Isla Restaurant - Filipino restaurant in Newark - 5720 Mowry School Rd, USA

Ooh you better come here early! This place gets packed because the food here is. If you're into authentic Filipino food and a lively vibe, this is the spot. I got the crispy binagoongan, sizzling Bangus Sisig, ginataan green beans & kalabasa, and their famous isla pork bbq! My favorite item was the bbq pork skewers, I can eat that every day and never get tired of it. The marinade and flavor was spot on. I love the ginataan green beans as it helped balance the grease and the salt from the other food. My go do vegetable dish. The Bangus has so much flavor 🥰 I love seeing it sizzling on the plate as it gets to our table. Super fresh and delicious, and the binagoongan was what snacks on throughout my time and when I had it as leftover. Something about the crispy bits and pork made it so delicious. Hope y’all try em out!

Ordered Chicken Halang halang but did not meet my expectations ! This is a very special dish for me as taga bisaya but there's no soup on the chicken 🐔! Bad presentation of chicken halang halang! It's bland, need more salt 🧂! Overall the place looks nice. Mostly old filipinos dining in. And middle age women who are talking so loud on the other side of the table! disgraceful behavior

Nice place to eat. Most of the food was pretty good. I might be a little critical on this, because my wife cooks awesome Filipino food, although I do recommend coming to this restaurant. Good atmosphere, and great service. Prices are reasonable, and a nice menu selection. We were here for lunch. Lots of free parking. Kyle's chicken wings were very good, in fact I ordered an extra order to take home. I also bought some Oxtail Kare-Kare to take home, which turned out to be pretty good. As I said, earlier, I do recommend this restaurant. I will be back.

The food was okay. The food didn't have that wow feel to it. Ordered pork sinigang. Meat size was big and one serving had only 4pcs in it. The taste was a little sweet. First time to taste sinigang that was sweet. I went there about lunch time. The drink cups looked liked it wasn't cleaned good. And drinks were self service. And the rice was served in a small pot. It was better if served in a plate or bowl.

Had a minor issue when we first arrived, but once we were served, I forgot all about it. This place had the best Sinigang I've ever had at a restaurant. Thick, tangy, and savory soup--tender pork belly with delicious purple eggplant and okra. The taro is also a nice ingredient, not normally in Sinigang. The rice was great too.

Best Filipino Restaurant in Newark, California. Staff are very pleasant and nice and the food is superb! You will get free Appetizer if you spend $60 haha. The taste of the food is consistent and fast service. 👍🏻👍🏻

Once in a while, I'd like to dine there. Good service, great variety of food. Ox tail is one of my favorite, also snails are really good. Just one thing bothers me - it is too noisy there, and cold.

I deleted previous review. We suspected that we got food poisoning after dining here.