Chelle T

My parents brought back food from here. I heated dinuguan, palabok, lumpia Shanghai, lechon kawali and a little rice. I even squeezed a bit of lemon on the pancit. The dinuguan was salty and the meat chewy/dry. I guess I am use to other meat being used in a dinuguan. The palabok was salty as well even with lemon, the shrimp looked flat and quarter-size. Admittedly, I probably should have toasted the lechon and lumpia to get back the crispiness. Needless to say I was disappointed. This restaurant is supposedly the "gold standard," what happened? After 2 years, my mom wanted to eat here again. The website said to get reservations, just in case. We did but we seemed early enough not to need it on a Saturday. We were seated quickly under the speaker (a bit loud, yes, I'm that old). They took our drink orders and eventually the food. We ordered Shanghai lumpia, not-crispy dinuguan, crispy pata, pancit malabon, garlic rice and shared a halo halo. The lumpia arrived first and we all enjoyed them. Then the rest of the food was set on the table. Nice texture and variety for the pancit particularly the crispy calamari. The shrimp is still a little smaller than I like but all were well cooked. The dinuguan was a good flavor, not too vinegary. The pata was well cooked, we asked for them to chop for easy serving and we also asked for lechon sauce. Serving size was large, we had plenty of leftovers for home. Our favorite was sharing the halo halo at the end of the meal. Service was great, they were around when we requested water, hot water, sauces, etc.

+1

David Olais

My family went for Sunday lunch at noon and was seated right away for a table of 9. We ordered the palabok (delicious), kare kare (best dish) dinugan (delicious), beef sinigang, lechon kawali, sisig (it was ok and probably the least favorite from what we order). Halo halo for dessert. We recommend this place and will come back.

+2

Ivan Baradi

I was invited by my uncle and his wife to this restaurant for my grandmother's 83rd birthday. This restaurant is quite fancy for a place that serves ordinary Filipino food. I love how most items from the menu are displayed to see how they look like though they won't exactly replicate them being served to us, which is why I decided to take pictures of them. The food is good though, but some food needs to be a bit warmed up like the pancit. Some tastes alright but they don't really stand out. Most of them taste like home since I grew up in a Filipino household. The portions of the entrees are appropriate for hosting a party. Desserts are amazing though! I recommend going to this restaurant for friends and family if you're willing to try Filipino food in the Bay Area.

+9

George Chang

Crispy pata (Pork belly) is pretty good. I am not a big fan of Filipino food. But I like this restaurant, it is delicious.

+5

Eddie B

Just like Auntie makes it at a get together. Sisig, pinakbut,inasal,carabasa veggies, lumpia Shanghai, garlic rice, and halo halo. Good Filipino food. The only one that had a minor low was the inasal a bit dry.

+5

JayE R

Our go-to Filipino restaurant when we visit the Bay Area! We’re a party of four & ordered 6 delicious meals! Maybe they can do better on the sizzling pork sisig? I mean let’s Google Filipino original sisigs ingredients? Also, be aware of the gratuity already added on the bill for party of four. Anyways, highly recommended!

+2

Jaydee Guillermo

Filipino food cooked right! Veggies are crunchy and not overcooked. The flavor are on point. We have to drop by this place everytime we go to San Francisco. It is about an additional 1 hr drive but it is totally worth it.

Gerardine Kun

The pancit candon look so dry. When I bring it home. Doesn't taste so good. I was excited to eat when I opened it so dry.

Joseph Pacquing

One thing stuck to mind: “We don’t do that. If you want a little additional soup for the beef sinigang (with hard to chew meat) you have to pay” the waiter said succinctly. No slightest favor. Never going back to this restaurant.

jowen borja

Great service but the foods here are not that great Pinakbet has so much sauce. Vegetables are still raw. Sisig is made of inihaw na baboy, literally. Lack of flavour for kare kare but thanks for the oxtail. You also need to put banana on your halo-halo.

On a Sunday early afternoon, put my name down on the waitlist and was told about a 20 mins wait for party of 2. There were 4 parties ahead of us, anywhere between 2-3 people in each party. After multiple parties kept coming and being seated before us, I checked our name on the waitlist. A party of 7-10 got seated before us. After waiting 30 mins, I finally asked the host how much longer of a wait and was told possibly another 20-30 mins. My husband and I were so displeased and left immediately. Looks like they were actively reserving large tables while having people on their waitlist. The large tables were being seated before the people on the waitlist, even if they were arriving after the rest of the waitlist. Terrible customer service with bullshit excuses why we couldn’t be seated. Permanently lost my service.