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Inay's PanPacific Restaurant
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- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good for:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
16 reviews for Inay's PanPacific Restaurant
Been here twice and I think the food is good.
I ordered a "combo" which consists of white rice and 2 main dishes. I liked it. It's also cheap - around 6 bucks? Just the noodles felt flat...
The decoration is not really coordinated though. There's Japanese? Philippines? etc. That's the reason why it's called "PanPacific?". Not sure. I find the decorations too cluttered - but the place is clean. Pictures and paintings on the walls are very interesting.
I might come back here again. It's just too far from where I live and we had to park like 2 blocks from the restaurant.
We went here on a Saturday for lunchtime. It wasn't crowded at all, and the staff was really friendly. The restaurant is cafeteria styled, where you go up to the counter to pick what you like and eat at any table you like. The area is very open, light and refreshing.
We got a lunch combo which was around $7.50 for any two items and a big thing of rice. I absolutely LOVE sinigang so I had to try theirs. The broth was just the perfect taste, not too sour but with a good kick. The vegetables in it were fresh and yummy, as was the meat. My other item was a BBQ pork skewer which was also fabulous (I don't even remember eating it because it was gone so fast hahaha)
We also ordered Crispy Pata - which is basically a pig's leg/foot deep fried. Normally I'm not a big meat eater, so it wasn't so much my thing but it was still good! We also had halo halo, a delicious drink with lots of mixed things in it with a big scoop of unbelievably purple ube (sweet potato) ice cream on top. YUM!
I would definitely come here again! The food was very good compared to other restaurants I have been to and the atmosphere was very nice (even the ABBA music in the background, which per my bf is very popular in the Phillipines??)
Key Points:
Staff: Friendly and laid back
Food: Really fresh, good food
Drinks: YUM halohalo!!! (or holla holla!!! as I call it)
Atmosphere: open, airy and light yet comfortable
Great for: Lunch on the weekend! Maybe dinner too! I'll have to try that next.
I love the light rail. Hop on at Westlake and you are on Beacon Hill a thriving Latino and Filipino neighborhood. We are on a project to get off and eat something at every post bus tunnel stop on the light rail this summer.
Last night it was Beacon Hill and Inay's. Food was very good although they were out of several things we wanted. The highlights were a noodle dish with chicharones, and the chicken adobo. I think both dishes could have used a bit of salt but no matter.
My Husband had a delicious and very refreshing watermelon bubble tea. I had several beers.
But Louis the waiter really made the evening shine. He is a real treasure delighting us with "Tales of the Neighborhood". I for one can't wait to go back.
Had Lumpia, Adobo, Talapia, and Pata... Halo Halo as well and were brought out to our suprise sour soup and tofu in brown sugar. Boundless hospitality and an atnosphere of welcome. It was a great way in introduce my girlfriend to Philippine food. Thanks! We'll be back with people. 5 dishes and extras for 42 bucks? WHAT A DEAL!
I hadn't had Inay's before and was a little nervous about trying something new... but I'm so glad that I did.
The food was excellent. The service -- was impeccable. Aside from the impromptu cabaret performance by our server, the other staff was friendly, we were asked at several times how everything was, and the chef came out as we were leaving to speak with us. Everyone had smiles (including us) and we left agreeing that it was a great meal and a fantastic experience. It was family-style warmth and everyone had a good sense of humor.
I will definitely be returning.
PS - my absolute favorite moment from this evening was when a small child was using her play cellphone and our server (in full drag) said "Oh my gosh... are you talking to Hannah Montana?? That's my sister!". I almost fell out of my chair laughing.
Kurt Vonnegut wasn't always right when he was famously quoted as saying "Never eat at a restaurant named Mom's", Inay being the Tagalog word for mom.
At Inay's last night, we encountered some of the best cooking that we have had in long long time.
When we arrived into the restaurant designed with traditional Filipino, along with modern IKEA, we were the only patrons so we received full attention.
After we placed our food order we took a look at some of the photography on the walls. The waiter noticed and opened up this other room off the main dining area and told us to take a look at more photography inside. We found some beautiful exhibits. Our waiter told us that photographers Jim Carroll, Matthew Murray and David Mullarkey had teamed together for a trip to The Phillipines to shoot this collection.
Our first appetizer was the Crispy Pata. Absolutely divine with a great dipping sauce (all Inay's dipping sauces are fabulous, actually). The pata also came with a little bowl of pickled ginger and papaya. JP and I thought that the pata was like chicharonnes (Mexican pork rinds), but our waiter told us that pata was from the upper pig leg, and that chicharonnes are from the pork belly. Our pata actually was served with a bone from the pig leg.
Our second appetizer was the lumpia (eggroll stuffed with a ground beef mix). Umma Gumma!
The Chicken Adobo was our first entree. Four pieces of meat in a to-die-for-sauce. Our second entrée was a whole tilapia fish with a sweet and sour sauce (no, it wasn't that bright red goop you see in some Chinese restaurants). Was the tilapia good? I have never seen JP attack a fish like that before. I think the only things he didn't eat were the eyes. So yeah, it was that good!
After we finished eating, the owner Ernie, a warm and engaging guy came over and introduced himself. He told us that all the dishes were recipes of his mom. His challenge in adapting them for his restaurant was figuring out how much of each ingredient to use in each dish. Apparently, his mum kept that particular info in her head.
Ernie also mentioned that they just received their liquor license this week so very soon they would be offering wine and beer.
Our waiter, Louie, an animated young man, then showed JP pictures from his cell phone that represented Louie's other work, that of being a make-up artist. He definitely has talent.
I highly recommend Inay's. And it's not expensive either!
Inay's Kitchen has been around for quite some time now. Not always the same location but still in the same neighborhood nestled in the heart of Beacon Hill. This has always been a staple of Filipino dining in Seattle. Time and again comparison have always been made with every new Filipino restaurant openings since I have remembered.
Coming here you will always be greeted like family. Great hospitality and amazing service. There's a reason as to why people always tend to come back time and time again even though competition grows. Dishes are prepared in traditional fashion, from variety of hot servings as the likes of Adobo and Sinigang to some nice and refreshing desserts like Halo Halo and Leche Flan. Every dish that I've had here has always been very good. Never have I once complained.
The food is arranged from a glass display consisting of a vast variety of different entrees. There are plenty to choose from and anyone should find something to there liking. Always you wll find different dishes prepared daily so to come back again you should have a new set of selections to choose from. Everything seems to taste like how my Grandma use to make em.
The price for lunch or dinner will cost you under $8 a person. This is the norm for Filipino dining. With low cost and great food, plenty to choose from and the consistency of always providing great service that comes along with a wonderful meal you cant go wrong in coming here. I must say this is by far my favorite in Seattle. ( I say Seattle now, my favorite for Filipino Food still is in Renton's Dax ). Let me say also that Inays has a deep strong tie to the Filipino Community in this area which is a plus. Do come and enjoy!
How can all the reviews of this place be so subpar? I had a pleasant time here.
My wife took me here the weekend we moved into downtown . In between unpacking, she surprised me by taking me here, knowing I missed a good home-style Filipino breakfast. It's a greasy spoon in every possible way. But the service on that cold Saturday morning was warm and inviting. Ernie, the proprietor, with these cool Evisu glasses, was such a sweetheart. A real charming conversationalist, he cooked us longsilog (savory longanisa - filipino-style chorizo, fried egg, and garlic fried rice, accompanied with sliced tomato and palm vinegar) and stopped by numerous times to check on us and have a nice chat. Mind you, while I enjoyed the service at Inay's, I'm not really one to cross the line of befriending the wait staff at a restaurant.
My only complaint from Ernie, is that he should've given more of that delicious longanisa. We ordered lumpia to go and while a different recipe from what I'm used to (thicker, more fresh garlic flavor), still not bad. We'd definitely come back again. The place is turo-turo for lunch and dinner, meaning you go up to the counter and literally point to what you want to eat.
In all this place deserves 4 stars in my book, but I need to juke the stats, so I'm giving it a 5. I don't know what people with the bad reviews were expecting when they came here, but I enjoyed the food and the service. Not quite sure where their attitude is coming from.
Thanks KK!
In Tagalog, inay means mother. Unfortunately, the woman at lunch yesterday served us up a heaping plate of attitude with a side of two entree choices. Despite being less than motherly, she certainly was MILF-ish, which is a huge compliment coming from someone that would rather F a hot D.
This is a turo-turo (literally pick-pick - the Filipinos like to repeat themselves) style restaurant, which was great cause we were hungry and didn't have to wait! I was kinda freaked about how little they had to choose from - no kare kare (SEE!!)?! Where's the pancit or lumpia?! Little did I know (and only did I find out after we'd finished eating), they've got a white board propped-up on the floor right in front of the entrance listing specials and extra menu items. DUH!!
The lunch combo is a scant $8 and comes with two items that you pick-pick. I had the chicken adobo and the pork gisantes (which we Ilokanos call apritada).
Now, word of warning, whenever critiquing Filipino food, most of us Flips compare what we're eating to our mother's interpretation. So, on the Mama T scale, Inay's gisantes was a 9! Almost better than mom's, but she'd kill me if I gave it a 10...and seeing as how it's Mother's Day and all, I can't disrespect. The adobo on the other hand was a 1. I'd never seen adobo like this - the sauce was dense, orange and didn't taste like any adobo I've ever had! Sampled my friend's bistek (which I think is the Filipino spelling of beef steak) and that was an 8 - tasty sauce and tender meat, as well as the turong (lumpia with banana and jackfruit) = 7, as I've never had jackfruit in my banana lumpia, but, while different, it certainly didn't suck.
Inside Inay's is Ikea-Filipino heaven...it's clean, orderly and a good place for larger groups. Definitely a place I'd come again...just not for the orange adobo.
The geeky scientist in me came out at about 1 in the morning after eating here last night.
Question: Does eating Filipino food give you crazy dreams?
Hypothesis: Yes. The spices and various meats consumed at a Filipino restaurant will seriously mess with your mind.
Procedure:
1. Go to Inay's
2. Order 5 different dishes. One noodle dish, one spicy pork dish, one beef dish, one chicken dish, and one vegetarian dish.
3. Consume a sampling of each dish. Enjoy it immensely.
4. Pay $8 for your share of the meal.
5. Receive one complimentary fried banana roll.
6. Go home and go to sleep.
7. Observe.
Results:
At approximately 1:08 am, I finally managed to wake myself from a spiraling dream involving the worst moments of my day and yelp reviews. After walking the apartment for 2.3 minutes, I returned to bed. For the next 1 hour and 47 minutes, I continued to toss and turn, having half-wakeful dreams of similar content. Somewhere between the hour of 3 am and 4 am, I fell back to sleep.
Conclusion:
After eating half your weight in Filipino food, you may experience some insomnia. I theorize that it's because the food is so good your body wishes to remain awake and think about it. The likelihood of foot pain is miniscule, unless one has a preexisting sports injury.
Now, in the interest of verifying my results, I must return to Inay's often to do multiple trials. Will report back with my findings.
Well, at least the dessert was yummy (halo-halo which is shaved ice with all the fixin's - sweet beans, grass jelly, evap milk topped with a scoop of purple mung bean or taro ice-cream).
Dinner was a disappointment. The fresh lumpia was not what we expected but was pretty good if a little too garlicky. I ordered the kare kare which was okay. Did not enjoy the bright pink fish condiment though. My date tried the bistek which was just not memorable enough.
Service was disappointing as well, with an overly-flamboyent waiter who we wished would have just provided us with some service so we could get the f out of there.
I wanted so badly to like this place, but sadly I cannot justify going back.
Great people Tasty yummy filipino food!!!..and the 3 item combo was only 9 bucks!..hehehe yummmmm
What can i say, I can eat the food from this restaurant anytime of the day, everyday! I love everything they cook! The staff are great, the prices are fabulous! The legacy of Nanay Leoning (aka) Inay's (mom) lives! They also cater! There isn't any signature dish, because everything they cook is a specialty on its own. They make the best LUMPIA (eggroll) on the planet in both vegitables or meat form. As for me, I grew up eating Filipino food, but if I were to name my favorite dish it'd be all of them. And don't get me started on the desserts!!! That is why I am giving Inay's 5 Yummy stars and a full belly up!
I was not expecting the best Filipino food that I have ever had in my life, nor did I get it. It is, however, great to have a few Filipino restaurants to choose from on Beacon Hill. I ordered the "spicy pork" because it sounded like an interesting combination of ingredients: pork, coconut milk, jalapenos, and anchovies. It was pretty tasty and something I might order again. Service at Inay's is not top-notch by any means. They might want to just consider making it an order-at-the-counter kind of place like Kusina Filipina down the street. If I lived in Ballard I wouldn't drive to eat here, but since it is one of my neighborhood establishments I will certainly go back.
Whenever the temperatures get hot enough, we always think Halo-Halo! We went for lunch here yesterday. Found the place through Yelp, thank you. I'm glad we did. We usually go to another place but we wanted to try somewhere we haven't been. One good thing about this location, they are close to Delite Bakery.
We ordered longsilog (breakfast of sausage, 2 eggs and garlic fried rice, yum!). We were seeing big bowls of things go by and I had suspected that it was their halo-halo. When it was our time to order, I asked how big the halo-halo serving was and got shown the bowl. So we opted to order just one without the ice cream topping and split it. Good thing that we did. It was delicious and not too sweet.
We were both very happy and very full after our meal. I was also happy to see the cook who used to be at the other place that we usually go to. Turns out they sold that one and she is now here. Closer commute for her. Yay for us!
I went here with my boyfriend who grew up in Manila because I figured he should have some comfort food. We ordered a lumpia as an appetizer and we each had the tofu adobo.. The lumpia we scrumptious, but the tofu adobo not so much. It tastes/smelled strongly of leeks and was generally off. It's not really what I think of when I hear the word, "adobo." We also took home a few desserts and such which were all tasty, including the halo halo.
