Wholly Grill has been around for a while, testament to how much Filipinos love this place. Ate Chona is probably one of the nicest person you can meet. Very friendly to her customers. The restaurant itself is part of the "food court" so there are others next to it. Food wise, they're quite tasty. While I can't attest to the other ones in the menu, the ones I always get never disappoint. The lechon kawali and chicken barbecue plate and dinuguan. I specially love their eggplant salad side dish. And of course the halo-halo. They usually have specials for the day so follow or like them on facebook to see the weekly menu. I don't know if they still have lechon on weekends though. All in all, I do recommend this place if you want to try Filipino food. Oh and the one thing I don't like about the place is the wait time. They recommend you call ahead if you're doing take out orders but even with that, more often than not we end up still having to wait quite a while. But the food is worth it for me read more

Back to the roots is what I say. NOTHING will beat moms cooking but this place is definately a soul soothing gem hidden in the Mekong plaza. Charming food and friendly places but its definately something for the adventurous palate if you'd not accustomed to the cuisine of the Phillippines. Try the Bangus (marinated fish dish) served ith rice and Eggplant. Exotic, tasty and stays in the box. If you're looking for more americanized anything in the BBQ region but if you'd like to get a taste of real Filipino food the Sinagang with the fish sauce is AMAZING! read more

If you need a taste of home but too busy/lazy to make it look no further. This place is pretty delicious! I can only speak for the pinakbet and lechon plate. The lechon was moist but the skin was still crispy and the pinakbet was awesome. The side I chose was the eggplant salad and it had an intense sour flavor but it was awesome!! I definitely will return to try more options but I'll have to remember that they are closed on Mondays. I'm a full happy camper! This place is most definitely one of the better Filipino food options in the valley but with the food court atmosphere. read more

I happened to go on a day of a Filipino Festival in the mall. Long lines of customers at Wholly Grill, most of whom were speaking Tagalog. So this place seems pretty authentic. The grilled skewers were fine. I was particularly hungry that afternoon. The service was chaotic, but I think it was due to the festival. Food was coming out slowly and there wasn't any order to the line once I ordered. Others received food ahead of me. I'm sure they'll be more consistent on non-festival days. The festival was fun to watch. read more

I've been here a few times and must say that I enjoy the food very much. Most of the main dishes here are grilled. If you don't mind a little fat then the pork belly dish is grilled to a mouth watering perfection. Whenever I'm in town, I make an effort to visit this fantastic place. read more

This is the coolest little place! Yummy lumpia, great prices, reminds me of the Porter Square Asian Food Court in Boston... Who could argue?! read more

Ordered the Lechon plate with the sweet cucumber. I was kinda sad...my rice was warmer than the entree. And the flavor was not as bold as I imagined it would have been. Also had the pork skewer....amazing flavor I must say! Next time im gonna order the BBQ Beef Plate. The halo-halo was delicious as always. Im gonna come as often as I can so I can start knockin down everything on the menu...one by one. read more

Wholly Grill is located inside the Mekong Plaza so you won't see a sign outside. This is a good place to satisfy one's Pinoy food craving, but it's nothing to write home about. I got the BBQ Chicken plate. The chicken was tender and tasty. The rice wasn't all that great - I wish there was an option for garlic rice. I would pay extra for good garlic rice. I also got the calamansi juice and that was awesome! Sweet and tart as I remembered it! It reminded me of the mirienda time we had when I was growing up. There isn't a huge selection, but a good number of choices. I heard they now have Tocilog and Longsilog, but it was neither on the menu or the wall when I checked. I'd like to try those next. read more

If you are looking for quick short ordered Filipino food that is fast and cheap? This is the place for you. I ordered several dishes from their menu and by far the best dish I like is the Crispy Pata and Inihaw dish, oh my oh so yummy! It's more of an asian food court set up so if you need something you have to get back in line. But i didn't mind, overall i give it a 3 out of 5. ;) Hopefully the service gets a little better. read more

Ate here for lunch one day while trying to eat healthy. Not too bad but it did take a while.

I can't wait to go back. The bbq pork skewers had a great sauce and were tender. The price was about the same as a drive through fast food joint, but much healthier and tasty. The rice was cooked perfectly and the pickled salad was refreshing. read more

Hungry for good BBQ meats? try this place. Good BBQ chicken and pork and beef and the pork belly is tasty too. Did not try the adobo, but if in the area again, I just might! Good Halo halo!! Portions a bit small if you ask me, and nobody has!!!! hahahah read more

I would actually go for 2 1/2 stars...The Lechon (special on Saturdays) tasted like it was premade. The "crispy" part of the pork belly was almost gooey. The meat itself tasted good, although better with some Kikkoman shoyu. The pancit was good, but heavy on the vegetables. The gem was the shanghai lumpias. For $2.00, you get 5 mini (half) lumpias, that are GREAT! They give you a sweet and sour sauce on the side, which I don't think goes well with it. Being a true Filipino, I like my lumpia with a vinegar sauce. If you ask the cashier, for a vinegar sauce, they have a white vinegar, with some onions in it. It was ok, better then then the sweet and sour...Overall, a descent find... read more

My husband and i went there for lunch .This place have a really great food . I order pork liempo,chicken bbq,macaroni salad and milkshake .,.the pork liempo is pretty good and also the macaroni salad ,the chicken bbq is okay . My husband like the pork liempo and the macaroni salad and also there beef bbq . And there milkshake is so delicious . read more

My gf n I have been here three times already bc the food is so good. It is just like homemade so try it out f

The owners are very friendly, and I love the food. If you aren't sure what to get, the BBQ chicken is a good start. You might consider the salmon steak as well. read more

When I need my Filipino food fix this is one of two places I go. Crispy pata is what I get and sisig.

Happen to be picking up some grocerys at my new favorite market and decided to take a walk around the mekong plaza to see what else they offer and found Wholly Grill, i love grilled food so i decided to give it a try.I didnt have much time or money to spend. wholly grill really meet my standard cheap great tasting and fast! grilled just right.Grilled long enough cook the meat yet leave it juicy droool . read more

its so yummy... we had liempo and lechon kawali and bbq... its was so good... taste so yummy... customer service they were nice and friendly... place- hhhmmm they located seems like a food court and u have to use paper plates and disposable spoon and fork... but clean... parking lot- since the location inside mekong plaza... spacious parking... price was affordable... read more

I've never written a review but this place prompted me to because the guy with the beard pissed me off. Our order was good was, nothing exceptional but the wait was so long for one order of bangus(fish) at 11am. (it wasn't that busy.) and when my dad turned to ask the guy where the food was the server was extremely rude. For being in a food court youd think the service would be faster and if it took a little longer they would at least apologize for the wait instead of say "you ordered this to go right? Its right here." in a super condescending tone. For that kind of service you might as well make the food at home. read more

As a Filipino in Phoenix it's hard to find Filipino restaurants in Phoenix especially Tagalog Filipino cooking. Most Filipinos in Phoenix are illocano or Visayan and there really isn't alot of Filipino restaurants to try so when my mom and I saw a banner outside of Mekong Plaza of a Filipino grill that just opened, I made sure that the next time I found myself at Mekong I'd stop and try it out. Anywho, Wholly Grill is owned by a Cebuana, and they specialize in grilling hence the name. There are usually two things I'll try out at a Filipino restaurant and that is their barbeque and the house special. In this case it was the pork barbeque and the Liempo (grilled pork belly). Chona the owner was pulling out all the stops to get people to try out her place hence the 4 stars coz she was giving out samples. The barbeque was not sweet which was good and not too saucy! I think that's what people are not big fans of and that's sugar sweet filipino food. The Liempo was not fatty nor salty and with the 2 scoops of rice and the macaroni salad (pinoy style with the raisins) along with two pork bbq sticks for around $10 it wasn't a bad deal. I just wish she had sago or Halo-Halo. But it's not bad, and if I need a Filipino fix I'll stop by at Wholly Grill! you should too! read more

Food is ok. Service not so good. The guy that helped us was not too friendly kind of had an attitude. They did not have a few items that we asked ordered. My brother swore he has eaten pepper steak at another Filipino restaurant while this guy insisted that no one sells pepper steak. Well tell you what Halo Halo has it... My neice had the pancit it was kind of overcooked and had way too much celery in it. That is something I will never order again if I happen to be on this side of town. I had the sinigang I really enjoyed that. 5.00 for a small bowl. Lumpia was veri tiny smaller than my pinky finger. This side was good if you just need to sample it. Lechon is not bad at all. This is the plate to get if you are craving some good eats. I wish they would serve more. So basically the prices are a bit high for the servings. Flavors are all there but just feels like there could be a little more to it. Maybe its the open seating in a food court atmosphere. Good luck with finding a clean table. I just dont think I would load up a bunch of family just to come and eat here. read more

Located in the food court at MeKong Plaza, this is a great place for authentic and very tasty Filipino food. We ordered the BBQ chicken plate and the bangus (fried whitefish) as well as the palabok that we ate within the food court. Absolutely fantastic! We live in Prescott Valley and there isn't a decent Asian restaurant within 50 miles. It was a real treat to eat Filipino food again and this restaurant won't disappoint! Atmosphere isn't that great, but the people who work there are terrific and the food is wonderful. We got the dinuguan to go and it was also terrific. read more

From the warm smile of Chona to the last bite of the best BBQ chicken, a very pleasant experience!

Totally disappointed! I asked for "patis" (fish sauce) and lady said she didn't have any?! She offered me soy sauce with vinegar instead!!!??? Anyway, the fried bangus wasn't all too good and my husband simply swallowed his way through the pork barbecue... WILL NEVER RECOMMEND THIS PLACE TO ANYONE ON THIS UNIVERSE!!!! read more

This place was great, I had the limpia plate with rice I will be back , I can't wait to go back and try more selections that there are .

Second time within two months of eating at Wholly Grill. Found it for the first time during the Filipino Festival at Mekong. Daughter spent a month in Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines this summer so she was craving some of her favorites. BBQ pork on a stick was excellent. Huge serving of rice and your choice of sides. We ordered the green papaya salad, but they were out, so we got the daikon/carrot salad. Also ordered lumpia...fresh and made to order. Got a turon which was sweet and yummy and also fresh and hot. They did not have lechon on a weekday, but had lechon kawale...was interesting, being deep fried, but not nearly as tasty as their regular lechon they have on the weekends. Halo halo was much better than the one we had at Jollibee's on Oahu, but admittedly not as good as the ones she had in Bacolod. Overall, great service, cooked to order food and tasty. Brought along a friend who never had Filipino food and she's now a fan. read more

Been here once with some friends and their food is okay. Being from San Francisco/Union City area it id hard to find any asian food in Az let alone Filipino food that will really blow your mind. They have a good menu and decent portions. Ordered the lechon last time and it was okay. It was too greasy and it made me not want to finish my plate. I believe my bf got the liempo but I could make better ones myself. The one thing that was really good was their melon drink. read more

Better sinigang compared to Nanay's. Liempo is to die for! They are nice as well ! Would recommend

I've just been here twice ordered palabok but I was very disappointed because the taste it's not even close as I was expected the sauce it's more like slimed and pink.. Since then never ate there again almost got sick afterwards. Few years after I came back to buy balikbayan boxes recently but unfortunately the young petite young lady who served me looks so bothered when I was purchasing the boxes from her also she provided "services with a snarl".. So I will never go back there again! I thought about this quiet sometimes before writing this review because I know it will negatively impact their business negatively but its been bothered me not to tell about their tormenting service experienced I've encountered that I've been silently quiet sometimes. read more

We met Chona who is the owner of the restaurant. The food brings back memories back to Angeles City where we have an abundance of grill joints that sell grilled pork bellies and chicken. Her special sauce makes her grilled food really tasty. read more

Giod food good price quick service authentic filipino. Will come back again. Highly recommended. so happy we found this place. Located inside mekong oriental supermarket read more

The woman behind the counter is friendly and always eager to see me. She let me sample their lechon (slight crunchiness to it). So far I've only ordered their pancit and lumpia and on the dessert side, their turon and halo halo. All have been cooked correctly and have the expected taste. Will return to curb Filipino food cravings. read more

We just got back from grocery shopping at Mekong plaza and discovered a new restaurant called Wholly Grill. The food is delicious. We had the bbq chicken and grilled garlic shrimp with sides of macaroni salad and grilled eggplant. The portions are generous and reasonably priced. Great homestyle cooking.! We'll definitely eat there again on our next shopping trip. read more

This place is fan-tastic! Their staff is really friendly and are always wanting to please. We have tried the bangus, pork belly and pork skewers, cassava cake, and papaya salad. It was all delicious. Filipino food has never looked and tasted so good. The presentation was appetizing and this place looked clean compared to some of the other filipino restaurants I've been to in the valley. This is the best. Depending on the day, it can be slow to get your food. Usually I don't like waiting for long, but it makes me so happy to see that they are busy. I wish they could open up a real restaurant and expand their menu. Everything I've tried from here is spot on. read more

Had the Lechon plate Sunday. It was the best pork I've ever eaten. I will return to try the entire menu and so should you.

Nice relaxing atmosphere, and friendly staff. Food was excellent and reasonably priced. We recommend it...

Worst Pancit Palabok I've ever had. Dry not enough sauce, only made of small shrimps, chicharon, a little bit of boiled eggs. No other meat added. I had to cooked palabok sauce to add since it is very dry. Not coming back at all. read more

so i saw all the reviews for the wholly grill and most were really good, so my son and i had to try it . im so glad we did, i got the pork belly and the lumpia shanghai because everyone said it was so good ... they were so right.. we also tried there yucka root cake sounds weird but it is worth trying.. and we also tried the ice cream and fried banana, everything was so great, oh and i forgot about the eggplant salad it doesnt look that good but it was delicous. im so full and i cant wait to go back. read more