Tropical Grille — Restaurant in Town of Clarkstown

Tropical Grille is one of only two Filipino spots in Rockland County that pulls double duty—part grocery store, part takeout counter. So if you're craving Filipino food or need to grab some 555 and filipino spaghetti sauce, your choices are pretty slim.

The convenience is great—you can get your sinigang fix and your soy sauce refill in one trip. But when it comes to the food itself? Let’s just say it’s decent… but not exactly the meal that makes you close your eyes and think of your lola’s cooking. It’s like they got 80% of the way there and then decided to take a coffee break.

That said, if you’re homesick for Filipino flavors and don’t feel like cooking, this place scratches the itch—just maybe not as satisfyingly as you’d hope. But hey, beggars (and hungry Filipinos in Rockland) can’t...

For Christmas one of our orders was Lumpiang Shanghai. As everybody knows this is one of our favorite finger foods so one of our guests tried one and said the meat inside was not really cooked and tasted funny. So I baked it to make sure it was done. But it tasted really bad. The ground meat that was used was bad, not fresh. Three of our guests got sick, one had diarrhea. I think they were rushing the orders and meat was left in the open for so long and it got bad and they still used and wrapped it. This place is okay for everyday dishes but not for big...

3.5 Turo-turo style - point to the food you choose. $8.75 for a combo with rice and 2 dishes or 2 servings of same dish; addtl $ for beef. Price for combos is good and the food was ok. Portion for takeout is less though. Halo-halo $8 was plain, small amt of sweet ingredients and sago balls were hard (bec cups are prepped and kept in fridge); no flan or ice cream (wasn't given an option). Pay after eating. Small grocery for filipino food/pantry needs. Pricier than Queens. 3 small tables inside and a couple outdoors. Restroom...