Zul Cafe and Grill

Called ahead to ask if the had sweet and sour pompano (one of my faves). They have Snapper Escabeche on the menu, which is prepared the same way (pretty similar to sweet n sour), and also have a dish with pompano (but was craving a sweet n sour type of fried fish). They agreed to make my pompano that way and I asked for the fried rice instead of plain white. It's basically white rice cooked with garlic and it's delicious. I wasn't impressed with the rice as it was made with jar garlic (I 100% prefer fresh garlic), but the taste wasn't bad and my fried pompano fish with the sweet and sour sauce full of herbs and veggies was more than pleasantly satisfied 😋 Will have to come back and try the crispy pata (my other fave) another day we fly into CT for wife's medical procedure. All in all great

Zul is the kind of place that feels like a warm Filipino hug. Tried the sitaw and kalabasa, homey, comforting dish that tasted like it came straight out of a Lola’s kitchen .Paired it with lechon kawali, I love the lechon sisig and tosilog. ITS A MUST TRY!! TIP Upgrade your rice to garlic rice. Trust me, plain rice is nice, but garlic rice is the main . The Palabok was ok but maybe ask for extra sauce it was a little bit dry but overall the flavour was authentic. Finished strong with the halo-halo—highly recommend adding one to your order. I’d maybe go lighter on the beans next time (unless you’re pro-legume), but overall, it's a colorful, icy party in a cup. Zul. Highly recommend !

Very friendly and nice staff. Very clean restaurant. Dining room is 6 total chairs, and 3 of 6 chairs and 2 of 3 tables were wobbly or leaning. Food was served hot and fresh, but flavorless, and completely bland. We didn’t finish our food…. left and went to the Thai restaurant across the street. I understand the reviews being good for takeout, service and authenticity, but missed completely on flavor

This was my second visit and for our first time here would have rated this place 5/5. Maybe we visited on an off day but I didn’t enjoy our experience as much the second time around. Came in with my kids, ordered three boba teas (one strawberry and one taro and passion fruit black tea)…my kid’s strawberry milk tea wasn’t sweet at all, my passion fruit tea was too sweet to the point that I couldn’t drink it). They do have a nice selection of Filipino snacks, tried the shrimp chips and the crispy fried chicken skins, both of which were delicious. Ordered the grilled shrimp with rice for my kids to share and the pancit Bihon for me. My order took 40 Minutes, by the time it was ready my kids had finished eating and were ready to go and I had already had some of my kids’ shrimp and rice (which

Fantastic! Haven’t had lumpia in over 6 years since I lived in San Diego. Best I’ve ever had. Also had pork lechon sisig delicious. Can’t wait to try their other dishes and specials