Grilled Liempo (Iniwow Value Meal): 9/10; nicely marinated Double Classic Combo (Classic Combo Entrée): 1) Beef Bopiss: 7/10 2) grilled half bangus (fish): 2/10; we ordered takeout and there was no sauce so this dish was just fried fish 2 Pieces Grilled Whole Squid (Grilled Value Packs): 3/10; barely any stuffing in it; bland read more

This place was very disappointing. For the amount of food you get for all the money you pay. I felt robbed. One baby skewer, two big scoops of rice, one small side all for $8.99 see the picture would you pay that much? I lost my appetite and took two small bites of the chicken. There's no food :( read more

Grill City - One baby chicken skewer m, two big scoops of rice, one small side $8.99!!! - Filipino Near Me - Milpitas, California

Not entirely sure why this place doesn't have a higher rating, but I will go ahead and break it down for you folks. Who likes Filipino BBQ? I do! Who likes juicy chicken, pork, and grilled mahi? I do! So the important question is, "Does Grill City get the job done?" Drum roll please ..... YES!!!! If you can get passed not being served, and being seated inside of a seafood market, you are golden! If you are looking for a nice classy sit down Filipino restaurant, this is most DEFINITELY not the place for you! Service is friendly and attentive behind the counter, but a bit rushed and chaotic. Everything is grilled right in front of you, so no question about day old BBQ being heated up in the microwave! Their menu isn't consistent, so if you are craving salmon vs. mahi, it might be best to call in prior to making the trek. Conclusion: Excellent BBQ - Parking tends to suck - People stare at you while you are eating - But I do find myself coming back pretty often! When you are in Milpitas, give it a whirl! *I almost failed to mention: Their Lechon Kawali is BOMB!* read more

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I'll admit, there are better places to go for Filipino food, but it gets a star for the convenience. As one Filipino living in her household, it's hard to cook Filipino food for one. Likewise, there may be some families who don't have time to cook specific Filipino specialties like kare kare (peanut butter meat stew), pancit palabok (noodle specialty with a more savory sauce), caldereta (very rich meat stew), and puso ang sanging (sauteed shredded banana hearts). Some of these dishes have a lot of prep work and take time to cook, so if you're suddenly in the mood for these dishes Grill City will have you covered. As a Filipino, you can probably make it better, but this gets the job done. And for non-Filipinos, this is a good way to get introduced to Filipino food at a low cost, since they have combo plates that come with rice and a choice of 2 options. Not to mention their BBQ is pretty decent - making Filipino BBQ takes time and effort, and it's really only worth making a large quantity of it. Grill City's BBQ sticks can satisfy any sudden cravings you may have. Like all things Filipino, make sure to eat it with vinegar! It gets another star for halo halo smoothies - this is the main reason I come here. The halo halo smoothies come in ube, pandan, and mango - on rare occasions they will have melon, it's listed as one of their flavors but for some reason they do not make it. The smoothie is topped with the same toppings you would see in halo halo; sweet red beans, jello, coconut string, etc. My favorite flavor is pandan, which is like the Filipino mint. Personally, I enjoy the halo halo smoothies more than the original counterparts that used shaved ice and condensed milk - this just has more flavor and is easier to eat, since sometimes the shaved ice in halo halo is too hard and crunch to enjoy. It also gets another star for their weekend "Isawan" where they sell Filipino street snacks outside of the store - these are cash only. They mimic the street food stands you'll see in the Philippines. I've been to the Seafood Cities in SoCal and the one in Seattle, and this is the only one where I've seen the food stands on the weekends. I'd recommend coming early so you can see their offerings, as things tend to run out around 4-5 pm. There's another store called Goldilocks that also has a street food stand, so many choices. Pretty neat since they sell kikiam, fish balls, kwek kewk (fried orange quail eggs) pork ears, and intestines on a stick - so you can be adventurous and try really authentic Filipino food. They also sell less adeventurous foods like arroz caldo (chicken rice porridge) and vegetable lumpia - highly recommend the lumpia, as it's large, savory, and filling. Aside from the arroz caldo, make sure to get your side of vinegar to dip them in! Be sure to check out some of the Filipino drinks they have as well, like our version of boba known as sagot gulaman. Decent, not the best... but stars for convenience, the halo halo smoothie, and their street food weekends. Don't expect super clean tables and facilities, as it's still a food court in a super market. ;) read more

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Good food but not worth the price, They jacked up the prices. Just on a few pieces of pork and fish I spent about 60 bucks!! Not worth it read more

Grill city is awesome! They have plethora of choices when it come to their menu. I particularly like their barbecue skewers. It's flavorful and pretty decent size. Their side dishes are good too such as kare-kare, sinigang, adobo etc. They also have fried dishes such as fish, okoy, lumpia, chicharon and desserts like bananacue and turon. They get pretty busy on the weekends so be aware. The service is pretty decent as well. I go here whenever I crave authentic Pinoy foods and don't want to cook. Price is not too bad. read more

Want to order a party tray? Good luck! If you preorder for catering, you are taking a chance. They will fulfill your order, but if customers come between the time they prepare your food and your pick up time, they will give your food away. My family has preordered trays multiple times, and each time there is something wrong. They either start cooking when you get there if they gave your food away, or if you don't pick up on the dot, then they'll give your food away and tell you they ran out of food. Yesterday (christmas day) was the last straw for me. They made me wait 30 min for my preordered and prepaid party trays. The cashier and other employees were incredibly rude. They took my receipt and each time I came to the counter to check on my order, they asked for the name again and again. I even requested my receipt back and they didn't want to give it back until they fulfilled my order. I hate this place, get your filipino food somewhere else or make it at home. read more

Ordered palabok online for delivery and turon and I was disappointed. Not only it took 1 1/2 hours, but the palabok is a total fail. Their palabok has no taste and fry. I feel like they just put an orange sauce or even just a food coloring to the noodles just to make it look like palabok. Also, there's no flavor or even any toppings. I don't know who your chef is, but you need to start tasting your own food before selling them. read more

ordered cebu lechon online and pick up in Milpitas branch @11:40am and got it 15mins. after. We requested to have the lechon sliced but the cashier said no coz it was not in the order instructions which I thought it was already sliced and the cashier said their food would be contaminated fshort the cashier would not inform the butcher which I said we're gonna eat the lechon here and when I was asking for the lechon sauce the 2nd cashier gave me 3 small containers but when I was asking for more she said wala na po , buy 1 na lang in the store. Sana naman d cashiers would make an effort to do what we have requested inspite of how busy they are. Oder# 1441 read more

the food is very expensive i can eat some where else for a good seatdown meal for the same price read more

Everytime that my mom go there, she buy stuff thay needs sauce and they never put sauce. if she buys tokwat baboy, chicharonbulaklak, etc. they never put sauce on the side, so I end up mad about it because it will be too much to drive back just to ask for the sauce. I end up throwing away instead of driving back. I don't know if the seafood city grill are stingy or the people that work there don't care or maybe they are keeping it themselves. It Makes me questions about that the employees are keeping it to themse Always like that. I wish I could give them zero star but non. read more

The food is good but one of their employee has a bad attitude for customers. I won't go there anymore..

Our Go To Filipino Bbq. Everybody who's tried their bbq would agree that this is one of the best in the bay. Although due to recession prices has gone up. Still a good deal for the portion size. read more

Love the food here. Especially the BBQ chicken. A lot of other places usually burn their BBQ; this place does not. Be patient with the service cause usually there's not enough people to help the long line. read more

It took too long to prepare my order. They made my dasher wait and kept telling him 5 more minutes. So unprofessional and it seems they don't know what they're doing. They gave me 2 dishes that I didn't order because apparently they don't have the ones that I ordered without even calling if I want them or not. Personnel need training! read more

Poor system! Tried to order food through DoorDash and several items were not available! It didn't only happen once but twice! Why put it on your menu? Also poor customer service! Lady whom I spoke with is rude! read more

Food here is awful when it comes to the breakfast Do not get the silog regardless of how cheap it is. MCDonalds and Goldilocks is better than this trash. Literally the food taste like nasty. I'm surprise the health inspector hasnt shut down the poor quality and how the food is super cold. Isnt that where bacteria grow and mess up our stomach? Any ER visits anyone? Such a waste of time and money for this place. read more

Been calling their number and ni one is answering.. just keep on ringing.. why put out your number if you are not going to answer.. typical pinoy crappy service. read more

Good comfort food, reasonable price, clean place. Staff wear gloves and mask while serving. Friendly staff

I called in the morning to order a BBQ party pack and they said I need to order in person. I came in person to order a 30pc bbq party pack which they packaged without problem. Then at the register, they would not charge as a party pack, only as individual pieces. They said I needed to order on the phone before. I told them I called to preorder in the morning, and the cashier responded that they don't take orders over the phone. They wouldn't honor their own price listed on the menu because you have to preorder by phone, and they won't accept preorders over the phone. Don't get catering from here unless you expect to pay double their advertised price while getting the run around from their employees. read more

The Tocino was so dry and had a perfume smell to it. I'm pretty sure the tocino I was served was from days ago. Longganisa was burnt. every time I go here, their ulam is underseasoned and overcharged. Not worth the quality. Cook at home. I told ate I would like more topping in my pancit and she said no there was already some. I wouldn't have minded to pay extra. Only good thing is kuya in the barbecue! The barbecue comes at $5/stick but at least that tastes good. read more

Grill City is one of the many Filipino restaurants that have a symbiotic relationship with Sea Food City supermarket. If I remember correctly I've seen one in all the Sea Food City Supermarkets that I've been too. Grill City is known for its BBQ and I generally stick to BBQ from Grill City but for some reason this time I decided to be adventurous and get a two item combo from the turo-turo side of the house. I checked if they had Chicken Adobo, Beef Caldereta, Beef Bistek, Beef Mechado and got a No for all. Finally I checked if they had kare kare and on hearing Yes, decided to go with that. For the second item I got some white looking dish which was supposed to be Vegetarian (but I have my doubts). I think it was about $8 and change for the 2-item combo. The good news is that the food was nicely packed. The bad news is that it was just bad. The kare-kare had a weird uncooked taste of peanuts. It was just packed with thick strips of chewy tripe which did not seem to have been cleaned properly. The other dish that I got was too intense for my palate but I won't hold that against them. The rice was also cheap dry overcooked type. Overall this was just plain bad. On the weekends they lay out tables with Filipino street food (fish balls, lumpia, quail eggs, pig ears, pig intestines etc.). Unfortunately at around 7 pm, I'm greeted by empty containers so come early if you are interested in this. Price wise it's pretty cheap and comparable to Phil House in the Island Pacific Supermarket across the road. If I compare the food between the two, Phil House would definitely be the better choice by a wide margin. I guess henceforth I'm going to have to stick to BBQ from Grill City which is pretty decent, but this time my rating is for the steam table side of the house which is just not good. read more

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We love Filipino food so a coworker referred us to check this place out. The location is inside Seafood City and less than 5 minutes away from our home. OMG the large container is only $10.75 that can feed more than 5 people. The price is a lot cheaper than Island Pacific. read more

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For a while, the Seafood City at Landess has been without an eatery to call their own, which can seem a bit strange considering most locations do indeed have one. Of course, it might not be necessary considering it's at the center of what's the only Pinoy-based mall and plaza in North America surrounded by such places as Max's of Manila, Goldilocks, and Chow King. Dubbed Grill City, the specialties at this street food a la carte eatery are grilled right in front of patrons, with their signature menu items being their grilled pork and chicken skewers. Both of which are actually quite scrumptious, having the sweet pinoy flavor Filipinos know and love. I found the chicken to be the slightly more desirable one. For both, it was pretty much like eating tocino on a stick. Setting itself apart from Goldilocks, which is literally right across the hall, is the fact that they have ready-to-eat fish items such as grilled pompano and tilapia. Both of which are filled to the brim with basic vegetables for added flavor to both fish--which most chefs know lack flavor. Also making this place unique is the fact that they give you two scoops of rice. So for $8, you get a regular entrée item, two scoops of rice, and even a soup which is usually sinigang. They also have traditional Filipino favorite dishes that rotate daily. The dinuguan isn't bad, but the kare kare is a tad bland in my opinion. I'll be trying their bopis next, as it's a favorite of mine since it's a specialty of a province that my family isn't from. As far as tips go, I work in this plaza so I usually go when there's no line, but the line can pick up rather quickly because sometimes they just don't have enough staff. This is more of a place to just grab your food and go, as they'll be giving everything to you in a Styrofoam to-go box anyway. Also, the specialty drinks are nothing special, as you can just get something at Bubble Street next door anyway. All in all, you'll get full when you come here. Two scoops of rice; 'nuff said. read more

My parents love this place! I didn't know this place existed until they brought home some delicious BBQ sticks and other street food from here. The isaw was okay.... (Go to Dollar Hits in LA for the real deal!) I liked the pork BBQ sticks though. The marinade is delicious and it's always so tender and good with white rice! We also come here for their lechon liempo. We ordered it for Thanksgiving and it was a hit with our family as well! Make sure to plan ahead when you use their catering services! They do get busy specially on the weekends and even on holidays! With that said service can be slower, but that's given specially they grill most of their foods here! read more

Grill City - Lechon liempo - Filipino Near Me - Milpitas, California

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The reviews are right in that slow service and price is probably what is keeping the great-tasting food of this food court from touching a 4. If's slightly more expensive than what you would want for a food court and paper utensils. However, the food is delicious. Stick to the kebabs and nothing else. The other seafood and meat items are good but the kebabs are that much better. The naked salad that comes with a value entree is not very naked. It comes with hot, sugary tasting that is delicious, making this salad not so healthy any more. The chicken and pork kabobs are slathered in so much glaze. It's like eating meat candy. The fish is good. The pork strips are soft and much easier to eat than they look. read more

Grill City - Naked salad doesn't look so naked - Filipino Near Me - Milpitas, California

Go inside Seafood City - 1 grill man, several older ladies behind counter. - service on the slower side. Eats: chicken Inasal & bbq pork on a stick. Chicken Inasal was good but did have a weird taste. The bbq pork was decent but did have one piece that was all fat. Tips: order the $22.50 family meal for the best bang for your buck. read more

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The chicken bbq is by far my favorite! The meat was very tender and I was able to get 5 for $14.99. The ginisang upo was also really good. The pork adobo was just ok. However I do recommend getting pork over chicken because the chicken one has a lot of bones. It was a Wednesday afternoon and the lines were pretty long, it took me about 20 minutes to be in & out. read more

Grill City - Ginisang upo - Filipino Near Me - Milpitas, California

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New Filipino restaurant located inside Seafood City. Haven't been to this actual location yet (food from this location was delivered to me), but the food I tried here so far was super sarap (delicious)! I had the BBQ chicken on a stick w/Jasmine Rice & a Sago drink which also has some black gulaman (grass jelly) mixed in the drink. Can't wait to try some more tasty items from their menu! read more

Grill City - Sago - Filipino Near Me - Milpitas, California

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I only ordered the bbq skewers. The wait was lloonngggg but worth every minute. 4 skewers and a mango drink $19. Filling, tender, every bite was heaven and packed with juicy flavor. Perfect ratio of sauce. I mean holy crap it was that good. read more

Speed up the service pls. i see plenty of staff but the line gets long and it takes a little while for you to get served. Pls work on the efifciency of your staff and the process. some would just pretend that they didnt see you but i was hoping that when they see that line gets long, somebody should step in to assist read more

IMO Grill City has the best BBQChicken sticks with PhilHouse in second. But the values just isn't there with just one BBQ Stick in the meal. Extra stick adds another $2.99. But having a choice of side is nice. Good thing they give a good amount of rice to get full on! read more

Grill City - BBQ Chicken stick meal with a extra side order BBQ Stick for $2.99. - Filipino Near Me - Milpitas, California

Awful experience. Got all my order wrong except 1 out of 5. Not ordering from here again! read more

Horrible horrible horrible service! Find another option if you want to order catered food from here! I went in person to place an order a day before my event, they do no take phone orders even if you remit payment, so you have to go in person (fine, I'm ok with that). However, on the day of my event I called them about two hours before my pick up time to see if I could change my pick up time to 1 hour later. Without even properly putting me on hold, they left me hanging on the phone for over 14 minutes before someone HUNG UP. I called back and told them what had happened and the associate replied "Ok and what do you need". So I told them again and she said "I will check" and hung up without responding. 3rd time calling back I asked if it was possible she said yes she told the kitchen. My husband gets there at the exact pick up time and they make him wait another 20 minutes to get the order because it "wasn't ready". BS!! read more

My mom picked up some fresh lumpia or what they call a naked salad from this place today. They told her that the sauce was thicker than usual today. And yet they still served it! C'mon what happened to pride in your product? What we got in the cup was orange paste. I cannot believe someone in that fast food restaurant would serve something that looked so unappetizing. read more

Grill City - That orange blob on top is supposed to be the sauce for the naked salad (lumpiang hubad). - Filipino Near Me - Milpitas, California

I really enjoyed my meal at GRILL CITY! Just took a couple of days off work bc I caught a cold and what not better way to soothe my body by a great bowl of soup. Originally, I was craving some Arroz Caldo but neither they or Chow King served it. I settled with the next best thing when you're sick, Sinagang. If you order the combo you can get one stick of chicken/pork BBQ and either a side or soup. Both sinagang and pork bbq were pretty good. Not the best ive had, but the best ive had in San Jose. Born and raised in San Francisco i grew up with the pleasure of having the Philippines Mecca, outside of the Philippines, Daly City in my backyard. There you have the best Filipino BBQ around! Notes: The price was fair at about $6 for a combo. Great Filipino fast meal. Note to Management: It would be nice if the tables were cleaned and bussed more often. read more

Okay Filipino food court in a grocery store. Lots of teriyaki type of BBQ meats. Not for tourists but good for adventurous types. I like their blood based stew with pig ear and other mystery parts over rice. read more

Grill City - Dinuguan, don't ask just try it. - Filipino Near Me - Milpitas, California

3 stars for now. They just opened a week ago but the chaotic, unorganized atmosphere coupled with a wait in line was enough to make someone scream, "Get it together, people!" Yet, the BBQ brings you back. Once the staff learns how to be more expedient with customers and they organize stations (honestly, there are too few people doing too many things), it will probably improve. Arrive early and check back often as the BBQ sticks (pork and chicken) go by very quickly. If you don't get your BBQ sticks you usually have a lot of grilled items to choose from: - pork liempo - grilled squid - grilled (and stuffed) fish (tilapia, bangus, and one more kind) The last two aforementioned grilled items were not seen sharing the same grill with the other BBQ sticks (although the liempo was). I think they use another grill in the store for the fish. Drinks include assorted fruit smoothies and juices. NO refillable soda (OR WATER) stations available. Ample indoor seating as most take the food to go. read more

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Today after work, me and my husband came here to have dinner at Grill City. So that when we get home we can just relax & again prepare for another day's work tomorrow. We ordered what they call value meals & also a palabok for "baon" going back to work. But when we got home and opened the palabok in a container... whoa! The palabok was spoiled already!!! I should have trusted my husband when he said it looks like old & not freshly cooked... Did they just sold us a leftover from yesterday????? Besides that, when we ate there I also have to throw away the ginisang ampalaya on eggs I ordered coz it doesn't taste good! Malangsa!!!... oh well, there goes some wasted money. read more

I love the food here...especially the bbq!!! I'm Filipino so I might give a biased review here, but seriously, the food is mad great! If you wanna know what good food tastes like, try it...and if you don't like it, then you can at least say you tried it right? Indulged on-laing, pork bbq on a stick, rice of course, and some grilled fish and squid... read more

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