I am very new to Filipino food but I found Kusina to be so delicious! They're very friendly and willing to help you find what you might like! I am looking forward to my next visit! read more

Kusina Filipino Cusine - Filipino Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

TL;DR Improvements means progress and I'd like to see more of it. Ambiance: We are 30 mins early for Father's Day brunch, and the hosts welcomed a few of us in from the heat despite the hapag (food) not being fully set. Get ready to come early, as the indoor seats fill up quickly. There are plenty more seats outside with an industrial fan blowing generously across the patio - an improvement from where the fan was positioned my last visit. The atmosphere is mostly friendly except for those aunties who count how many times other people get back in line for food while they choose to wait until everyone is fed. IYKYK, and if you don't: there will Always be a line because new people keep coming in to eat, so please just get in line with them and wait your turn. Service: One of the better Filipino establishments as the owners kindly greet all of us with a welcoming "Happy Father's Day!" As expected the turnover rate of food service was quick, and the food remained hot. Another reminder to pay attention to the workers placing more hot food and cold desserts as the trays become low in quantity. Some Filipinos are used to family style meals and will take helpings for their whole table, so you may want to be keen to beat them to the buffet line. Food: Thankfully the choices did not disappoint, considering the celebration day. It's also useful to check their Facebook page on Fridays to know what they plan to serve on Sunday. As you'd expect in your own home, some planned dishes may change for various understandable reasons but no one really notices because there's always a plan B prepared. Focusing on the food itself, it definitely reminds me of how my dad cooks: calorific. This may be due to meat availability, as it is difficult to find choice meat nowadays. As much as people, like my dad, believe that fat = flavor and sauce + rice is nice...I personally want to buffet on a Filipino balanced meal of meat, veggies, and soup. I did appreciate the lumpia, bicol express (not spicy), and beef steak tagalog improved in flavor and contained less fatty meat than last time. The dinuguan (not spicy) and pork adobo gave the same experience though - good but can improve. If the papaitan didn't have so much fatty bits that soup would've been the highlight of the meal as the slight bitterness balanced the cebuchon. The spaghetti, pansit, sapin-sapin, maha blanca, and ube ice cream were pretty good considering the idea of this restaurant is to be invited into one's kitchen and home cooking. Overall rating: 3.5 stars. I hope this business continues to grow: into a bigger place so the overall ergonomics becomes less hectic, and more funds for more ingredients. read more

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It wasn't busy inside the restaurant when we arrived on Saturday a little after lunch time, there were only another 3 tables of patrons at that time but as we waited, more customers started arriving. Maybe they haven't gotten service down but we had ended up grabbing our own seat, then later we had to grab our own menus as the only waitress was busy. Took a good 20 mins just to get our drink and food order placed and then another 25 mins to finally get our food. Thats 45 mins of just waiting, It was a good thing we were not in a hurry. We ordered a little bit of everything to try. The food was good, the staff was busy but friendly but if you are expecting great service, you're going to be disappointed. Hopefully they can figure things out and get better. read more

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Food is great service is great. Not expensive. Nice people. Good location. Love the pansit read more

Kusina Filipino Cusine - Pasit canton lumpia - Filipino Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

Since a new Filipino restaurant opened on the west side in Peoria, we were eager to try it. I make Filipino dishes, and my mom makes the BEST Filipino food, but this place offers a solid alternative when I don't feel like cooking Filipino food or when my mom's away for several months lol. We will definitely be coming here. We tried the lechon, sisig, and sinigang. Jediah loved the sinigang, he said it's not better than mine, hahah, and he gave it a perfect 10/10. The rice earned an 11/10, lol. The sisig wasn't our favorite; it was a bit fatty. The lechon was good, but my mom's lechon is super crispy. Still, if you're craving Filipino food in the West Valley, this place is worth a visit. It's really good. The service was good. He took our order and was friendly. He answered my questions about MSG and confirmed they didn't include it in their food. The ambiance was okay. My only complaint, which wasn't really their fault, was that it was very hot. I remember the previous restaurant had the same issue too. Overall, my son said 4.5 stars. read more

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Overall, the food is good. I especially enjoyed their pork BBQ and fresh lumpia. The service is good and the ambiance is cozy. For anyone who is new to Filipino cuisine this is a good start. read more

Kusina Filipino Cusine - Filipino Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

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On the particular Sunday that I went, they were offering a buffet, so I thought it was a good time to try out this new Filipino restaurant in the West Valley. Being to try several dishes in one sitting enabled me to make a better evaluation of their cuisine as a whole. Everything was excellent - binagoongan, kaldereta, tokwa't baboy, etc. They even had pancit habhab, a noodle dish unique to my Mom's home province, so I presume the restaurateurs are from that region. I am very pleased with the quality of the food as well as the very friendly service. This is quite a drive for me, coming from the north Phoenix area, but I will definitely come back again and again - they are that good. read more

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Incredible actual Filipino food in phoenix area I'm mind blown!! Ordered 3 entrees and the WAIT WAS WORTH IT for food cooked so well!! My server was very sweet & accommodating, only having familiarity with Filipino street food she was helpful in offering a rundown of what's what on the menu. I ordered 3 entrees- Fresh lumpia, bbq liempo & pancit all packed with flavor! - Thank you so much read more

Kusina Filipino Cusine - Fresh lumpia & mixed pancit - Filipino Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

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A new West Valley Filipino restaurant. To order, call for menu item availability. They ran out fast on popular dishes such as diniguan. There are favorite dishes available such as lumpia, pancit and lechon kawali. It's great there is a restaurant that represents Filipino food and culture. Lastly, they accept Zelle and cash only. read more

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Food was delicious, fresh & authentic... not to mention so affordable! Highly recommend the chicken pancit bihon I'm guessing this was a family restaurant by the staff, looked like parents & kids... they were so welcoming & friendly! Go support you small business! You wont be disappointed, we watched all the other dishes coming out & everything looked & smelled amazing! read more

Kusina Filipino Cusine - Chicken Pancit Bihon - Filipino Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

Won't be coming back. I ordered chicken and when I received it, it was still bloody. The Lumpia is good that was about it. I told them about my bloody chicken and they said they can put back on the grill after I bit into it. It came back dry and over cooked. I was not impressed. I wouldn't get chicken there. Glad I didn't get food poisoning. read more

One of the, if not the slowest service I have ever experienced at any restaurant! It was very clear they did not know how to efficiently run a restaurant. It took an HOUR AND A HALF for just 2/4 dishes we ordered to come out. After that we cut the order short and left, as we saw many other people do the same thing because it was taking too long. The servers did not know what food they had in stock, some plates were dirty, and we had to ask them multiple times for every single little thing. Of the food we did get, it was good and tasty, but not worth feeling like you were at the dmv where time stands still. read more

Pricey menu items, food was just okay, small dining area, and found small pieces of bone in my meal that could have been an issue if swallowed. Not sure we will be back. read more

Food taste good. Authentic flavors . Been here twice while visiting. Try it out, clean restaurant

We're Filipino visiting from California for spring training, and we were really craving some Filipino comfort food. We're so glad we found this place! The service was amazing everyone was so friendly, welcoming, and inviting. You can really feel the warmth as soon as you walk in owner and his wife greeted me. Even sparked conversation while waiting for my order. The cooks were awesome and made us feel right at home. The food tasted just like home! We ordered lechon kawali, sisig, pork sinigang, and pancit canton everything was delicious. The portions were perfect and the pricing was great. Highly recommend if you're looking for authentic Filipino food with incredible ambiance hospitality! Definitely stopping in next year when we visit again! read more

Hands down the best Halo-Halo in Arizona . Perfect for the hot weather! Staffs are great especially Mr. Elmer Dela Cruz read more

Kusina Filipino Cusine - Hands down the best Halo-Halo in Arizona! Perfect for the hot weather. - Filipino Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

Their buffet food is good ; they have more different Filipino dishes served each weekend. I'd rather go eat there on weekends because they have ore staff to help you with your order. I went there one time, it took me 30 minutes to have the food. Don't know the reason, but maybe they only have one server. The business is just barely starting; give them a chance to improve. We will keep eating there if we have time. Ambiance - a better area especially during spring and fall nice weather. read more

My family enjoyed a last minute Mother's Day Buffet dinner the owner and the servers were very accommodating to our needs they literally waited on us since they close at 7pm . My children enjoyed the Sisig Palabok , Humba , Bico and Halo halo the best . Excellent Filipino hospitality. read more

We stopped in for lunch after seeing the movie Melania. Sangy opened the door for us as I am in a wheelchair. We are familiar with Filipino food, but Sangy helped us. We had Lumpia, a dice pork dish, and pancit. Every dish freshly prepared. Prices very reasonable. We will be coming back! read more

Excited to try a new Filipino place. Not a huge menu but enough of options to try from. The food itself was a little under seasoned but with the vinegar and pepper it was decent and I would have tried it again. However, what threw me off was the cold to the touch rice. Not fridge cold but maybe it was sitting out for a while and not in a rice cooker or a warmer plate. No Filipino will eat Filipino food without rice so the fact that that kind of rice was given to was a complete turn off. read more

Great food! Service was excellent! inside was small has an outside area with shade. The food itself is why we would come back! Great job! TIP for the Sunday Buffet- GET THERE EARLY!! The Main dish was bistek and was able to get a few pieces. Soooooooooo Goood! But my wife took forever to get ready :/Mmannnnnnnyyyyaaamannnnn! I would have ate the whole shafing dish!! Thanks again! read more

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Went for Sunday buffet. Food needs improvement lacked authenticity and lacks flavor, seasoning. Lumpia and sin igang were good. Hopefully since it's a new business they will take the feedback and improve. read more

Authentic Filipino food in my area!!!! The food was exceptional and they had a buffet the day I went so I was able to try a few things I never had before. If you love Filipino food our just trying new things I highly recommend this small family owned restaurant. read more

One of the worst Customer service ever. had me waiting for about 15 to 20 minutes and no one was there to help me just had me sitting there, but once I walked out, they act like they cared. Never coming back here read more

Service is non existent. We got our starter after an hour of wait and they did not give us any plates silverware's and napkins. I end up getting up and getting it myself. Then we end up waiting 30 more minutes to get one of our entree. And the rest of the food came after 15 minutes. I end up getting up and ask for bowls and ladle for the bulalo soup. Food is average nothing special that you'll want to go back again. Certainly not worth the money when you have to wait that long. read more

You need to eat before going there! Waited for 1 hour exactly to get food #1 out of 4 ordered. We asked 3-4 times to get beverages, plates, utensils etc. You don't get your food all at once! Food comes out 15-20 mins in between. THIS PLACE IS A HOT MESS!! We so want them to be successful but regardless if the food tastes good or not, service is unacceptable! The order of food coming out to the table, timing etc is unheard of. This is an opportunity to improve. You can't run your restaurant business like this, at least not in America. To All KABABAYANS... DO NOT ENABLE THEM ...NO IT's NOT "OKAY", they need to improve and improve fast if they're going to survive. read more

Suuuuuper slow service and food. Two tables left that could not wait so long for their food. One table took one dish home because it came so late and they were done. It took 30 minutes for us to get our water and Diet Coke. We are still waiting for our food. The servers seem clueless. He asked us 3 times what liquid we ordered. Ours did not write down our order. Who knows what we'll get. Food not worth waiting for. You'll need to spend 2 hours here and hope for the best. This was bc a Saturday at 1pm. Would be ZERO stars if possible. read more

Our first time here and curious because not too much Filipino restaurant here in peoria. We ordered pork bbq sticks (3), Pancit palabok, pork Sisig with steamed rice. The sticks were big chunks of pork with good flavor but not the sweet kind. The Pancit palabok was good tasting amount in a big platter, and the sisig was different for me. It had a raw egg on top of it. I was not used to the flavor of this particular sisig. I flavored it with a little vinegar. It was good to know there is this cuisine nearby. It newly opened so their menu was a bit limited. They accept only cash or Zelle at this time. I'm hoping they will have "silogs" in the future. The inside has a small eat-in area of about 6 tables of 4 but the outside is more accommodating with more tables. Location across the theaters was great. I will come again. read more

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Service was slow, but food was great! The dessert halo halo was amazing! I would get that and the lumpia again!

First time trying Filipino food and it was amazing! The food was seasoned so well, I will definitely be coming back. The people working there were supper attentive. The whole establishment was very clean and just smelled amazing as soon as we walked in. read more

Kusina Filipino Cusine - Filipino Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

First time we came here they happened to be closed due to renovations that day. We did call however no answer & checked their fb page with no updates. We finally came back today. Their pancit was very mushy almost wet & the sizzling sisig was very spicy with no egg on top. The bulalo soup they served for free was bland & the BBQ sticks were very salty. We did enjoy the beef steak and the lumpia shanghai was okay. Prepare to come in and pay cash or via zelle as they do not accept any other form of payments (they said not set up yet). Also, they do not have any high chairs or changing station in the bathroom. read more

First time we ate here, we already noticed the unorganized setup, but we thought maybe they just recently opened so we ignored it. The crispy pata was also so good the first time, so soft and chewy. However, when we came back after almost two months, the service is still so bad. No system in place. We don't know if we will take a seat or not, and how to order, will we go to the counter or will someone approach us. The cleaning of our table and taking all the dirty dishes took a lot of time, we even had to do it ourselves just so that our table will be clear. Drinks were not served on time. The crispy pata was also very disappointing this time, and the kare kare with very big chunks of hard lechon kawali was lacking with peanut sauce. I would not recommend and we would not go back here again. read more

I ordered to go Crispy pata, cooked perfectly and pork sisig was also very good. I will give 1 star for the gout pain after my meal ... I will definitely comeback for the gouty crispy pata read more

Food was okay but the staff seems distracted. I came in a slow afternoon and waited 15 minutes for the menu. Waited another 45 minutes for my food that was given to a different table that didn't order what I have ordered, so I got to wait another couple minutes for them to make my order. No communication or whatsoever just a terrible waiting game. Service could use some improvement read more

Long wait for food, and comes 1 at a time its already cold when the next one arrives, Most of the Pork Dishes 90% fat. Not recommended

So delicious. I am Filipino. This is goooooooood stuff. My brother and I loved it!!!!!

The food is very good and everyone is so nice and warm you will literally feel the warmth as soon as you come in. I came in today and the food was still good and freshly cooked. They explained it to me that for their regular menu it depends if they can cook it for Sunday buffet because they are continuously cooking the food for the buffet so it is fresh as soon as it comes out. Ambience is also so good. read more

Food is ok. However it is not as authentic food for it's culture. Let it be known the staffing was great & pleasant.

Love the food here tasty and fresh made. We stoped after our bike ride to try their food. Had shanghai roll, crispy kare-kare and pancit palabok. Everything was good and delicious. All the desserts were sold out but next time. Maybe when settled they'll add halo-halo, definitely will watch for it specially summer time. We tried to have another meal last Saturday but the place was reserved for party events after 4 pm so we're not able to go. Looking forward to try other dishes this week. Definitely we recommend for anyone to try. We're happy to see Filipino food closer to us and to our biking trails town. read more

Food is really great! Especially their crispy pata and lumpia sariwa! Leche planbdessert is superb! At a rreasonable price.