Kuya J Restaurant SM City Lipa — Restaurant in Lipa

If you're looking for comfort food with a strong Filipino soul, Kuya J Restaurant delivers a dining experience that feels like a warm embrace from home. 🥰

Let’s talk about the Halo-Halo first — this isn’t just your usual summer treat. It’s a masterpiece of textures and flavors, with finely shaved ice that melts like snow, a generous helping of sweetened bananas, ube, leche flan, and more. Each spoonful is creamy, rich, and refreshing — perfect for beating the heat or just treating yourself.

Now, the Filipino-style Fried Chicken? Crispy sa labas, juicy sa loob! Golden-brown and seasoned to perfection, this dish brings a nostalgic taste of home-cooked goodness. The skin is crackly and addictive, and the meat is tender and flavorful — no gravy needed, but it’s even better with it!

Their Dinakdakan is another show-stealer. Smoky, creamy, and perfectly balanced with just the right amount of calamansi zing. It's the kind of pulutan dish that makes you want to order rice after one bite — and then another serving right after!

Lastly, the Pucherong Bulalong Tagalog is a true comfort bowl. Imagine the bold, beefy flavor of bulalo, but with the added richness and depth of a tomato-based sabaw. It’s a beautiful fusion of two classics — hearty, soul-warming, and generously loaded with vegetables and tender beef.

Every dish felt like a story — one that brings together tradition, family, and flavor. Kudos to Kuya J for keeping Filipino cuisine proudly on...

We had to wait in line since we are 7th on the list of those who had reservations. There are not a lot of people inside though, and we were wondering why the list was long.

When it was our turn, we still waited to be seated. They have a QR Code that you can scan for the menu. Innovative, but not really something that would attract customers.

The waiters seemed not to be happy working. It's December 26 and declared a special non-working holiday. That may be the reason why there is no enthusiasm in the ambiance.

I requested for glasses so we can drink our iced tea. I was very disappointed to see that their glass was still wet. They didn't even bother drying it up.

Waiting time for the food to be served was 30-45 minutes. After the wait, we were served with good-tasting dishes. What bothered us was why it took them so long to serve the food, yet when it arrived, it was obvious that it was not freshly cooked. The sisig was not even sizzling. You would expect that the reason it takes them some time to serve our food was because they were still cooking it. Yet the food looks as if it were heated only.

Overall, it was not a great experience. It was chilly outside SM Lipa, yet a bit warm inside Kuya J, to the point that i was sweating. Definitely would not...

Very rude the guy server,we are group of 5 and we are waiting for about 1 hour for our meal..the tables next to us and beside of us was serve earlier,when i follow up our order ..it takes 3 more follow up and then the one guy apologize because theres a wrong happening about the order,so its fine but the worst is when the order came at very late our order is not d one meant to be,i ask then the server says and insisted that the one they served was my order,then i say hello Iam the one who order ofcourse i know what meal will suit for us..And then he said that the group meal i chose is not available anymore,i says if its not availble why you didnt put any sign that its not availble..he said thats not avilble since yesterday and very rude reply...they doesnt know how to handle the costumer we are waiting for more than one hour and the way the staff respond is very disappointing..they should know whats on their menu and they should attentive to costumers orders.. Kuya Js lipa the giy who serve us doesnt have nameplate it should have ID or nameplate while they...