Papaya Grill - San Ramon

I've eaten here literally 100s of times over the last 10+ years. I use them to cater my family parties. Very good food!! I highly recommend!!

Was looking for a close by Filipino breakfast place and this place popped up. It's tough rating Filipino food because nothing compares to my mom cooking : I tried the Torta Talong eggplant/scrambled eggs, it came with banana ketchup on the side. And also, Bansilog boneless bangus fish, garlic rice, 2 eggs with vinegar on n the side. Though the food tasted a little bland, it still satisfied my cravings. I would rate this place 3.5 stars.

Recently moved to San Ramon and have been meaning to try the only Filipino restaurant in town, but was skeptical because of the reviews. So glad I decided on giving them a try. ordered lumpia, BBQ silog with garlic rice, and bangus sisig. my bf can be the biggest critic with sisig since it is his favorite and he devoured it!! 5 stars on the food I have ordered! the only downside is having a limited menu, but it's not your typical full restaurant. more like a little ma and pop shop. I asked if they ever had sinigang and they said it depends on the day/week. The woman up front was kind enough to take my name and number and her and the cook said they would call me when they make sinigang and I thought that was so kind!! I never received a call throughout the week so I decided on calling myself and turns out there was sinigang.. I was a bit upset that I didnt receive a call since I've been waiting and when I brought it up, it felt shoved to the side..I ended up ordering it and picking it up the following day and it tasted sooo good just like how my mom makes it. WORTH THE WAIT!

My wife and I visited on a Saturday at around 1:30 pm. We rode our bikes off of the Iron Horse trail from Dublin Bart station and then went east on Bollinger to the Trader Joes parking area. It was an easy 30 minute and 6-mile ride from Dublin to San Ramon. I'm going to improve my stars from a 1 (back in 2012) to a 4. There were only 2 women working this day. They were both very busy. The lady in the front takes your orders, answer phones, prepares your dish and delivers to your table. She politely acknowledged me at the cash register when I placed my order. She was patient and sweet. The other person was in the back, and she was doing all the cooking. We were there for about 1.25 hours, and she was constantly working. I give these two women 5 stars for how hard they worked. We dined in. There are about 4 tables with 4 chairs each and a counter bar at the front window with 3 chairs. Not a huge place but completely adequate. The bathroom was clean and well stocked. My wife ordered Tocilog. Very good flavor and perfectly cooked. Her eggs were over easy as requested and my wife just needed to add a little salt. I ordered BBQsilog-chicken BBQ sticks. The garlic fried rice was much better than it was in my previous review in 2012. 2 eggs were cooked well with the yolk half-way cooked. Blended well with the warm rice. My chicken BBQ was very flavorful, and chicken was soft and cooked well. It was easy to slide the chicken off the stick to share with wife. I asked for some vinegar (not spicy) and they obliged. The meat was colder than room temperature and for that I will have dock it one star. We then ordered halo-halo for dessert which was already partially prepped with all of the jellies, beans, sago, ube inside a plastic lidded cup stowed in their lobby fridge. The front lady added crushed ice, evaporated milk, and this rice crispy thing (I don't know what it is, but it's like rice crispy but a little harder crunch) and then topped it off with a scoop of ube ice cream. It wasn't too sweet and we didn't have to add anything to it. The fruit and everything inside it were very fresh. Overall, everything was delicious today with generous serving sizes. I appreciated all their hard work today. My only recommendation is to try to keep your food hot or warm when it sits in your serving bins up front. Food that comes directly from the back kitchen was hot. It's the BBQ sticks up front that need to be kept warm (please). We'll be back.

Best Pork Barbecue, Lechon Kawali and Sisig by far.... Price is reasonable and place is also nice... would highly recommend!