Reviews for Chef Reina in Brisbane, CA
Yummy vegan Filipino food. Heard about this place from the Omnifoods website (as one serving food made with their plant based... ham and spam). It did but disappoint. Loved the "beef" bulgogi tacos and combo plate of garlic rice and "beef" strips. Thesvam musubi was ok. Read more
Preface- this review might be partial since I?m not vegan. I?m Filipino. I?ve eaten plenty of vegan food before. I didn?t like... this establishment?s food in the slightest, albeit I am at least glad I finally tried it. When I called to place a takeoutorder, I let them know that their online takeout system was out-of-order, and the guy on the phone just said there?s nothing hecan do about that. Also, their web-ordering system has items on it that aren?t actually valid in the restaurant, so it shouldeither be updated or taken down completely to avoid the confusion that I had to deal with when I was placing my order. Thetocino had some tocino flavor, and generally looked like tocino, but had an unsavory, rubbery texture. The lechon kawali lookedlike actual lechon kawali, but the ?fat? simulated part had this sort of chewy-but-hard texture? I couldn?t quite put my fingeron it. The taste of the not ?fat? part wasn?t bad. The ?chik?n? adobo ? I don?t even know what to say. Adobo sauce is verysimple and totally seems like it would be easy to make vegan, but the sauce was akin to a thanksgiving gravy. Sinigang soup?I?m glad wasn?t terrible but lacked sourness/tartness. I?m glad that it was vegetable laden and not just soup. $79 for 4 itemsof subpar taste was an entire waste of money and time spent picking it up. I will not suggest this place, even to my veganfriends. Read more
I'm so impressed with this creative restaurant that has made a seemingly impossible meat forward menu completely vegan!... Everything tasted great. Looking forward to frequenting this place Read more
I was craving vegan and filipino food. Usually this doesn't mix, but Chef Reina made it happen! The food was amazing! I'd say... this is the best vegan filipino food I've had (and I've traveled around! You don't see a lot of vegan filipino food!). We gotthe Kare Kare and Vegan Tocino. Both were tasty! What surprised us was their vegan egg. This is our first time eating a veganegg. It looks like an egg, but still has a different texture -- still really good! There's only 1 table outside, but there area lot of parking spaces around. This resturant is really good for takeout. Staff here are friendly and very accommodating! Fromwhat I've seen, they wear masks to keep us safe. I recommend coming here! Read more
Ordered their beef stew equivalent (I don't remember the formal name). Staff was really friendly and warm. I asked to get their... most popular dish and this is what they chose. The price felt high initially but the portion size was bigger than I expectedand the flavor was definitely chef kiss good. Pro tip make sure to check in on Yelp your first time since they have a promo for15% off. I'd really like to work my way through the menu and I plan on doing just that! Read more
Fantastic take out restaurant. What an honor to have it here in the wee little town of Brisbane. Called in for take out and... got a few excellent vegan dishes. The menu on the door is not very helpful unless maybe you know your Filipino dishes. Nodescription of what you are actually getting. We got the vegetable Lumpia which came with a little white cream sauce. Alsogot the Tocino which looked like red peppers but were not and the the Laing which was a tasty sauce like dish. Had garlic ricebut next time will get plain white rice. The dishes are so tasty that you don?t need additional flavor on the rice. Everythingwas really good. It?s pretty pricey especially compared to the adjacent Brisbane restaurants like Melissa?s Mexican, Mama MiaPizza, or Nana and Lucky House Chinese Restaurants. But it is quite good. Read more
Super cute restaurant to grab vegan Filipino food from! Chef Reina of Nick's on Grand now has her own spot in Brisbane, CA! My... favorite dish is the Tocilog, which is a Filipino breakfast item dish with a sweet vegan BBQ meat, vegan fried egg and garlicrice. Also love the Fried Chick'n sandwich with fries. Yummy!! You can also get care packages to cook the vegan meats at home.It's next to a really nice park and there is plenty of free parking on the street. They accept cash and cards. Vegan food on thepeninsula is rare, please support! Read more
The tosilog was delicious and the fried egg (vegan) was a total and wonderful surprise not only in flavor. I will definitely go... back to repeat this plate and try more on their menu. Read more