iSnak Cafe

I took a Nepalese friend to lunch here last Saturday. She wanted fish. I called ahead to order the Milkfish combo meal. She was very impressed with the meal and said that the fish was so good. That was her first time to have milkfish. I loved the meal too! Good job Isnak cafe!

Wife and I go here a few times. We love the Halo-halo. Service is very friendly oriented like a small cafe that feels welcoming and vibrant. Food was fair but I am always happy to see more Filipino places to eat out in the cit of Houston. I recommend the Halo-Halo.

The food service and ambiance of this quaint and quite lil cafe is on point. You're going to receive great personal services and you'll get exactly what YOU want. We went there especially for the halo halo which there areseveral different concoctions. You must try the Mangolicious! We ordered a few tapa bite plates and loved everything. Forgot to take pictures but just want to put it out here.....stop buy. You won't be disappointed.

This is a great Filipino returner that has both food and snacks! When I first walked into the store, I was greeted with witty wall designs that are hilarious. The owners are also very sweet and kind and don't hesitate to help. I had their halo halo which is a refreshing sweet drink that contains taro and other delicacies such as jellies. Their palabok and their fries siomai is really good too.

Ordered a catering order for Thanksgiving potluck. The lumpia was Ok, but there wasn't enough meat inside of it. The BBQ Chicken on a stick didn't have enough flavor and sort of came out overcooked. I personally wouldn't order here again.

Being a Filipina, I'm so glad that we have a great spot here to pick up some Filipino snacks and specialty drinks, especially during this summer heat! Their Siopao Asado (steamed buns w/shredded chicken and a sweet garlic/soy sauce on the side) is so good, and if you'd like to try it on the go or in their cafe, they can warm it up for you while you take the rest of the pack home, since they sell by the pack. The Beef Lumpia Shanghai (Filipino egg rolls) are also tasty! The drink menu is extensive and colorful, and they of course have Halo-Halo here, a Filipino dessert staple! I haven't tried their Halo-Halo yet, but their UBAE Bee Milk Tea is a nice sweet treat. I love that they use actual Ube Halaya in it and not a powder base. The customer service was also so kind and efficient! Their cafe is also really clean and quaint. Overall, I'm so glad that iSnak is representing well and that I don't have to travel to Cali just to get some decent Filipino snacks (aside from my family's home cooking of course), but truly I know where I'll be to satisfy my Ube cravings on the go. I'll be back to try more, and especially since they cater some party trays too!

iSnak cafe is... not great. I like to think I'm half a Filipino at this point, so lemme try jotting some thoughts on this little Pinoy joint just so I can get into the mood to write food reviews again.- So the first thing that I wanted to try was the "Fried Siomai with Java Rice" which my Pinoy friend drooled over after she saw it in the menu. So I thought it must be good. Well I couldn't tell since the "java rice" was just sloppily steamed rice thrown in turmeric powder with a slice of lemon and some of the cheapest chili oil they could steal from the nearest Chinese takeout bundled in. The fried siomai tasted less of pork and more of raw flour, and I wish I was trying to be funny. When I sent the picture to my friend it destroyed both of our dreams, so that is a pass for me.- The next thing I got was another yellow rice thing that I wish was different from the "java rice" but really was not: The beef BBQ sticks. They somehow managed to make Texas beef BBQ taste like braised pork! Much wow! Instead of some chili oil you get some radish in vinegar this time, which was heart-sinkingly reminiscent of the stuff they gave at CrabBoil Express in Aurora near the Chicago suburbs, which my friend agreed was the greatest insult to Pinoy cuisine ever.- The third main dish I got was the pancit palabok. Now I had high hopes for this one, since the palabok was my favorite thing from Jollibee and Jollibee is so above any other fast-food chain in taste it's pretty ridiculous. I also have good memories of palabok from my guy Miguel at the Manila Bistro - a place as ghetto as you could get - so I know what good palabok tastes like: You either have sweet, soft, easy to digest and scrumptiously eggy like Jollibee, or you have decadent pieces of seafood on a wedding-worthy base. This iSnak palabok had neither of those. What it did have though, is deep fried shrimp, which is normally one of my favorite dishes, until the deep fried shrimp broke down the moment it hit the spoon like what little optimism I had left in life.- The arroz caldo was... actually pretty good. It has a lot of warmth with just the right amount of ginger and chicken, and it helped with my achoos a little bit so I have no complaints with it. It's one of the few good dishes in here and is the reason why this place got a D in my list instead of E or F.- My appetizer of choice this time was the "homemade" fish cakes. I don't know why this home decided to use tteok instead of fish for their filling, but c'est la vie I suppose. (If you don't know what tteok is, imagine rice but textured as jello.)- And my dessert was the Ubelicious "drink", which... was actually quite delicious wow why do I not have any complaints about this. My only possible qualm is that it's a little too sweet for my taste, but then again y'all get birthday cakes from Walmart. Other than that, it was a very refreshing, cold, creamy, exotic dessert.All in all, iSnak is like a minefield with the occasional gem. Most dishes are frankly quite bad, but they do have good, authentic Filipino dishes in the menu somewhere, if you are lucky enough to spot it. Would recommend for anyone who just won a casino streak.

Fast service and great food! It was our first time here and will definitely come back!

Went here a couple weeks ago with some friends. Inside looks like a small family mom shop style. You get in line order your food and take a seat, I was expecting for them to call out our order names/numbers, but they brought it right to us! Very nice. Some of the food is good, some were okay.I got Pancit Bihon (rice noodle dish) needs siracha 7/10, Arroz Caldo (egg drop soup) 7/10, Beef Tapa (flavored beef) & yellow rice w/ fried egg 8.7/10, and Buko Loco (coconut drink) 10/10.It was okay. It's a nice take home dinner or snack if it's on the way!

First time here. Yummy halo halo. Little too sweet and little too much ice. I just got the regular mango halo halo without any changes. Prices have gone up since the last menu photos posted.