Have you ever been curious about the filipino food hype?…read more Well this restaurant kind of made all the sense. Everything was absolute perfection. So crispy and fresh! I obviously had to go for some popular items and not call it a meal without trying their egg rolls too. Service was pretty amazing too. Restaurant is relatively small and i'm unsure how busy it does get but there was only 1 other group of people eating while my family and i was there. Food came in a speedy manner. Food portions are also generously pretty big. Parking around that area is all street, lots of residents only parking zones too so be prepared. They take all forms of payments.

Hapag Ihaw-Ihaw is dishing up classic Filipino comfort food. From Lumpiang Shanghai to a sizzling…read moreSisig, Crispy Pata and Halo Halo. They even make their own sauces that are bottled and you can bring home. They seemed to be set up for take out and catering. But they do have seating for about 20-25 people. We ordered: BBQ Pork Combo meal $10.50 Chicken Inasal Combo meal $10.50 both with Garlic - Annatto Rice +$.75 each and we added pork spring rolls $4 The combo meals are tasty and filling. With a slight char on the BBQ pork which is what I enjoy when having skewers. Honestly the garlic- annato rice wasn't really worth it. I personally couldn't taste it over the sauce on either the BBQ pork or the chicken Inasal. And would have been happy with just regular rice. The lumpiang was meaty and everything I look for in a crispy spring roll. The dessert options area also great. Not sure if its seasonal but they had a slice of coconut (buko) pie in their fridge. Whole buko pie need to be per-ordered and picked up on the weekend. They also have leche flan and ube cheesecake for a sweet treat. Over all a great comforting small business with friendly staff and a meal under $12. How can you go wrong? Give Hapag Ihaw-Ihaw a try if you're in the area.

Small business and the best tofu pudding in vancouver. I buy 1L buckets for all the potlucksread more

Love their Taho!!!…read more If you want to order Taho , you have to call and place your order right away. I wanted to get 4 L but sold out. Instead, I got 2L ( but it's a same taste, different size). I got halo-halo. It was good but I had better one. Sorry. Parking street only. Good luck to you

I heard about the Kamayan experience at Kulinarya and just had to make a reservation - it's…read moreprobably one of the most unique dining experiences in Vancouver! Originally my reservation was for 7, but about 2 hours before, we had an additional person want to join. The restaurant was flexible about adding her, although it took them an additional 15 minutes or so after our reservation time to finish setting up our table (still missing the shrimp, which they brought out later) Kamayan Feast ($50 per person) - Just look at my pictures: the Kamayan Feast includes a HUMONGOUS spread of food. There's so much food that I'm having trouble deciding even where to start describing it all! The feast starts with a mound of jasmine rice serving as a base. It's perfectly cooked, and even a little starchy/sticky so it's more easily picked up by hand. It's then topped with their mouthwatering Ginataang Kalabasa - kabocha, green beans, and eggplants stewed in a coconut milk curry with extra umami from shrimp paste. The curry soaks into the rice, adding that extra flavor dimension and the veggies are all undeniably delicious. It's added in enough quantity to delight, but not enough to make the rice soggy or flow off the table. Multiple people in my party agreed that the kabocha was the best dish - super sweet and tender. Then after that the proteins, so much it's kind of ridiculous. Firstly some spring rolls, fried until perfectly crisp on the exterior, filled with tons of flavorful ground pork and vegetables. Secondly a mountain of chicken quarters, charred until perfection, smoky and flavorful, sweet and aromatic, slightly yellow due to turmeric. There's Pritong Isda - fish that's professionally butterflied, completely devoid of bones, and deep fried until the entire small fish is the perfect crisped up skin textured. It's salted heavily and there's then a bit of a lemony kind of acidity. There's then Crispy Pata, entire bone hocks, super fatty, charred with a deeply caramelized crust. The skin is a hard crunch, with most of the fat rendered out, while the meat is tender and falls off the bone. Inihaw na Pusit is next and is the only dish I didn't enjoy - it's squid that's stuffed with tomatoes and onions and grilled until extremely overcooked and rubbery. Not great. Hipon shrimp came out last, although I can't say anything about it since I didn't try any. Crispy, oily shrimp chips add more decadence, then in addition to the rice and proteins, they served the meal with dragonfruit, watermelon, pineapple, and oranges. As other reviews indicate, the quality of the fruit isn't the best - we noted especially mushy watermelon, for example. The Kamayan no longer comes with Puto during the meal or Halo-Halo as a dessert. Not really a problem since there's no humanly possibly way to finish all the food in the first place. We left completely stuffed to the brim and still had enough food left over to fill 4 large takeout containers, packed until bursting, and we still had probably another box worth of rice which we had to leave behind. To be honest the food is a little hit or miss (I especially want to call out the poor quality of the fruit), but the overall dining experience is top of the line. I am already looking forward to returning on my next trip to Vancouver. Washrooms - Two unisex rooms Note: Kulinarya has a 20% service charge for the Kamayan feast. This is clearly disclosed on the menu. Also, they provide gloves and/or utensils upon request. Food: [4/5] Service: [ ] Other: [++] Final Rating: 5/5

If you are wondering where to go for a traditional Filipino boodle fight for just a group of four…read morepeople this is your place. It's hard to find places that offer this for only four people. Normally you need a lot more so this is an excellent little gem of a location to know. The service was really excellent, and you could tell it is family run. You can see also some personal memorabilia and collections in the bathroom, which really gives the traditional province feel of the Philippines. Philippines is a vast country with over 100,000 islands and this place gives me a feel of the province. The service was really good and the ambiance is nice. Though I would have life to see a few more things even like plants are photos in the main dining hall. Something to be aware of and it is a common problem for most places in Vancouver. Parking can be a real challenge so read the signs very carefully.

Dropped by during lunar new year. There were performances going on so quite loud and difficult to…read morehear the lady to order. Not much for ambiance as it's just in a mini mall food court. I ordered the small beef pares & my date got the Lomi. Didn't take a picture of the beef pares because it was quite small & didn't look much like the pictures on Yelp. The soups were all super hot temperature wise. Try not to scLd your tongue. The Lomi was humongous! My favorite part was the crispy pork skin. Large serving of pork as well. A bit thicker texture of a broth but it was more than enough. Wait for food was a bit long. We waited for almost 20 minutes. Perhaps there were lots of to go orders.

So.. so bad. Didn't have half the menu available from food or drinks! Actually they only had one…read moredrink available. Ended up getting the Ilocos Bagnet because it was basically all they had (really wanted pancit/noodles). Pork was dry and didn't come with enough sauce considering it was rice underneath. Only one person was working. They were apologetic but unfortunately the experience was as sad as this mall was :(

We ordered half Lechon belly for delivery and the chef owner himself delivered the food. The pork…read moreskin was crispy and the meat was tender, the lemon grass and spices complemented the dish very well. Previously we ordered crispy ulo, crispy pata and pork bbq skewers from Uber eats and the food arrived still hot and crispy, we will try to visit this restaurant in person when things are back to normal.

New Filipino gig in lower mainland, small place approximately houses 15 heads the whole eatery…read more Mostly Filipino customers lining up. I went here with a friend to try, well not bad actually, the carrying product is Lechong Cebu,a rosted pork. There are only few dishes in the menu,the server claimed they are coming soon. they also do catering service thats what the waitor told us. we wish to have a bulalo its a beef soup but sold out that day, so since we were already here and our cravings for this day is Filipino cuisine we ordered other availble dishes. First one is the pork sisig, it was good,we both dont eat liver so we asked the server to exclude it.oh how i missed home(Philippines) on first bite of the sisig,it was delish,the flavor of the spices,the lemon and the egg while it was smoking hot on a sizzling plate,very good. we ordered appetizer includes 2 Pork bbq, 2 feep fried spring rolls(lumpiang shanghai),and 3 pcs of chicken wings well i would say they were ordinary taste,we also got the beef caldereta,hmmmmm....another ordinary taste.plus we had the garlic rice and hot water with lemon. I am not sure if the dishes were pre-cooked. We havent try the carrying dish which is the lechon Cebu,for sure if we will come back thats the one we will going to order. Very small place,crews are bi-lingual and very friendly,you know friendliness is one of the best trait of Filipinos. They also sell some chicken skin chicharon and ube pandesal. Pricing is just okay,you pay for what you wil get. Theres no TV, but theres music playing while we were there.Wash room is available.(Needs a lot of make over and improvement with the interior design.) If am not mistaken this place is a bubble tea gig before,As per friends news it was sold. Wifi now is all over the city so i dont think that would be an issue. Parking is metered one unless you wish to park in some residential area and you will just do some waking...sometimes serious walking because it can be far. Most clients that day came for pick up orders..a lot of them so i feel that this place has a huge potential to bloom. Noise level is average and nothing i can say on the interior design because theres nothing at all, like i said it"s pretty new place. Good for small group and kids friendly. Im wishing the owner the best of luck...i hope they should incorporate more Filipino dishes in their menu. Accept credit and debit card and cash as well

A long overdue post on my very first Filipino restaurant. Located on Fraser St, Pin Pin gave me a…read morevibe of mom and pop restaurant that we typically find in Asia. It's been a while so I won't try to rate the dishes in details. I remember really loving the sisig and desserts. The soup was also really enjoyable, while other dishes were decent. I will say that some dishes could be rather oily but that's how it's meant to be (?). Dishes we ordered: 1. Sisig ($18.95) 2. Medium Squid ($17.5) 3. Ensaladang Talong ($14.95): Eggplant salad with tomato, onions and salted egg 4. Bangus Belly ($24.95): Milkfish in tamarind soup base 5. Ube Halo Halo ($11.5) 6. Leche Flan ($9.75)

This used to be our go to Filipino restaurant in Vancouver but has recently been disappointing…read more Our Pork Sisig was crispy alright but it tasted like it's been fried and refried in old and stale oil. Am just glad the server took it off our bill - kudos to great customer service. Beef Caldereta did not taste authentic Filipino.

Great food and great service!…read more My friends and I were in the area and they let me pick what to have for lunch so I chose this homestyle, quick Filipino lunch spot! I had the tapsilog and they all tried the sinigang (Filipino lunch special). They loved it and I enjoyed my meal as well! The food came really quick (probably 5-10 minutes or less) and my friends were very shocked! I explained to them that many quick lunch spots in the Philippines were like this especially in Metro Manila where people prefer to grab lunch as quick as possible and go back to work. This place brought me right back to those days! The staff were very friendly and hospitable as well! The lady at the counter even came over and had a quick chat with us before we left. Prices were great for the meal. This was a great find! Will definitely come back whenever I'm in the area!

When you have a filipina wife you have to find filipino food often. Luckily we found this place in…read morewalking distance from our hotel. It's a tiny place with a few tables to dine inside. We tried some of the classic filipino breakfast. They were pretty good. If you need something quick and easy, give this place a try

Amazing selections and they offer Goldilocks Bakery products such as brazo de mercedes, polvoron,…read moreand my favorite dessert Sylvanas. They offer a wide variety of selections typical ulam like beef steak, sinigang, pork adobo, or kaldereta. They also had sizzling plate style sisig which was amazing. They had leche flan and my home favorite when growing up, inihaw na liempo bbq which went perfectly well with my rice. I would say this is top-notch restaurant for anyone looking for comfort filipino food or anyeon who wants to try it, most of the food they have i'd say are 9 to 10 out of 10 not even 8, they are that good, almost Gold standard. And I am saying this from someone who grew up in the Philippines and lived in different places who frequented Filipino restaurant spots in San Diego, Jacksonville and Tampa Florida, and Maryland/Virginia.

Delicious home style Filipino cuisine with exceptional service at good price!…read moreLoved the Pompano and Galungong!

One of the more famous Filipino restaurants in Vancouver. They offer a wide variety of options that…read moreyou can order from cafeteria-style. My particular favourites are the beef caldereta, pork binagoongan, and dinuguan. The servers here are friendlier too than in the nearby Pampanga's Cuisine.

Ito sa totoo lang ah. Yung chicken bbq niyo lasang ketchup tsaka bakit may ketchup sa taas? Hindi…read morenaman ganito sa pinas. Yung munggo lasang may amag. Sobrang luma ng munggo na ginagamit at ang tigas pa. Yung bicol express bakit may bell pepper? Tsaka hindi maanghang. Yung kanin niyo low quality may matigas meron naman buo buo. Sobra na to