Linda's Cafe — Restaurant in Lubbock

I ate here 6 years ago, when the'r store was still small. I came back again yesterday to eat & I enjoyed it. Their store is bigger now. The food reminds me of how my nana cooks it, I liked it because I've been in other filipino restaurants but they've already converted it the be more americanized taste but linda's food is original to The filipino food. It iis more bland and needs condiments (bagoong, toyo and patis to taste). I liked it like that. There are some things that needs to be improved. Their portion size is too small for how much they are asking for. For example ,$15 for a piece of meat w/ a tiny veggie and sauce for a karekare is expensive I liked it tho so I had to order another one for takeout. But having a very small portion size is not going to work in the american serving. It's more expensive than Max.The rice is cheap, And needs to improve. My hubby liked the bbq but told me how tiny it was, and the friedrice he did not liked as it was more bland. But he enjoyed the halo2x and we even get another dessert for take out to which we both enjoyed too.

The ambient of the restaurant is simple, But i did not like the wobly broken seats. The planters needs to go too as they don't look good. Other than that the place is clean.

The 2 ladies we're...

Staff was rude, not a greet nor nod to meet the eye contact. I was waiting for someone to take my order & waited about 5 minutes on an empty restaurant.

Kitchen was messy, everything was everywhere & it doesn’t seem to have been cleaned or organized in a while.

Food was okay, loads of seasoning to compromise for the missing traditional ingredients. I have personal likings, other than that it was edible & good.

I’m native born in Philippines, and moved here from California. The restaurant there is different from this, it definitely did not feel as if I’m home or welcomed. It felt as though it’s just a typical American restaurant compared to it making me feel as if I’m home, sure it gave off the theme and appearance of a typical Filipino restaurant that you would find anywhere, but the feel & taste is just not even on par with other restaurants I’ve experienced. Other than that, I thank you for letting me dine. I think there’s room for improvement. Other than what mentioned- food was good, staff was decent &...

We ordered take out from here around 4:00 on 9/7. The place was empty when we arrived, and after a few minutes of reviewing the menu, we chose the Mandarin Beef and Pepper steak combo plate and the chicken fried rice and a couple of egg rolls. About 20 minutes later, our order was ready, and we took it home. To my disappointment, the same tough beef was used in both the pepper steak and the mandarin beef. And only a few pieces between the two. The portion of each was very small. The fried rice portion was huge, but it had little to no flavor, and the egg rolls were soggy and full of oil. Sadly, we did not enjoy our...