La Piñata

San Mateo, CA · Salvadoran restaurant

Rating
4.1/5
★★★★☆ 4.1
Reviews
20
Rank in San Mateo
#129
of 340 restaurants
City Percentile
37%
rating percentile
Address
La Piñata, 120 N B St, San Mateo, CA 94401
Phone
(650) 344-5722
Website
orderlapinata.com
Status
Closed · Opens 10 AM

La Piñata is a restaurant located in San Mateo, CA. It is one of 340 restaurants listed in San Mateo. Its 4.1-star rating is slightly below the San Mateo city average of 4.3 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

Hours

Saturday10 AM–9 PM

Customer Reviews

★★★☆☆ 3.0 Alexander Mejia · Dec 2025

Holaaa amigos- first off this place is so convenient to san mateo and the area how could I not try it! Happily parked my bicycle outside and went inside, you can see them going at it with pupusas. On to the filling. Prices are higher as expected for this area and only certain flavors are at the 3.50 price. Next, drink prices are very high and not shown. I ordered the atole de elote- zero corn in it, do not order. Revuelta pupusa filling was good but SUPER SKIMPY on the filling it was just tortilla and it fell apart. Same thing with the bean and cheese. They give you a number which I love self seating, and the seats had outlets. However not even offered a cup of water and allll the tables were dirty. I recommend they get these basics of clean restaurant, fill your pupusas, and friendly serv

★★★★★ 5.0 Trey Delaplaine · Jan 2026

DoorDashes La Piñata today (its called La Piñata Mexicatessen on DoorDash). I got the pan con pollo, ensalada de fruta salvadoreña, and the platanos frito. The pan con pollo and the ensalda de fruta were both fantastic, I will be ordering them again for sure!

★★★★☆ 4.0 Don Chivazo · Sep 2025

Nice Salvadorean restaurant, cheese pupusas were very good, the revueltas lack chicharrón taste, not as good, type of pork skin maybe? Overall it's good, had better ones. Bathroom needs improvement.

★★★★★ 5.0 Jose Bautista · Feb 2026

Fresh food, just they need work in the environment of the restaurant looks old and poor cleaning

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Joanie Gonzalez · Feb 2026

The pupusas were okay but the arroz con leche had mold in it. And when we went back to tell them about it, they didn't even apologize. They could've just said sorry and given us something else like pan dulce or atol of the same size. But they told us to pay extra for something else.

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Restroom ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Seating

Services

Salvadoran restaurant

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