09/28/09

They're doing something right

by kwiltsek

Always packed especially on weekends, this place consistently serves the best Bangus Belly (aka fish bbq'd over charcoal) in the Bay Area.

You know when you find that one restaurant in Chinatown that has actual Chinese clientele? You sit down because they have to know what they're doing right? I mean, not just tourists are there.

Well, this is the comparable thing with Filipino food. Go there any given night and the clients are 75% Filipinos, with smiles on their faces. They're doing something right when they've consistently been #1 for many years now.

04/10/09

It's more about who comes closest to excellent home cooking.

by bernardob

They have the VERY BEST bangus belly out of all the local Filipino restaurants in the san francisco bay area. The beef sinigang and lechon kawali are also quite good.

The halo halo is stupidly served in more of a bowl type of cup than the traditional high glass. Oh well, can't have everything.

Not much of decor or customer service, but one doesn't really go to Filipino restaurants for this.

It's more about who comes closest to excellent home cooking. They're very close!

03/27/07

Finally, a decent Filipino joint!

by NoirJet

I grew up in the Philippines until my teens and have always been disappointed in food quality at Filipino restaurants in SF (LA seems to have better places). This location is not exactly SF, but it's worth the drive over to taste their Kare-Kare, Crispy Pata, and their specialty Inihaw (pork, chicken, beef). My boyfriend who is not Filipino thought that this was very good Filipino food. I told him that Filipino food IS good, the restaurants just don't do a good job. They lack some indigenous dishes that I love like Dinuguan, but I see why the would have left it out. I hope they open another location in SF or even in Marin where I live.

• Pros: The Food! Fast, Friendly service, parking in the back if the street is full
• Cons: not in SF