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We of course over-ordered because we wanted to try a bunch of things. This place will do the trick when you get some cravings. Probably a 3 1/2 since some dishes were not as good as others.
Glad we ordered take-out cause there were a couple of little kids running around the place yelling and screaming.
OH GOD! I LOVE THIS PLACE! I started going here well before Patio and Tribu. Service is always great... the owners are super sweet and totally know what they're doing. My favorite dishes are:
Pinalutong na Tadyang (crispy short ribs)
Sinigang na Baboy
Crispy Pata
Halo-halo Special (omg sweet goodness!!!)
Mais con Yelo (YES! the ultimate turn on!!!)
Give it a try... You won't be disappointed!
Coworkers and I ordered:
Silog, Pork Adobo, Kare Kare, 2 different orders of pancit, rice, eggplant/pork egg omelet, fried pork...
I loved the kare kare, though the peanut sauce could have been more distinct but all in all, i enjoyed everything. While we were waiting for our giant order the owner came out with some wintermelon soup!
Minus some because for some reason 2 of my (filipino) coworkers got sick?! Thats weird, i ate everything and i felt OK!
The boyfriend and I stumbled upon this place after seeing that Sajj was closed for Ramadan. We had never tried Filipino food before and my boyfriend decided that we'd be staying after noticing that nobody in the restaurant was speaking English. Good sign :D.
First of all, I have to say that this place gives GENEROUS PORTIONS. I might not know how to hook up my TV or tell you exactly where any of the Midwestern states are (I just kind of picture them as one giant amorphous blob), but dayum Gina, I can EAT. That being said, Tony and I barely finished half of what we ordered. To be fair, we did order a lot:
-Kalabasa Sitaw sa Gata (the squash was delicious, but the beans lacked flavor)
-Laing (it had both "spicy" and "taro" in the description, so being the hxc azn I am, I knew I had to order it)
-Inihaw no Pompano
-Kare Kare (I was surprised by how mild the peanut sauce was)
The food tasted really light, but felt heavy in my stomach. I was so confused. It must be all of the creamy sauces or something, but I felt full after just a few bites.
Oh, and vegetarians beware. I don't think there was a single dish under the "Vegetables" section that was actually vegetarian.
Overall, the food was pretty good, but I'm used to eating food with a little more flavor and spice.
We had an office potluck today and my coworkers went to go pick up Lechon, Pancit and lumpia....can we say *DROOL*... even though it was food to go, by the time we got it back here in our office it was still pretty warm and CRISPY. That is so important for fried foods. The lumpia and lechon both came with sauces and they were quite tasty.
I will definitely stop in if I'm nearby to try their other foods!
Very good, and my Filipino girlfriend can vouch for it. There were four of us, me, my girlfriend, and my parents. Here's what we got:
- Pancit Palabok - very tasty but my dad thought it should be spicier - typical Malaysian food rhetoric :)
- Crispy Pata with Spicy Chili Sauce - definitely take a miss on this one, or get the version without the chili sauce, this drowned out the flavor.
- Kalabasa - easily one of the best things on the table, it was very "lemak" (rich / coconut flavor) and the veggies were well cooked.
- Daing na Boneless Bangus - GREAT! It's so frustrating to eat whole fish when it is boney. The skin was tasty and the meat was just right.
Not perfect but definitely a place to come back to.
I love this place. My brother took me here after we ran the bay to breakers. It was busy when we went, so that's a good sign that it's good. We tried the barbeque, crispy pata, and lumpiang shanghai. For dessert, we had the sago and gulaman and halo halo. Everything was good. Can't wait to come back again.
I'm not big on filipino foods (I'm filipino) just the fact i have the same tasting food at home.
but the times I do go out to these joints, i do enjoy.
price is good, food is good.
parking out back.
sometimes it can be busy with no seating.
This place is great! We've been here a few times and have taken both family and friends over in separate occasions. Clean, inviting, but could be a bit roomier.
Pork sisig was very good! Right proportions of ingredients and plentiful. The Crispy Binagoongan was served on an open face eggplant, which kinda made the vegetable a little bit soggy towards the end, but otherwise, spot on as far as the flavor goes. Kalabasa Sitaw sa Gata and Pinakbet, likewise. None of the dishes were overly salty and all tasted very fresh! The calamares served inluded the larger rings, and while I prefer the smaller ones, they were nonetheless very good as well.
But what really stood out for us was the Bangus Sisig. As opposed to some other places that serve it all chopped up into very small and fine pieces, this one had them cut up in larger chunks. Also, they added a fair amount of ginger (never tasted this in other places), but you do have to watch out for them. While they do add a nice flavor to the mix, it can get nasty if you bite into one directly.
Prices were very much the same compared to all the other decent and comparable Filipino restaurants around the area (of which there area lot of!). I don't eat it at all, but my friends say the halo-halo here is excellent as well.
And for larger parties, i believe you can reserve a room towards the back that has 3 or 4 semi-long tables.
Will most definitely be coming back here!
Went because of the reviews, and some recommendations from years ago.
Lumpia - the meat lumpia was regular, the veggie one had peas and corn and was interestingly good
Bulalo - didn't taste like it had been cooking long, tasted like bouillon cubes
Chicken Adobo - not the fried oily sauce adobo, this was more of the brown saucy sort. Very good, not too salty
Sisig - they had the pretend sisig. Wheres the funky pig head parts? The crunchy bits? The burnt scrapey onion? This was like pork inihaw with toyo/vinegar sauce, onions and peppers. Definitely not the type you'd get at the riles in Pampanga. Major disappointment.
Devils Crab - the sauce was pretty good, but the crab was frozen crab, with the meat mushy and textureless (my family was in the crab business, I know this is no fresh crab)
Inihaw na Pompano - (according to the people with me) delicious, their fish was fresh and with good fish how could you mess this up?
Bicol Express - good, veggies were still firm, a nice amount of bagoong in the coconut milk
Garlic rice - had to mention, this was great. Garlic-laden and not too oily.
Desserts - we got the ube haleya with coconut ice cream on top, the bobo chacha (ice cream/gelatin/sweet potato/coconut milk), the guinumis (sago/gulaman/pinipig/coconut milk), and the halo halo. All were delicious - esp. the haleya and bobo chacha.
I think we spent about $30 per person. Service was alright, a bit slow at times.
Based on what we ordered I would not really go back, but other tables had more meat dishes so maybe another visit is in order to try the kare kare, lechon kawali, etc.
I've been wanting to try this place, and after the bad experience with Gerry's Grill my brother wanted to just go back to our tried and true spot, Patio Filipino. I swayed him against it so that we could try Kuya's.
First off it's on San Mateo Ave right across from the BofA. There are a few parking spaces in the front but park in the back. There's a ton of parking back there and an entrance to the restaurant on the backside too. I swear this used to be where my son got his first hair-cut, Archie's!!! As you can see from the store front with the tiling and such... anywho the restaurant isn't very big. It's a little narrow and long, but they make do with the space that they've got.
What did we order? My brother had actually been here before and did not have a favorable experience, so he was rather skeptical as to what to order. 1st was the kare kare, his go to food. It was GOOD! I would have liked the bagoong to be cooked a little longer, but it had all around good flavor big gigantic pieces of oxtail and the peanut sauce was spot on. Next was kuya's special fried chicken. Holy wow YUM! It's marinated or soaked in mustard and then fried. Nice boneless pieces with very good crunch, I highly recommend it. We also had the kalabasa sitaw sa gata. I love pumpkin squash with long beans in coconut milk! It also had pieces of shrimp and pork in there as well... which I totally could have done without. My son is a big meat eater so we HAD to order the pork sisig, I was hoping for the bangus but pork it was. Good, not as "saucy" as I'm used to like at PF or Ongpin but HELLA better than whatever is was they were passing off as sisig at Gerry's. We finished off with the halo halo, which was a nice accompaniment to the meal and wash everything down. Mine had lots of good housemade leche flan. YUM! Next time, and yes there will be a next time, I want to try the Bobo ChaCha.
I've given them a 4 star but their halo-halo is a definite 5 star.
This place is where i run to when i'm missing my mom's cooking and when i'm craving a seriously delicious dessert.
Things I always order are the sisig, crab torta / omelette, buko (coconut) juice, and a halo-halo to end the night. They have ube ice cream that you can have on it's own or you can ask for it on top of your halo-halo. YUMMMY!
The veggie lumpia order is enough for a party of four and is different with its corn and peas insides. Tasty with or without the vinegar.
Service is nice, accommodating, and very helpful with the orders. I do plan on taking friends here, so far it has only been me and the family.
Available parking can sometimes be hard to come by.
Kuya's Special Fried Chicken is HELLA GOOOOOOOD!
- it rivals the Chicken Karaage from KITARO @ Geary. It's boneless fried mustard chicken breast pieces
- you'll fight for the last piece, or you'll split with your friends the last piece, it's that good!!
Adobo Fried Rice is HELLA GOOOOOOOOOD!!
- Better than Garlic Rice! It's a meal in itself...they used marinated beef. it's basically a new spin on the beef fried rice!
Palabok
- Reminds me of Red Ribbon, but BETTER!!
- They use the small noodles, not the Large noodles usually used with palabox.
- Their sauce is nice and thick and they have a great speard of eggs, shrimp, green onions and chicharron... YUM!!
Sinagang
- BOMB! Enough for 4 people! If you're only 2, you're gonna take home some sabow and meat and veggies for sure!
Bangus Sisig
- Damn!! It's HELLLA GOOD!
All in all, from the times I've eaten here, Kuya's has never disappointed.
BETTER than Goldilocks, Patio Pilipino, Manila Bay Cuisine, and Lucky Chances!!!!
Eat here if you can! Eat at the other places if Kuya's is closed.
This place is pretty small compared to the other filipino restaurants i've been to like patio filipino... I would compare this place to Toppings Too due to the size.. There are many similarities between these two places but of course, there are differences. Although i did not get a chance to dig into the desserts, it looked like they had a lengthy selection. I have no complains about this place. i DO like the fact they serve you soppa before you get your meal. thumbs up!
Parking could be tricky when you're not a frequent customer. Most people would assume that parkin is in front of the place but it is not. Parking is located at theback.
The food taste great and I always order, Fried Tadyang, Beef Sisig, and Pancit Bihon. I take my family here every week.
The service is superb!
So, when you're looking for the taste of Filipino food...better check this place out! You would not be sorry!
I surprisingly like this place a lot. Not because of the food, but mostly for how welcomed I felt. It is nice to see a staff that is respectful and friendly to the customer.
The food was really good. I got full quickly and had to take the rest for home. The place is clean and welcoming. I felt very comfortable and recommend people to check it out.
Tip: The parking is located in the back of the restaurant. It will save you a lot of trouble if you just go there for parking rather than find one in the front.
After watching food network and wanting some Lichon, my friend Pete, bugged the hell out of me for a week to get some Filipino food. So my office manager had been talking about Kuya's but has never tried it himself, I decided to be a little adventerous and come here.
Sad to say, either I'm too used to Tribu or Filipino food in West Covina, but this was just 'ok'
The Lichon was decent, its nice and fatty, but the sauce didn't suit my tastes.
The pork sisig was ok, I prefer it with more fatty parts.
Delicious, Big Brother!
Kuya is a Tagalog word and it's an affectionate way of saying Big Brother. It's appropriate since their food reminds me of home cooked Filipino food. Just some good ole comfort food for the soul if you're craving something that reminds you of the islands back home.
The Filipino culture is very family oriented and this is what they reflect with the atmosphere here. It's not a big place but large enough to have a small family gathering. Although describing a Filipino family as small is an oxymoron. There is no such thing as a small Filipino family gathering.
But if you're feeling a little home sick, this place will surely cure what ails you. They have the staple Pinoy dishes here and it's just plain good. It's as good as your Aunt's or Uncle's home cooked Pinoy dishes and that's enough to satisfy me. Not as good as Mom's, but good enough to keep you coming back for more since it reminds you of your favorite relative's best dish.
It wouldn't surprise me one bit if the people that work here are also related to one another. You can sense it by their warmness and friendly and efficient service.
Nuff said...pass the toothpick while I rub my big belly.
When I'm in the mood for some homestyle Filipino cooking, I always turn to Kuya's. My fave dishes include:
~Lumpiang Shanghai (ground pork egg rolls)
~Kare Kare (oxtail and vegetables in a hearty peanut sauce)
~Pork Sisig (grilled pork with minced onions, jalapenos and soy sauce)
~Pork Sinigang (pork and vegetables in a tangy broth)
For dessert, I recommend:
~Halo Halo with ube ice cream (tropical fruit with sweet beans, shaved ice, evaporated milk, gelatin)
~Bobo Chacha (basically a Halo Halo, but with vanilla ice cream and no beans)
When we have family parties, we always turn to Kuya's. You can feed an army of 20 for about $60! The service is really great, too.
The food was good. We had the pork sisig, canton guisado, crispy binagoongan, pork chop silog and fried chicken silog. The food also came out in a good amount of time it was all hot .The service was good they were attentive and friendly. The restaurant is narrow but has a good amount of seats without having to wait. It's bright and nicely decorated.
This a good place to go to have some really good food. Forget Jolly Bee and Goldilocks.
I come here only for their sisig! So good!
Deep fried pig leg
Deep fried chicken
Deep fried intestines
Deep fried lumpia
Did I just die and go to heaven?
Davids bottom line- NOPE!!!! Heaven has all you can drink beer. This place doesnt sell beer!!!!! How can you have deep fried everything and no beer? What a cocktease.
Edit: I know what yall are thinking... "David not every restaurant has a liquor license...and youre really really cool" but this place serves wine!!! just not beer!!!! its a mystery wrapped in an enigma followed by a question mark.
This place is just the go to place for filipino food. It's clean, the staff is always friendly and their Dinuguhan (blood soup for those who don't know) is just bombdiggity. Their is parking in the back of the restaraunt so don't give if their isn't parking in front of this place. The portions are plenty and man...did I say the Dinuguhan is bombdiggity!!!!. I like ordering Kare- Kare (ox tails in peanut butter sauce) here too and just the other weekend ordered Kuya's shrimp (crab paste with coconut milk). Their truly isn't anything here that I don't like. Yum...I just made myself hungry.
Our Anthony Bourdain-inspired take-out meal consisted of sisig, lumpia shanghai, lechon, garlic rice and halo halo.
It was my first time eating all of these dishes,
--The sisig was good, and especially because I love the idea of drenching anything in lemon (lemon not included--that's how it was eaten on the show). The jalapenos and onions are a great part of the dish as well.
--The lechon wasn't so much roasted as it seemed fried. The skin was bubbly and meat on the drier side.
--The garlic rice was strong.
--The lumpia shanghai was good; love the mini egg-roll size.
--The halo halo was a nice end to the meal: a melody of Chinese, Singaporian-influenced flavors and textures.
Let me start off by saying that the owner and his family has been feeding MY family for the last 15 years. He started off at another restaurant in Daly City, then a few years back moved to Kuya's, his own establishment.
The food here is the closet I've got to real, down-home Filipino cooking. The owner's wife is the head chef, and she always hooks it up with the Kuya's Special (macapuno [coconut] icecream over a bed of ube jam)
My favorite dish here is the inihaw na baboy, yuuuummmmmm. Unfortunately my boyfriend can never have this delicious dish because it's pork (he's muslim).
I'm already getting hungry writing about this.
The only drawback is the parking. Go in the back lot by turning in the alley between the party warehouse and the paper moon karaoke place. There's usually some there, if not, you'll either have to park in the street or in one of the other lots.
You dont just have to be filipino to fully appreciate this little piece of home (i was born in the Philippines). I've introduced a lot of my friends to this place and my turkish boyfriend loves it here! Though half of the menu is pork, he can still find aloooooot of yummy dishes that'll suit his diet needs.
Definitely stop by if you're ever in the peninsula.
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I think Kuya's is one of the unique and better Filipino restaurants in and around the Bay Area, because of their fairly CLEAN dining area, variety on the menu, reasonable prices, and most importantly their floors and tables are NOT SO GREASY.
In regards to food only, I highly recommend not to get your usual ilogs. You could get that anywhere. Bring some variety. I recommend the BANGUS SISIG, now that's YUMMY!! The shanghai lumpia was just alright.
Great place to bring your friends that are not familiar with Filipino food or want to try a variety of Filipino food.
If my family doesn't cook....we go here to eat. My family doesn't cook very often sooo we come here often.
They hit the real taste of filipino food. no need to jazz it up with fine dining or calling it "spanish-asian" food. it's good tasting filipino food. Nothing special just really good food at decent prices.
My Ratings:
Quality of Food - 5 Stars
Quantity of Food - 4 Stars
Price - 4 Stars
Location - 3 Stars
Parking - 3 Stars
Service - 3 Stars
Speed - 4 Stars
My Opinion/Story:
Food is really good and very tasty. Location is ok but can be missed because of the other places around them, parking can be a little difficult, and the place is really small to have a family dinner. But I like their food and they give you alot. My husband just loves their Bobo-Chacha. Oh well, atleast he's eating more filipino food. Nothing stands out but I would keep going back here just for their great service and quality food. Just really don't like the small space because it gets really noisy.
I need to preface this review by saying that I don't know all that much about Filipino cuisine, and that I've only had once in my entire life.
So last semester I was taking an Asian Food and Beverages class here at San Francisco State, and we were each assigned a group and a cuisine to research. Our group was assigned to Filipino cuisine and was referred to Kuya by one of the members.
We got here and had a feast. We had the calamares prio (fried calamari), beef sisig, sinigang baboy (tamarind pork soup), kare-kare, crispy pata, chicharon bulaklak (deep fried pork intestines), chicken adobo, lumpia and the milkfish. After that feast, I finished that meal off with the halo-halo.
My favorite food items were the tamarind pork soup, beef sisig, pork intestines. The kare-kare was a bit too intense for me. It's super thick, and I just wasn't expecting that. I love the pork intestines. I could snack on that all day, it was super crispy and delicious.
The crispy pata (deep friend pork leg) was a bit dry, and wasn't as delicious as I thought it would be. Everything else was pretty good though.
Definitely wouldn't mind going back to eat here again.
I was not inpressed at all. The pork was dry,calamri was rubbery. They don't serve beer there, I mean come on lechon and no beer. If you want go filipino food go patio filipino better food and prices.
Debbie
Food Rating: 4/5 (pretty good Filipino food, rating the food i had below)
Price/Value Rating: 3.5/5 (reasonably priced)
This restaurant is small. It's not as wide open, it's like a large hallway, rectangular shaped. You can come here with 12 or 15 people (by joining some of the tables together. There are some Filipino things hanging on the wall used for the rice fields, etc.
When I come here I usually order a couple of usual dishes:
1) Crispy Pata (for those of you who don't know this, it's deep fried pork, with super crispy skin) it's yummy! If you like crispy the sound of deep fried pork, you'll love this.
2) Miki-Bihon Pancit (These are skinny and fat noodles with some veggies and some kind of meat)
3) garlic fried rice (i need some kind of rice to eat with my crispy pata)
The above should be enough for two people.
The prices of the plates range from 8-15 dollars. I used to always go to Ongpin, but the location and atmosphere is a lot better. I think this place is pretty good and you should try if you're down to try or have Filipino food.
Kuya's was recommended by a family friend who is a wonderful cook so we knew that it had to be good...and it was.
Everything was tasty, not oily and salty. My fam ordered the Kare Kare and gnawed and slurped away at the oxtail and tripe as I gave them my 'ewww' face only bc I went pesco years ago. Dad: How can you not eat meat?! However, my dad gave me the 'ewww' face when he passed me the bagoong. Me: How can you not like fish?!
My niece and I chowed down on the flavorful deep-fried golden brown Calamares Prito(Fried Squid Rings) too and we also enjoyed the sweet and creamy Bobo Cha Cha.
It cracked me up when I heard a mom at the table next to us, in a thick Ilocano accent, say to one of her children, "ooooo, nowh yurrrh teet-ching yurrrh sistehrr tooo bee nawwghtee too, huh?!" haha...
Kuya's is cute and tastefully decorated with handwoven baskets, etc. Plus, it was clean which for some reason seems to be a challenge for other filipino restaurants. At the end of the meal, my dad smiled and complimented the owners. That alone, deserves 5 stars since my dad is SUPER picky.
Best filipino restaurant I've eaten at to date.
If you are an old school OngPin fan, Kuya's is owned by the same people. Ever since they opened, I've opted to dine at Kuya's for the atmosphere rather than heading over to OngPin. I love ordering their Kare Kare, Sinigang, Chicharon Bulaklak, and Sisig... My mom cooks awesome Filipino food, so if I ever actually want to eat out, I usually end up here. Everyone that I've brought here for lunch was always satisfied. Huge Portions, Good Prices, and QUICK and efficient service...
I love that they give you the complimentary soup, I think from Chicken Tinola when you eat lunch here.
If you talk to me about food that sounds delicious, I will have to eat it right away or at least in the super near future.
This past weekend, as I was in yet another conversation pertaining to food, a Filipino girlfriend mentioned that I had to try the oxtail w/ peanut butter sauce. I asked no questions, and obeyed. Then my yelp stomach led me to Kuya's.
We ordered the following:
Tapsilog (thin slices of beef w/ garlic rice and fried eggs) - Mmm...I love places that serve breakfast all day! Definite brownie points for that
Pork Sinigang (pork tamarind soup w/ vegetables) - This was a nice hearty soup that was perfectly seasoned
Kare Kare (oxtail w/ peanut butter) - You can't even tell that this sauce is made from peanut butter until you taste it, and even then it's very light. The oxtail was tender and the sauce itself is very simple, so the shrimp paste that they normally eat with this dish comes in handy
Prices are reasonable, ambiance is very homey, great for families, the servers are kind, and our food came out promptly. My only complaint came at the end when it took a bit of a wait to get our check, but I guess they were running on Asian time. At any rate, this place will definitely be added to my rotation list.
We were looking for some Pinoy food in the area and the hotel front desk suggested this place...I figured that if the locals like it then so will we...We were a bit chilly so we were in the mood for something that will warm us up and not fill us up too much as it was getting kinda late...Lomi, palabok and Sotanhon, all noodle stuff..all with great flavor and great service....I will for sure make another stop here next time I head to SF
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= 5 stars
We came here because Bistro Luneta was closed. Lucky for us our GPS found Kuya's Asian Cuisine. For an appetizer we had the Chicharon Bulaklak. Honey would not try it any place else but an upper scale Filipino restaurant (after all it's the back end of the pig) and it delivered. Kuya's isn't that much of an upper scale Filipino restaurant mind you, but it is a step above. Our main course was Adobong Pusit and Kare-Kare. I love kare kare and have not found any one or place that makes it as good as my friend's mother. Kuya came very close. The meat fell off the bone and the sauce was delightful.
The food was prepared and tasted pretentious. But the atmosphere felt comfortable. Kuya, if you feel like spreading your brotherly love, open one in the East Bay. You won't have much competition, but with your delicious dishes you don't have to worry about that.
We decided to hold a small wedding reception here upon recommendation of a friend (Hi Christina R!).
The man that I spoke to on the phone was a bit gruff and I was initially turned off but decided to go ahead with the reservation for 16 people anyway. Everyone can have a bad day, right? An hour or so later, I received a phone call from a much nicer man who asked if he could fax me a menu so that they would have the food out for us as soon as we got in. Good save!
The day before the reservation, I get a phone call from a woman and she was yelling at me about not having my order put in. I was actually in the process of sending it to her via email and she then tells me that they don't have email. Umm, the email address is on your website. I had my husband-to-be fax it in from his office later on that night and didn't receive any further grief from them. At this point, I was starting to really get nervous about taking my family here but it was too late to find another place to eat for 15-18 guests.
They set up the back room for us which was nice. I didn't think they would since the website says that a minimum of 25 would be needed. I was a bit too excited to eat so I was only able to sample a few things (kare-kare, palabok & bits and pieces of some other meat dishes).
I enjoyed almost everything aside from the beef lumpia. It was horrible ... but then again, I am pregnant and picky at this point so try a piece if you haven't and decide for yourself. I looked around and all of our guests seemed to be enjoying their food and definitely had seconds and thirds.
Stars were docked for the service. My mother was pouring wine for everyone when the big guy walked in and got in her face, "You can't bring that wine out of the restaurant." Umm, she was serving the wine since the waiter's were in the other room ... she wasn't going to run buckwild into the street with your merlot, buddy. I noticed he came in again, got a bit too close and said seriously, "The wine is only for those that are 21." My fifty-year-old auntie yelled, "What do you want? My id?!". The only one in our party that was underage was my 1-year-old nephew. And he definitely was not drinking the wine.
There was one server that was prompt and polite. I wish I had gotten his name ... but if you decide to come here, be on the look out for the shorter waiter. Aside from the cooks, he seemed to be the only one who knew what he was doing.
Though the food was good, I don't think I'll be back here. Unless the big guy learns some manners.
I came here the other night for dinner. Pretty decent food. We ordered the lumpia shanghi, longsilog, tapsilog and chicken/pork adobo over rice.
The staff here are friendly and pretty efficent. Defintely will be back for more.
I'm posting a follow-up review to my previous 4-star rating to alert others to something I discovered on my last visit - they don't sell beer! I'd always been for lunch before, but this time, I made the long trek from the East Bay just for dinner here with my g/f. I was shocked to hear they don't sell any beer. But they DO sell .. wine! My goodness, can't they throw a few bottles in the fridge for us customers who enjoy a cold one with their salty, deep-fried food? If they didn't have a license at all, I'd maybe understand it but to sell wine and not beer in a casual restaurant is just plain weird!
So 1 star only for that dinner experience! This will be strictly a 'to go' place for me from now on.
A Filipino restaurant that severs good food and has a half-decent ambience - what a shock!
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I went here on a Sunday to try out the food again, thinking that it will be quite awesome to eat here again.
Was it worth fighting the traffic to get some Filipino food? Nope! The crispy pata I got this time around looked and tasted old. The other dishes that I got with my family (kare-kare, talong, and garlic fried rice) didn't taste great either. What also did not help was the SLOW service. How slow, you ask? So slow that we got our kare-kare last just before we finished our rice! And to the point that I canceled my order of halo-halo.
Thus, this is strike two in my three-strikes rule regarding Filipino restaurants. If I ever come back here, I hope this restaurant can redeem itself and avoid the dreaded strike three.
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San Bruno, CA
Category: Filipino
South San Francisco, CA
Category: Restaurants
San Bruno, CA
Category: Filipino
South San Francisco, CA
Category: Filipino
South San Francisco, CA
Category: Filipino
Here's my run down of filipino food in the Bay…
So you won't find pork at Mitchell's, but you sure…
I've been gradually trawling the pinoy restaurants…
if you've gotta eat for the rest of your life, you…
Some of my favorite dining destinations in the…
The good, the bad, and the shameful. Here's where…
We've been together for eight years and were never…
My local dry cleaner, watering hole, deli, cafe,…
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