Restaurante Familiar

Reviews

• Kristina A.

  star star star star star 9 September 2026

  My go to place if im craving for some Menudo. Little hole in the wall place in Mission. Loved the warm soup on a rainy summer. Conveniently located near our house. Also loved their steak and shrimp combo. Very tasty and tender.

• Ronnie A.

  star star star star star_border 3 September 2026

  Was enjoying SF Sunday Streets with the family and came upon this place while walking in the Excelsior.  I normally go to El Farolito or Taqueria Guadalajara.  I am always up to trying new places as long as the family agrees so we walked into Restaurante Familiar.  They serve Mexican and Salvadorian food.  Place was packed but luckily we were able to grab a table.  Waitress was very nice and courteous.  We ordered a lot so here is the breakdown.
  
  Carne Asada super burrito: excellent flavor and pretty big not too wet or too dry 4 stars
  
  Familiar chicken nachos: very good, guacamole on point, chicken breast was used and surprisingly was not dry, flavor was great, kids and I enjoyed sharing 4 stars
  
  Mexican quesadilla: pretty standard in taste and appearance, flour tortilla, just as expected 3 stars
  
  Cheese papusa: excellent, nice and crisp on the outside, cheesy on the inside 4 stars
  
  Chicharron papusa: just carnitas inside no cheese, was expecting carnitas to be a little crispy but overall still good 3 stars
  
  Chicken tamale: served Salvadorian style in a banana leaf, if you had this style before it was pretty basic but again still good, tamal was not too big or too small 3 stars
  
  Would i come back again, probably, depends if i can find parking

• Janice A.

  star star star star_border star_border 30 August 2026

  Food was pretty good. Ordered a Mexican quesadilla and it was your basic quesadilla. Flour tortilla with cheese and it came with a small house salad with a thick almost thousand island kind of dressing. Son ordered a super carne asada burrito. I took a bite to taste for review purposes. It was tasty. The meat had this hint of lemon taste to it which tasted refreshing and different. The burrito was moist not dry and full of flavor. I would definitely come back here for a burrito again. Hubby ordered chicken nachos. It was OK. I wasn't a fan of their chips that come complimentary so I didn't bother tasting the chips from the nachos. The chips were thick which almost made me think they were stale but they weren't. They had no salt to them which I guess is good for you. I had a small piece of the chicken from his nachos and I didn't care much for the flavor. Stole some guacamole and sour cream though to add to my quesadilla. We also ordered a chicken tamale and 2 Papusas, one cheese one pork. When the tamale got delivered to the table the smell of the banana leaf was really strong which made me lose my appetite a bit. I pushed through and tried to eat the tamale, but forgetting that I was in a Salvadoran restaurant and tamales are made differently I didn't much like the flavor. The tamale is more wet than I guess the Mexican style. So I didn't bother finishing it. Took a bite of the cheese papusa and couldn't eat anymore. I think the smell of the banana leaf really got to me by this point and couldn't eat anymore. I also ordered their horchata and I tasted a hint of chocolate along with the cinnamon flavor. Food overall was good. I think the issue was my appetite was expecting one and got a different style. I would try this place again if in the area and can find parking. Parking is pretty hard to find but we were in the area for Sunday streets and walked up and down Mission Street.
  
  Inside was decent in terms of cleanliness. I didn't get any creepy feelings thinking it was dirty just the typical dropped food from little kids who dined in with their families. Very small inside. I seen a party of 7 adults and 3 kids sitting at 2 different tables. Not sure if the establishment joins tables together normally to accommodate to larger parties or not. Staff is friendly and pretty good about clearing and cleaning tables when patrons are done.

• T. C.

  star star star star star 30 August 2026

  This place fucked up my pupusas order. It was also $50 more than what the postmates app told me it was going to be BUT everything was hella delicious. Super coming back here and stopping in for food now. I've lived in the hood for 5 years now and I can't believe that I always walked past and never came by.
  
  Their specialty is salvadorean food. This is not a taqueria so if you're looking for that - there's plenty of other places that will cater and fancy you on that. But what they serve up is authentic and reminds me of my moms or grandmas cooking.

• Justine D.

  star star star star star 25 August 2026

  Is it just me or did the pupusas get way bigger?  Happy dance, happy dance. Food is cheap and portions are huge.  And the curtido ... oh the curtido.  Life changing.  This is my go to spot for pupusas y curtido.  Muy rico!