Gerry's Grill

3050 Plaza Bonita Rd Suite 2510, National City
(619) 464-3779

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Nate

The beef kaldereta is one of the best things I've ever eaten. The pancit canton was a little too greasy for my taste though. The service was pretty non-existent. We had to wave someone down any time we needed something.

Claire Floresca

Food and service are excellent!! We spent about $40+ per person.They have a great band with wonderful singers. Will come back again for our next get together. There were 9 of us in our first visit. We will surely come back in the next month or so to celebrate a birthday event !

Damian Valdez

Amazing Philippino food. We were introduced Gerry's by our friend and we came down down ordering 6 or so different dishes to share and taste. The BBQ is great, the pancit was fresh and not oily, the lumpia spot on, and the most surprising was the sour soup that was really really delicious. To top it off there was live entertainment. I generally really dislike live entertainment while I eat. But the band was suppeeer fire, she and the band were amazing. The service was great and helpful. If you're looking for delicious Philippino food and don't want to hit up your friend's mom or aunties, this is your shot.

Christine Joy Apostol

Great spot for shareable filipino cuisine! Their food always hits the spot, and our family always enjoy the good eats!

Albert Lactaoen

It's always a good time visiting Gerry's Grill. Food is always amazing and the staff super friendly, respectful and very accomodating. Been coming back here over and over and it's always a pleasant exeperience.

Gregory Grove

I really enjoyed everything about Jerry's. The only issue I had was it gets really loud when the band starts playing.

Carlo Errazo

Everything taste the way it does in the Philippines, unfortunately the Sisig turned out different from the Sisig everyone loves in the Philippines. I wish it was only a fluke, because I would love to comeback for more of my Filipino Comfort food.

Joie M

The place is clean with good vibes. The outside is clean and very nice with a lot of parking spaces. I don't know about all the food, as this was my first visit here, that I felt like all the food my husband and I ordered were very salty. The service was okay because they're very nice. It's normal to wait for the food quite a long time because they cook it once you order, so the food is very hot when it gets to your table. Overall, I like the environment, just not those very salty food that my heart starts to palpitate. I feel like Noypitz is still better for me at this time.

Jay Reck

Hours must be wrong. Website said they were open. Arrived at 3pm to a sign on the door that says closed and hours listed says they open at 4pm. We shop around and come back at 430 and sign still says closed. Call the restaurant and no answer.

Emmett Coates

So good!! The portion sizes are great for 2-3 people and it's so flavorful!!

Gina C

Our group of 14 really enjoyed the great tasting food! Kare-Kare was my favorite, and of course, the Halo halo had the perfect shaved ice.

Paolo Lim (Pao)

Looking for authentic filipino food? This is the place to be. Serving is a lot and price is good. Service is awesome too they checked on us time by time. Our go to place every time we’re at cali or san diego.

Must try the Pork sisig, lechon kawali , grilled pork and sinigang!

Ramon Montes

Gerry’s Grill Subic, has that old time rustic feel. It is by the beach and overlooking the ocean view. Our server was very attentive and professional.The food was delicious. Overall, it was a great experience.

Wendy L

I really wanted to like Gerry’s Grill in National City because I’ve heard great things about this chain in the Philippines but the food just wasn’t to my liking.

My uncle booked a reservation for about 20 of our family members on a weekend for my aunt’s birthday. We arrived at opening and were seated promptly. There were already a lot of guests so we picked a bunch of items from their menu to please everyone’s palate. Unfortunately, the server said they were out of the BBQ Pork Skewers so instead we went with another dish. No big deal. When the food arrived and to our surprise, they actually brought out the BBQ Pork Skewers. Awesome, right?! No! It looked incredibly delicious but the meat was sooo tough and very hard to chew. We couldn’t get it off the skewer with any of the utensils. Sliding it down the skewer, piercing the meat, and trying to cut it weren’t good enough - it was just tough. I’m not sure why they brought it out but I’m wondering if that was the reason why “they were out”.

Other items we ordered were:
* Calamares - This came out first and it was perfectly cooked. It was one of the best items we ordered.
* Lumpiang Shanghai - it was crispy but the meat inside the egg roll was super salty.
* Pinakbet - didn’t eat due to allergies.
* Chicken Inasal - The flavor was delicious
* Crispy Pata - Didn’t eat this but one of my aunts enjoyed it.
* Inihaw na Bangus (Grilled Milkfish) - This was my favorite and I especially liked the Ensaladang Itlog na Maalat (Salted Egg Salad) as I had never had any condiment like it before.
* Crispy Pork Belly on Pancit Bihon - It was alright. Pancit was dry and the pork belly seemed like an after thought.
* Sizzling Pork Sisig (without egg) - This wasn’t my favorite Sisig. It was greasy and I missed the flavors of other Sisig I’ve had.
* Crispy Bicol Express - Didn’t try this due to allergies.
* Calamansi Juice - Good.
* Bagoong Rice - Didn’t try this due to allergies.
* Crab Rice - Didn’t eat this due to allergies.

Gerry’s Grill is located at the Plaza Bonita mall and is visible from the parking lot. I liked the ambiance because it was brightly lit and very open. The colors were warm and inviting. There was a stage, which I believe could be used for karaoke, meetings, or other entertainment.

The service was just okay. The wait time from ordering to when the food arrived was longer than expected. And long breaks between serving each dish. I think the workers looked a bit overwhelmed with the weekend crowd too. So I may have come on a busy day/time. There was only one guy that caught my attention, though, as he was working very hard. He only assisted our main server and also was the busboy.

Overall, I know Gerry’s Grill is popular in the Philippines but we spent an unnecessary amount of time of 2.5 hours (time stamp from the first photo I took at the entrance to the last photo at the exit)! Again, no wait time upon entry as we were seated right away but the wait between the arrival of dishes took long. Secondly, the food was mediocre at best. I spent just under $400 for lunch, which is pretty good considering we were about 20 in the party (just under $20/person) but the quality and timing of food arrival was just…meh.

Doods Alba

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