We were greeted quickly upon entering by a male, which seemed promising. We didn't see Dinuguan OR pork adobo on the menu, but when we asked about them the male said yes they have it. So we ordered it with a female, who doesn't listen because we had to repeat ourselves multiple times. After ordering, she just left us to find a seat for ourselves after saying it will be 15 minutes. Seating was almost full and we sat at an unclean table. While we were waiting for our food, the male came to tell us that they are out of pork adobo and asked if we wanted chicken adobo. My mom said she doesn't want chicken and he kept suggesting chicken or other things of the same price. Upon settling on another plate (their prices were a few dollars more than the filipino restaurant a couple doors down), he had us pay for the $2.20 difference instead of being accommodating when it was their fault that they told us they had something that we ordered. At least, cover for your mistake! Absolutely NO tip for them, as tip stands for gratuity and we were not grateful for the horrible service provided. We will NOT be back here.
clarence stephens
served my takeout order to me with OLD COLD CHICKEN AND RICE TERRIBLE PLACE ?
Andrea Carandang
Came by at 2:20 pm on Saturday. I was waiting by the entrance for more than 5 minutes to have a female server showing me that I needed to wait while she was chatting with her coworker. Only one server was working. He approached us between delivering the food to tell us that they only accepted to go orders while a few tables were available. We felt very unwelcome. With everything that was going on there, I felt uncomfortable even to place to go order. We are not coming back.
Service: 1
Cielita C.
This location is my favorite Max's around the area. I really like that their service & the quality of their filipino food. Everything comes out freshly cooked & you can tell that they put in effort cooking all their dishes. It gets busy especially during weekends, but their service is pretty fast, so wait time hasn't ever been a problem. The ambiance inside looks just like every other Max's restaurant especially the ones from the Philippines (where Max's was originally from).
Emmanuel C Javier
Max's chicken is not my favorite as it's dry and I like jollibee instead, moist, crispy and hot.The service was very poor in El Camino but not in Gellert, Daly City.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 2
Marc
This place can easily be a 5 star, but while i was eating there was a cockroach that was on the table and wall. Table near the desert prep area. When i mentioned it to the staff they did nothing.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Aayushi Trivedi
There are limited options for vegetarians but the staff was super friendly and took special requests to exclude meat and meat sauces. Tried their sizzling tofu and pancit bihon with a side of veggies. Food quality was great and portion sizes were more than sufficient for two.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Blanca C.
Good food & service! Servers are very knowledgeable & courteous. Would recommend to friends & relatives.
Sebastian San Luis
Just got back from the Philippines, my sons and his daughter craving for something to eat, well, craving for something I had…never fails… close to authentic Philippine
2nd review, deleted 1st but they need to know. Party of 6 arrived noon last Sunday, place opens 1130am. Fried chicken was not freshly prepared nor the crispy Pata. Both were dry & brittle. Pancit bijon was tasty but 1 shrimp per order. We were not all Filipinos may be that's why food was bad. We didn't complain, our bad. We wanted traditional ube instead of vanilla ice cream in halo halo .They are bad. The food was good before but not anymore.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Joseph I.
Used to go here a lot with the family. In the 2000s/2010s. Quality of Food has definitely fallen off. Portions also not as big as before. Plenty of other Filipino restaurants in DALY CITY AND SOUTH CITY. Diniguan was good but portion was small, the chicken was a little on the dry side and smaller than in the last , lechon kawali was good first time eating it. Was too hard after reheating (turned into sisig next day and it was good). The lumpia was not good at all.
Danny A.
I called this place 2 days before thanksgiving and place my order for pick up on thanksgiving. Guess what? This idiots told me today that they didn't put it in the system so in short I don't have my order! The incompetence of the people that work here is unbelievable. We depended on this place for our thanksgiving but now left empty handed. Be warned, I'll never ever go back to this location. Lousy and chaotic!
Good i like it
We were greeted quickly upon entering by a male, which seemed promising. We didn't see Dinuguan OR pork adobo on the menu, but when we asked about them the male said yes they have it. So we ordered it with a female, who doesn't listen because we had to repeat ourselves multiple times. After ordering, she just left us to find a seat for ourselves after saying it will be 15 minutes. Seating was almost full and we sat at an unclean table. While we were waiting for our food, the male came to tell us that they are out of pork adobo and asked if we wanted chicken adobo. My mom said she doesn't want chicken and he kept suggesting chicken or other things of the same price. Upon settling on another plate (their prices were a few dollars more than the filipino restaurant a couple doors down), he had us pay for the $2.20 difference instead of being accommodating when it was their fault that they told us they had something that we ordered. At least, cover for your mistake! Absolutely NO tip for them, as tip stands for gratuity and we were not grateful for the horrible service provided. We will NOT be back here.
served my takeout order to me with OLD COLD CHICKEN AND RICE TERRIBLE PLACE ?
Came by at 2:20 pm on Saturday. I was waiting by the entrance for more than 5 minutes to have a female server showing me that I needed to wait while she was chatting with her coworker. Only one server was working. He approached us between delivering the food to tell us that they only accepted to go orders while a few tables were available. We felt very unwelcome. With everything that was going on there, I felt uncomfortable even to place to go order. We are not coming back.
Service: 1
This location is my favorite Max's around the area. I really like that their service & the quality of their filipino food. Everything comes out freshly cooked & you can tell that they put in effort cooking all their dishes. It gets busy especially during weekends, but their service is pretty fast, so wait time hasn't ever been a problem. The ambiance inside looks just like every other Max's restaurant especially the ones from the Philippines (where Max's was originally from).
Max's chicken is not my favorite as it's dry and I like jollibee instead, moist, crispy and hot.The service was very poor in El Camino but not in Gellert, Daly City.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 2
This place can easily be a 5 star, but while i was eating there was a cockroach that was on the table and wall. Table near the desert prep area. When i mentioned it to the staff they did nothing.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
There are limited options for vegetarians but the staff was super friendly and took special requests to exclude meat and meat sauces. Tried their sizzling tofu and pancit bihon with a side of veggies. Food quality was great and portion sizes were more than sufficient for two.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good food & service! Servers are very knowledgeable & courteous. Would recommend to friends & relatives.
Just got back from the Philippines, my sons and his daughter craving for something to eat, well, craving for something I had…never fails… close to authentic Philippine
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pancit Canton, Kare-Kare Beef Peanut Stew
Restaurantji Recommends
2nd review, deleted 1st but they need to know. Party of 6 arrived noon last Sunday, place opens 1130am. Fried chicken was not freshly prepared nor the crispy Pata. Both were dry & brittle. Pancit bijon was tasty but 1 shrimp per order. We were not all Filipinos may be that's why food was bad. We didn't complain, our bad. We wanted traditional ube instead of vanilla ice cream in halo halo .They are bad. The food was good before but not anymore.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Used to go here a lot with the family. In the 2000s/2010s. Quality of Food has definitely fallen off. Portions also not as big as before. Plenty of other Filipino restaurants in DALY CITY AND SOUTH CITY. Diniguan was good but portion was small, the chicken was a little on the dry side and smaller than in the last , lechon kawali was good first time eating it. Was too hard after reheating (turned into sisig next day and it was good). The lumpia was not good at all.
I called this place 2 days before thanksgiving and place my order for pick up on thanksgiving. Guess what? This idiots told me today that they didn't put it in the system so in short I don't have my order! The incompetence of the people that work here is unbelievable. We depended on this place for our thanksgiving but now left empty handed. Be warned, I'll never ever go back to this location. Lousy and chaotic!
Good food and service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food is good and the service is
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Halo-Halo, Tapsilog Marinated Sirloin Strips