I like Spoon and Pork because of their best-selling Patita and Kare Kare. However, I only gave them 3 stars due to poor service. I left work early to have a late lunch with my daughter, knowing they close at 3:00 pm. I arrived at 2:10, but the server told me they would close in 5 minutes. Their posted hours clearly state they are open until 3:00 pm. She then put up the "closed" sign and locked the door.
I sat down and ordered four items: Patita, Kare Kare, Sisig, and garlic rice. The server took my order, but while I was still waiting for my food, she brought me the bill to pay. It was obvious she was in a hurry to clock out. When my daughter arrived, the server unlocked the door but told her they were already closed—even though it was only around 2:20. I noticed people outside still wanting to come in, but the server had already marked the restaurant as closed.
The food, as always, was good and delicious. However, I noticed the server kept checking her watch, clearly waiting for us to leave. Two of the kitchen staff came out to take a break, and the server asked one of them if he would stay inside. When he said yes, she pointed to our table and said, "They’ve already paid, and I need to leave now." She rushed out but told us we could ask him for a to-go box if we needed one.
They could have served more customers after us if the server hadn't closed the restaurant early.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Kare Kare
Iain MacLeod
Amazing dinner! There were six of us, we ordered a Pitata to share, two appetizers, two sides, and four regular sized entrees for sharing.
It was the perfect amount for us all. Could have eaten more, just because it was outstanding...but for portion control, we did well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Kare Kare, Lumpia Shanghai, Beef Tapa, Adobo Rice
Brian Orttega
It’s aight. Too pricy for greasy food. Servers are rude. How is this a Michelin guide resto? lol I will never go back here again. I should had just went to Jolibee and get my moneys worth. 👎👎👎
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Nikki
AVOID!!! Terrible experience at Spoon and Pork. When we first sat down, we asked for water, but the waitress rudely pointed to where the water was and told us to get it ourselves, even though we were charged a mandatory 18% tip. The server only checked on us twice, both times just to ask if we wanted two to-go boxes (like she was asking us to leave even though we had just been there for about 40mins, and we weren’t done eating.) She was SO rude and unprofessional. Since they know the tip is automatic, they clearly don’t care about providing good service. I’m really disappointed and don’t get why we were treated like that. The only mistake we made was choosing to dine there. 👏🏻
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
Patricia Lee (Selka)
I wish I could give this place 5 star. I've been coming here multiple times the past few years and never had any issues with the food quality. The food is delicious and it's the reason why I come back.
However, upon checking recent reviews, I always see the owner making unprofessional/ offhanded comments to any reviews that gave criticisms or non perfect reviews. It's like the owner cannot take any sort of constructive criticisms or even just ignore trolls. Being chronically online and feeling the need to reply in an unprofessional manner can hurt your brand and make people wary or uncomfortable with supporting your establishment. I think it's pretty disheartening for me to learn that a restaurant I like has an owner who acts this way.
I hope they see this, so they can learn to just sit back and let the food and service do the talking instead. There will always be some negative reviews and everything is subjective.
Tl;dr: Food here is amazing, but owner should chill out more.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Kare Kare, Lechon Kawali with Red Cabbage, Adobo Rice
Sandra Cheng
Lively little place but not so busy that we couldn’t get in on a Sunday night. Delicious food ! Love the garlic rice and pork belly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Leona Wong
It is a modern Filipino comfort food restaurant in LA! We ordered - Adobe Pork Belly ( so soft & juicy! ) - Patita ( highly recommend! Slow cooked deep fried pork shank with chili garlic glaze ) - Laing ( coconut taro leaves with pieces of trout and Thai chili ) - Pancit Canton - Adobo Rice ( so flavorful! ) - Calamansi Juice
Our favorites are the Patita and adobo pork belly, the pork belly melts in your mouth and the patita is so crispy and juicy. They don't come with rice - rice is extra order - other than that everything is flavorful and good presentation! Service is fast and the interior is clean.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Matt Shanaberger
I've had Filipino food many places including the Phillipines.. and can actually cook it very well. I came a skeptic. The Food is exceptional. Lumpia is such a classic and theirs is perfect. The patita pork shank is a share plate that should not be missed. The chicharon skin.. The rich chili garlic sauce.. It's stunning. then Grab some garlic or adobo rice with it. Service is spot on.
I will be back with certainty.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Priscilla Heras
10/10! We got the lumpia, chicken adobo, pork belly nigiri and Patita. They played house music and the servers were so nice. I will be back soon!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Adobo Belly Nigiri
erika ampaya
Really great quality food. From the tasty mushrooms in a perfect consistency sauce to the tender bistek. This place is a fun Filipino hot spot on Sawtelle! The Brussel sprouts, lumpia, pancit and adobo will fill you up! Portions are family style. Highly recommend!
Fantastic food. I've only been once, but the food was excellent.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Inasal, Garlic Rice
Amalina Whitaker
The flavors were all to be savored but the pork shank was the stand out. So delicious. We will definitely be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pork Belly Adobo
Brian A
Ordered the pork belly and lechon. Neither plate comes with rice so ordered on the side no big deal. Only ordered water. Food and service was mid, nothing to rave about. Total bill is $60+. Ridiculous!! 18% Tip is automatically included. Please spend your money elsewhere.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Pork Belly Adobo, Lechon Kawali with Red Cabbage
Rie Lee
Our first time eating at this location today for lunch. We’ve gone to the one in Sunset and the food there is great. But here, not so much…
We ordered the sinigang and the sisig. The sisig had bits of hard pieces that’s inedible in it… it also tasted old and burned. It did not taste fresh at all! It was warm when we got it like it was microwaved and had that bitter taste. The chicharon was also stale. My mom hardly ate any of it and sisig is her favorite dish. She’s a filipina mom and didn’t take it home!!! That’s how bad it was. The sinigang same thing it tasted microwaved. The spare ribs looks like it was cooked in the oven a while back it was a bit rough and did not taste fresh. They just put the meat on top of the microwaved soup. That’s what it tastes like. Hardly sour at all like a sinigang should be. It was so bland my mom asked for fish sauce. She liked her cucumber calamansi drink and my bottled mango juice was ok. So dissapointed Bec I love the location on sunset, but it looks like quality doesn’t matter anymore here. Nothing in our experience justified their prices. We won’t be coming back.
P.s. the server said the gratuity of 15% is automatically added in the bill. When we got the bill it’s actually 18%. 18% for their lackluster service.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Elizabeth Lee
decent food, but not sure if i'll be back, because it was a bit inconsistent.What I mean by inconsistent-The Patita was amazing - so much food, so crispy, and very impressive. If that was how the rest of the meal was, I would definitely be back.However, the garlic rice was just meh (oily), the mushroom appetizer was underwhelming - sauce was great, but the mushrooms were literally white button mushrooms and they didn't look the freshest (bruised, which you could see thru the sauce, and generic - i thought they were going to be oyster mushrooms at elast. for $7, i expected more), and the crispy porkbelly entree ( i think it was called the kawali? was too dry and too crispy. For it to be only $4 less than the patita was shocking.unfortunately, they were out of the dessert I was looking forward to so we didnt get to try it.The wait for the food seemed a little long, but once the patita came out, it was forgiven.The real issue I had with this place was that the server gave us someone else's bill!!!!! We found this venue thru inkind, an app that I LOVE. You pay through the app, and I was trying to use a specific promotion I had. So, I had to hit a certain spend limit. we were just under, and since they were out of the dessert I planned to order, I added on 2 sparkling waters to get the bill a bit higher. The bill before the sparkling waters was about $80ish. After the sparkling waters, ($4 each) the bill jumped to $112!?!? It clearly seemed wrong, so I asked the server (blond lady) how it could have jumped up so much, and if it was the right bill. She insisted that with tax and tip it was. She did not bother to check or show me the itemized receipt. So, I paid it, and thought, wow that was strange.My BF looked at her toast console 2 seconds too late and realized she gave us another table's bill!!! So when we brought it up to her, she BARELY apologized, said that she couldnt help us since it was paid thru inkind, and pretty much said take it up with them.I couldn't believe that she had us pay for someone else's bill. So careless!!! Especially when I asked to confirm because 2 drinks should not increase the bill by $30!!!Anyway, make sure that you are looking at your receipt here. I don't think it was malicious, but it was definitely massively careless!
I like Spoon and Pork because of their best-selling Patita and Kare Kare. However, I only gave them 3 stars due to poor service. I left work early to have a late lunch with my daughter, knowing they close at 3:00 pm. I arrived at 2:10, but the server told me they would close in 5 minutes. Their posted hours clearly state they are open until 3:00 pm. She then put up the "closed" sign and locked the door.
I sat down and ordered four items: Patita, Kare Kare, Sisig, and garlic rice. The server took my order, but while I was still waiting for my food, she brought me the bill to pay. It was obvious she was in a hurry to clock out. When my daughter arrived, the server unlocked the door but told her they were already closed—even though it was only around 2:20. I noticed people outside still wanting to come in, but the server had already marked the restaurant as closed.
The food, as always, was good and delicious. However, I noticed the server kept checking her watch, clearly waiting for us to leave. Two of the kitchen staff came out to take a break, and the server asked one of them if he would stay inside. When he said yes, she pointed to our table and said, "They’ve already paid, and I need to leave now." She rushed out but told us we could ask him for a to-go box if we needed one.
They could have served more customers after us if the server hadn't closed the restaurant early.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Kare Kare
Amazing dinner! There were six of us, we ordered a Pitata to share, two appetizers, two sides, and four regular sized entrees for sharing.
It was the perfect amount for us all. Could have eaten more, just because it was outstanding...but for portion control, we did well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Kare Kare, Lumpia Shanghai, Beef Tapa, Adobo Rice
It’s aight. Too pricy for greasy food. Servers are rude. How is this a Michelin guide resto? lol I will never go back here again. I should had just went to Jolibee and get my moneys worth. 👎👎👎
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
AVOID!!! Terrible experience at Spoon and Pork. When we first sat down, we asked for water, but the waitress rudely pointed to where the water was and told us to get it ourselves, even though we were charged a mandatory 18% tip. The server only checked on us twice, both times just to ask if we wanted two to-go boxes (like she was asking us to leave even though we had just been there for about 40mins, and we weren’t done eating.) She was SO rude and unprofessional. Since they know the tip is automatic, they clearly don’t care about providing good service. I’m really disappointed and don’t get why we were treated like that. The only mistake we made was choosing to dine there. 👏🏻
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
I wish I could give this place 5 star. I've been coming here multiple times the past few years and never had any issues with the food quality. The food is delicious and it's the reason why I come back.
However, upon checking recent reviews, I always see the owner making unprofessional/ offhanded comments to any reviews that gave criticisms or non perfect reviews. It's like the owner cannot take any sort of constructive criticisms or even just ignore trolls. Being chronically online and feeling the need to reply in an unprofessional manner can hurt your brand and make people wary or uncomfortable with supporting your establishment. I think it's pretty disheartening for me to learn that a restaurant I like has an owner who acts this way.
I hope they see this, so they can learn to just sit back and let the food and service do the talking instead. There will always be some negative reviews and everything is subjective.
Tl;dr: Food here is amazing, but owner should chill out more.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Kare Kare, Lechon Kawali with Red Cabbage, Adobo Rice
Lively little place but not so busy that we couldn’t get in on a Sunday night. Delicious food ! Love the garlic rice and pork belly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It is a modern Filipino comfort food restaurant in LA!
We ordered
- Adobe Pork Belly ( so soft & juicy! )
- Patita ( highly recommend! Slow cooked deep fried pork shank with chili garlic glaze )
- Laing ( coconut taro leaves with pieces of trout and Thai chili )
- Pancit Canton
- Adobo Rice ( so flavorful! )
- Calamansi Juice
Our favorites are the Patita and adobo pork belly, the pork belly melts in your mouth and the patita is so crispy and juicy. They don't come with rice - rice is extra order - other than that everything is flavorful and good presentation! Service is fast and the interior is clean.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
I've had Filipino food many places including the Phillipines.. and can actually cook it very well. I came a skeptic. The Food is exceptional. Lumpia is such a classic and theirs is perfect. The patita pork shank is a share plate that should not be missed. The chicharon skin.. The rich chili garlic sauce.. It's stunning.
then Grab some garlic or adobo rice with it. Service is spot on.
I will be back with certainty.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
10/10! We got the lumpia, chicken adobo, pork belly nigiri and Patita. They played house music and the servers were so nice. I will be back soon!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Adobo Belly Nigiri
Really great quality food. From the tasty mushrooms in a perfect consistency sauce to the tender bistek. This place is a fun Filipino hot spot on Sawtelle! The Brussel sprouts, lumpia, pancit and adobo will fill you up! Portions are family style. Highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Fantastic food. I've only been once, but the food was excellent.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Inasal, Garlic Rice
The flavors were all to be savored but the pork shank was the stand out. So delicious. We will definitely be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pork Belly Adobo
Ordered the pork belly and lechon. Neither plate comes with rice so ordered on the side no big deal. Only ordered water. Food and service was mid, nothing to rave about. Total bill is $60+. Ridiculous!! 18% Tip is automatically included. Please spend your money elsewhere.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Pork Belly Adobo, Lechon Kawali with Red Cabbage
Our first time eating at this location today for lunch. We’ve gone to the one in Sunset and the food there is great. But here, not so much…
We ordered the sinigang and the sisig. The sisig had bits of hard pieces that’s inedible in it… it also tasted old and burned. It did not taste fresh at all! It was warm when we got it like it was microwaved and had that bitter taste. The chicharon was also stale. My mom hardly ate any of it and sisig is her favorite dish. She’s a filipina mom and didn’t take it home!!! That’s how bad it was. The sinigang same thing it tasted microwaved. The spare ribs looks like it was cooked in the oven a while back it was a bit rough and did not taste fresh. They just put the meat on top of the microwaved soup. That’s what it tastes like. Hardly sour at all like a sinigang should be. It was so bland my mom asked for fish sauce. She liked her cucumber calamansi drink and my bottled mango juice was ok. So dissapointed Bec I love the location on sunset, but it looks like quality doesn’t matter anymore here. Nothing in our experience justified their prices. We won’t be coming back.
P.s. the server said the gratuity of 15% is automatically added in the bill. When we got the bill it’s actually 18%. 18% for their lackluster service.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
decent food, but not sure if i'll be back, because it was a bit inconsistent.What I mean by inconsistent-The Patita was amazing - so much food, so crispy, and very impressive. If that was how the rest of the meal was, I would definitely be back.However, the garlic rice was just meh (oily), the mushroom appetizer was underwhelming - sauce was great, but the mushrooms were literally white button mushrooms and they didn't look the freshest (bruised, which you could see thru the sauce, and generic - i thought they were going to be oyster mushrooms at elast. for $7, i expected more), and the crispy porkbelly entree ( i think it was called the kawali? was too dry and too crispy. For it to be only $4 less than the patita was shocking.unfortunately, they were out of the dessert I was looking forward to so we didnt get to try it.The wait for the food seemed a little long, but once the patita came out, it was forgiven.The real issue I had with this place was that the server gave us someone else's bill!!!!! We found this venue thru inkind, an app that I LOVE. You pay through the app, and I was trying to use a specific promotion I had. So, I had to hit a certain spend limit. we were just under, and since they were out of the dessert I planned to order, I added on 2 sparkling waters to get the bill a bit higher. The bill before the sparkling waters was about $80ish. After the sparkling waters, ($4 each) the bill jumped to $112!?!? It clearly seemed wrong, so I asked the server (blond lady) how it could have jumped up so much, and if it was the right bill. She insisted that with tax and tip it was. She did not bother to check or show me the itemized receipt. So, I paid it, and thought, wow that was strange.My BF looked at her toast console 2 seconds too late and realized she gave us another table's bill!!! So when we brought it up to her, she BARELY apologized, said that she couldnt help us since it was paid thru inkind, and pretty much said take it up with them.I couldn't believe that she had us pay for someone else's bill. So careless!!! Especially when I asked to confirm because 2 drinks should not increase the bill by $30!!!Anyway, make sure that you are looking at your receipt here. I don't think it was malicious, but it was definitely massively careless!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
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