Max's Restaurant - Seattle

Got here around 12pm on a Sunday and plenty of seats available. It's spacious and not cramped. Started to get more busy an hour later. Service is great and server is friendly. Got the lechon kawali sisig, kare-kare, and garlic rice. The portions seem a bit small for the price, but overall really tasty and hits the spot. Would definitely go back again when I crave them filipino food.

Was really excited to try this place as the menu pictures looked really good. However, I was disappointed in some respects with the reality. Staff was super friendly and the area was spacious and clean. The food came out all at once. So no separate courses. Overall, the food came out lukewarm. Bordering on cool. The Bulolo was tasty. Meat was tender and soup flavorful. It was the best dish but should have been hot. The lumpia was little bite size lumpia and was perfect temp. The fried chicken was juicy and also perfect temp. The pork Adobo was super disappointing. The meat was super tough. The flavor was there but the meat was so tough you could barely bite through it. Very disappointed. The price is pretty high for portion size too.

Max's is a huge establishment in the Philippines, so I ask my MIL visiting from the Philippines where she wants to go, I said we have a Max's and she lit up like we were going to a upper level restaurant. In fact I asked her if all the franchises that are here, Max's Jollibee, and Chowking who had the better chicken. She said Max's by far. So we arrive get seated and asked about the family set, which is sort of a pre fixe meal. 3 entrees, chicken, rice and soup. We also ordered a side of Calamari. Food arrives and it is just awful. The lechon kawali was cooked so long it was tougher than jerky. The chicken I believe was a quail or a pigeon not sure or it was the smallest chicken on the planet. The Kare Kare no flavor, the egg drop soup still had dehydrated peas that had not softened. And the pancit was mush. But worse was the calamari, it was so over seasoned that it couldn't be eaten. So needless to say when your tab is $148 not including tip and you are that disenchanted with the quality of the food it is an absolute disappointment. My favorite part of the food was my MIL said the food was terrible and suggested we try at a real Max's in the Philippines. I will add that the bathroom had not been clean, no towels, toilet paper on the ground and what ever was on the floor stuck to your feet so I was sticking to the floor as I walked back into the dining room. For context, the food has never been a hit for us. For the cost, I would expect more. You'll find there are a few other choices in the area for Pinoy food.Their statement or phrase is "Sarap to the bone". After my last few visits that is not evenly remotely close to what our experience was.

Really tasty Filipino food, fun ambiance as the night we were there, they had live music, such an awesome surprise! Of course all of the servers are sweet but also efficient. Family style ordering so perfect for large groups, you might have to double up on portions as dishes feed about 3-4 people. And yes...they have Halo Halo!

We came in at 7:15 tonight on a whim. I was really excited! I was drawn to three things before even seeing the menu-the cleanliness of their restaurant (SPOTLESS.), their tasteful modern chicken art (which I love) and their story (on the back of the menu. The restaurant's history is really cool!). We ordered the lumpia, Kare-Kare, and the Pancit Palabok. We were going to go with the veggie lumpia, but the waiter said that they only had pork. We went for it anyway. The pork lumpia was perfect-it was savory, chewy and tasty. It came with a red sauce (we think it was the banana paste, but it tasted a little different). It came with a pickled orange which we really enjoyed.The pancit palabok was wonderful as well. While I wasn't the biggest fan of the balance of the flavor of the sauce, I liked everything in it. The lemon juice really made this dish shine. I have never had a pancit before though-next time I am going to explore what sauces to pair it with, and what ones I like. The quality of the food was outstanding, even if this wasn't necessarily for me.The Kare-Kare was great. It was a little sweeter than I anticipated, but the flavors were solid. I would have had this with rice (which we didn't order). The service was great. We were walk-ins with less than an hour to close, and everyone was friendly and we felt welcome even if we were some of the only people there. I would come back! There are some things that I wanted to try that we didn't get to.

This was our first time eating Filipino food. We didn't really have a clue on what to order, it would have been cool to have pics or descriptions of the food. We basically just picked something off the menu not knowing what we were getting. The server asked if it was our first time and we said yes but he didn't offer any help or suggestions (for next time) until after we finished our meal. The food that came out was pretty good but we felt they were small portions for the price. The entree didn't come with any rice or sides which we thought was odd but again we have never had filipino food so maybe that is the norm? The restaurant was clean but very cold. The interior reminded me of a cafeteria. Bathroom was unclean and gross. Easy parking.

I keep trying this place hoping it's gonna get better but it doesn't, the food is bland. The veggies in the kare kare is always undercooked and the lechon kawali order that I got was straight up fat. The service is also kind of shoddy, but it's because they are too busy for the amount of workers that they have. Also had to hunt down a different waitress because we weren't able to get the attention of our original waitress for a while. The staff aren't able to keep up and that is not their fault. If you go on a slower day, you get better service.

Love all the food. Great service and lovely ambience. We tried laing, bangus daing, kare kare, and the famous crispy sarap to the bones fried chicken. Very delicious, makes me feel home. I highly recommends to those who loves delicious, reasonable, authentic Filipino cuisines.

slow asffff, pls get more crews yk that ur restaurant is a hype to all Filos. Crews are forgetting our request again and again, and service is slow.

Currently sitting in the restaurant. Probably some of the worst service I've received in a long time. The staff was friendly and food was good but the service is painfully slow and not efficient.We were seated before some parties and had to flag someone down to take our order. People who came after us got their food before us. As people are lined up at the door, some of the staff were seen just chatting amongst themselves. There seems to be no urgency whatsoever to get people served and out the door. Very frustrating, will not be returning.