Really good Filipino food here! The service was good and everyone was nice. The ambiance is a bit on the moodier/dark side, but I love it! Will definitely be eating here more often.

I have been going to Via Mare for years because their food are consistently delicious! It is not fine dining, so i don't know why others have high expectations. It's a place to go to, if you are craving a home cooked Filipino Food but have no time to cook. Also its a place where you can introduce your non Filipino friends to a filipino dish. My non Filipino Friends love it because The food in general are resonably priced and delicious! There was a time when I brought my other friends of different nationalities for dinner and they were charging entrance fee for a concert. We were there after long hours at work to have a nice quiet dinner and have a nice conversation, not for a concert or karaoke concert. Well, as it turned out, the music was so loud that we can't hear each other talk. Since then everytime i would invite my friends, they would tell me to make sure that we can have a nice quiet dinner. I think they have improved on that already and made weekends a concert time. So on weekends we go to Avenida in San Mateo. On the service side, The servers are all nice and kind and accomodating. But It can be slow, and the management is to be blamed for under staffing.

This place is awesome and very reasonable price Their food is delicious Staff is very accommodating and polite

My wife and I visited Via Mare in the Philippines and we were excited to discover that there's a VM in the Bay Area! The experience was the same if not better! The table service was fairly quick. The staff were friendly and helpful. The food was fresh, delicious and prepared perfectly. Mind you there were only four of us and we ordered for at six! We ordered crispy pata, beef nilaga, pancit bihon, V M bbq pork, fried chicken and Shanghai lumpia! Everyone really enjoyed their choices. We'll definitely be back to try the rest of the menu.

Being Filipino with a mom that is an amazing cook, I rarely eat out for Filipino food. I find many restaurants only make a few things that make me go 'wow' and the rest of the menu tends to be somewhat mediocre. Friend of mine recommended this place so treated my parents out for lunch. Bummed that the crispy alimango fried rice was unavailable. The bangus sisig was a surprisingly large portion. Perfect mix of crispy bits and moist fish. Probably the best I've had in the area. The toasted pork adobo was perfect. Lomi was very good too but could do w less thickening of the soup. Needless to say was not disappointed. Need to come back and try a few more things

The family splurged on Filipino food today. You best prepare yourself for some amazing home hooked meals. The flavors were amazing, my favorite dish was the pork belly and the bitter Melon curry dish. Def will be coming back to this spot. So close to home and Def need to be more cultured in how amazing Filipino food is. They also have live performances, some locals, and some who even fly all the way from the Philippines! Def a mabuhay spot!