Salo-Salo Grill — Restaurant in Artesia

How now, Inihaw? (Grilled in Tagalog)

You can tell if a place is good or not if there's lots of people dining there.

The family decided to pay a visit to Salo-Salo Grill, someplace I haven't been before even though I live very close. I used to visit the previous restaurant, Pinoy Express, before that closed down. It was with great wonderment that I entered this Pilipino eatery.

There was a wait, in which I had to write down my name & number in my party, but it didn't seem too long. I passed the time by talking to others waiting in line. It's funny, the characters you meet by chance.

Sure enough, we were seated & ready to go. Salted peanuts were at our table as an appetizer. Bonus points from me :) We started w/ the "Pick Your Platter", which for us was pork belly, beef skewers, fillet of sole & grilled eggplant. The pork belly was fatty goodness, the beef skewers were tender & juicy, the fillet of sole was fishy in the best possible sense & the eggplant was good topped with bagoong(fermented shrimp paste).

To accompany our platter, we had kare-kare. I'm partial to my mom's kare-kare, but this was good, too.

Lastly, my brother ordered adobo fried rice. I thought it was very reminiscent of bagoong fried rice, which I love. I only had a few bites though, because my brother wolfed down the rest.

Seating - there is ample seating but the crowds can be bad. I went on a Sunday during lunchtime & the place was packed. I did see a section of the restaurant on the left closed off w/ a reserved sign on the tables, so you may want to see if you can make reservations for your party in advance.

Food - Large portions, something that I definitely enjoy partaking of. Because of that, the prices are a little higher than the typical "turo-turo" restaurants, but it's worth it when dining out w/ family for a special occasion or just because.

Service - Service seemed good. Our drinks were refilled & our attendant didn't take long before taking our orders.

All in all, Salo-Salo Grill, I will be back to try more of your fried & grilled delights. A perfect combination, don't you think? :P

Highly...

Took my mom here for Mother's Day. If I'm taking my mom out, it's always going to be Filipino food. Around the corner would be Goldilocks Filipino Food, but I actually would rate the food higher at Salo-Salo Grill. You do not get the same fancy presentation as Goldilocks, but you can atleast be rest assured that the food will be pretty dang good. On a busy day as today, there was a 30 minute wait. Some comment that the food here is pricy, but when compared to Goldilocks, it's actually less expensive considering that this place is not fast food.

-=-Inihaw Na Baboy-=- This is pork that is rotated as it's cooked. I wasn't a big fan of this, and it also took forever forever to come out. The meat was a bit dry for my palate, but my mom said you are supposed to dip it in the vinegar...still dry. It was also cut in strips instead of cubes, which I feel adds to the dryness of this meat. Plus the serving size was also pretty weak. It was a tiny plate compared to other entrees and would be good for 0.75 people to share. You heard me. A three fourths serving size.

-=-Tapsilog-=- This is typically breakfast food, but this place serves it all day. Mutha freaking SCORE. It was also an awesome price like 7 or 8 bucks for a full combo plate. It's complete with Beef Tapa, Garlic Rice and Sunny Side Up Egg. While the Inihaw Na Baboy was pretty dry, the Beef Tapa was pretty delicious going down. I still did not refrain from dipping this in vinegar. The garlic rice was not profound, but not everyone wants a spurt of garlic rush with every bite like I do. So it was OK, I guess. Dang, I'm...

My best friend was craving for Filipino food so we came here to try this for the first time.

Outdoor patio dining is available as well as indoor. We decided to dine outside. All tables are spaced at least 6 feet apart, the Staff are wearing mask and face shield with a sanitizer station nearby.

Everything looked good on the menu, so we decided he order the Grill Seafood Platter and I get the BBQ Combination Platter.

Free soup of the day, Egg Noodle with a Pork broth. It was bland and disappointing, not a good way to start our dinner. And it went downhill from here. The Grilled Seafood Platter was a bust. Swai fish was bland and very dry, shrimp and mussels was overcooked, bland and dry. The only good thing on the BBQ Combination Platter was the Pork Ribs, it's tender, falling off the bone and flavorful. The rest was bland and dry. How can a Filipino restaurant mess up the lumpia and Garlic Fried Rice. Lumpia was no flavor and Garlic Fried Rice was mushy with no hint of garlic flavor at all. Even the warm Filipino service was missing.

Very disappointing experience here. We had very high hopes and we were looking forward to but unfortunately it...