Reviews for Kuya’s Islander Cuisine in Gresham, OR
Very mixed feelings about this restaurant. After having grown up with excellent Filipino chefs, I'm extremely picky about... Filipino food and find it to be typically bland at restaurants. However, this restaurant makes surprisingly but wonderfullytasty food, especially the pancit bihon and the lechon kawali. Perfectly spiced and full of flavor. On the other hand, I wasdisappointed with the to-go service I received when I went there. Yes, they were busy, but it seemed like they were out of halfthe menu, which was quite unsatisfying and disappointing. Read more
This food is amazing.I left so full.Just couldn't put it down.Ordered pork adobo.My daughter had Kahlua pork and huli huli... chicken-Everything was perfect. Read more
Both these meals were served absolutely fresh, hot and ready to savor every Islands delightfull tastes of the South Pacific!... Friendly staff with excellent customer service. Plenty to eat and esthetically pleasing to the eye with a dish arrangementworthy of a 5 star high end black tie restaurant! Must eat here again. Thank You. Read more
Authentic food, I really enjoyed the halo halo. The mac salad was really good! Pretty much everything we ordered we enjoyed. It... just hit different, felt fresh and made to order. Nothing was cold or blah tasting. It was just an all around goodexperience. But seriously that halo halo was amazing. We will definitely be back. Read more
Called to order food for pick up, the lady on the phone said it’s gonna be 15mins. Arrived to an empty reception, need to ring... the bell several times but still no one’s coming out. I waited until a younger woman came out and told me my order was notprepared coz the woman who took my order didn’t inform them so I waited for another 20ish minutes. It’s frustrating coz theywasted my time. Food is fine, not so impressed by it. Pancit is bland and very pale, lumpia is soggy and the kawali ain’t verycrispy. I like their halo-halo and that’s about it that I enjoyed in their food. The place is clean and neat. Hopefully theywill improve their customer service. Read more
Went for dinner with my kids on a Friday night, it was slightly busy, it would be nice if Manang had FOH help.. Food wise, We... loved it, from the appetizer lumpia, main dish pancit and dinaguan... & end with banana turon ???? We found our number 1spot! love the atmosphere, it is very clean,neat, spacious & very family friendly.. it sure will be our main stop!! Read more
We got the sampler platter. The food was not the best we ever had but it was pretty good. The Lumpias were the best things ever.... Pretty fast service too. Read more
It was a long day and after driving 16 hours from San Jose to Portland, we were missing some good home cooked Filipino Food. And... Kuya's Islander Cuisine did not disappoint. Food was served hot and crispy and full of that home style cooking. Everything weordered was delicious and did not expect to finish. The lumpia was hot crispy and meaty that we were so tempted to order more.Krispy para was to die for. We ordered 2. And dealt with it appropriately. Laing reminded me of home. The fried fish was worththe wait. The pork liempo was full of porky goodness and crispy and paired well with my beer and the sauce. The special Amanie'favourite was awesome. Everything was completely demolished. Did we mention the place itself was inviting and beautiful? Made uswant to stay there forever! (Sorry, i was so focused on the food) Food portions were not lacking at all, in fact we wereconcerned it would be too much... Lucky we really were hungry and the food was so delicious that finishing it was not a problem.Thank you Kuya's! A must stop over for Filipino food when ever visiting Oregon, or Portland, drop by kuya 's Islander Cuisine inGresham, Oregon. Read more