Toppings Tree Restaurant

Filipino food that provides homey vibes and great service. No wait to be seated and quick turnaround of the food once ordered. Pictured: sizzling sisig. Very flavorful pork with great additions of onion and garlic bits that enhance the dish. Love the pieces of lime if you choose to squeeze some on and makes the dish pop even more. Doesn't come with rice but would highly recommend adding the garlic fried rice plate that you can share with others. Was surprised with the quantity of food provided given the price point and had some to take home. Hit the spot when I was craving Filipino food. 8/10 will come again!

This place is near the cafe that I frequent, so I thought I'd get a light snack to eat. I decided to order the calamari, which I believe took about forty or so minutes, before returning home. The ambiance of the restaurant was alright - there were a couple of people there, and it looked clean for the most part. After getting my food, I proceeded to get stuck in traffic multiple times which resulted in me returning home in a bad mood with the hopes that the calamari would somehow redeem it. Unfortunately, it didn't. Some of the pieces were alright, but many of them ended up being soggy. The portion was also a lot to get through, so I had to package some of it as leftovers.The experience could've been better, but I think considering the circumstances that I had the food, I'd probably have to try this place again later. Hopefully the other food items they have are better than the calamari.

* toppings speciality combo with daing na Bangus (milkfish, pictured left, lechon kawali (top left), and Java rice (pictured right) - the milkfish was one of the items that we liked the most out of what we ordered. It was a little sweeter than other fishes which was pleasant. It was the least oily compared to the other dishes we got. The lechon (pork belly) was huge and crispy. Even though we know it is a very fatty and oily, it stuffed us up real quick. The dipping sauces paired well with the fish and lechon. The Java rice was decent, it added flavor to the sides that we got. With more garlic it can be more fragrant and flavorful.*sizzling sisig - this dish was waaaaay too oily for our liking.Every scoop had oil residue dripping from the spoon. It made us feel very icky and made us lose some of our appetite. We got two spoons and squished the sisig to try and get the oil out. A lot of oil came out. Unfortunately we could not finish this dish. It tasted fine but after a couple of more bites we were over it.* Sinigang of the day (beef) - the sinigang was super sour.This was our first time tasting sinigang and did not expect it to be that sour. The closest we can compare it to is Asian sweet and sour soup, but it was even more sour than you can imagine. The meat itself was very tender and soft, but it was also too fatty. We could also not finish this dish due to its sourness and the fattiness.* halo-halo (not pictured) - probably the best thing out of this restaurant but not the best compared to other halo halo places we have tried. It was straight up sugar but that sugar helped counter all the fat, oils, and sodium we ingested. For $5 not bad but there are better places.Overall, this restaurant was not our favorite. It gave me stomach problems and even throwing up after eating at this restaurant. The staff were friendly, but this place is just not for us. Some may say, I still have stomach problems til this day. After eating at this restaurant, we both felt icky and nauseous.

Look, my fiancé and I don't have that many Filipino food options near us so when we were in the area getting boba and we see a Filipino restaurant that smells divine.. you bet your bottom dollar that I'm going to want to walk in and sit myself down. But I didn't. I politely waited till the waitress noticed me and then I chose a table. The menu is extensive and because I couldn't decide what to get, I opted for their combo meal and choose the pork belly and bangus fish and my fiancé got their longsilog. The food was good and it came out in a timely manner. It was enough fat for me to feel like my heart would stop in the middle of my meal and I had enough leftovers to make another meal the next day. Parking is all along the street and timed. The staff was friendly and this place is worth a visit if you're in the area.

This filipino restaurant is located at the corner of Jackson University Plaza in Santa Clara, with a bit of street parking nearby. Got the grilled longaniza rice plate (with fried egg), and bistek tagalog rice plate, large enough dishes for sharing and/or leftovers. Lots of menu items to choose from, but they don't do bbq skewers here anymore according to the staff. Friendly and efficient service. They seemed quite busy around 6pm on a Monday, but they did get orders out quickly. It was about a 15-minute wait for my order, not bad for hot freshly made food, longanisa sausages with great flavor and a nice char, the bistek a generous portion and made just the way I like it, tender beef slices, nice balance of seasoning not too lemony and not salty, but so good that I'm satisfied just eating saucy rice and sauteed onions. The restaurant has a spacious dining area with plenty of seating, but on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, they're only open for takeout orders. Regardless, based on my recent experience, I'd say they've improved over the past few years in all aspects.

workers are so nice and kind!! the food is so good too I love this place! I love the lumpia and the fishballs. The garlic rice is really good and fresh!

In planning my daughter's 18th birthday party, we knew we wanted to find good Filipino food catering to serve. We already had a location set for the event and since it was going to be in San Jose, we needed to choose a restaurant somewhat close to the venue. We ate at various Filipino restaurants to taste the food and choose which one we liked the best. My daughter chose Toppings Tree as her favorite of the ones we tried. Everyone working there is so nice. They gave us the menu with party tray options and we went ahead and ordered trays of steamed rice, java rice, lumpia Shanghai, pancit bihon, bbq chicken, lechon kawali, vegetable chop suey, and beef caldereta. The restaurant had all the food ready to go at the time requested but we were the ones running late for pick up. I received a phone call letting us know food was ready. My husband picked up all the trays and brought it to our venue. All the food was well prepared and packaged and covered in foil complete with accompanying sauces. We fed about 80 people and we received so many positive comments about how good the food was. Lucky for us we had a small amount of food leftover for the next day and it was still delicious when heated up! Thank you for the tasty food, Toppings Tree!!

Service was great here! Fast and friendly servers. But the food was just okay for me! The lumpia had green peas and corn in it (not sure if it was fresh or from a can) The palabok needed more flavor for me, the portion was good. I like the sisig bangus. The binagoongan was just okay too. The place was clean. To-go boxes were ready for customers to grab at any time.

Nice staff and good food thank you so much for letting me stay almost closing. Salamat !!!

Ordered the longanisa rice and egg. Food was amazing! Price was on the expensive side but I still thought the food was well worth it. Breakfast for dinner!