Starfish Filipino Eatery - S San Diego

Never had sour pancit bihon ever in my life , It was also soggy . You have ruined our delicious Pancit Bihon . No next time for sure .

Tasty and good value. We were on vacation at Ocean Beach for a few days and noticed this restaurant 2 blocks from where we were staying. My wife, a Filipino, wanted to try it so she got take out. She got me the spicy pork belly sisig with rice and it was excellent. Good portion too. My wife and the kids got the following: Pancit bihon (noodles) Bento combo sampler (pork adobo, lumpia) Spam silog bowl (spam,garlic fried rice and fried egg) Long-silog (sausage, garlic fried rice and fried egg) They liked everything. Will definitely be back when we're in the area again.

Starfish filipino eatery was one of my favorite restaurants to go to on my trip to San Diego. My friend who has lived in San Diego for a year or two now noted there weren't a lot of sit-down filipino restaurants nearby but that she's always wanted to try this place out. On Sundays they had a special going on of all silogs on the menu. A (insert meat item silog comes with garlic fried rice and an egg on top with your choice of meat. The only caveat is that they only serve silogs. They have tables and chairs for dining in but note there isn't a lot of sitting options. It's an open concept restaurant and you could see the workers in the kitchen. Everything was basically made to order which I liked. The woman working the cashier and I presume the kitchen (my back was to the kitchen was super nice. Our food was delicious! Garlic fried rice was super flavorful and our meat choice options was also very flavorful. The salmon seasoning was phenomenal. If I could go back I'd choose the salmon. The prawns were a good size and also flavorful. I was nervous the prawns wouldn't fill me up or wouldn't be enough for me but it actually was! I liked that they added a little garnish of edible flower pedals for a little aesthetics. I kind of wish it came with some sort of vegetable like tomatoes or something. Although there was a lot of flavor already, I would have liked to feel a little healthy with a side of veggies even though I know that's not very common in silog dishes. The only draw back I could see is perhaps they're still getting into their flow as a restaurant. I noticed the person providing dishes to the table gave a family reusable utensils while we received plastic utensils (not sure if all the reusable utensils were dirty?? The person at the cashier let us know we could purchase bottled drinks separately (water, coconut juice and etc however when we were leaving a couple people came in to eat and she served them a pitcher of water. Not sure if we just completely didn't realize we could order water or if they only gave pitchers of water to friends upon request but it was something I noticed... Overall I really enjoyed the food. I really wish we got to try other food on the menu! I was craving lumpia haha. I really do hope the restaurant continues to do well and that others support them. If I was in town I'd forsure go again!

I've been wanting to try this place for months and today was the day. It's an excellent smaller restaurant run by a lovely lady named Anna. It's like being a guest in her home with lace curtains, small paintings and mementoes. Really homey and it puts you in the mood for Anna's homecooked Filipino food. A special today was seafood paella, spicy yellow rice with shrimp, scallops, sausage and veggies. At $12 it was better than versions at other restaurants for twice or three times the price. All of Anna's food is more than fairly priced. A Bento box sampler of Starfish favorites is only ten dollars. Loved the lumpia which comes in several flavors and fillings. The adobo chicken was delicious and tender enough for a friend with a dental problem. Anna specially made miso soup to further help our friend.

Food was good, not traditional filipino flavors. Staff was great and attentive. Only thing keeping me from a five stars is that the staff didn't wash their hands from looking on Ipad (chef) or ringing up people at the cash register. Both had a hand in preparing the food for dine in and take out and there is an open kitchen where customers can watch everything. Again.. only complaint. I would eat there again!