Island Cuisine Clemmons — Restaurant in Clemmons

Coming here was my first time trying Filipino food, and I have to say, it set the bar VERY high.

First off: the customer service. It was AMAZING. The second I walked in there by myself, the owner made sure that I felt welcome. After a small conversation, the rest of my party arrived and we ordered our food.

For an appetizer we got the meat lumpia, which comes in a set of 5. They were fresh, crunchy, and the sweet and sour sauce they came with were the perfect compliment.

The two people I was with ordered the Lechon Kawali and pork binagoongan, while I myself ordered the sisig. Having tried the other two, I can safely say that each meal was amazing in its own way. Most plates come with a side of rice or vegetables, and are very filling. The sisig had a perfect char on its meat and the sauce was out of this world. The portions were large enough for all of us to feel full when we were done eating.

For dessert, we decided to try the ube biko yama, a blend of rice, purple yam, custard, and coconut milk with brown sugar. This was hands down one of the best desserts that I have ever had. Not too sweet, but melt in your mouth delicious. I live an hour away, but I am heavily considering taking a trip in the future just for the food. It helps to know you’re supporting local, authentic...

It had been too long since I had Filipino cooking, so I was eager to give Island Cuisine a try. It didn’t disappoint though there is room for improvement in a few areas.

Island Cuisine boasts a fairly extensive menu, offering everything from apps to noodles (pancit) to rice bowls to various proteins to soups and more. You can do breakfast for dinner here, and there are several vegetarian options as well. For our first visit, my wife and I went with a meat lumpia, a pinakbet (Japanese eggplant, squash, green beans, and okra over rice), and a pork binagoongan (pork with pineapple in a coconut milk sauce). We didn’t have long to wait for our food, and the pricing here (our entrees were in the $10 to $12 range) left no complaints.

The food offered more hits than misses. The lumpia were quite thin but tasty and crispy. The vegetables in the pinakbet made for a vibrant medley, and the Japanese eggplant in particular shined. The pork dish featured a very satisfying sauce that reminded me a bit of a Panang curry. However, the accompanying sauteed zucchini was confusingly lukewarm. We'd also paid $3 extra to add fried pork belly to the pinakbet, and it proved very dry.

Overall, Island Cuisine offers a good change-of-pace, and I will keep it in mind the next time a Filipino...

As a Filipina who knows how to cook authentic Filipino food, this place did not meet the standard. I live in Charlotte and there aren't many authentic Filipino restaurant in the area, so when we were in Greensboro, we decided to try this place. We ordered fish sinigang, chicken tinola and chicken skewers. While the fish sinigang was good in flavor, it lacked the vegetables that should come with sinigang. The only vegetables they had in it was snowpeas. I have never used snowpeas in sinigang. The chicken tinola had no taste at all - it was just oil and boiled water basically. If you know tinola, it should have that ginger and chicken brothy taste which theirs lacked enormously. And the vegetables they had in it were snowpeas and cabbage. Tinola should have either chayote or green papaya and spinach or some kind of leafy greens. The chicken skewers were tough. They were not grilled and all they did was throw some sauce on it. For dessert, we ordered turon which lacked sweetness and was overcooked. Overall, not a good dining experience and I don't recommend this place if you want to try authentic...