Delicious food . Especially the Loni , Miki Bihon , Bicol express, garlic rice , bagoong fried rice and Mami special

While out running errands, we decided to stop by this Filipino restaurant as it was tucked away in a strip mall that was pretty bare. Once we walked in, you can certainly tell that it's a mole and pop restaurant. We waited for about 10 minutes before anyone greeted us despite walking in and out of the kitchen and making eye contact with us. After a while we just peeped our head in and asked if we could sit anywhere. One of the mom's or grandma's helped us order and brought out our foods pretty quickly. We ordered a bit of a few items so that we could take it home for dinner the next day. We ordered the sisig - which is seared pork belly with an egg, sinigang which I tend to describe as a sweet and sour soup, and pork adobo. We also decided to try the specialty siopao of which they were selling like hot cakes while we were there. The sisig ended up being my husband's favorite but what won my heart was the sinigang. I'm used to eating it with a lot more veggies, and orka.. but the flavors were incredible plus the soup on a cold day was just what was needed. The pork adobo was a bit salty, and the siopao was a bit underdone. The flavors were great but nothing that I would go out of my way to order. All in all, when in the area I'd love to come back and enjoy the food. :) read more

Cid's Ma Mon Luk - Sinigang - Filipino Near Me - Niles, Illinois

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Best place for comforting Filipino food! Nanay is the sweetest. I recommend the house lomi and a dozen siopao.

This is my first time trying Cid's Ma Mon Luk and I think it's pretty decent! I like that you can call and order ahead for dine in, most restaurants don't do that so it's nice that they were able to prepare our food before we came in. The lady that works at the front desk was super friendly and nice. We ordered three items: Lumpiang Shanghai (Filipino egg roll) Sinigang Baboy (Sour Soup with Pork Crispy Pata (Fried Pig Trotters) The lumpiang shanghai was alright (nothing too crazy), their sinigang was sour and delicious which is just the way I like it! Their crispy pata was extra crispy and tender which I loved. This place is a very small restaurant so make sure you call ahead if you're coming in with more than four people to make sure they can accommodate to your group size. read more

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Masarap, malasa and affordable Balik balikan mo, for me siopao lagi order ko sa kanila. Dozens binibili ko.

The food and service here is amazing. I am a 100% Filipino and this place is traditional down to the bone. The food tastes fantastic, I have been coming here on occasion for years and the Lechon Kawali Fried Rice, Sizzling Sisig, Mami, and Pancit are my all time favorites! read more

Cid's Ma Mon Luk - Menu - Filipino Near Me - Niles, Illinois

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This is a special place that screams delicious in every bite. We started with a Hot plate of sizzling sisig. The Fried rice is a must to compliment all the meat you will order. Order a variety of items to give yourself options to enjoy the next day. The service is great and as soon the food started to come it all came in a well timed manor to give us a chance to have a first taste of the food. Altogether a great experience and happy to come back as soon as possible. read more

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Stopped in for a quick lunch while running errands. It's a small hole in a wall that I didn't know existed until I heard they sold the creme nd crumbs sylvanas. I figured I could pick some up while here and grab some lunch. Unfortunately there were no sylvanas when I went but stayed anyway to have some lunch. They had a lot of options to choose from but eventually settled on some basic staples. I got the lomi with combination meats, chicharron bulaklak as an appetizer, chicken adobo and a siopao special. The lomi was thick and hearty. I felt like I was barely putting a dent in it. My brother ended up polishing the entire chicken adobo and a bowl of rice by himself so I assume it was enjoyable. The chicharron bulaklak was nice and crispy and the dipping sauce helped make it not so fatty. We were getting full by the time we got to the siopao so we ended up splitting it and it was delicious. read more

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What Filipino restaurant has no Bangsilog? This one. Still tried to give them some business- simply asked for a side of garlic rice with my order of fried milkfish. Said they can't do that. Had to do a full order of rice for 3-4 people. Simple, reasonable request but I guess they want to lose business to Tita Mia down the street. read more

Mejo mahal at kunti yng proportion ng pagkain I've came for lunch/dinner at least once a year, with family or friends. Certain meals can be very tasty, such as their fried rice, dinuguan, nilaga baka or their other soups. Although, their price should not cost that much for the size of the meal. I think it's better to eat at the restaurant, than taking out because they serve bigger sizes on their plates than they do when it's in a take-out container. The dining room is small but well lit. It would be nice to add a little TV or music in the background because you can't have a conversation without the table next to you overhearing everything. Otherwise, the food tastes AMAZING, their service is GREAT, they are very WELCOMING, and greets everyone that walks in. read more

Great experience, wonderful food and ambience. Highly recommended for authentic Philippino cuisine. Great service too

Awesome sisig ! They got the authentic pork cheek with egg! Very simple, down to earth Filipino dish but so tasty. Nothing pretentious on this place . This resto reminds me of the regular carinderia back home . Honest to goodness filipino cuisine , delish just like what Mom and grandma used to cook back home. read more

Cid's Ma Mon Luk - Pork sisig with egg - Filipino Near Me - Niles, Illinois

I was there today . Very expensive. I have to pay $9.25 for small portions of lechon kawali , its even placed on small styrofoam containers . The crispy binagoongan for $9.96 which is made from toasted chicharon mixed w/ uncooked shrimp paste & mango...not the correct recipe for that kind of dish. The siopao is $2.25/piece very small for that price. Might as well go to seafood city for siopao. I am very disappointed, I should have given them no star but the old lady whose helping us is very nice so I'm giving them 2 stars . Even the place looks dirty, I'm so sorry whoever the owner of this place they need to close the place or improve it. The place is Nile's il. read more

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First time trying this place and will probably be my last. Ordered pancit and lumpia. The pancit was a tad bit salty and the lumpia tasted like regular frozen ones, nothing special. The pancit had a mix of different noodles but you do however get a large portion of food which is why I gave two stars and the staff here is super friendly. read more

Cid's Ma Mon Luk - Pancit - Filipino Near Me - Niles, Illinois

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The quality and taste of the food would vary a little bit through the years. Meaning sometimes it is passable. Other times it is good. The ambiance has stayed the same for a long time. Not a lot of improvement at all except for some repainting done a few years back. It is not a place to entertain people you are trying to impress. The service has definitely gone down a lot. It has something to do with lenght of time you have to wait for the food to come out. I have seen and experienced it where you are already done eating and then the rest of what you ordered shows up. Name a restaurant that we know of where that is acceptable. Sometimes a delay is ok. But not to the point where you are done eating. I will avoid this place for that reason. read more

The worst restaurant in town is Ma Mon Luk. Never order chicharon bulaklak from them. Don't ruin your dinner. Please go to seafood city or kawayan and save yourself a headache. read more

Cid's Ma Mon Luk - For $6.50 this is what you get for chicharon bulaklak - Filipino Near Me - Niles, Illinois

A small Filipino restaurant located within a strip mall right next to a movie theater that seems to have only foreign film features playing. I was excited to come here even though it was quite a haul from Schaumburg where I am currently staying on vacation. The traffic was ridiculous so when we finally made it, I was so happy the place wasn't busy since I was quite starved. This place seemed like it's being ran by a couple or a family. It definitely gave me the feel of a charming, little mom and pop type of restaurant. There were some old Filipino music playing in the background that I recognized. My parents and grandparents used to listen to them all the time and sing along to the music. The woman at the counter did sing while we perused the menu and it reminded me of my grandma who passed away when I was 17. We ordered some lumpia shanghai to start with. I had some hopes but maybe I just need to quit hoping. I happen to make my own lumpia at home and none of the Filipino places I've been to seem to ever make theirs from scratch. It is always the same little pieces that looked like they came from the frozen aisle at an asian or Filipino market. How do I know? Because they all taste the same everywhere -- a little bit overfried because it's fried in frozen state, has nothing but a tiny sliver of meat inside with no distinguishing flavors and are all about the same size. Trust me, when you make your own you can taste the difference. But enough about that. It really wasn't a deal breaker. We came here for the lechon kawali and wow! It was so authentic and delicious. Then I also ordered some pancit bihon with chicken which was also very lovely. Both dishes brought back fond memories of fiestas in the Philippines, of hot summer days drinking coca-cola, eating pancit bihon and munching on some crisp skin from the lechon kawali. When things have that much power to awaken memories of the past then it's definitely worth writing about. I wanted so much to try their halo-halo and siopao but I was too full and didn't want to make myself sick. I would love to come back here another time in the far away future. If I had a flying broomstick, I would fly up here and eat here everyday. Too bad Siquijor (I'm Siquijodnon) really doesn't have real witchcraft. Either that or I am just a muggle. read more

I love Ma Mon Luk!! I generally don't go to Filipino restaurants. It seems so dumb to pay for Filipino food when my mom makes the best Filipino food ever for free! Buuut I can't stay away from Ma Mon Luk's lechon kawali--it's ridiculously good--crispy, fatty, golden. When I go, I usually go with the same friend (who introduced me to the place and whose family has been going there for years). We get the same thing every time: an order of lechon kawali, pancit, mami/lomi, and sago't gulaman. Their pancit is delicious---we usually ask for extra limes. I'm not a fan of mami/lomi but my friend loves it. The other day, I took one of my other friends here for lunch. We ordered lechon kawali, house fried rice, pork shumai and sago't gulaman. The house fried rice was okay/average. The pork shumai was delicious and I would get it again. I admit that the food is a tad overpriced and I wish the rice was included in the price of the entree (for example, lechon kawali + a bowl of rice =$10) which i why I'm rating 4 out of 5 stars. read more

Cid's Ma Mon Luk - Cid's Ma Mon Luk's pancit - Filipino Near Me - Niles, Illinois

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Best place for mami noodle soup (basically filipino won ton soup). The meat is always super tender, especially paired with a fresh sioapao and some oyster sauce. Been coming here for the last 2 decades and it's always been great home style filipino food read more

Hole in the wall Filipino restaurant. This restaurant is authentic Filipino so if you're not familiar with the dishes bring someone that knows . The 2 dishes I would recommend to the uninitiated would be Siopao. Siopao is meat in rice dough. I'm not doing it any justice just try it. Have it with the sauce. That alone is almost a meal for me. Next I would recommend the house special Lomi noodle soup. The portions are big and the prices are more than fair. My only reservation is the service it's ok. Nothing bad mind you but just ok read more

Gf today ordered seafood Bicol express and paid $14.50 for size smaller than small as you will see in pic next to my small small fire stick remote! Are they kidding!!! Taste was ok but dam!!!!! And she also ordered Achara which flavor was bland at best! Also her friend ordered a take out while there and the woman who took the order said she would just call her on her cell when food is ready.... so after awhile waiting in the truck with no call... decided to go into the restaurant to find the orders were ready... However the woman was too busy chitchatting on the phone instead of calling to say the order is ready!! Really! If I could give a negative stars I would! read more

Cid's Ma Mon Luk - Filipino Near Me - Niles, Illinois

The food was really delicious! We ordered some pancit and sisig. If you're around the area, I highly recommend this place. The lady serving us was really nice. Will comeback again! read more

This place hurts my Pinoy pallet. I thought this would be a nice hole in the wall for food from back home, but boy was I wrong. I ordered sisig, tapa and beefsteak. The sisig did not taste like any of the sisig that I've ever had. This was just pork with salt literally. The tapa and beefsteak were as dry as BEEF JERKY and tasted like BEEF JERKY. Guess what, I paid 52$ for this with no RICE! This restaurant is by far the WORSE FILIPINO RESTAURANT in my life that I have been to. I'm truly disappointed that this place is serving food to the public and serves many customers who want to try my cultures food half assed cooking. I won't be returning to this place for the rest of my time here in Illinois. I know there are far better places to get good QUALITY food. I HIGHLY don't recommend you wasting your time coming to this restaurant. read more

Negative five below and I want some soup. Beef nilaga at your service. Even with the 20 minute drive and a 10 minute walk, this was piping hot when packed opened! Savory broth with chunky soft meat. Ample servings of potatoes and cabbage. Is that enough detail? To accompany this was 2 chicken siaopao's. Perfect bread consistency. The filling inside was well seasoned, not too wet and not too chunky of chicken. Their version of siaopao has definitely turned me into a believer as I was never a fan of this bakery good until now. And because I can NEVER go somewhere with just trying one thing, I also picked up some sago gulaman. This place was hitting all my cravings! The Filipino drink filled with a sweet tea like flavor with tapioca calls on the bottom and mixed jellies throughout hit the spot despite the cold weather. Also purchased was a small container of buca pandan. The greenish condensed milk with mixed jellies and yellow coconut made me such a happy camper. I'm sold on this place! And now it looks like I have my regular order for future cravings! read more

4/5 Came here on a Sunday around 2pm and it was packed, granted they only had 7 tables. A table opened up so we sat within minutes of walking in. It's a very quaint mom & pop shop, so don't expect anything fancy- water in styrofoam cups. I'm not well knowledge in Filipino cuisine (yet!), but I knew I loved crispy pork (pata??). That was my only requirement and had my friend order the rest. The beef skewers were very tender, tender enough to cut with a fork. It had a good amount of grilled flavor, and reminded me of Korean bulgogi in their marinade. The mountain of garlic fried rice is simply rice and garlic that had good balance: it wasn't overbearing with garlic, but definitely not subtle. Now for the highlight of my experience: crispy pork. We ordered the small size and were content on the size, although I honestly could've pigged out on the small by myself but would've crawled out stuffed. It was so perfectly crisped yet juicy, my mouth is watering as I'm typing this. The sweet sauce they give you compliments the pork very well and cuts that greasy feeling from the heavenly fried meat. Ok, now my mouth is like a damn waterfall. For dessert, we had plantain wrapped in thin eggroll skin that was fried and drizzled with chocolate syrup and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Being a mom & pop shop, you can tell the ice cream probably came in those gigantic tubs with a generic vanilla flavor. I didn't care too much because when you have crispy pork, everything else becomes obsolete there. Now that I have this on my mind, I'm going to call in and order some crispy pork to add to my dinner plate. hahahaha who am I kidding, this IS going to be my dinner tonight! read more

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS PLACE!!! I am NEVER EVER disappointed with this place..ever! This is where I had my first favorite Filipino dish which is called Sinigang. All of their food is delicious and fresh. Their service here is very warm and gracious. A little on the slower side but reminds me of home nonetheless. Things to get here: Pork Adobo Sinigang Lumpia Shanghai Fresh coconut juice. YUMMY! read more

I missed my flight at Ohare so we got a hotel room by the airport! I got a big time craving for pinoy food! Checked with yelp and I got this place! I was so excited but then the excitement went down after I tasted the diniguan and pork sinigang! Both were so salty! And you have to pay for rice! What!!??? It was not worth the trip !! read more

Cid's Ma Mon Luk - The diniguan was just ok! It was salty for my taste! - Filipino Near Me - Niles, Illinois

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Alert. Ipis!!! You can google that. Or perhaps ask a Filipino. The food is still good though, and there are plenty of "ipis" in the Philippines. I guess it adds to the authenticity. :-P read more

I LOVE THIS PLACE! There's no other place where we'll order trays and trays of siopaos - every Filipino knows that when you want a good siopao, you get them from Cid's. And when you eat the siopao with the mami soup, you are in heaven!!!!! The pieces of lechon in the soup stay magnificently crispy and the noodles and broth are so heartwarming. Note: we've never had anything but the siopaos and the mami soup here so this review is only based on that! read more

Very good! The staff was super nice and the rice was good, just like it should be. I also liked the soup and the chicken. Only downside is that they only play GMA for the TV and the limited seating. read more

Being part Filipino, with my ma born in Pampanga (stereotypically great cooks), my expectations for Filipino restaurants are set high. Coming here, there are about 6 tables. My ma and I sit down and order (sorry ahead of time for my terrible tagalog spelling!) lumpiang shanghai, kare kare and pancit bihon. White rice is extra, but who can eat kare kare without white rice? Lumpiang shangai was 4/5 stars (5/5 stars are dedicated only to my ma's eggrolls, lol) Kare kare is COMPARABLE TO MY MA'S!!!!!! You can taste the peanut butter they use. 4/5 for me. We got the chicken pancit bihon and it too was pretty good. Not as good in my book as their kare kare. Yummmmmmm, their kare kare. Pancit 3/5 rating from me. The sweetest server. She was so cute. My ma got mini ensymadas (ube and plan with butter and sugar) which she liked. Now, if you think I am a tough critic, my ma understandably so is the epic toughest critic. She had nothing negative to say about the food One star deducted (this will be a good star deduction), because they should open a bigger restaurant. If you aren't searching for it, you may miss it off of Golf. I love this restaurant!!!!!! read more

This was my first filipino restaurant I've ever been to, obviously I cannot compare it to anywhere else, but I must say it was pretty good. We had some garlic fried rice which is just amazing, how can you mess up garlic fried rice? We also had some crispy pata, oh man, I love the crispiness to it! It was very much like chicharron. Really tasty! As for the pancit, I've definitely had better at friend's houses, it just left a weird taste in my mouth...not sure it seemed too sour? Maybe that was the lemon my friend squeezed on top of it. Do keep in mind that it is a very small restaurant with limited seating, but the people that work there are super nice! I think I would go back! read more

Thoroughly enjoyed my lunch in this cute store-front restaurant. What a surprise! Everything tasted home-made and the quantities were extremely generous. Brush up on your "please (pakiusap)" and "thank you (salamat)" in Filipino - this place is authentic! Got a to-go pack of siopao- SO GOOD. Will definitely be back with friends. read more

Cid's Ma Mon Luk - Siopao and pancit. Delicious! - Filipino Near Me - Niles, Illinois

Stopped in after a Abt visit. Had the fried rice with chunks of the lechon kawali. Also lechon with the diced mango and Bagoong generously atop. Grabbed a few coconut waters from the cooler. Small place. Very clean. As with most Pinoy Places...........Wifey can make it as well/better! read more

If chicken soup cures the common cold, then the Chicken Lomi soup is one ingredient away from curing cancer. Seriously, it's delicious! It has tender pieces of chicken, big slices of firm (not soggy/soft) vegetables, good noodles, and a thick sauce with egg dissolved in it. Very comforting, very yummy -- my favorite item on the menu! I recommend the Crispy Pata, Pancit Bihon, Mami, and the new Caldereta Cambing (goat) - - my go-to's at this place. I only have two gripes about this place: 1.) Space is VERY limited here. If you live close by, best to plan on pick-up, rather dine-in, especially on weekends. 2.) White rice does not automatically come with dishes like Diniguan or Caldereta, unlike some other restaurants -- THEY CHARGE FOR WHITE RICE! Otherwise, good Filipino food in the burbs. read more

I don't even know where to begin with this amazing establishment. the FOOD is amazing, i've tried several other restauraunts before but those other places have never come close to the authentic taste that Cids Ma Mon Luk provides. There are a few things on the menu that i would recommed. First is the MAMI, great and delicious soup. Second is the bicol express. Everyone has to try this delicious hot spot. read more

Good Filipino food. Only 3 stars because seating is limited and they charge for plain rice which is not even good quality rice.

This is a mom & pop's operation. It's a tiny place located in a shopping center. I stopped by on a Friday evening to pick up dinner so I was able to observe how the rest of the patrons were serviced. They basically had one lady working the phones, taking orders , seating people, waitressing, and clearing the tables. The Flips eating there were very patient, some even cleared their own tables. No one seemed annoyed by the slowness of service. The food was delicious and not too greasy. I'd go back there again but only if I placed my order over the phone to do a pick up. read more

Small place with food for big Appetites! Great service and great food. The sinigang and crispy pata are stars here. Great after a long night out if it was open at 2am. As it is I just wish it was closer to Gurnee because the Filipino food up in the North Chicago is absolute garbage compared to this place. You won't be disappointed. read more

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I haven't dine in here before; we've always have take out. Food is awesome. My favorite is the duck wonton soup; simply amazing. The place doesn't look bad either. Very clean; very accessible & has a lot of parking. read more