Filipino Fusion — Restaurant in Bellevue

We were very excited to hear about a new Filipino restaurant in the area. Growing up in a military family and from the Philippines, it's nice to get traditional Filipino food when you're not up to cooking.

We happened to be in the area and decided to give it a try. This was our first experience at Filipino Fusion. It has the feel of a street shop, with a few tables and the bar set up. It's clean and welcoming though and the gentleman at the counter was very friendly and answered any questions we had. I was hoping for a bigger selection of Filipino food, but was told that they are still creating the full menu and deciding what will be made available.

One of the biggest things I was excited about was the Lumpia. Growing up, we always had Lumpia ready to go whenever we wanted, but now don't always have time to make it.

We ordered, Lumpia, Pancit and Adobo. The price is reasonable, since I know the amount of time and effort it takes to make all the above.

The lumpia was crispy and well wrapped. Some of them were light on the filling, but still tasty, but most of them had a good portion of filling, as you can see in my attached picture. The order included dipping sauce which was nice. I prefer to use spicy banana ketchup, which is available, but I have some at home so didn't request any.

The Pancit had good flavors. The portion was definitely a good size and easily feeds 2-3 people. Well cooked and the noodles weren't completely shredded, which tends to happen with these noodles when over-handled. We do wish there were more vegetables in the Pancit like I'm used to. Ours seemed to have mostly carrots and chicken. There are more veggies in the dish, but just not as pronounced. We're just used to have other greens and chunkier chicken pieces. But again, overall the Pancit had good flavors.

The Chicken Adobo was also a decent portion. It was in a quart size container, we had our food to-go, with rice at the bottom and chicken on top. The flavor was good, but the chicken was a little dried out. I added some Kimchi when I got home and it tasted great together. I'm sure I'll order this again, as it was flavored well and chicken can be hard to get right all the time.

Overall we like the food and will definitely be back again. We're looking forward to seeing what other dishes they add...

I don't remember where I heard about this place but I convinced a friend to try it with me.

I had the chicken pancit combo. The lumpia was super fresh. I'd never had pancit before . I liked it well enough. I also had an order of the ube banana lumpia. It comes with a caramel dipping sauce, and it was super yummy. All of our food was served in take out boxes. They definitely have stronger takeout business than dine in.

The restaurant is attached to the coffee bar next to it. I'm not sure if this is 2 separate owners sharing a space or one owner with 2 different restaurants. The coffee side looked closed up for the night despite the hours listed saying it should be open, and I didn't see any menus for it anywhere. They had live music while we were there. The seating definitely had more of a coffee house feel than a restaurant.

The staff was really nice.

If the owner is open to suggestions I'd like to suggest descriptions for the dishes on the website or menu or even a slide show of what all the dishes are. Maybe even a heat index for dishes that are spicy. I really think it would help to get clearer hours for the 2 businesses as well. The live music was really cool, but the space is so small and echoy that you can't really have a conversation with anyone while it's happening because you can't get far enough away to...

It wasn't too busy when we stopped by on a Saturday evening. There was one other party when we came in, and a few more stopped by as the night progressed. The restaurant shares a dining area with the coffee shop next door, which also has food options, such as quesadillas. There was only food on the Filipino Fusion menu, which---suggested by the name---had American and Filipino items. Notably, the drink options that they had available were not listed on the menu. There were also mozzarella sticks listed on the menu that staff was apparently unaware of, but they searched their inventory to find them for us. All orders were taken at the front counter, and we waited about 20 minutes for our food to come out. They even gave us extra lumpia on the house! When I was unsure about something that I found in my kimchi fries, they remade them on the house.

Overall, I think this is a good hangout spot for a coffee chat and snack with friends, but be prepared to come out smelling like freshly fried love! Most of the menu was appetizers. I'd be inclined to come back for the coffee and fun drinks on...