Pistang Pilipino

This is my first time to dine at this restaurant based on a friend's suggestion. Though it is quite a drive from where I live, I thought I would try the place so I have other Filipino restaurants to consider within the area if I have a craving for Filipino Food. This review is meant to offer CONSTRUCTIVE criticism, not a put down. So positive as well as negative comments are being offered for consideration. I was greeted warmly and enthusiastically by a guy in T-shirt and shorts and was told that I can take any seat. I ordered several items on the menu, most of them to go, and two I ate right there and then. By and large, the food was okay, prices are highly reasonable and presentation is great. I love" lumpiang sariwa" and "Halo-halo" which were mainly the reason I went to this restaurant. I sat down and ate these two items while I wait for my to go orders. I'm neither a chef nor a cook, but I know what these are made of back in the old days of Little Quiapo at UP Diliman, QC, D. Tuazon, QC, and Espana in Manila. Although the lumpia was nicely presented and the sauce tasted great, the wrapper was too thick. There was very little or none of the other vegetables that I expected like the lettuce, cabbage and cubed sweet potato. It was dominated by the singkamas and the sweet pea pods (which I don't think had ever been used as a lumpia ingredient.) The halo-halo was full of the ube and leche flan but again lacked the sweet dried or candied ingredients like kaong, sweet potato, white and red beans. These two items brought down heavily my general rating for food. "2" rating The pancit Bihon guisado was very tasty and could very well feed 3 - 4 people. Rated "4". The mami was as expected and tasted good "3", but the siopao was excellent "5". I will get the siopao anytime. I'm craving some of it as I am writing this. The pancit Palabok was delicious and rated a "4", and so was the Bangus sisig. The Turon was so-so, because it got sort of wilted and the bananas were somewhat overriped. It was not rolled in brown sugar, instead syrup must have been used, so it made the wrapper soggy. "2". The buchi was also good. Toast it to warm it up and make it a little crunchy. "3". Before I drove to this restaurant, I called a friend, who has been asking me for a while to bring her to a Filipino restaurant, if she wanted to tag along. "Fortunately", she had guests in her house so she couldn't go. I am not an elitist but when I bring along a non-Filipino friend, I prefer to take them to a dine-in restaurant with more standard restaurant setting/atmosphere like Nipa Hut or Kabayan. I will go back to Pistang Pilipino to buy their siopao, and maybe try again the lumpang sariwa and halo-halo.

If you are looking for a NY atmosphere, delicious food, and friendliest staff this is the place. We barely got in before closing and they served us with the same kindness. We had the steamy lechón kawali, sinigang bangus belly perfect for the cold night. Come and you’ll enjoy everything!!!

What an awesomely authentic Filipino Feast! The crispy pata, fried bangus and pancit were delicious! The Halo Halo was phenomenal. Without a doubt the BEST FILIPINO Restaurant we have visited in the United States.

Feels like home! The food are so good, very tasty and authentic. The Pinakbet and Chicken Curry are the best and for the desserts, try the halo-halo and leche flan. However, we kinda disappointed with the Ube Halaya (not good). We received great and friendly customer service! The restaurant has mini store so if you're craving for Filipino goodies, its available! Given a chance, I'll be back here!

We are visiting from Canada and tried the place based on the google review. The food is amazing! We had sinigang, tokwa't baboy, pancit bihon,canton mix and crispy pata. Star of the meal is the crispy pata with lechon like crispyness to skin. They accidentally made an extra serving of tokwat baboy which they gave to us for free. The food serving size is really nice as well. We had so much to go food that it will feed us for days. My daughter was asking them to open a branch in Calgary. And to top it all off, the super nice service they provided would be the highlight of the dinner. Since we are always out and about we kinda arrive a lil close to their closing time and never felt being rushed. Instead we were told to take our time with our meal. Of course we still didnt try to impose too much but that was kind of them to say. Berna was super nice and her colleague who I forgot to ask the name. They even shared some star fruit with us to try. At the end of the meal. They gave us a dessert to go and saw us out even helping us carry stuff to the uber car. We tried a couple of Filipino restaurant in our stay and we hoped we tried theirs first as their is definitely was better in terms of food taste, quantity and service. At the time of me weiting this review my daughter is still reminding me to make sure they get the highest rating.