Salo-Salo Grill

Oh no, they’re permanently closed! What happened?! Sad to see them go as we frequented this place with my family. This was actually one of the few nice sit down Filipino restaurants in town.

My go-​to spot for filipino food. They have a large menu with really great food! So sad to see them go!

I had to check this place out because of all the fantastic Unilocal reviews, plus, I love Filipino cuisine. Unfortunately, I was not overly impressed. My meat was extremely overlooked and the flavors were a tad bland, which is shocking for Filipino cuisine.
Perhaps I need to try it one more time and order different items. However, as far as first impressions go, this place is just so-​so.

First time here and definitely will be my last. I ordered Sinigang na baboy and some other dishes. There was some weird piece of sharp plastic that I bit into in one of the pieces of meat. I told the server and she apologized and she offered to replace it, but why would I want the same dish with possibly another piece of sharp plastic in it? I’m really upset with this and hopefully it was nothing crazy that’ll get me sick. On top of all this they still put it on my bill and had to pay for it. I’m reporting this to the health department and BBB. I should’ve read the reviews before eating here. I totally regret it and am really upset about it. If you are reading this… Leave this page and don’t come to this restaurant. I should’ve went with my instincts and left when I saw there was nobody in the restaurant except for maybe 2 other people there.

My husband is Filipino so we always stop by a Filipino restaurant whenever in Vegas. Very good food, I can’t remember what we ordered but we got the platter with a lot of meats and it was delicious! So much food we pack the rest to go.

Food was great good ambiance price is great and most of all center of attraction the jeepney.

It seems like the place that Filipinos bring their white friends. I had the breakfast combo because I wanted to taste all the meats. I had come here with only about and hour so I was a little rushed but I thought we were going to have to leave before the food came out. The wait staff kept assuring us that the breakfast just took long but it seemed ridiculous. Nothing makes me more annoyed in restaurant than waiting almost an hour for your food and then it coming out cold. The sausage was the best part. They also successfully made a perfect medium egg and I give them props for that. It’s rare to find a perfect medium. I give them 2 stars for the egg.

The food is always on point. You can come here with a group and split a platter and have plenty of food for everyone, for about $ 30 (But of course you’ll want to add pancit and rice to go with it). Great atmosphere, really feels authentic. I have only been here a few times, sometimes the staff is great, and other times not so much, but the food always makes up for it.

Okey Lang.
Came here on a visit from Upstate Nevada (Reno). Knowing there is a large filipino population in Vegas I wanted to try out some home cooking. Came here based on the Unilocal reviews and I have to admit I was a bit disappointed.
Sisig was on the maasim side (sour) and the Kare Kare was not too good unfortunately (it had a strong garlic taste to it) :/​The Krispy Pata and the Lumpiang Shanghai was okay.
I will say this however! They have a Jeepney and a Bahay Kubo outside which is dope as hell to take pictures with! The inside was quite nice and spacious, the staff was very friendly, and the service was extremely fast (though we were the only ones at the time. It was a Monday Evening)
Overall I’d day they need to work on the menu a bit. If they were to step it up a notch I could see this place blow up! :)

Great taste and the bulalo, inihaw na baboy and pinakbet… hmm mm yummmmmy. … ok got to go back to my food…

I ordered several of my favorite Filipino foods and was sorely disappointed.
The adobo fried rice: I get that some people do garlic fried rice and others don’t. No points lost on the non-​garlic fried rice. Points were lost in the uncooked, undercooked meat. The pork and chicken adobo pieces were raw.
Shrimp Lumpia: uncooked shrimp.
Chicken adobo: uncooked chicken.
Pork adobo: under cooked pork.
Everything I ordered was uncooked or undercooked.
The service was great, the food was not.

Alright, I suppose I should give this restaurant the review it deserves.
I still stand by my word that this place has the best Filipino food I’ve ever had in my life. With that said, why 4 stars? The past couple days I’ve came in twice and the service was just not up to par with the food. We waited about half an hour for one thing to finally come out (granted the place was pretty busy for Mother’s day), but if the place is ever gonna be that busy, they should hire more chefs. That wasn’t the thing that irked me to re-​review this restaurant though. Today, my girlfriend was having a huge halo halo craving. We tried Café de Cebu, but the halo halo just wasn’t as good as Salo Salo’s. So we drove the extra half mile to get some real halo halo.
We called in as we were driving so it would be ready as soon as we got there. We only ordered one item too. When I walked in to pay, the waitress said there had to be a minimum $ 20 for card use ($ 20 is kind of a lot for a minimum! Especially if you’re dining alone). I totally understand this rule and where it comes from, but I just completely did not have cash on me at all. I told them that they can just put an extra charge or whatever that most stores do when you don’t reach the minimum. The lady was nice enough to say «it’s all right, but next time just remember that we charge a minimum $ 20.» So all was cool until they continued to twist my arm to buy more things after that statement. They were probably half joking, but that can definitely make a customer feel uncomfortable, which it made me feel.
So all in all, this place still has amazing food that will blow your palate away if you’ve never had Filipino food or even if you have, it’s still really good! Service is generally pretty good, but sometimes those waitresses can have their off days.

This has always been the formal dinner destination for my family because of the formal dining setup.
Price: it’s definitely one of the more expensive places to get Filipino cuisines. Their higher prices are justified with the fancier looking ambiance.
Food: I’m Filipino so eating Filipino food is never new.
–Portion is what you expect of a sit-​down restaurant, and so it’s not excessive.
–Taste is good but not stellar.
–Quality I would say nothing out of the ordinary.
Service: there’s normally a wait time, especially for dinner. The last time I was there with my family they took a good minute to deliver our extra requests. I can’t blame ‘em though. But definitely could do better
OVERALL: I Say this place is average

The last time I came here was 5 years ago and I found an ant in my sauce. No apology from anyone and still had to pay for my food. So I tried it again tonight and no joke there was hair in our food. Sent it back and they replaced it, but why would I want to eat the same thing that had hair in it? Again no apology, does this happen all the time there that it just rolls off their backs?
So I have given it a second try and will never come back.

My sister in law swear to god this place kills all pilipino food around vegas. She has been here for alot of times now and this is first time coming in here. We already ordered when i found the news hee in Unilocal.:(it my fault i guess that i didnt check Unilocal before, I usually believe her when it comes to food. But this recent nrws really knock my appetite to the food. Yet Iam here to tell you that I didnt rate them because of the recent news (roach infestation.) Rather iam writing this rating with the same criteria I have been giving other food places.
We ordered:
Chopsuey
Pancit bihon
And family set (includes; bbq pork and chicken, squid, and arellanong bangus.
Rice
Lets start with the chop suey. The vegetables were fresh and the flavor is there when it comes to the chop suey taste that filipino style shouls be but the chicken that came with the chop suey was dried up. So dry that we didnt touch it.
Next the pancit, it was probably the one thing that i ate alot of on the bunch, it taste good, and has all the flavor i want frpm a pancit.
Lastly the big family plate which contains different food, the beef bbq is probably the only thing that was near the taste that is near the standard of pinoy beef bbq. The chicken bbq was we only took 1 bite out of it, 4 sticks remained on the platter. The arellanong bangus was okay, but it tasted not fresh, as well as the squid, which i may add has only the bbq sauce on top of it, and smoked. I would have done better prepartion on it, no to mention, it tasted days old or refrigerated.
Regardless of the ROACH infestation which we saw momenta before we eat, i find this place pricey with foods that are not as highly as other Unilocalers say.
Maybe my standards of pinoy foods are high, but when a chicken bbq is so messed up that the bbq chicken that I make home made is way better than what you sell, then theres a problem.
Lastly I would not reccomend anyone to eat here. I dont know if its true but they should have the GRADE C on their door, I may be wrong but its either they have never put it out, or they have been inspected again since January i cant find an update about the roach infestation.
This will be the last time i will eat here, i took a chance to see if the flavor and taste are what the other Unilocalers said are true, even in the midst of knowing what might be back on that kitchen. Unilocalers take this advice, and stay away, not unless you want be another brave sould to try out their kitchens delicacies.

— a nice quiet sit down restaurant.
— place is decorated very nicely.
— workers were friendly.
— waters refilled — thanks!
Eats: Family BBQ platter, kare-​kare, pork sinegang.
BBQ Chicken on sticks were sort of dry, pork in sinegang was very tender and soft, Kare-​Kare ox tail was cooked to perfection. Food tasted delicious. Plenty of food to go around with the platter. Price point was right.
Would do business here again.

Cool to see Filipino restaurants in Vegas! Prob because most of our folks are moving to Vegas and they need the taste of the Bay Area, Philippines! Yay that’s a good thing!
The chairs here and the buhay kubo outside remind me of OG PI! love it!
We had a big party with us and we were so hungry! Yay for peanuts on the table!
The wait staff were funny and super sweet. Made eating here more fun!
We had various dishes but I think what stood out to me the most was the sinigang, adobo rice, chicken sticks, fish balls and calamari. There was plenty of chair for everyone in the party and the place wasn’t crowded. Next time we go back I’ll like to try their halo halo.

I’ve been going to Salo-​Salo since we moved to Vegas years ago. They have the same servers from years ago and a few new ones who treat you like they’re your Ate (older sister). They are attentive but they’d leave you alone so you have quality time with your food.
We always get the crispy platter (fried calamari, lechon kawali, fried chicken, crispy pata, fried ribs) and garlic rice. My personal favorite is their All-​Day Breakfast beef tapa. It comes with your choice of 2 eggs and garlic rice. Tapa is usually dry and chewy — almost like jerky but they do it differently here. It’s more tender and juicy with a taste of vinegar so you don’t have to dip it vinegar — it pairs well with siningag (garlic rice). I don’t normally eat rice but I’m a fan of garlic rice. I wash it all down with either melon juice or calamansi juice. I end my meal with one of my favorite Filipino desserts — leche flan! This is different from Mexican flan — the Filipino version is richer and creamier because we use more egg yolks and milk. A slice of leche flan is swimming in syrup. I just love this stuff!
This is the type of place where you have to get somebody’s attention in order to get seated, place an order, get your bill… that’s just how it is. It’s not that they’re deliberately trying to ignore you, they just want to leave you alone. The place is decorated in native Filipino décor. If you look Asian, they’ll talk to you in Filipino!

2013 HALO-​HALO CHALLENGE — Contender #4
Salo-​Salo was actually recommended by Roger T for us to go for our next Halo-​Halo Challenge. I admit, I pulled up Unilocal,got on Salo-Salo’s website, and did my homework on their Pinoy «Mix-​Mix» dessert. Based on their website, pinipig was in their Halo-​Halo. Interesting… I gots to investigate.
We arrived on Father’s Day and this place was packed and there was a line. Since we weren’t having any food except Halo-​Halo, they seated us right away. Within 5 minutes, our Halo-Halo’s arrived. Each Halo-​Halo cost $ 4.95 and what a beautiful sight. First of all, real silverware. Always a bonus for me since it makes mixing this iced treat that much easier with real utensils. Salo-Salo’s Halo-​Halo had what I’ve been looking for all along… real, legit ube. Ube ice cream, green jelly, red jelly, some coconut, white beans, and flan were also at attendance. But what was missing was the red beans, pinipig, and lanka. I was still stoked that I got legit ube. Taste wise… pretty damn good. Would be perfect if red beans made it to the party.
PS: We didn’t have anything else, just their Halo-​Halo. Service was fantastic, especially since they were so busy.
Halo-​Halo:
2013 HALO-​HALO CHALLENGE:
Contender #1 (Elena’s):
Contender #2 (Jollibee):
Contender #3 (Café Cebu):
Contender #4 (Salo-​Salo):
Contender #5 (Thelma’s):
Contender #6 (Andrea’s):
Contender #7 (Chow King):
Contender #8 (Fiesta Filipina):

It’s taken me a while to write this review…
Nothing to complain about! I came here for a bridal party… I have been here for late night desserts… everything is delish! They have a pretty legit halo-​halo here — that ice cream on top is unbelievable. The food itself is so tasty. There is a huge menu so the selection of filipino food is excellent. Anything from the fried lumpia to the noodle and rice dishes were absolutely satisfying. Having attended such a large party, the food comes buffet style, so anything you can think of was in huge platters — free access to any portion you want.
This is definitely a stop you shouldn’t skip if you’re in the area.
The atmosphere itself is clean and roomy.