A Taste of the Philippines Since 1945, in the Bay Area Since 1982.
Max’s of Manila began in the Philippines and is proudly owner-operated in the Bay Area. We serve homestyle Filipino dishes like kar…
Both the Kare-Kare (Beef Meat in Peanut Stew & Vegetables) and Dinuguan (Savory Pork Stew) were under seasoned, watered down, and the meat chewy. Not on par with the quality from the other locations in South SF and Daly City. I was excited to find it on DoorDash since we don't have enough Filipino offerings in the city, but won't be ordering again.
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Ariel C
2 contributions
Didn't like
• 5/11/26
• DoorDash order
This is the most bland food I have ever tasted! Both the Pork Adobo (Soy-Garlic Braised Pork) and the Pork Sisig (Crispy Sizzling Pork) are flavorless. The portion is not as much as the other Filipino restaurant I order at, for the price . I don't know if I would order from here again if they don't event use salt.
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travin m
50 contributions
Liked
• 12/18/25
• DoorDash order
The pork adobo was tasty but the portion was quite small (only 4-6oz) with very little sauce and accompanied only with plain rice. For the price point of $17 more is expected. It's not a good value, especially compared to others.
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Christina K
Emerging Expert • 11 contributions
Loved
• 8/26/25
• DoorDash order
The sinigang and garlic rice are good! The soup had fresh veggies- evidenced by the crunch of the green beans. I just wish the meat pieces were a bit bigger, it didn't seem worth it for sinigang in the $30+ range. (I recently ordered kare kare from Fort McKinley and while they give sliced vertebrae [back then I remember restaurants used to give the whole vertebrae] there seemed to be more meat-to-soup ratio. The garlic rice was perfect with sliced garlic pieces.
Max's is a Filipino institution, so definitely DoorDash or eat there if you can. You can't go wrong with any of the food, but if you're a newbie, try their fried chicken and pork sisig first.
