Great food and choices. The spot to go if you're a Filipino who you misses the Inasal Chicken.
Natune-Chineke Esor
The meal was very tasty! I enjoyed the pork BBQ skewers as well.
Julmae Nabanalan
Bobo overpriced don’t come here
Lillian Gong
delicious food, affordable, quick and friendly service!
Lanciaa
Tried the kamayan at Kiko’s and overall, it was okay, but there were some things I liked and others that could use improvement.
Most of the items were grilled. I didn’t mind, except for the okra, which was too burnt for my taste. I’d much prefer it steamed or boiled, easier to eat and healthier too. I didn’t even touch it because I really don’t like eating overly charred food.
The grilled shrimp was also a bit inconvenient. The shell stuck too tightly to the meat because it was grilled, making it time-consuming to peel. Sometimes you’d accidentally eat part of the shell.
On a positive note, I really enjoyed the Shanghai rolls, especially with the crackers they came with, something new to me and a great touch! The rest of the kamayan spread was also pretty good.
The cabbage salad wasn’t appealing to me. I would’ve much preferred a mango salad to balance the richness of the grilled food, but unfortunately, that wasn’t offered.
As for service: * Water took too long to be served. It should be one of the first things on the table. * Lack of napkins.Would be better if they placed plenty on the table right away. * Staff was friendly, though!
Other dishes we tried: * Liempo combo – Really good and flavorful. * Bangus sisig bowl – Just okay. Didn’t taste like all bangus; seemed like there was some other meat mixed in, which threw me off a bit.
Some great flavors, especially the Shanghai and liempo, but the heavy grilling, lack of mango salad, and service delays (like water and napkins) made the experience feel a bit off. Still, there’s potential if a few things are adjusted.
Allen Claire Yanuaria
Everything is great! But it would have been better if they serve atsara instead of coleslaw. 😊
Riya Y
Went here on a Friday probably around 6pm. They were busy but we got seated right away. Food took about 20-30 minutes to come and honestly, tasted ok. (Calamari is not that good. Inasal combo was average). We weren’t given any water (not until we asked). Mind you we already got our appetizers at this time. We ALSO had to remind them about our calamansi juice on which they forgot about. Pretty disappointing experience overall. Would I come back? Probably not.
Julia Ch
I visited this place a few times already, liked from the first visit. It is clean there, doesn't look fancy, but it is neat, servers take care of tables. Also, servers are nice , polite, fast. Food is great. The portions are big and price is good. I will visit again and bring my friends.
Red Dwarf
*Update* *Had to update the review, now that I have been here a few times I had to remove a star because the quality of food is not consistent. It depends on the cook that day. Some will put too much salt in everything and others make things with different ingredients or amounts. It’s a gamble what you get.*
The girls that work here are really nice and give fantastic service. The Halohalo is amazing. The chicken and gravy is delicious. I recommend this place.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Katrina Anne
Kanto bites were good, especially the siomai but the sauce used didn’t really jive with it, sauce tasted like for Lechon or bagnet. Inasal was okay, not a fave. Unli soup was also good. Will try other food in the menu next time.
I order arrozcaldo. The presentation of the food was great. The food taste ,was good. I just hope that the bituka, chicken skin, and chicken bone will be replace to crispy pork. I was a little disappointed because the chicken meat doesn’t taste fresh cook. There is a diffent taste of a chicken if it’s cook the previous day. I notice that they forgot to add “bituka”… For the price of $13 + tax and a tip, Im hoping that the toppings will be replace . Not all people eat bituka and chicken skin. “Crispy pork,egg and chicharon is a better choice. I always like this restaurant better than their neighbor.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Tim Ho
This place is a true gem. I had the Kamayan box with the pork belly option. It came with so much food and everything was flavourful and cooked perfectly. The dish is also visually stunning as well. For $25 you get this ginormous platter of variety, and all orders come with a free soup too.
Let me start with the soup. This soup was amazing. They give you a nice hot bowl of beef bone broth garnished with fresh chopped green onions. You can really taste the beef bone in it. I couldn't stop drinking it, and even asked for a second offering which they gave me for free!
Now the platter. It comes with a giant serving of seasoned rice, 4 grilled mussels, 4 head-on grilled shrimp, a nice slab of crispy lechon, 2 gigantic grilled pork belly skewers, some succulent okra and grilled eggplant. Can you believe that? All for just $25!? It also comes with this dipping sauce that was very refreshing and goes well with everything on the platter, tastes kind of like pineapples and tamarind, sweet and tangy. Everything on the platter had it's unique individual flavour too, so you're not just over saturating your palette with all the same flavours. The meal does not get boring from the start to finish. I have a large appetite, but this meal can easily feed 2 people.
The grilled shrimp was simply heavenly. I love shrimp served head on. Especially when it's cooked right. The shrimp you can tell is fresh and cooked to order, the peel separates super easily and you can still see the glisten on the shrimp meat, and when I ripped it open I can still see the individual fibres of shrimp meat. Absolutely cooked to perfection.
But my favorite was definitely the pork belly skewers. It was so juicy and tender, you can tell a lot of care was put into making this. The flavour was a mixture of sweet and savoury, more towards the sweet end. I was skeptical at first when I approached the counter deciding what I wanted to order, because generally when you see food chilling on a steam table, it just associates with dry and dead. But their skewers are next level. And I'm glad the platter came with 2 of these gigantic skewers. One of the skewers I saved for the end of my meal, and even to the last bite when it is now cold, was still super moist and tender.
They have a huge menu with lunch specials as cheap as $12 a plate. Whatever you order though, I recommend adding one of the pork belly skewers to your order.
10/10 would recommend. I'm definitely coming back more often and bringing friends.
Parking: It's located in a plaza with lots of parking space.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup, Sinigang Pork, Kamayan for 1 Person
Aida Soosh
Been to Kiko’s a couple times and never left disappointed, always satisfied :) the staff that work here are all lovely and give such friendly and amazing service! Every dish i’ve tried here has been delicious and reminds me of the home cooked foods my family would make. Dont forget to try their amazing halo halo dessert! Its so refreshing and loaded with all the yummy toppings. I’ll always happily come back to Kiko’s!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
JML
We ordered inasal and BBQ, I was excited to try the inasal for I am seeing lot of reviews about it. It's the typical inasal, but a Lil burnt. Babrq serving was big. They charge .50 cents for using your credit card.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
aileen mcrgs
Food are good, ambiance is good and we enjoyed it. It was four of us when we went there, but surprisingly service charge are automatic when we ask for the bill without telling me and the server didn't give me a copy of my bill so I wasn't aware of that, so basically I was charge for the tips double. They should not put service charge if its not more than 6 pax or atleast mentioned to the guest so they're aware of it.
Great food and choices. The spot to go if you're a Filipino who you misses the Inasal Chicken.
The meal was very tasty! I enjoyed the pork BBQ skewers as well.
Bobo overpriced don’t come here
delicious food, affordable, quick and friendly service!
Tried the kamayan at Kiko’s and overall, it was okay, but there were some things I liked and others that could use improvement.
Most of the items were grilled. I didn’t mind, except for the okra, which was too burnt for my taste. I’d much prefer it steamed or boiled, easier to eat and healthier too. I didn’t even touch it because I really don’t like eating overly charred food.
The grilled shrimp was also a bit inconvenient. The shell stuck too tightly to the meat because it was grilled, making it time-consuming to peel. Sometimes you’d accidentally eat part of the shell.
On a positive note, I really enjoyed the Shanghai rolls, especially with the crackers they came with, something new to me and a great touch! The rest of the kamayan spread was also pretty good.
The cabbage salad wasn’t appealing to me. I would’ve much preferred a mango salad to balance the richness of the grilled food, but unfortunately, that wasn’t offered.
As for service:
* Water took too long to be served. It should be one of the first things on the table.
* Lack of napkins.Would be better if they placed plenty on the table right away.
* Staff was friendly, though!
Other dishes we tried:
* Liempo combo – Really good and flavorful.
* Bangus sisig bowl – Just okay. Didn’t taste like all bangus; seemed like there was some other meat mixed in, which threw me off a bit.
Some great flavors, especially the Shanghai and liempo, but the heavy grilling, lack of mango salad, and service delays (like water and napkins) made the experience feel a bit off. Still, there’s potential if a few things are adjusted.
Everything is great! But it would have been better if they serve atsara instead of coleslaw. 😊
Went here on a Friday probably around 6pm. They were busy but we got seated right away. Food took about 20-30 minutes to come and honestly, tasted ok. (Calamari is not that good. Inasal combo was average). We weren’t given any water (not until we asked). Mind you we already got our appetizers at this time. We ALSO had to remind them about our calamansi juice on which they forgot about. Pretty disappointing experience overall. Would I come back? Probably not.
I visited this place a few times already, liked from the first visit. It is clean there, doesn't look fancy, but it is neat, servers take care of tables. Also, servers are nice , polite, fast. Food is great. The portions are big and price is good.
I will visit again and bring my friends.
*Update* *Had to update the review, now that I have been here a few times I had to remove a star because the quality of food is not consistent. It depends on the cook that day. Some will put too much salt in everything and others make things with different ingredients or amounts. It’s a gamble what you get.*
The girls that work here are really nice and give fantastic service. The Halohalo is amazing. The chicken and gravy is delicious. I recommend this place.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kanto bites were good, especially the siomai but the sauce used didn’t really jive with it, sauce tasted like for Lechon or bagnet. Inasal was okay, not a fave. Unli soup was also good. Will try other food in the menu next time.
Staff were accomodating and friendly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
I order arrozcaldo. The presentation of the food was great. The food taste ,was good. I just hope that the bituka, chicken skin, and chicken bone will be replace to crispy pork. I was a little disappointed because the chicken meat doesn’t taste fresh cook. There is a diffent taste of a chicken if it’s cook the previous day. I notice that they forgot to add “bituka”…
For the price of $13 + tax and a tip, Im hoping that the toppings will be replace . Not all people eat bituka and chicken skin. “Crispy pork,egg and chicharon is a better choice.
I always like this restaurant better than their neighbor.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
This place is a true gem. I had the Kamayan box with the pork belly option. It came with so much food and everything was flavourful and cooked perfectly. The dish is also visually stunning as well. For $25 you get this ginormous platter of variety, and all orders come with a free soup too.
Let me start with the soup. This soup was amazing. They give you a nice hot bowl of beef bone broth garnished with fresh chopped green onions. You can really taste the beef bone in it. I couldn't stop drinking it, and even asked for a second offering which they gave me for free!
Now the platter. It comes with a giant serving of seasoned rice, 4 grilled mussels, 4 head-on grilled shrimp, a nice slab of crispy lechon, 2 gigantic grilled pork belly skewers, some succulent okra and grilled eggplant. Can you believe that? All for just $25!? It also comes with this dipping sauce that was very refreshing and goes well with everything on the platter, tastes kind of like pineapples and tamarind, sweet and tangy. Everything on the platter had it's unique individual flavour too, so you're not just over saturating your palette with all the same flavours. The meal does not get boring from the start to finish. I have a large appetite, but this meal can easily feed 2 people.
The grilled shrimp was simply heavenly. I love shrimp served head on. Especially when it's cooked right. The shrimp you can tell is fresh and cooked to order, the peel separates super easily and you can still see the glisten on the shrimp meat, and when I ripped it open I can still see the individual fibres of shrimp meat. Absolutely cooked to perfection.
But my favorite was definitely the pork belly skewers. It was so juicy and tender, you can tell a lot of care was put into making this. The flavour was a mixture of sweet and savoury, more towards the sweet end. I was skeptical at first when I approached the counter deciding what I wanted to order, because generally when you see food chilling on a steam table, it just associates with dry and dead. But their skewers are next level. And I'm glad the platter came with 2 of these gigantic skewers. One of the skewers I saved for the end of my meal, and even to the last bite when it is now cold, was still super moist and tender.
They have a huge menu with lunch specials as cheap as $12 a plate. Whatever you order though, I recommend adding one of the pork belly skewers to your order.
10/10 would recommend. I'm definitely coming back more often and bringing friends.
Parking: It's located in a plaza with lots of parking space.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup, Sinigang Pork, Kamayan for 1 Person
Been to Kiko’s a couple times and never left disappointed, always satisfied :) the staff that work here are all lovely and give such friendly and amazing service! Every dish i’ve tried here has been delicious and reminds me of the home cooked foods my family would make. Dont forget to try their amazing halo halo dessert! Its so refreshing and loaded with all the yummy toppings. I’ll always happily come back to Kiko’s!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We ordered inasal and BBQ, I was excited to try the inasal for I am seeing lot of reviews about it. It's the typical inasal, but a Lil burnt. Babrq serving was big. They charge .50 cents for using your credit card.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Food are good, ambiance is good and we enjoyed it. It was four of us when we went there, but surprisingly service charge are automatic when we ask for the bill without telling me and the server didn't give me a copy of my bill so I wasn't aware of that, so basically I was charge for the tips double. They should not put service charge if its not more than 6 pax or atleast mentioned to the guest so they're aware of it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
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