We were in Calgary for business, and Family came to visit, we were looking for Philippine cuisine and choose Adobe, and was very pleased. They have the ability to cater to larger groups with a menu to match, we even had the ability to order soft drinks by the pitcher. We were greeted and sat quickly, and our server who was very nice explained the menu, to be specific the Boodle which serves a group. We went for the crispy Pata and fried Tilapia. It took extra time for the food to arrive, however it was well worth the wait, as the Tilapia was delicious, and the Crispy Pata was as crisp and flavorful. The rice was a good match, I would have liked the garlic rice but was not an option. Fresh and flavorful meal, great atmosphere for us as we had not seen family for a few years. read more

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Every entree we had was 10/10. I did not expect black gulaman to be sweet. Most black gulaman i've had all tasted watered down. Overall, all I can say is "hindi tinipod ang lasa" read more

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What an awful experience of mediocre food. We are visiting from California and was excited to try this place with great Yelp reviews. Well, I should've trusted the Yelp Elite reviews. We ordered the Palabok, it tasted awful with very little sauce, no lemon and noodles were too watery. I ordered the Crispy Kare Kare and they gave me a Crispy Pata. They offered to correct it by pouring Kare Kare sauce over it. I decided to settle on it. I bit into the Crispy Pata and almost cracked my tooth. It was too dry, overcooked and too salty. The pork bbq on skewers had small sad pieces of meat. We sat on the table waiting for our orders for over 40 minutes. At one point we want to get up and just cancel everything. The girls were friendly but one guy in the back was a little belligerent to the staff, even to the Dashers. Kindness is a virtue. If you're visiting and are used to great Filipino food, then you'd be disappointed here. I know I was. read more

We went here last week. We were craving some Filipino food. The first thing I noticed inside was really nice it's like back home with bamboo, karendirya style. I liked it. The service I would say 5/5 they were attentive and making sure we get what we wanted and always making sure we are okay. The food I love the shrimp sinigang 5/5. I love that it's sour. The tapsilog was good too very tasty. My gf oredered sisig it was bland tho missing a lot of flavor in it. Garlic rice was ok bland also. Then for dessert halohalo it was aight It's not authentic at all. And the top ice cream is vanilla and ube jam??? Ehh doesn't taste as good. I was hoping with ube ice cream and flan then more fruits in it but noooooo.. Because of the service I'll prolly go there again to try different kind of food. read more

Adobo Experience - Filipino Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

I love this place! Will definitely come back for more. Next time I won't order oily foods all at the same time. read more

Adobo Experience - Filipino Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

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I went back and tried their adobo. After all the restaurant's name is Adobo Experience. My husband had the Adobo Haven (adobo with coconut milk) and I had their Crispy Adobo (deep fried pork belly). What can I say about their crispy adobo? The meat wasn't dredged in oil, seasoned very well and fried to perfection! The dish wasn't overly sauced, which kept the crispy texture of the meat. I wish I could give a review of the adobo haven, but my husband finished off the dish. Which would indicate that the quite liked it. Though I must admit that I was a bit sad at the end of our meal. Since they ran out of taho. If you've never had taho it is basically made up of soft/silken tofu, vanilla simple syrup (brown sugar, water and vanilla extract), and tapioca pearls. If you ever have the chance to go by Adobo Experience, try their taho. I think, they're the only Filipino restaurant in Calgary that serves it. I may have left sad, but my tummy was quite happy with that crispy adobo. Tip: If you ever feel like trying out their boodle fight (a feast good for 6-8 people) call ahead of time. We saw customers go in last night asking for a boodle fight. I heard it takes about 45 minutes to set up and most customers call in ahead of time for their boodle fight meal. Boodle fight is a military style of eating where long tables are prepared and food are on top of the banana leaves. Viands and rice ready to eat using your bare hands, jugs of water are prepared on the side to wash hands before the "eating combat". With the signal to start the boodle fight, everyone aims for his/her position. -Urban Dictionary read more

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I will admit this is the first time I have ever eaten Filipino cuisine. The presentation and the service were top notch as mentioned in previous posts. The amount of food and the price are a great match, however, the meat in the dishes we ordered were very fatty and did not actually contain a lot of meat. The flavours in the dishes seemed to have been masked by the oily/fat from the meat or cooking oil. Happy munching! Ordered 1. Volcano adobo w/ chicken and mixed 2. Sisig (great flavours but on the salty side) 3. Flaming bulalo steak (really cool presentation and potential fire hazard but great!) - a little fatty read more

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A very unique and authentic Filipino cuisine experience that is buoyed by fast service and a friendly and helpful staff. We went as a large group of 10 to try out the group meal (I forget what the Tagalog term is) which was served on AUTHENTIC banana leaves (as opposed to the fake printed stuff). The table came with crispy fried BBQ chicken, pork and fish. Plus, the rice is unlimited. We also ordered a whole bunch of desserts like cassava and taro cakes. Unfortunately, I forget the name of the most. They were all phenomenal. Service is extremely fast, friendly and the staff exceedingly polite. Would highly recommend this place before it gets "discovered" by John Gilchrist and hits mainstream audience. Also interesting to note that except our group, pretty much every other patron was Filipino. Which is always an excellent sign. read more

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Went for dinner and had crispy pork adobo, volcano pork adobo and Filipino Crispers. The presentation was excellent utilizing bamboo plates lined with fresh banana leaves. The food was flavorful with a perfect temperature and spices. This was characteristic and authentic Filipino food at a very reasonable price. Service wise the food was brought quickly upon completion as dishes were finished. The atmosphere leaves something to be desired but maybe after the owners get some traction and a following they can upgrade the space or move to a new one. read more

Adobo Experience - Crispers - Filipino Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

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Read, set, boodle fight GO! Got to experience a Boodle Fight along with some fellow Yelpers for the monthly Yelp International Supper Club. Can we have a mention for how many great places this supper club keeps introducing me to? And the food keeps getting better too! What is a Booble Fight you may ask? Think a long line of rice laid out on banana leaves with all different types of meat laid out on top. You eat with your fingers (plastic gloves provided if needed). Unbelievably good food and a great experience. One order of a Booble Fight comes with your choice of 3 meats, and as we had 2 orders we asked if we could try 6 different options. Adobo Experience graciously said yes and the feast commenced! All of their meat is slow cooked, or slow braised, and then grilled, all covered with great marinade flavours. The bbq ribs were by far my favourite and just fell off the bone soft. Next up would have to be the crispy pata, which is pork hock, and was a delicious juicy mouthful. Tried 2 types of chicken, one marinaded and the other slow braised with more of a smoked flavour. A great ground pork and tofu dish was also served and even though the tofu was quite soft it was still very tasty and not mushy. Got to try milkfish, was grilled and was cut into smaller pieces. Lastly there was an eggplant + tomato + duck egg salad. Oh wait, we also had some seasonal veg tempura (carrots + yams + some other things I forgot) which came in a little patty and was a great crispy extra treat we added on. Man on man that was a lot of food. All of us ate until we were close to popping and then took ourselves home some left overs. At $100 for a boodle fight that feeds 6-8 people (with potential left overs depending on the extent of the feeding frenzy) this is some amazingly great value for money. So excited Adobo Experience was recommended to us for Yelp International Supper Club otherwise I would never have know of this amazing experience. Very interested to go back and try more dishes from the menu as it all looked sooooo good... I was stalking tables on the way out and wanted to know what everyone was having :) read more

My son and I have only seen boodle fights on YouTube and nothing beats the real thing! It was truly an educational experience to see how the kitchen staff arranged the food on the banana leaf-lined table. The servers are very friendly and helpful--we came with other Yelp International Supper Club members for a boodle fight and allowed the kitchen decide on what to prepare for our feast. They certainly delivered and went hog wild (no pun intended); there was so much food on the table! My top two favourites were the crispy pata (pork hock with crispy crackling and tender meat) and the barbecued pork ribs (the meat was soft and juicy and falling off the bone. The barbecue sauce was amazing--tangy, sweet and savoury...). Actually, all the other meats (adobo manok(stewed chicken in soy-vinegar marinade), chicken inasal (grilled chicken in lemongrass, ginger, brown sugar and vinegar), tokwat baboy (pork and tofu), grilled bangus(milkfish) ) and the inihaw na talong (grilled eggplant with tomato wedges and salted duck eggs) were lip-smackingly delicious! We will certainly be back (with hubby this time)! read more

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Second time we've been here. Food seemed bland. Ordered crispy pata (so so) kare kare was bland and not a lot of meat pieces in it. Fried milkfish- definitely from hong kong market. Time to move on and find a better place read more

Ditch the dishes the cutlery and dive into a wonderful Boodle Flight! Accompanied by other adventurous Yelpers, I recently visited this Filipino restaurant for the first time to try their Boodle Fight meal. With a Boodle Flight, traditional serving implements are eschewed in favour of giant banana leaves and a person's own fingers. Rice, various grilled meats and other accompaniments are spread out on a long table before letting diners loose to enjoy. The grilled meats are all fantastic having been marinated and slow cooked. Highlights included sweet and smoky BBQ ribs, pig knuckle with delightfully crispy pork and fall-ff-the-bone lemongrass chicken. There's no being shy with this type of meal, so I recommend coming with a good crowd of close friends and family! read more

Great new restaurant! Only 4 stars right now because I've only had a simple lunch. We had crispy pork adobo and kaldereta. Both were delicious. Service was friendly and food is very reasonably priced. Will be back very soon. read more

Tried this little gem today - just stopped in for appies with the sister-friends. The appetizer platter fed three of us for $14. The chef came out, asked if we had any questions and described all the delicious tidbits that were served up on a mancala game board! There were eight different items (wings, spring rolls, tofu bites, mango relish, just to name a few) and two dipping sauces. It was delish. We then decided to share a dessert: not-too-sweet, creamy Buko Pandan It was a scrumptious coconut and jello cup with a dollop of ice cream. Quick, friendly service. Can't wait to go back and try a full meal. read more

Adobo Experience - Sweet and creamy Buko Pandan - Filipino Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

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When I think of Filipino food, I think of the restaurants back in Manila like Cabalen, Via Mare, or the good fast-food kiosks in the behemoth malls; Also the Pinoy/Pinay fast food restaurants that's scattered in southern Cali. To sum it up, my friend took me to this establishment on my recent visit and I was a bit dismayed with the way the restaurant looked. It reminded me of a garage with mismatched furniture and the offending flourescent lighting that does no justice to the food presentation. Guys, just a friendly and constructive advice, renovate and redecorate. And yes, do order the crispy pork adobo. read more

We're from Toronto and tried a few Filipino restaurant here in Calgary. Tried this one because of some good reviews. The place was small a bit of native accent but not really appealing but not really bad as well. My friend ordered Crispy Pata, her sister ordered Chopseuy or mixed vegetables and I ordered this "Crispy Adobo" and two Garlic rice. The waitresses were great when it comes to customer service. When the food came it was served on a wood plate with "Banana leaves" nice presentation. However, instead of serving us Garlic rice it was steam rice so I noted that to the one who served it whose apparently one of the cook or chef (Simon) and said he can change it but I said that is fine. After a few minutes Simon came back with one cup of garlic rice to compensate and that was nice. The Crispy Pata was cooked to perfection and not dry like many other Filipino restaurant will served. The Chopseuy was ok but not great. The Crispy Adobo which I would expect to great as their restaurant was named after the famous dish, I would think it was delicious. It's actually fried pork chop that was topped with adobo sauce. The pork chopped was so dry. I thought it was an adobo that they let the sauce reduced until it gets dried but was not. I will not order it again nor recommend it. It also mentioned on the menu with rice and vegetables but when it came the "vegetables" that they said was actually "sliced lettuce and carrots" which should be mentioned as green salad instead of veggies. I will go back to this place because of excellent Customer service,making sure that you have everything okay and for Crispy Pata. Oh yes, the Leche Flan is good as well. I was told that this is new, therefore there's a lot of room for improvements. In addition, the price is good as compared to other Filipino restaurants I've been to so far. I would think Calgary will be cheaper but Boy oh Boy, so expensive as compared to Toronto. 7 seas restaurant still my number one so far and this will be second for now. read more

At this wonderful gem of a restaurant in the NE, the proprietress, Mavie, was so nice and determined to teach us newbies all about traditional Filipino food and show us a wonderful time. We ordered two types of Adobo, the traditional and tropical - so smoky, flavorful and delicious! We also ordered two fresh juices. All told our bill was only $22. I hope they raise their prices so we can be sure this restaurant will be around for a long time. read more

Prices were decent and the service was excellent. We had ordered the crispy pata, crunchy adobo and sisig. The crispy pata was okay, but the other two were a disappointment. I would come again but to try to other dishes. read more

This is my first Filipino restaurant food experience and very first boodle fight. I definitely recommend the boodle fight as a fun event to take a gang of family & friends too. The tables are covered with banana leaves and then, depending on the boodle you have chosen, rice is placed on the banana leaves and dishes are successively placed on top of the rice. Since this was a yelp event we got the double treatment, pork hock, beef ribs, tofu & ground pork, Filipino eggplant salad, yam tempura, lumpia, chicken adobo, grilled chicken, fried milk fish. (Pays to be a yelp elite member!!!) Overall the food was decent but the two things that stood out were the pork hock and the beef ribs. The other dishes lacked flavour and were uninteresting. The chicken adobo was okay as well. No utensils, you use your hand even for the rice. I was brought up in Southeast Asia so no surprise for me but the trick to eating the rice is grabbing some rice about the size of a small meat ball and and using your fingers to squish it together to a small lump and then putting it in your mouth. The Filipino drinks available were Calamansi (Filipino lime), coconut water and gulaman which was a sweet drink with grass jelly. I recommend the Calamansi as it's not too sweet and quite refreshing. I'd like to go back and try some other dishes outside of the boodle fight. It is a very small parking lot (6-8 cars max). Staff were very hospitable and friendly and happy to answer any questions. read more

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Adobo Experience has a large variety of delicious comfort food at a great price. Some of our favourites are the volcano and haven adobo chicken, crispers, quail eggs, my idols fish, flaming steak and their garlic rice is the best! With the very friendly owners and staff adobo is a very welcoming place with great eats! read more

Worst service I've had in years. 3 visits, all for lunch on weekends. Sept 2016, fairly good service since granny was there. November, poor service, had to get my own drink and had to find the wait staff to place the order. December after Xmas, left without ordering after not getting any service at all in a restaurant with only two pairs of customers. I was wondering if my ethnicity had something to do with it, but the other couple appeared to be Filipino, and ended up speaking to one of the kitchen staff in Tagalog when they appeared. We were completely ignored. It was pretty good food the two times we were successful placing an order, but this place is too frustrating. read more

Adobo was not flavorful and overly salty. Pork was so dry and greasy that I couldn't even finish it (but the skin was crispy and done well)

Love the krisssspy adobo!especially the krispy pata and flaming bulalo.adobo rice was on point!service can be really slow depends on what time ur going but its worth the wait. read more