Not sure why there are 2 separate listings in Yelp for this location. So do a search to read reviews on the other side. It has a totally different sentiment I assure you.
I'm glad that Filipino foods are on the "main stream" now. Las Vegas definitely is not the place for it, despite many small Filipino restaurants popping out around the Chinatown here. This Seafood City mall was crowded with Filipino and Asian customers, and it was far away from Chinatown.
This was my first ever. And I was not impressed. Well, I was not impressed by looking at the menu. It looked too cheap of a Chinese foods, with Filipino names attached. I didn't bother to pay $$ to find out. Was that my lost? So I was not gonna say much about that.
I did order the noodle trays, Bihon Guisado and Palabok, to go. A gamble. After all, this is Las Vegas. I thought I could get a good bargain.
Before I said more, I'd like to make a remark about the party trays. There were only 5 items available for $9.99 in this store. Other chains have more selections, with higher prices. And there were plenty heart attack choices... cheers to "invincible" obese Americans with no health insurance.
OK. Back to the store. It posted that the party trays could feed up to 6. That's a bargain for $9.99, right!? When I placed the orders, the clerk warned me that it might only feed up to 5. OK! $9.99 for 5. Still not bad.
But I had my doubt when I saw the containers.
What's next? Oh, I had to eat it first. The noodles and sauces were laid out nicely. The bihon guisado (with clear noodles, unless I've got something mixed up here) was very salty. Flavor was plain and boring. It's definitely an American dish. It tasted better when I added some boiled vegetables to dilute the salt and gave it a firm and crunchy texture.
The palabok was consisted of soft white rice noodles as the base. The sauce soaked and melted them so easily that I was kind of drinking and slurping the noodles down. I could not really taste the foods after everything blended so awfully together.
Before I finish, I'd like to point out that each food tray could easily fit into a take out Asian Styrofoam soup container. I could chow it down easily, especially the Palabok, in one meal. And I don't eat a lot. Hehehehe... (For reference, I could not finish a regular Lo Mein or Singaporean Fried Rice in one meal, and they are $7.99 or less usually, and they taste like foods)
So diners, it's American foods to me for these 2 Filipino dishes. Consider this is fast food in America, you may enjoy a heart attack. Is this a bargain? NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
But I do hope that the quality and selection of Filipino fast foods in general will improve with time.