Gerry's Grill

My friends and I came here around 6:30-7pm on a Saturday and there were plenty of tables open. After we were seated and ordered, it started getting busy with a line in the lobby. When we were seated, a band was starting to set up and do sound checks. We were rather close so it was a bit loud but so nice having live music. We got the sinigang soup, tuna kilaw, chicharon bulaklak, pork sisig, pancit palabok and 4 orders of garlic rice. The chicharon bulaklak was a great app, fatty and savory to hold us until the rest of the dishes. The soup is delicious, a good balance of sour and sweet! I would say it's a must try if you like sweet and sour soups. The tuna kilaw is marinated in a vinegar sauce with pork belly on top, it was a tad sour for me but I do like the flavors! Tuna does really well usually but the richness of pork belly was balanced out with the vinegar.I think I was surprised by the fine noodles of the palabok, it wasn't my favorite but I have loved other palaboks. My friends were dreaming about it afterwards, so it must've been goSisig is also a must try, I think at any Filipino restaurant. Finely chopped pork, it mixes so well with garlic rice and some spoonful of sinigang. I think the garlic rice is the best to pair with every entree. For dessert I got the buko pandan, this was definitely larger than expected and more icy but that's on me! It was sooo yummy and I took 3/4 of it to go, so it can melt and mix together.The timing of dishes was a bit slow, as the chicaron came first then we waited another 30 minutes for the rest of the dishes. It was a bit hard to flag our server too, we waited maybe 10-15 minutes before being given water and maybe another 15 minutes after the meal for the check. However our waitress was super friendly when we did get her to our table.

August 3rd, a girlfriend of mine, invited me to hang out with her at this restaurant called Gerry's Grill, while giving support to her high school friend playing band.We decided to go to the bar area next to the stage so that way, we didn't have to wait for table.We sat at the bar for about 20 minutes already, nobody had greeted us, or even gave us a menu to look at. A girl name Gericka was a bartender, who is also extremely unprofessional and awful customer service.We finally was able to order our beverage after 30 minutes sitting in bar plus another 20 minutes serving 1 drink because Gericka was not able to make the mojito drinks due to NO ALCOHOL. As she stated, her supervisor checking the alcohol for her. after another 20 minutes of waiting for my mojito she then came back to our counter and said to me " do you want to change your order"? because I think we don't have the alcohol for your mojito.What the F***k is that!!!!! I said to her NO!!!!! I have been patiently waited over an hour for 1 mojito and couldn't even make it...It was absolutely FRUSTRATING NIGHT FOR ME... On the top of that the place was soooooo freaking HOT, so I was excited for my Mojito drinks and turned out to be just a big disappointment. The way she provide the service absolutely UNCOMFORTABLE, She RAISED HER VOICE TOWARDS ME, when I said No! for making me change my order and for once, never heard her APOLOGIZING about her POOR service, instead she defended herself Stated " it's NOT my FAULT" we don't have the alcohol for the mojito.I looked at her and absolutely SHOCKED of the way she behaved and responded to me. Another SHOCKING AND ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR of this girl, was my friend saw her talking to other people in thier table and she was pointing at us at the bar and they were LAUGHING.Now I said wow! there's another NO ETIQUETTE personality works in a restaurant. soooo SAD!!!! Another thing we ordered CALAMARES, we were not NOTIFIED RIGHT AWAY that they're out of Calamares, 2nd item we ordered and another over an hour of waiting. AHAHAHAHA WHAT A NIGHTMARE going to that place that night. The other server Che was very Apologetic about Gericka's behavior, she then informed the manager that I would like to speak with him. It was an unforgettable night for me.This business supposed to make more friends to people or customers for that matter to gain more business, now we'll see if this place will even last for another year or two. I will report this place to BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU especially if the owner did not Terminate that Girl. This girl if she wants to be successful with her job, she better go to customer service training and change her awful attitude towards customers. PS this girl Gericka doesn't even know how to make mix drinks, another thing of disappointment is, they don't have a blender. My friend wanted a frozen margarita... WOW!!! just WOW!!!I will never set foot to this place ever again as well as my other friends.I lived in San Diego almost 30 years now and most of my friends are born and raised here, I never encounter such and awful situation like this before.My friend and I are absolutely UNSATISFIED CUSTOMER that night!

Service..service...service. Non existent. First experience: 5 StarsAstrid gave us all of her attention to our table and shes not even a server! Music is amazing and band. Great experience and night overall. Patrick Quiroz even came and sang for us. He is a Filipino celebrity.Second time: 2 StarsNo one came to visit our table to check up on our 8 people table. Not even for drinks. It took a person in my table to complain about not paying attention at all, not even a hello or water refills. The excuse was that they were busy.This is true but it is not hard to go to tables and ask how they are doing. Our table is literally right where the food comes out. How can you miss us? We were given a coupon but guess what? We have to spend $90 in order for us to get a drink lol. Wow!? Here are my ratings:Customer service - 0 (Reason why I typed this review)Food - 3 (Pre boiled pork belly and tossed in the soup. You can tell that pork is not cooked in the sinegang.)Live Band/Music - 3 (Guitarist not in sync with the singer.)Price - 3 (Pricey. You are paying for experience and convenience. Entrees wont come with rice. Your money is better well spent at T***s Kitc*** for $15 and can be shared with 2 others. Ultimately, servers need to go back to the drawing board and learn how to have a good customer service attitude and performance. I feel that it's also bad management that day. I have been here twice now and this time, it was not a good experience celebrating a promotion.

Nice place. Cafe/diner type vibe.I did not get much helpfulness from the service staff and was a bit disappointed.Food was not like homemade.. very commercial. I was referred to this place and was told it is the best in the area here. Unfortunately, I would not agree.My lumpia was a bit greasy and some food was lacking in flavor. I will probably not be returning. This location needs help.

A step above my siblings' cooking. LolzOur party of 7 checked in with 3 people whilst the other 4 were parking. The ipad waitlist said the whole party had to be there. There were 3 parties waiting to be seated along with us. Luckily, the group we were waiting for got there as soon as the lady said our table was ready. They are definitely understaffed. This was evident by the wait despite the abundance of empty tables. There was also quite a bit of a wait for certain items. This was no bueno for us as we were all starving. We shared the following:LumpiaLiempoSisig PinakbetSinigangSpaghetti & fried chickenFlanThe last two were for my nephews. I dove in haaaaaard. We finished everything except for the veggies and sisig which I ended up taking home. It tasted much better the next day. A huge plus is that they gave us a ton of rice. The service could be better. The wait in between dishes got kinda awkward. You really had to go out of your way to flag someone. All in all, is it better than anything I'll ever make? Duh

I came here for a girls brunch. It's located in the mall, but on the outside, and there was plenty of parking since I got there before the all opened up. The service was fine, and the staff was accommodating. We were a table of four in an empty restaurant and they sat a family of six directly next to us. We all looked at each other and I think we all thought it was amusing to be so close to each other in such a big open space. Their party asked to be moved. We ordered a few things. I wanted to like the food so I could have a Filipino food place to go to, but I found it to be too salty, especially the bulalo. I haven't had chicharon bulaklak in YEARS, so I did enjoy that. The rest of it was nothing remarkable. It's a nice atmosphere for a family gathering where you can share food and have a nice time.

We came in on a Friday night and they had a live band performing which was a nice plus. It seems they have regularly scheduled live music. We were promptly seated and had a good view of the band...We ordered calamari, sinigang, adobo rice, sisig, bicol express and chicken inasal.... I enjoyed the sisig, inasal, and bicol though their version is sweeter and more coconutty than I prefer, I like it spicier.... All of the food was good, although I'm not a fan of sour soups so I passed on the sinigang...When it comes to Filipino food in the US, this place (a chain) is usually good and tastes consistent... I would say it's sort of like the Outback Steakhouse of the Filipino foods in the US. Outback haters may disagree but I think it's an accurate description if you're more familiar with American food more than Filipino cuisine.

Chicken adobo Lumpia Halo halo Buko pandan Kare kare LechonSpacious Clean bathrooms Accommodate large partiesConveniently located inside plaza Bonita Great place! Highly recommend!

It's located in Plaza Bonita Mall next to Target towards the outside facing the parking lot.Plenty of seating if you wanted to have a large party. Service was quick and food was excellent. Usually Filipino cuisine can be too salty for me but not here. They did run out of a few things like the beer selections. We will for sure come back for other dishes.We ordered:-pork sinigang-chopsuey -pancit palabok -beef kare kare-pork sisig My favorites were beef kare kare and pork sisig. The sisig had the perfect crisp. Pancit palabok was lacking calamansi so we asked for lemons. Great portion size to share amongst 4 of us and with left overs on the pancit and soup. Rice was sold separately by individual bowls.

I've been here twice now. The first time was with a couple of friends. We shared some garlic adobo shreds, calamares, green mango salad, pancit bihon, adodong spinach, chicken pork adobo, bbq pork skewers, and lechon kawali!Since they just opened during that time (back in May) it wasn't very busy so service was also attentive. The garlic adobo shreds were interesting and very flavorful. The green mango salad needed to be mixed and different from what I imagined, but pretty tasty. I enjoyed everything else we got. The lechon was perfectly cooked and had a nice, crispy exterior. We also got a halo halo to share for dessert!A couple of weeks later, I came back with hubby and my two other friends. Whenever you have Filipino food, you feast! I wanted to try different items, but also got some favorites. This time, we shared the calamares, spicy tuna sashimi, chicharon bulaklak, pork bbq, lechon kawali, chicken pork adobo, bistek pinoy, pork sisig with egg, and crispy pata. It was extremely busy this time around, but service was still good. Since it was a weekend, they had live music and a few patrons singing karaoke as well. It was much more livelier, but also hard to hear each other talk since we were seated close to the music. The food was really great again. For dessert, we tried the buko pandan,banana lumpia, and halo halo. They have beer, calamansi juice as well. Don't forget that you can get garlic rice! It complimented all our dishes. I highly recommend Gerry's for yummy Filipino food!