Jollibee — Restaurant in Union City

My good friend from elementary school turned 50 and I wanted to take him out. I offered him all varieties of foods and restaurants including pho, wings, Italian, steak, BBQ... Dude wanted Jollibees. Not only that, there's a Jollibees closer to his home in Milpitas, but instead, he drives out here to north Fremont to come to this one. This particular one is located on the perimeter of a fairly sized shopping center attached to Union Landing and can be seen from the street right next to the Krispy Kreme. Our experience was very straightforward. Step up to the counter, order, wait for your number, Collect and eat. It was not crowded for 5:30 on a Friday and there were plenty of seats. He ordered 2x palabok, a peach pie, and a soda. I ordered the combination one piece chicken joy and two burger patties in gravy with a side. Fun fact, rice is a side and does not come with a meal. It also comes with an extra serving of gravy in a side cup. That extra gravy is needed, as it is the highlight of the meal. The Chicken Joy was very good, and is much like a Kentucky Fried Chicken but a completely different flavor. I was most impressed by the amount of meat that was on the drumstick itself, which felt generous for a piece of chicken. Flavor was pleasant. I do feel that the beef patties w/ mushroom in gravy, although two in a box, were on the small side, the combination of the chicken joy and the rice with the patties was more than adequate to fill my stomach. Mind you these are not just hamburger patties but feel a bit more tender like meatloaf. I can't comment on my friend's meal because I have not ever tasted their offering for palabok (my buddy days it is the same as pancit, but I have my doubts) but I know he enjoyed it and insisted that the lemon packets are a must on that dish. For the peach pie, the Jollibee peach pie is essentially what the old deep fried McDonald's apple pies used to be versus the pastry cake style that they currently offer. If you long for that crispy McDonald's apple pie, this peach pie is the closest thing you can get to it now outside of finding a McDonald's that still has the throwback apple pie. These items came out to $36 which I felt was high, but it is his 50th and food today is expensive all around. All in all, this is essentially a Filipino fast food experience, despite the fact that it was founded by a Chinese person in the Philippines. I do recommend you try it if you've not done so yet, because it is an interesting take on a non-American fast food chain that actually has a...

Food is okay and what really hurt the rating was the slow service. We got the aloha yumburger, spicy chicken sandwich, palabok fiesta and peach mango pie. The aloha yumburger was good and spicy chicken sandwich was really good. Buns in both were great. We don't have a frame of reference for the palabok fiesta and felt it was okay. The peach mango pie was unique and crispy on the outside with a tasty filling.

We came in to order instead of drive thru and that turned out to be a poor choice. We saw multiple parties who ordered after us inside get their food before us. We continued to see cars moving through the drive thru as we waited for our food. We checked in 15 minutes after we placed our order and the response was they were still working on the chicken sandwich. The rest of our order was on the counter for minutes already by that time. We checked in again after the 20 minute mark and were told it'll be another minute. We eventually got our food and didn't even get an apology for the wait. Our order was 136 and the order they called before ours was 148. We may have been very unlucky. We'll try drive...

This place is so consistently good like no joke. I love coming here because everything on the menu is delicious and hands down the best fast food option out there in my opinion.

I enjoyed a 2 piece spicy chicken with jolly spaghetti and a peach mango pie. My partner got a 1 piece regular chicken and pancit palabok. Both noodle dishes hit in different ways. Sweet or savory or both with a bit of lemon or mash up with a bite of chicken it all works.

The chicken is where it's at though. All was crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. Freshly hot or later as a snack it doesn't matter. Eating with the gravy is an absolute must.

The peach mango pie is so not overly sweet and the shell is perfectly crispy. Great way to end a meal to give you a contrast of flavors.

The service is so kind I feel like I'm talking to my own relatives. I love how they are so respectful and acknowledge you as ma'am or sir and aren't pushy when offering you other items. We are in and the restaurant is well kept and clean. You have got to eat here! Also don't sleep on the adobo rice with chicken and...