I chose this spot for a girls’ brunch out I organized because it could accommodate a large group up to 10 people and the online reservation system through Toast was flexible, allowing me to make modifications leading up to and even during the week of our reservation date.
I’m very satisfied with this place as a brunch option. I prefer Asian fusion brunch to other brunch cuisines, so this place was ideal. Also, various members in my party, including myself, have dietary restrictions, but this place is allergy friendly and accommodates special diets as well, so there ended up being something for everyone, and everyone in my group liked the food.
One of my friends who’d been here before ordered the poached chicken porridge/congee. Out of everything on the menu, it sounded the best and seemed reasonably healthy, so I got that as well. It was delicious and reminded me of the congee I was served on a Singapore Airlines flight a couple years ago. While a bit pricey, the portion was large, so it was a decent value.
So far, this has been one of my better brunch experiences in SF and probably one of the only places I would return to.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Poached Chicken
CRISTINA BAUTISTA
The food was savory and really good. We enjoyed all we ordered that we shared. Ordered the famous ube pancakes and the sauce that comes with it was so good. The chicken and waffle was delish and chicken porridge was totally different,,the spice and the crunches of the garlic was amazing. I will definitely come back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dada Mercader
One of the best Filipino fusion in Mission District. Everything we ordered are so good and beautiful presentation. Ube pancake with Ube coconut sauce live up to its hype, so good that I ordered another one to go. Excellent service, our server was awesome, we had a great time and will definitely coming back and will recommend to our friends and family. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ube Hotcakes
Peter Altaffer
The food here is amazing, even the left over absolutely rocked. We had the branzino which was great and just enough char on it, the poached chicken arroz caldo was so amazing and comforting, and lastly we had the filipino in pares which was out of this world. The coffee was good and the calamansi refreshers were awesome. 100% coming back here and have been telling all my friends to go!
Vegetarian options: Has one vegan option (which is savory) and all of the sweet options.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Branzino Silog, Calamansi Mint Refresher, Tater Tots
M T
While the pancake itself was enjoyable, the service was unfortunately quite disappointing.
From the outset, we felt judged rather than assisted. A simple request to move to a more stable table was met with resistance and skepticism. Despite our reasonable explanation, we were left feeling undervalued.
Later, while attempting to place our order, we were met with indifference and a sense of being ignored. The server's body language and behavior were minor hostile, and we were forced to wait. We eventually decided to leave a generous tip because the last person who served us was kind and considerate. However, it's disheartening to have a leisurely Sunday brunch marred by such poor service in the first half of the experience.
Will never come back again.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Ube Pancakes and Loco Moco
Karen Hinh
Really yummy Filipino brunch style foods!! A bit on the pricier side, but fun to try the ube pancake, ube drinks and the various other dishes. Would recommend the pancake for sure.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fernanda Manente
Will never come back 3 dishes and paid almost $100!! Food very marginal and no quality! Te pancakes had no UBE flavor !!! It taste only coconut milk!! Extremely expensive for pancakes! The service was not good the person who serve us has not even brush his hair and wash his face ! Meat super expensive and not marinated correctly! Eggs over cooked!! Extremely disappointing. Can believe such a terrible breakfast cost me so much! Do not waste your money here!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
rossinacv
It is worth going to try Ube's cakes today, they are different and quite good
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Oneill Mclean
Stopped by heat for lunch labor day weekend. It is definitely a popular spot for sure so recommend either making a reservation or getting there early on. We had the Uber foam coffee, and the magi mansi juice along with the filipinos in pares and filipino shrimp gumbo. Both dishes were very delicious and worth the wait.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Bistek
zimo
We ordered chicken porridge, ube pancake, palabok and coffee
Everything is mediocre. Agree with other low rating reviews. It is more instagrammable rather than tasty. I hate that nothing is hot expect the coffee. So disappointed and won’t come back again.
Ube pancakes with ube coconut sauce lived up to it's hype and is really good ? Grilled Branzino Silog feels like a Filipino home cooked dish and is good too.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Iris
Very tasty! If you're worried about wasting food, go for the mini-size pancake? (two girls could barely finish them). Great environment with friendly servers, even go on weekends and don't need to wait for a long time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jack Dogood
Winter for Monday brunch, the service was fantastic. The server is very cold. The food was great. It came in right away. Unfortunately my rice was a little bit cold at Bronzino with rice and eggs.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Willis Kennedy
Our favorite brunch in SF everything is so delicious. The niloco and the Tito boy are just so good I could eat them anytime. The pancakes are of course also classic and huge.
Kid-friendliness: We've brought our baby here multiple times and never had an issue. It can be crowded on weekends of course, but the food is very kind friendly and they have good high chairs.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Poached Chicken GF, Loco Moco, Ube Hotcakes
I chose this spot for a girls’ brunch out I organized because it could accommodate a large group up to 10 people and the online reservation system through Toast was flexible, allowing me to make modifications leading up to and even during the week of our reservation date.
I’m very satisfied with this place as a brunch option. I prefer Asian fusion brunch to other brunch cuisines, so this place was ideal. Also, various members in my party, including myself, have dietary restrictions, but this place is allergy friendly and accommodates special diets as well, so there ended up being something for everyone, and everyone in my group liked the food.
One of my friends who’d been here before ordered the poached chicken porridge/congee. Out of everything on the menu, it sounded the best and seemed reasonably healthy, so I got that as well. It was delicious and reminded me of the congee I was served on a Singapore Airlines flight a couple years ago. While a bit pricey, the portion was large, so it was a decent value.
So far, this has been one of my better brunch experiences in SF and probably one of the only places I would return to.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Poached Chicken
The food was savory and really good. We enjoyed all we ordered that we shared. Ordered the famous ube pancakes and the sauce that comes with it was so good. The chicken and waffle was delish and chicken porridge was totally different,,the spice and the crunches of the garlic was amazing. I will definitely come back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
One of the best Filipino fusion in Mission District. Everything we ordered are so good and beautiful presentation. Ube pancake with Ube coconut sauce live up to its hype, so good that I ordered another one to go. Excellent service, our server was awesome, we had a great time and will definitely coming back and will recommend to our friends and family. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ube Hotcakes
The food here is amazing, even the left over absolutely rocked. We had the branzino which was great and just enough char on it, the poached chicken arroz caldo was so amazing and comforting, and lastly we had the filipino in pares which was out of this world. The coffee was good and the calamansi refreshers were awesome. 100% coming back here and have been telling all my friends to go!
Vegetarian options: Has one vegan option (which is savory) and all of the sweet options.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Branzino Silog, Calamansi Mint Refresher, Tater Tots
While the pancake itself was enjoyable, the service was unfortunately quite disappointing.
From the outset, we felt judged rather than assisted. A simple request to move to a more stable table was met with resistance and skepticism. Despite our reasonable explanation, we were left feeling undervalued.
Later, while attempting to place our order, we were met with indifference and a sense of being ignored. The server's body language and behavior were minor hostile, and we were forced to wait.
We eventually decided to leave a generous tip because the last person who served us was kind and considerate. However, it's disheartening to have a leisurely Sunday brunch marred by such poor service in the first half of the experience.
Will never come back again.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Ube Pancakes and Loco Moco
Really yummy Filipino brunch style foods!! A bit on the pricier side, but fun to try the ube pancake, ube drinks and the various other dishes. Would recommend the pancake for sure.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Will never come back 3 dishes and paid almost $100!! Food very marginal and no quality! Te pancakes had no UBE flavor !!! It taste only coconut milk!! Extremely expensive for pancakes! The service was not good the person who serve us has not even brush his hair and wash his face !
Meat super expensive and not marinated correctly! Eggs over cooked!! Extremely disappointing. Can believe such a terrible breakfast cost me so much! Do not waste your money here!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
It is worth going to try Ube's cakes today, they are different and quite good
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Stopped by heat for lunch labor day weekend. It is definitely a popular spot for sure so recommend either making a reservation or getting there early on. We had the Uber foam coffee, and the magi mansi juice along with the filipinos in pares and filipino shrimp gumbo. Both dishes were very delicious and worth the wait.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Bistek
We ordered chicken porridge, ube pancake, palabok and coffee
Everything is mediocre. Agree with other low rating reviews. It is more instagrammable rather than tasty. I hate that nothing is hot expect the coffee. So disappointed and won’t come back again.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Restaurantji Recommends
The food did NOT disappoint!! It was both beautiful and delicious. Our server was awesome. We had a great time and highly recommend!
Vegetarian options: The sisig was ??
Kid-friendliness: Our kids were not frowned upon and loved the food
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ube Pancakes, Vegan Tofu Sisig VG
Ube pancakes with ube coconut sauce lived up to it's hype and is really good ?
Grilled Branzino Silog feels like a Filipino home cooked dish and is good too.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Very tasty! If you're worried about wasting food, go for the mini-size pancake? (two girls could barely finish them). Great environment with friendly servers, even go on weekends and don't need to wait for a long time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Winter for Monday brunch, the service was fantastic. The server is very cold. The food was great. It came in right away. Unfortunately my rice was a little bit cold at Bronzino with rice and eggs.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Our favorite brunch in SF everything is so delicious. The niloco and the Tito boy are just so good I could eat them anytime. The pancakes are of course also classic and huge.
Kid-friendliness: We've brought our baby here multiple times and never had an issue. It can be crowded on weekends of course, but the food is very kind friendly and they have good high chairs.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Poached Chicken GF, Loco Moco, Ube Hotcakes
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