Isla Restaurant Menu – San Bruno, CA

Type : Filipino restaurant

Location : San Bruno, CA

Offering family-style Filipino eats with lots of options for groups & a lengthy weekday happy hour. Based on 818 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.4 stars. Price $$

✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ Delivery

Isla Restaurant 94066

Address:
448 San Mateo Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066

Phone: (650) 872-5008

Website:

Social Profile:

Hours

Friday 11 AM–9:30 PM
Saturday 10 AM–9:30 PM
Sunday 10 AM–9 PM
Monday

(Labor Day)
 11 AM–9 PM

Hours might differ
Tuesday 11 AM–9 PM
Wednesday 11 AM–9 PM
Thursday 11 AM–9 PM

Menu

Appetizer
Sisig
“The pride of pampanga”
Spicy Grilled minced pork sauteed and spiced up then served in sizzling plate for a mouth watering feast		 $20.98
Sisig With Egg $21.98
Sisig Chicharon/Egg $22.98
Sisig Chicharon $21.98
Shanghai
Deep fried chicken and vegetables wrapped.		 $16.98
Popcorn Shrimp
Deep fried shrimp in a flavorful breadings		 $20.98
Calamares
Deep fried jumbo squid (skin-off) in a flavorful breading		 $18.98
Prawn Cracker $14.98
Bulaklak
Crispy pork ruffle fat.		 $19.98
Chicharon
Made with dried up pork rind then deep fried to achieve a puffed consistency.		 $18.98
Soup
S.Prawns
Prawns cooked in flavorful garlic, ginger, tamarind sour broth and vegetables.		 $26.98
S.Liempo
Side pork cooked in tamarind sour broth and vegetables.		 $25.98
Brisket Sinigang
Short ribs cube cooked until tender in tamarind sour broth with vegetables		 $34.98
Nilaga Brisket
Shortribs cooked until tender with bananas, carrots, potatoes, cabbage and baby bok choy		 $33.98
Tinola Chicken
Chicken cooked in garlic, ginger and lemon grass with chayote, young pepper leaves & spinach		 $24.98
Sinigang Bangus $27.98
Brisket Nilaga
Short ribs cooked until tender with bananas, carrots, potatoes, cabbage and baby bok choy.		 $33.98
Sinigang Boneless Bangus
Boneless milkfish cooked in flavorful garlic, ginger, tamarind sour broth with vegetables		 $27.98
Sinampalukan Manuk
Chicken pieces cooked in flavorful garlic, ginger tamarind sour broth with tamarind leaves sprout and vegetables		 $24.98
Tinola Combination
Chicken and green mussels cooked in garlic, ginger, lemon grass with chayote, young pepper leave and spinach		 $25.98
Tinola Mussel $25.98
Misua Soup
Fine egg noodles cooked in garlic, onion, chicken stock and egg topped with green onions		 $15.98
Seafood Fowl
Ultimate Gata Hipon
Chef Mel’s Favorite.
Prawns cooked in tasty and creamy
spicy signature coconut milk with green beans and squash		 $25.98
Tnt Prawns
A popular Kapampangan Dish cooked with crab fat with a lemon twist		 $28.98
Butter Garlic Prawns
Simple sauteed prawns in garlic and butter		 $24.98
Adobong Hipon $21.98
Grilled Shrimp Ensalada $21.98
Grilled Marinated Bangus $27.98
Bangus Bistik
Kapampangan Style
boneless milkfish simmered in a flavorful bistek sauce (garlic, onion, calamansi and soy sauce) with potatoes		 $27.98
Bangus Sisig
Spicy chopped milkfish and onion sauteed in special sauce		 $27.98
Daing
Marinated fried / grilled (95% boneless) baby milkfish served with ensaladang Kapampangan		 $27.98
Bangus Kaldereta
Original special spicy boneless milkfish stewed recipe with carrots, green peas and potatoesOriginal special spicy boneless milkfish stewed recipe with carrots, green peas and potatoes		 $27.98
Chicken Halang Halang
Flavorful, succulent and tender chicken cooked in spicy signature coconut milk with ginger, chayote and leafy vegetables		 $24.98
Fried Bangus
Deep fried boneless milkfish served with ensaladang Kapampangan salted egg, diced mangoes and tomatoes		 $27.98
Adobong Pusit
(Kapampangan Style)
banana blossom and squid cooked in TNT (crab fat), garlic and vinegar (white adobo sauce)		 $25.98
Bangus Adobo
(Popular Filipino Dish)
Boneless milkfish simmered in a flavorfull adobo sauce
(garlic, soy sauce, vinegar, bayleaf and pepper corn)		 $27.98
Laman Dagat $35.98
Camaron
Deep fried prawns in a flavorful breading		 $24.98
Chicken Wings
Spicy or non-spicy tender deep fried chicken wings with flavorful breading		 $19.98
Chicken Adobo
(Signature Filipino Dish) Chicken pieces simmered in garlic sauce and vinegar with baylead and black pepper corn		 $20.98
Chicken Kaldereta
Spicy chicken stewed with carrots, green peas, potatoes and bell pepper		 $20.98
Buffalo Wings
Tender deep fried chicken wings perfectly cooked to a golden crisp glazed with our signature hot sauce		 $20.98
Grilled Pusit $25.98
Grilled Prawns
Seasoned grilled prawns with (ensalada) mangoes & tomato		 $24.98
Pork Beef
Kare-Kare Beef Brisket
Mama Lyn’s Special Recipe Oxtail cooked until tender in savory peanut sauce with vegetables		 $36.98
Grilled Liempo
Marinated pork belly ( grilled)		 $24.98
Crispy B $24.98
Pata $25.98
Kawali $24.98
Isla Pork BBQ
Our very own special family recipe marinated grilled pork.		 $20.98
Kaldereta Beef Brisket Gata
Lolo Nes Specialty. Spicy short ribs stewed with carrots, potatoes and a twist of our signature coconut milk		 $34.98
Kaldereta Beef Brisket
Lolo Nes Specialty Spicy short ribs stewed with carrots and potatoes		 $34.98
Beef Brisket Bistek
Tatang Jun’s Style of preparing Bistig Kapampangan Short ribs simmered in garlic, onion, calamansi, potatoes and soy sauce		 $34.98
Beef Brisket Adobo
(Popular Filipino Dish)
Short ribs simmered in garlic, soy sauce and vinehar with bayleaf and black pepper corn		 $34.98
Crispy Binagoongan Sa Gata
Crispy diced pork belly glazed with spicy coconut milk with onions, tomato wedges and jalapeno		 $24.98
Liempo Bistik
Tatang Jun’s style of preparing Bistig Kapampangan. Pork belly simmered in garlic, onion, calamansi, potatoes and soy sauce		 $24.98
Liempo Kaldereta
Spicy pork belly stewed with carrots, green peas and potatoes		 $24.98
Liempo Adobo
(Signature Filipino Dish)
Pork belly simmered in garlic, soy sauce and vinegar with bay leaf and black pepper corn		 $24.98
Longganisa
Pampanga’s specialty longanisa (sausage)		 $20.98
Tocino
Original Pindang Kapampangan Marinated sweet pork		 $24.98
Kare Kare Beef Brisket
Mama Lyn’s Special Recipe Short ribs cooked until tender in savory peanut sauce with vegetables		 $36.98
Vegetable
Bicol Pakbet
Typical Pinakbet simmered in our spicy signature coconut milk with pork and shrimp		 $20.98
Puso Pusit
(Kapampangan Style) banana blossom and squid cooked in TNT (crab dat), garlic and vinegar (white adobo sauce)		 $21.98
Pakbet
Green beans, squash, okra bitter melon & egg plant sauteed in shrimp paste with pork and shrimp		 $19.98
Gsk $20.98
Laing
Chopped fresh taro leaves cooked in our spicy signature coconut milk pork ang shrimp		 $21.98
Chopsuey
Sauteed cauliflower, sweet peas, green beans, carrots, bell pepper and chayote. Cooked in special savory mushroom sauce with quail eggs, pork and shrimp		 $19.98
Puso Saging
(Kapampangan Style) banana blossom with pork cooked in salt, garlic and vinegar (white adobo sauce)		 $19.98
Steamed Veggies $9.98
Vegetable Kare Kare $23.98
Vegetable Sinigang $18.98
Rice Ndl
Binagoongan Rice
Steamed rice sauteed in shrimp paste, diced pork, topped with mangoes and tomatoes		 $17.98
Steamed Rice $7.98
Tnt Rice $18.98
Garlic Rice $13.98
Steam Rice $7.98
Adobo Rice
Flavorful steamed rice sauteed in adobo sauce topped with fried marinated pork belly		 $15.98
Tinta Rice
Ima Lita’s unique way of cooking steamed rice sauteed in adobo squid ink, topped with crispy dried squid		 $18.98
Palabok
Thin rice stick noodles with ground pork and shrimp sauce topped with freshly cooked ground chicharon, shrimp and sliced egg		 $23.98
Canton $24.98
Bihon
Thin rice stick noodles cookekd with pork, quail eggs, squid balls, shrimp and vegetables		 $23.98
Seafood Canton
Egg noodles cooked with mussels, calamares, shrimps, squid balls, quaul eggs and vegetables		 $26.98
Half Order Rice
Half Order Steamed Rice		 $4.98
Side Orders
Ensalada
Diced mangoes and tomatoes with salted egg on top		 $9.98
Bagoong
Our very own Guisadong bagoong		 $8.98
Misua Soup
Fine egg noodles cooked in garlic, onion, chicken stock and egg topped with green onions		 $15.98
Salted Egg $8.98
BBQ Sauce $3.00
Extra Egg $1.98
Tomato $3.00
Cup Misua Soup $4.50
Desserts
Halo-Halo $12.98
Pandan $12.98
Flan $12.98
Ube $6.98
Mango $6.98
Mais Con Yelo $9.98
Banana Con Yelo $9.98
Ice Cream Combo $6.98
Leche Flan
Grandma’s traditional flan.		 $12.98
Macapuno Pandan
Pandan flavored gelatin and young coconut macapuno with signature cream		 $12.98
Drink
Bottled Water $1.98
Black Gulaman $8.98

… View more

Menu Photos

Photo Gallery

Reviews

Lawrence Marwong
First time visiting this restaurant.

… more

Simeon Godinez
Loved the atmosphere, though rather noisy. Loved the food, especially the barbecue (my all time favorite). Haven’t been at this location in years yet it felt like home as soon as I walked in. Looking forward to my next visit.

… more

Andrew John
In terms of authentic Filipino food, it’s not bad. We got a plate combo each, my friend getting the grilled chicken and me getting the Tocilog.

… more

benedith ventura
While in the bay area, our family had one of dinners here at Isla Restaurant. Place was very busy but we got seated almost immediately and our waiter were quick in getting our orders placed. Lots of food! Food was tasty – we especially liked the Tinta Rice and the Sulit Bilao (which was a whole platter of mixed items from fried bangus, to Inihaw na Leimpo, to Lumpia Shanghai). Great place to gather with family and enjoy a meal.

… more

Rheddy Setgo
This place is not bad, it has more options than other Filipino restaurants. Their Tocino was just plain sweet and not much of other flavors, it was fatty and oily. The fried pork belly with shrimp paste was super salty and bitter eggplant with mango being hard cubes. I agree with many other comments regarding the lack of customer service. Their food in the back being already precooked were being plated nicely. Reason why they are fast coming out but still lacking customer service. You do have to ask people to help get your order and you have to get your own drinks. Their beef soup was hard but tasty. Their pancit palabok was too wet and came out cold. Their caldereta fish was really good but the portion was good for 1 person.

… more

Don Frasco
Street parking only. There is no valet service here. Great place for big groups. There are lots of delicious choices on the menu. Food is cooked Pampanga style. Staff are friendly and helpful.

… more

Jun S.
First time visitor from east coast They got many Filipino dishes. Sisig was good. Staff was all very helpful. It was busy on the day we went since it was Father’s Day. If you are looking for the Pilipino taste look no further Isla has one of the best.

… more

Lynn Eglan
Have not been to the new place since it relocated.

… more

Serra Ano
women’s restroom 3 stalls middle stall out of order , handicap clogged

… more

Karly
I love Filipino so naturally I had to try this place out. The restaurant is spacious and has lots of food items on the menu. The service was fast and the portion sizes were enough to keep me full. I ordered the tocino, lunoja Shanghai, and pansit. The Tocino was sweet and swerved with warm garlic rice, egg, and of course vinegar. The Shanghai lumpia was crunchy and delightful and the pansit was cooked to perfection. I recommend eating at this place with friends and family or whoever wants to try real authentic Filipino food.

… more

… View more

Leave a Comment

Stay connected with the Roost!

Ask us any questions

Get in touch