Top 10 Filipino Restaurants in the SF Peninsula for October

October is comfort-food weather, and few cuisines comfort like Filipino cooking, which the Peninsula does exceptionally well. This list gathers the spots we return to, seeded by the places our review team has featured and rounded out with the favorites readers bookmark, with Daly City and South San Francisco especially well represented.

At Outside Eats we build these picks from firsthand visits, starting with the standouts and filling out the map with dependable favorites. Filipino food is bold and satisfying, balancing savory, sour, and sweet, and our picks span the turo-turo spots, the bakeries, and the restaurants serving adobo, sinigang, and lechon.

Value is excellent and portions are generous, which fits the food's communal spirit. Our ten picks give you a strong place to start. Browse the sections below by city, and open any restaurant for photos, hours, and directions. As October cools down, a plate of garlic rice and pork adobo is exactly the kind of meal the month calls for.