In the heart of the Excelsior in San Francisco is the best dinuguan. Everything they make, the palabok, Kare kare, etc are fantastic. The service is quick and friendly which makes up for the fact that you won't be experiencing much ambiance as it's more of a take out spot. If you want delicious Filipino food on the less expensive side that is amazing try this place! read more

Mom and pop shop, a to go place as well. Lumpia is 3 pieces for $1. Not sure the price of the items, I guess the middle cup is $8 each since I got 2 middle cups. The employees are making the lumpia in house, so definitely fresh. The employee was helpful, ordered pancit and kare. The kare was really good, had vegetables and oxtail. As for the pancit, I wished the noodles were more intact, the noodles kept breaking. Local restaurants with classic philippino dishes read more

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Got food poisoning here a month and a half ago, maybe food was left out too long that day... not a good experience.

This is one of those deceivingly small places, but it packs a lot of big bold flavors and hearty meals. It is a highly efficient mom-n-pop restaurant, with an open kitchen and a food-prep operation in plain sight. Often you'd see fresh dishes poured right into the food warmers directly from the stoves. And with everything out in the open, you have the sense that everything is honest, as simple as a home kitchen. And in spite of their tiny operation, the selection is ample on any given day in this turo-turo style, so much to pick from, and it seems as if point at anything, even from their shelves, everything is for sale. These folks are hard working, kind people who try to send you off with as much food they can pack into to-go overflowing plastic containers. They are earnest at what they do. This is a fine example of a small business with big dreams. read more

Baby's Eatery and Palabok is a classic takeout spot serving combination plates with lots of delicious options. I tried the Adobo and Kare Kare, both were amazing! The portions are super generous, too. I'm already planning to go back to try the dinuguan. read more

The palabok was garlicky. It had a lot of hard boiled eggs and Chicharon. I give it a 6 Just came back for the okoy. Really good.Lani was really friendly and sweet. This store is always lively and fun. I just ordered menudo , palsies and Kate kare. read more

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I would recommend this place for take out only as there not space to eat in. I ordered the palabok, dinaguaan, and a turon. Prices and sizes weren't really listed but the staff was able to assist me. There wasn't a line so I just walked right up. The spot it super small so be prepared. Parking is also a struggle at times so need to be prepared for that as well. All in all the food was solid. I would like to try their other offerings in the future. read more

Bought some frozen lumpia from here and they were delicious! Perfect with sweet chili sauce for dipping Cooked these in oil over medium flame, two minutes each side Will definitely be back to try more of the menu read more

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I had been thinking siting to try their Kare Kare, and today was the day! Staff is extremely welcoming and amazing the amount of food you get for what you pay is totally worth it, I had enough for for breakfast,lunch and dinner. Boss man is awesome always making everyone feel welcome. A must try read more

Baby's Eatery and Palabok - Kare Kare - Filipino Near Me - San Francisco, California

Had an order placed in advance for a party. I did show up early but they had almost finished making my tray of lumpia. The titas working here treated me like I was their nephew lol. read more

This tiny hole in the wall serves up the best of everything Filipino!!!! Priced well and huge portions!!! A must try for sure!!!

No frills, straight up good Filipino food. As it should be. 20+ years in the city Your typical Filipino eatery where you can pick two items with rice. Place is cash only and I highly suggest you come here by 1pm because they run out of food quick. Lumpia, Pancit and all things Pinoy rice desserts. This is you spot. Quick service too! Not a place to dine-in because it's small. Definitely a hole in the wall. read more

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Chicken tinola was rancid. Chicken curry and ground pork and chicken tinola caused me vomiting several times. Food handling was poor. Staff do not wear gloves when serving food. read more

Terrible service. I called in an order and when I showed up about 30 minutes later, they told me it was sold out. The staff just kept blaming each other, and the place didn't look very clean either. Definitely not coming back. read more

Fresh, balanced, and flavorful. Some of the best food I've had. The ladies helping are always so friendly and give huge portions. I visit every time I'm in the area. read more

Baby's Eatery and Palabok - Pork adobo - Filipino Near Me - San Francisco, California

The definition of hole-in-the-wall. I live less than a block away, have walked by probably hundreds of times, yet I've never noticed Baby's until I found it on Yelp recently. This place is tiny! No dine-in. Just enough room to line up and get your food. The staff is friendly, and they seem to know all their customers. On a Wednesday at noon, there was a steady stream of customers going in, but there was hardly a wait since you just pick the food you want, pay, and leave. * Okoy - 4.5 stars Great crisp, great with vinegar dip. FYI this has shrimp! (I'm allergic and didn't think to ask) * Palabok I think - 3 stars Maybe I'm not familiar with this traditional dish, found this lacking in flavor. * Chicken Adobo - 4 stars Tender meat, great flavor. * Ube dessert - 4 stars Not sure what this is called, but I liked the subtle sweetness and various textures! I think there was tapioca, taro, and mochi. read more

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Baby's Eatery is a small restaurant, but is full of delicious and flavorful Filipino food. You can really taste the home cooked goodness. Baby and her family are always in the restaurant either rolling lumpias or cutting fresh vegetables in the back of the restaurant. The staff there are all friendly and always engage in conversation. They are always my go to when I need to buy food for a party or just crave the taste of home. read more

This is probably the first time I've gotten to take photos of my food in the many times I've gone here. The food is always so good and fresh. I was excited to learn that they're open during this pandemic. We alllllways go for okoy (and balut for me), then I'll pick and choose according to my cravings. Highly recommend! Authentic Filpino food. Only warning is, parking is difficult! As it is anywhere else along Mission! read more

Baby's Eatery and Palabok - Okoy - Filipino Near Me - San Francisco, California

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Such an unexpected fine. My friend and I were popping into the Mexican grocery and the smell from this restaurant caught our attention. So we popped into see what it was and such a surprise. We had pancit, lumpia, and meat on a stick. And it was delicious. It's so small- just literally a hole in the wall- but all the grandmas are getting food there so you know it's worth a try. So so good - read more

A solid Filipino spot with the whole family cooking in the kitchen. Best deal for a whole tray of lumpia. Say hi to the Lola wrapping up those lumpias! Don't expect to find a place to sit; just pick your food and grab it to go. Parking sucks, flash those hazards and run in. read more

The Yummiest! Lumpia: Poncett, you name it. They are delicious .You can also place orders for parties too. Your guest Taste Buds will be pleased. read more

Been coming here for years w/ family. It's a small, claustrophobic hole in the wall but it's just like home-cooked food. I would get my moms favorites here cause it's convenient rather than cooking. Call me lazy IDC! (I just don't know how to cook majority of the meals they have) The cooks always asks about my mom cause she's a frequent flyer here when she was able bodied. I recommend! read more

My favorite Filipino restaurant since I can remember. The lumpia's are the best. I bought 100 frozen limpias to keep my in freezer and cook occasionally at home. Due to Covid they have removed all seating and have plastic barriers all around. Definitely keeping safe and clean. Love this place. Parking is challenging around this area so be aware. read more

I like it a lot! I'll be coming here again. My childhood food comfort restaurant. I'm missing Philippines so I come here sometimes to just feel home again read more

BEST DINUGUAN IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. Real talk, I've eaten in hella Filipino restaurants. From fancy fusion to classic family-owned eateries, and this spot has the best dinuguan I've ever tasted. Even my lola (grandma) loves this spot--I buy some take-out for her whenever I drive down to LA. This is a super small spot. Definition of hole-in-the-wall. Flavor for their munggo is also solid. If you "dine-in" here, they also give you a little cup of soup along with hella rice. Folks who are highly critical probably don't know the carinderia style of Filipino restaurants where the food is displayed in the front for you to see and point to, thus also called "turo-turo" which literally translates into "point-point" Come here, be humble, and taste hella good food. Forr bougie hipsters, go somewhere else lol. read more

Baby's Eatery and Palabok - Best dinuguan in the state! - Filipino Near Me - San Francisco, California

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I'm all for hole in the wall spots. I'm all for supporting my countrymen. But this place will not be revisited. My brother has been wanting to try this place, all b/c of yelp and everyone's rave reviews for it. I was actually excited after reading all the reviews and knew that palabok HAD to be ordered, b/c it's their namesake afterall. First off, this place is literally a HOLE IN THE WALL. Honestly I don't know how they pass their safety inspections. The place was full with the table right by the door taken and a line in the small aisle. If a fire had broken out I fear for the people in the back that were rolling lumpia. Not only that, but the poor lola who was at that front table. Everyone in line had their butts mere inches from her face and food. YUCK! So my brother is not fluent whatsoever in Tagalog, neither am I, but I have enough in my vocabulary to get me by. So he asked for palabok and there was miscommunication going on b/c he got the idea they didn't have any?! Like what? isn't palabok in your name? So instead he got the chicken adobo and rice. We also both got ukoy. It was my turn and I tried again and asked for palabok. She understood me and I looked and looked for the palabok sauce... b/c it was no where to be seen. She dished out the noodles and I still didn't see any sauce... until she reached UNDER the counter and dished me up some palabok sauce. Really? UNDER the counter? UNDER the cooktop? oh my! And for all that we spent $17. HOLY WOW! I tried to give it the benefit of the doubt, brought it home and had high hopes, thanks to Yelp. The adobo didn't have enough "sabaw" sauce to my liking and tasted more like soy sauce than the vinegary goodness that adobo is. The palabok sauce was oily and very tasteless. The only star was the ukoy but even then it was cold, I'm wondering how long it had been sitting under the heat lamp? Sure travel time should be equated into cold factor, but we literally live 5 minutes from here and it should have at least been warm when we got home. Nope. Cold. Another place we don't need to wonder about. More power to them for staying afloat all these years. I was just NOT impressed and neither was my palate, nor was my wallet. read more

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This place been here for a long time. It's an Filipino institution in this neighborhood. You will feel like you're eating at home or your grandma's place when you come here. It feels homey. Price is very fair , especially SF. read more

Ano na? *punto*.... Ano na? *punto*.... Ano na? *punto* Who am I kidding?!?!? I don't even know what the above means, much less know how to write it (Thank You Google Translator). Besides, "IF" I knew how to write that I wouldn't have to do the "point and ask" method to figure out what were in the steam trays at Baby's Eatery and Palabok... On Saturday, 3.5.11, I had a ravenous craving for Kare-Kare (my Filipino go-to dish). Since I had to stop by the Wells Fargo on Ocean Avenue, I decided to stop by Baby's Eatery and Palabok (Goldilock's down the street just doesn't cut it). I had the case of the Lazy Saturdays, so I didn't come until 5 PM (closes at 6 PM). BE&P is the epitome of a Mom & Pop, hole-in-the wall restaurant. It's SMALL (even smaller than some walk-in closets), CRAMPED (3 tables) and SEMI-CLEAN (by hole-in-the-wall standards--I didn't see any flies flying around the food) serving home-style Filipino food. Filipino cuisine is NOT for the health conscious. Although very comforting, most of the dishes are extremely rich and fatty which may clog an artery or two. So, this is not everyday fare unless you want to be on the Fast Track to getting a Triple Bypass. BE&P doesn't have a menu posted and all the food is showcased in the steam trays. I eat Filipino food on occasion and most things looked familiar but I couldn't pinpoint the exact names, so I had to do the novice "point and ask" method. You can either order the entrees in small or large sizes or as a combo rice plate. CASH ONLY! Because it was so late in the day, they sold out of the Kare-Kare and only had 4-5 items left so I ordered small orders (8 oz. container - $6.50) of the following: F O O D: *BINAGOONGAN (Pork in Shrimp Paste): OK. The pork belly was fork tender and fatty. It was stewed in a salty, tangy and very pungent shrimp paste sauce. You definitely need to eat the Binagoogan with white rice to help balance out the boldness of the salt. *PORK ADOBO (Braised Pork in Vinegar & Garlic): ARTERY-CLOGGING GOODNESS! Savory, Salty, Tangy and Garlicky with a Kick! You can tell the pork adobo had been simmering on the stove for a long time as the vinegar and garlic had infused into the layers of the pork belly. The layers of fat created a melt-in-your-mouth tenderness to the pork, as well as, showered the meat with rich porky flavor. This dish is was extremely fatty and it's a good thing there was a good amount of vinegar to provide a burst of acidity to help balance some of the richness. There was also a good amount of black pepper to give your taste buds a kick. Fyi, a small entrée can easily feed 2 people. The Pork Adobo lasted 3 meals because it was so rich and I still have the Binagoogan (enough for 2 meals) sitting in my fridge which will be going to waste. :X If you're looking for cheap home-style Filipino food to feed your soul without having to make a trip to DC, I highly recommend paying a visit to BE&P! read more

Now that's what I'm talking about! For the same reason I love taco trucks, street food and hole-in-the-walls, I love Baby's Eatery and Palabok. Carinderias are low-priced eating places in the Philippines often found along roadsides or in markets. They aren't the most sanitary of eating places, but it's the closest to mom's home cooking you will ever find. Baby's is almost like a carinderia but cleaner. They serve the food "turo-turo" style which is a kind of like buffet-esque where the dishes are laid out, you point (turo) what you want and they scoop it onto a bowl and serve it to you with a plate of steaming hot white rice. Their menu changes from day to day. The day I went, they had dinuguan (pork blood stew), binagoongan (pork cooked in shrimp paste), pinakbet (vegetables cooked in shrimp paste) kare-kare (ox tail and tripe in peanut sauce with vegetables), menudo, skewered pork bbq, lumpiang shanghai (filipino spring rolls), sinigang na isda (fish in tamarind broth), sinigang na baboy (pork in tamarind broth), and of course, pansit palabok (filipino version of pad thai). Suffice it to say, my friends and I went to town. Among the 4 of us, we had 4 giant skewers of pork bbq, 2 servings of kare-kare, 1 serving of menudo, 1 serving of binagoongan, 1 serving of sinigang na baboy, 2 servings of pansit palabok, 4 orders of white rice, 2 canned cokes and a partridge in a pear tree. Our bill total: $41.00. As hungry as we were, we couldn't even finish it. Oh, and did I mention that everything was frickin delish? Filipino home cooking at its best. The place itself is tiny. I'd say it seats a total of 10 max. not ideal for dining in, but I don't mind it at all. Some people might be turned off by the fact that all the ingredients and vegetables are laid out on one of the tables while being prepped and chopped by Baby herself. Tita Baby, as I like to call her. If you're not used to this sort of thing, order it to go. As we were leaving the place feeling satiated and certain we had found our new SF filipino lunch spot, as if things couldn't get any better, Tita Baby flags us down and offers us a handful of hopia (mung bean rolls) on the house. Now that's what I call a thin slice of heaven! :) 4.2 stars read more

Baby's Eatery and Palabok - Just like mom's home cooking. - Filipino Near Me - San Francisco, California

4 for $1 Lumpias are THEE bomb. Sometimes if you get $1, they give you more than 4. Can't get any cheaper/better than that! Their sauce though, heavy coloring. One drop on your finger and it's stained! (Please excuse me for not knowing the names of food) -I've had the chicken adobo here. It taste like teriyaki chicken... -There's this meatloaf with hard boiled egg in it. Sometimes dry, but it's ok. +Meat skewers are gooood. +If you come near closing, the guy gives you free fried banana or some other fried variety. (Trying to rid of what's left) But he's also nice enough to give extra lumpia :D Misc: -CASH ONLY!!! -Owners there are super nice. Though they look angry sometimes, they aren't mean.. -VERY cramped space. You could say it's so cramp that you and another customer would look intimate. read more

One word..... Biko. It's a yummy sticky rice dessert. It's my favorite I buy it for family events, Christmas, thanksgiving, New Years etc. Great reasonable price and the cooks always make me laugh. read more

This was my go to place for okoy. They switched up their recipe and it's now trash. They use itty bitty baby shrimp that you can't even taste. They barely put any veggies. It's mostly batter. You're basically eating deep fried batter. Don't let the photos of the okoy fool you. Those pics are old. Bring back your old recipe. read more

Great place for quick filipino food!! Owners are very friendly as they always give me a few extra pieces of lumpia or turon! I usually order their lumpia when I am hosting a party. $25 for 100 pieces. Great deal. Save the hassle of preparation and frying but I must say the lumpias used to be twice the size!! Anyway, lumpias were a hit at my party. I just changed the dipping sauce to sweet chili sauce instead. I don't like the sweet and sour sauce they provide. CASH ONLY! read more

-generous amount of rice -generous amount of food (my adobo overfilled right side of my to-go container!) -foods are pipping hot -cheap price -serves immediately -friendly staff -only down side is the place is extremely small. Traffic to go in and out the restaurant. Overall, 5 stars! read more

Baby's Eatery and Palabok - Adobo with rice - Filipino Near Me - San Francisco, California

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Wow!!!! I had to go to Walgreens so I parked across the street from this hole in wall eatery. After realizing there is no longer a Walgreens, I back tracked and went into this tiny place and smelled the aroma of home cooked food . Of course my eyes are bigger than my mouth and I wanted to try everything. I ordered Shanghai lumpia just because.....it didn't disappoint . Next was palabok, DAMN!!! noodles were silky smooth and flavorful, followed by binagaoongan, whaaaaaat, salty tender pork and eggplant over rice was BOMB! You can't eat that everyday but I will definitely have that again. I saw some bilo bilo and yeah...hit the fricken spot! Then to boot, after I paid my tab, they threw in a banana lumpia which was AMAZING. No, I didn't eat it all, yes I'll have leftovers to share when I get home and YES, I'll definitely be back to see the smiling and kind people behind the counter and to try more deliciousness! read more

Went here for the first time yesterday on the hunf for goo Filipino Food.. I the food was pretty good. I Really liked the chicken adobo, pancit & Lumpia.. The Lumpia were moist and had a nice crunch on the outside. It is a mom & pop whole in the wall with only 2-3 tables. So be prepared to take your food to go.. I also, go the pork adobo which was dry and over cooked. That was the only draw back for me. I just know to not get it the next time.. read more

This is a cozy little spot with friendly staff and tasty, inexpensive food. There is a wide selection of prepared meat dishes served with rice or noodles. The chicken curry is really good. read more

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I'm Filipina and I love this place! Food is amazing! I'm a San Francisco native and a BIG supporter of the hole in the wall mom and pop shops, especially towards my fellow countryman. But, I'm sad to say that they should watch their mouth when speaking Tagalog. Among the work group they commented a derogatory term used for dark skinned Filipinos "Egot." Is what they called me and snickered among them selves... like high school children. Of course not knowing who I am, I love my brown skin and outdoor activities in the sun. As an islander of the Philippine archipelago-it's in our genes to turn brown. I speak and understand Tagalog for being an American born. Great food! Bad ethics! Sorry about the rant! But, nobody should leave feeling like crap leaving a restaurant they love. C'mon people have some effin pride for being brown!! I'm sorry, but that was insulting AF! Straight up ass holes man...... This is my way of holding them accountable. Never stoop down to small minded people. Just sayin! read more

my go to filipino stop in the city... oh i love this place the food hits the spot.. on this visit i eat pork and chicken Adobe pansit turon and lumpia.. i have to back on a saturday thats when they cook the spaghetti abd have bbq read more

Since Yelp seems to get a kick out of flagging all of my reviews anyway, I have no qualms with telling you that THIS IS MY PARENTS' RESTAURANT. My mom opened it 20 years ago and I'm happy to know that there are loyal fans out there. I'm just going to write this to thank you all for the support over the years on her behalf. She appreciates you guys so much, despite being elbows-deep in lumpia on a daily basis. :) So, go ahead, Yelp. Flag me for being the owners' daughter. BRING IT!! read more