Fiesta Grill

Food was raw. Not really cooked well. They microwaved my food and it burnt my tongue. Sometimes they have good service but majority of the time they are rude. But the food wasn’t good. I’d rather eat at the philttade grocery. That’s where I get my take out.

Before you guys place your food for everyone to buy… please make sure that you do a basic smell test. I bought food today and it smells like uncooked pork… i would like to see you guys eat what you sell and see if you can stomach it.

It’s okay… but it could be better and the food could be hot. instead of heating it up. they didn’t give the American lady food and she left. the ladies sat there instead of being productive… greasy…though.the panaadan Filipino restaurant is better not busy
jersey city Filipino restaurant

Great food. Typical greasy Filipino food but oh so awesome.
Lechon kawali was perfectly crispy without being greasy.
Lumpiang Shanghai. Can’t really mess this up.
BBQ on a stick was perfectly seasoned and grilled.
Very cheap food.
We will come back and have come back.

I don’t usually like to leave a bad review but I think the general public should be aware.
It was my first time trying the place and it will definitely be the last time. The place could definitely be cleaner. They had some great selection of food on the warmer but it didn’t seem like the warmer was on. There was also some food just sitting out on the side of the warmer. I thought the food tasted pretty good and the staff was generally nice.
It would have been alright have I not gotten sick from their food. I was pretty much in and out of the bathroom the whole day and had to call out of work! There is definitely something not right in the way they handle their food.
Please be careful here. It’s obvious they are not the most sanitary. I can only imagine what sort of neglect is going on in this restaurant.

Typical «turo turo» in Jersey City, goodness there are about 7 – 8 in a one block radius! This is my first time at this location, I have been to the West Side Ave. location many times before. This place seems to be the most crowded out of all the places we passed on the block. The food is a solid 3, nothing spectacular. I think most people come because it’s dirt cheap $ 4.95 for a combo (rice or pancit with two sides) Empanadas are $ 2 and you can get a small container of Nilaga Saging (boiled plantains in a light syrup) for $ 1. They turnover the food quickly based on volume alone! So If you are looking for a quick, cheap and filling Filipino meal — this place fits the bill!

A real Filipino Grill — they have lechon kawali, crispy pata and chicharron bulaklak (deep fried pork belly, pork shank and intestines, respectively). All are really delicious and really bad for you, so you shouldn’t eat it every week. They also have turo-​turo (cafeteria style) in which the monggo (mung beans) is really good — a good combo for the deep fried stuff.
This food should really be washed down with some San Miguel beer but they’re not BYO friendly. Also, be prepared to smell of food as the ventilation is not the best.

Sometimes they’re food is good & other times u wonder why u just don’t learn to make it yourself. Waiting for the day someone opens up a real Filipino restaurant. None worthy in jc.

if i could put more stars i would love the food and dessert the halo halo and the beef steak plus the sisig are a must to try.

Fiesta Grill is a typical «Turo Turo» (point-​point) restaurant. The dishes are in warming trays on a long table. You’re free to walk around and view what they’re serving.
Price: GREAT prices. For $ 4.95, you get two scoops of rice and two overfilled styrofoam bowls of whatever viand/​entrée you would like. In other words, great price and fitting portions.
Bistek (Beef Steak) [B+]: Bistek is typically medium sized slices of meat in a rich, rather oily, and typically sour gravy with onions. Instead, I got pretty large and thick slices of tender beef in a rich gravy — sadly with no onions — that was not sour. Perfect. That’s how I like my bistek. The cooks did not add too much vinegar, so the sourness did not overpower the saltiness of the sauce.
Binagoongan (Pork sauteed in shrimp paste) [B+]: I absolutely love the taste. It was not salty at all, which explains the «sabaw» (soup); I think the cook added extra water to dilute the bagoong a little bit. My main disappointments are that it was not spicy and that I received more fat than actual pork. If only the binagoongan was spicy and not simply decorated with the green chili pepper, this would have received a higher grade. Also, the amount of fat I got was a bit disappointing. As tasty as the fat was, I would liked to see some more meat.
Halo Halo (mix mix) LOL…[C+]: Sorry, but I counted 16 beans, kaong, and nata de coco combined. And yes, I really do count. My tip on Wah’s Kitchen (in Fresno, CA) proves it. After I mixed the whole thing, my halo halo — it’s a dessert if you don’t know already — still tasted like watery condensed milk. The leche flan was tasty, but not sweet enough to help add flavor. Also, my scoop of ube ice cream was so small! All that crushed ice and I get a small ping pong ball sized scoop?! A little over $ 6 is pricey for what I got.
The «short order» menu has other tasty items. My friend ordered La Paz Batchoy, which looked really good! The bowl was filled all the way and came with plenty of pork and noodles. They also serve others such as lechon kawali, chicharon bulaklak, and crispy pata, which are priced relatively lower than most places. I’m definitely coming back here, especially for their spicy Bopis.

Just can’t beat a 5 dollar combo of two dishes and rice or pancit. (with a side of fried pig foot of course)

This is one of the best sub-​$ 7 lunches on the planet (a bit pricier if you opt for a coconut water instead of a soda can.) I don’t know what everything is and it’s best to ask if you don’t like tripe. I usually get the pork dish found by the lower right-​hand side and a chicken-​and-​vegetables found by the middle. A while ago I got the pork belly which was very good, but if that’s one your two selections try to go for something with vegetables to at least maintain a vague illusion of semi-​healthfulness.

Living in Woodside Queens this place really can’t compare to any of the places I have been to in Queens. Someone told me Jersey City is like Woodside in New Jersey, sorry ain’t cutting it. I have been to a couple of toro-​toro places and this place was slapped together.
I will say if you love pork you will have a field day here. I think there are only a couple of non pork dishes. Which is quite true for Filipino cuisine but I mean can we get some variety going on. All of the dishes that usually have vegetables lacked them (basically it’s the meat and sauce) I usually won’t complain about that but the meat was tough.
The only good thing is the pricing is really afford. I think it was like $ 4.95 for two dishes served in a soup cups and a side of rice or Pancit.
The service is slow, chaotic and unfriendly. I’m Filipino and I know my people are good people, these people were overwhelmed and took it out on their customers. The service line was a cluster mess and expect to wait around 20 minutes for your ordered food and them not calling it out making the food luke warm.
I don’t know why this place has such a high rating but to each it own. I won’t own up to that place. Next time we’ll try another place.

Damn this place is so legit for some Filipino food!!!
rice or noodles with 2 sides. Parking may be a little hard though.

SISIG! Delicously fattening chunks of pork perfectly seasoned to awesomeness.
Sisig is one of the many made-​to-​order menu. If I remember correctly, they are less than $ 10 for a good serving (2 people can share it?). Nahhh. Hahaha.
The place is a little run-​down. But the Sisig is real business. Now, where’s my beer and can someone setup the Magic Sing?.

–The La Paz Batchoy was the bomb! Perfect al dente egg noodles (mami) in broth, beef/​pork slices (no innards in this version though) topped w/​toasted garlic, spring onion and chicharron !!! Git in mah belleh! Easily the star dish in this joint…
–The mongo was nice and thick (my preference) and the ampalaya wasn’t soggy, in fact it still had some crunch to it…
–The pata was crisped to perfection… generous with the crackling skin and it was falling off the bone
–The callos, which is a dish i don’t usually see served in other filipino restaurants was just really tasty and hearty. They didn’t skimp in the meat, potatoes and chick peas

The worst sinigang I’ve ever had! The pork meat was uncooked & it had a ‘different’ flavor :(
Somehow I was dragged here again. AGAIN, I ordered nilaga and it was disgusting! They must’ve cooked the meat a couple of days ago. The meat was gray and red inside and the ‘sabaw’ broth was sour!!! Meaning, this nilaga should not be served to anyone. It belongs in the garbage. This is the worst Filipino restaurant I have been to, specifically this location! If you want to get sick, eat in this restaurant :(

Crispy pata, sisig, Kare kare — enough said.
$ 7 combo meals — rice with two side dishes. Soda included.
It could be cleaner, but it’s hard to focus on those things when your tummy is rejoicing.

I had jury duty close to this spot… so I said, why not?
Ubiquitous.
That’s what flip restos are in JC, especially in this area. There are like a bzillion of em.
This is just like the rest…
— you walk in,
— you point at the items you want (I had bbq pork and some kind of adobo chicken),
— you pay (w/​soda my bill was $ 6.90),
— you sit and eat (while tryna ignore the loud asian-​speak around you),
— you leave (then get your cholesterol/​HDL/​LDL checked)
Rinse, repeat.

I’ve finally found a Filipino restaurant that knows how to make dang good sisig. I’ve tried tons of places in Queens and also the few places that offer it an Manhattan, and by far, Fiesta Grill blows them out of the park. They chop the pork up perfectly and it comes out nice and crispy. Other places tend to make it with bigger chunks than I’d like, which affects the overall crisp factor. They also spice it up just right. Oh, Fiesta Grill! You are bad for my cholesterol and frankly, I do not give a tae (that’s the bad word for poop in Tagalog).
It’s very no frills, kinda dingy, even. but it is cheap and delicious. I’ve also had the lechon bulaklak which was also pretty yum. And although I’ve tried their other stuff like the adobo, bistek, bangus, BBQ, kare-​kare etc., even though they were all pretty good, I would also say I could also care less about them. Those dishes aren’t the reason why I take the PATH train in from Manhattan. It is all about the mutha’ luvin’ sisig, I tell ya. And then the walk back to the train with a stop at Red Ribbon Bakery.
I just wish they didn’t use styrofoam. It’s bad for the environment and all.