, Torta.
Salva-Mex is ideal for locals, quick bites, casual dining.
Salva-Mex is a hole-in-the-wall known for its delicious, authentic pupusas made fresh to order. Customers rave about the food quality, especially the pupusas, menudo, and breakfast items. However, some reviewers mention inconsistent customer service and long wait times.
Call in your order ahead of time, especially for takeout, to avoid long wait times as everything is made from scratch. Be prepared for a potentially dry sense of humor from the staff.
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Salva-Mex Houston Reviews

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Reviews (40)
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Julia Martinez

I love love this hole in the wall restaurant. They have the best breakfast tacos and pupusas. It’s super affordable and all fresh. They will even make it if they don’t have it.

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Jo Ho

OMG. I didn't speak the language, but I was hungry, the Carne Asada was soft and perfect. The beans had a carboned flavor, also perfect, the Coke was better than American coke. And the dessert cake thing was like a fresh Christmas box cookie, so fresh. I was amazed. I'm used to Corporate Mexican in Louisiana, this is the real deal.

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Stephen Garcia

Great customer service. They were extremely nice to all customers including myself. This place is a hole in the wall/Mom and pop shop with El Salvadoran and Mexican influences. All ingredients were fresh. Including the bread was freshly baked.

Jo Ho
Jo Ho

OMG. I didn't speak the language, but I was hungry, the Carne Asada was soft and perfect. The beans had a carboned flavor, also perfect, the Coke was better than American coke. And the dessert cake thing was like a fresh Christmas box cookie, so fresh. I was amazed. I'm used to Corporate Mexican in Louisiana, this is the real deal.

Stephen Garcia
Stephen Garcia

Great customer service. They were extremely nice to all customers including myself. This place is a hole in the wall/Mom and pop shop with El Salvadoran and Mexican influences. All ingredients were fresh. Including the bread was freshly baked.

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Brenda Rodriguez

Food is always delicious here! We’ve added this place to our go to places now. They can take a bit long because they have a lot of to go orders. But if you call in before eating in they’ll start your order too to avoid the wait. Best pupusas in my side of town! And their Torta is one of our favorites in the area as well.

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Alex Alexander

Excellent pupusas. If you are not patient or can't handle dry sense of humor not your place. Takes a while because they are hand made and take a while to cook.

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Kurt Villanueva

Very good and delicious food, id advice to call in if you are doing take put, as evrything is made from scratch as far as alacarte items, which is not the options next to the register. Pupusas were scrumptious, alao yuca with chicharron was 🔥, freah and fried just right.

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Anselm Khoo

This place has the best Menudo, caldo de res, caldo de Pollo and their breakfast items are great! Don't expect to dine in a restaurant, but their humble dining area and honest service are both pleasant and their food packs a great satiation.

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Jorge Estrada

These place has good food, the pupusaa are made when u order them so they will take about 15 minutes so have patience, the only thing that gets me mad that they have their favorite customer, if they come in after you they take their order first before you

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Jesus “luv.4j”

The pupusas are the best ones I have tried so far. I love them when there made fresh that my tongue burns which is worth it. Would come back more often!

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Paulina Sjöberg

This is a hole in the Wall, hidden gym type of place if you want quality pupusas that are made in house from scratch! Definitely worth trying if you haven't yet. Nobody does it like them and I highly recommend that you opt for their pupusas with chicken or any other protein, it is worth the wait! They are incredibly well priced, and are an excellent size. I love to eat big and save more, This is a great place to do that.

Manuel Perdomo
Manuel Perdomo

Very good people working there. Good service. Good prices 👍

Paulina Sjöberg
Paulina Sjöberg

This is a hole in the Wall, hidden gym type of place if you want quality pupusas that are made in house from scratch! Definitely worth trying if you haven't yet. Nobody does it like them and I highly recommend that you opt for their pupusas with chicken or any other protein, it is worth the wait! They are incredibly well priced, and are an excellent size. I love to eat big and save more, This is a great place to do that.

Alex Alexander
Alex Alexander

Excellent pupusas. If you are not patient or can't handle dry sense of humor not your place. Takes a while because they are hand made and take a while to cook.

Anselm Khoo
Anselm Khoo

This place has the best Menudo, caldo de res, caldo de Pollo and their breakfast items are great! Don't expect to dine in a restaurant, but their humble dining area and honest service are both pleasant and their food packs a great satiation.

Jorge Estrada
Jorge Estrada

These place has good food, the pupusaa are made when u order them so they will take about 15 minutes so have patience, the only thing that gets me mad that they have their favorite customer, if they come in after you they take their order first before you

Kurt Villanueva
Kurt Villanueva

Very good and delicious food, id advice to call in if you are doing take put, as evrything is made from scratch as far as alacarte items, which is not the options next to the register. Pupusas were scrumptious, alao yuca with chicharron was 🔥, freah and fried just right.

Brenda Rodriguez
Brenda Rodriguez

Food is always delicious here! We’ve added this place to our go to places now. They can take a bit long because they have a lot of to go orders. But if you call in before eating in they’ll start your order too to avoid the wait. Best pupusas in my side of town! And their Torta is one of our favorites in the area as well.

Jesus “luv.4j”
Jesus “luv.4j”

The pupusas are the best ones I have tried so far. I love them when there made fresh that my tongue burns which is worth it. Would come back more often!

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Jaz

Out of the 3 items I tried (fajita torta, fajita tacos & cheese pupusas) the pupusas were the best! Lots of cheese! The other two items didn't have much flavor.

Jaz
Jaz

Out of the 3 items I tried (fajita torta, fajita tacos & cheese pupusas) the pupusas were the best! Lots of cheese! The other two items didn't have much flavor.

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Liliana Marquez

Food is good! But some of those ladies are very rude. Been many times different encounters with different ladies.

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Ruhn Sun

Food is the absolute best! Pupusas are delicious and authentic. If only I didn’t have to brace myself each time to get treated like I am public enemy #1 each time I pick up food. I got stared down so hard right now like ma’am I just want my food.

Liliana Marquez
Liliana Marquez

Food is good! But some of those ladies are very rude. Been many times different encounters with different ladies.

Ruhn Sun
Ruhn Sun

Food is the absolute best! Pupusas are delicious and authentic. If only I didn’t have to brace myself each time to get treated like I am public enemy #1 each time I pick up food. I got stared down so hard right now like ma’am I just want my food.

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Janet Gamez

The food is good. The place needs a lil update. Now, young lady that took our order seemed to have a "Don't want to be here attitude ", and it showed on her face. There was only one family seating in restaurant, so its not like she was busy. My father likes to go there, I would probably go back again ONLY if my father wants to.

Janet Gamez
Janet Gamez

The food is good. The place needs a lil update. Now, young lady that took our order seemed to have a "Don't want to be here attitude ", and it showed on her face. There was only one family seating in restaurant, so its not like she was busy. My father likes to go there, I would probably go back again ONLY if my father wants to.

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Victor Huertero

pupusas are good but the ladies working here have terrible customer service skills. I live close by so always ordering from here when I crave pupusas. everytime I order to go via phone my food is never ready on time and there's a 50/50 chance they haven't even started on my order. a couple of times I've come in and asked for my order I placed on the phone and they have no record of the call. my phone records every phone call and I even played back the audio and they have the audacity to tell me I never placed the order. ridiculous. pupusas are good made fresh when you order.

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Melisa M Garcia-Vasquez

Food was really good but the cashier (blonde hair) had the worsssttt attitude. One other younger girl that helped us was really nice though. Not coming back.

Melisa M Garcia-Vasquez
Melisa M Garcia-Vasquez

Food was really good but the cashier (blonde hair) had the worsssttt attitude. One other younger girl that helped us was really nice though. Not coming back.

Victor Huertero
Victor Huertero

pupusas are good but the ladies working here have terrible customer service skills. I live close by so always ordering from here when I crave pupusas. everytime I order to go via phone my food is never ready on time and there's a 50/50 chance they haven't even started on my order. a couple of times I've come in and asked for my order I placed on the phone and they have no record of the call. my phone records every phone call and I even played back the audio and they have the audacity to tell me I never placed the order. ridiculous. pupusas are good made fresh when you order.

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Lucy Czđ NC

Roaches!! There were tiny roaches on the counter by the cashier. The cashier is infront of the kitchen so you can imagine. I dont care how good the food is, its a no for me.

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No Name

I went to this restaurant with my Salvadoran co-worker for our lunch break. When I walked in the restaurant I felt like I was in the Jim Crow South. The cashier looked at me with disgust and made me felt VERY unwelcome! My co-worker noticed her smug attitude and told her in Spanish that he’s with me it’s alright. The racist lady didn’t look at or acknowledge me the whole while even when I paid for my order she didn’t say a word. A few days later another of my coworkers who is black said he was going to order from Salva-Mex I told him they don’t like black people order their food. When he came back with his food to the job site he told me that when he was in line to order a black truck driver was trying to order food from the racist servers they gave him a hard time by not answering he’s questions until he just walked out of the restaurant!!! If you’re black don’t go here!!!!

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Drizaè ヅ

They will hang up on you if you call speaking ENGLISH. Happen to me several times. They'll answer, but if you start talking English, they'll say "No English, Spanish only!" then they'll hang up in your face. But hey..the foods ok. And they will get pissed off if you speak English, remember that.

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donnell mcfarland

Nice place to eat if your not of African-American heritage..... 3rd times a charm! I was here last week and the lady appeared to be angry with me for walking in the door to patronize the place. Did not speak to me/barely spoke when taking my order(I assumed it was the language thing). I took my food and left. Thought I'd give them another chance and went in today.... I stood in line patiently and when came my turn I stepped to the counter and w/o so much as looking at me she helped a guy behind me...then after ringing him up another person literally reaches over in front of me and hands her money for his order. Which she rang up again without so much as a look at me! As I'm looking at both of them I tell them in spanish that I was waiting here I'm next. To which she still did not reply to me but turned to a co-worker and said(in spanish) I don't know what he wants I only have 2 hands. I asked her if there was a problem with me being here I can leave, she said no and took my order all with out 1 apology!!! I ordered but left 30seconds later, definitely don't wanna eat where I'm not welcomed!!!

No Name
No Name

I went to this restaurant with my Salvadoran co-worker for our lunch break. When I walked in the restaurant I felt like I was in the Jim Crow South. The cashier looked at me with disgust and made me felt VERY unwelcome! My co-worker noticed her smug attitude and told her in Spanish that he’s with me it’s alright. The racist lady didn’t look at or acknowledge me the whole while even when I paid for my order she didn’t say a word. A few days later another of my coworkers who is black said he was going to order from Salva-Mex I told him they don’t like black people order their food. When he came back with his food to the job site he told me that when he was in line to order a black truck driver was trying to order food from the racist servers they gave him a hard time by not answering he’s questions until he just walked out of the restaurant!!! If you’re black don’t go here!!!!

Lucy Czđ NC
Lucy Czđ NC

Roaches!! There were tiny roaches on the counter by the cashier. The cashier is infront of the kitchen so you can imagine. I dont care how good the food is, its a no for me.

Drizaè ヅ
Drizaè ヅ

They will hang up on you if you call speaking ENGLISH. Happen to me several times. They'll answer, but if you start talking English, they'll say "No English, Spanish only!" then they'll hang up in your face. But hey..the foods ok. And they will get pissed off if you speak English, remember that.

donnell mcfarland
donnell mcfarland

Nice place to eat if your not of African-American heritage..... 3rd times a charm! I was here last week and the lady appeared to be angry with me for walking in the door to patronize the place. Did not speak to me/barely spoke when taking my order(I assumed it was the language thing). I took my food and left. Thought I'd give them another chance and went in today.... I stood in line patiently and when came my turn I stepped to the counter and w/o so much as looking at me she helped a guy behind me...then after ringing him up another person literally reaches over in front of me and hands her money for his order. Which she rang up again without so much as a look at me! As I'm looking at both of them I tell them in spanish that I was waiting here I'm next. To which she still did not reply to me but turned to a co-worker and said(in spanish) I don't know what he wants I only have 2 hands. I asked her if there was a problem with me being here I can leave, she said no and took my order all with out 1 apology!!! I ordered but left 30seconds later, definitely don't wanna eat where I'm not welcomed!!!

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13407 S Main St, Houston, TX 77035

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4.1/5 stars
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mexican
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🥞 Breakfast
🥐 Brunch
🍽️ Lunch
🍾 Dinner
Coffee
🍰 Desserts
🥡 Takeout
🍴 Dine-in

Dining Options

🍽️ Dine In
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Restaurant Info

Status
Verified by owner
🕐 Hours Today
6AM-9PM
Rating
4.1/5
💬 Reviews
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💰 Price Level
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⏱️ Typical Visit
People typically spend 10 min here
📞 Phone
+1 713-485-6374

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