Karihang-Pinoy

It looks like a lot of happy people coming to this hole in the wall of a place. The owner and the two servers seem to know everyone by name. They are constantly joking and teasing and cracking a few laughs. Looks like the regulars are quite comfortable getting their daily grub and it’s none of my business to change the way things are. For one thing the servings are more than generous and I see that some guys get more rice than others. It looks like the carinderia in the port area of Tondo where those who carry a sack of rice can eat the same quantity cooked in one sitting. The bowls also has a lot of soup or sauce that it could literally feed an average of twelve living in the slums of Manila. I even saw a few latinos who knows what to order whether they eat in the premises or to go. The only thing is probably they need to know how to use a steam washer since everything you touch feels sticky with a film of grease even if they are constantly sweeping the floors. The seating capacity of 32 fills up easily with the lunch crowd. If they are happy there is no reason for me to not be happy too.

I love this place!!! I love the people and staff! GREAT FOOD!!! Everything is fresh and very traditional filipino dish! It feels like home away from home.
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Love this place, Tess and Janet are awesome cooks!!! This was my go to place when I was craving my Momma’s cooking. The flavors are amazing — sinigang, bulalo, beef steak, chicken hen among others.
Cash only.

Oh no… My colleague invited me to have Filipino lunch and I did not expect a place like this. I felt like I was back to high school cafeteria. Ordered some sausages and the lady put that into microwave before giving it to me.
Chicken was ok… nothing special about… the biggest disappointment of all was soda can. Top part of soda was dusty and dirty…

I frequented this place because I love their bulalo. This time, I had my breakfast here this morning. I ordered tapsilog because the main dish is not available yet.
I got my tapsilog soaked with oil. I just ignored it. But when I tasted it, it is quite bitter to my palate. I told the kahera about it. She quipped that probably it is just my appetite and she kept on saying that why is it that most of the customers inside are not complaining the taste especially «father.» That time there was a dine customer who is a filipino priest. I replied that I really cannot eat that. She said, okay $ 7 including the buko juice. I asked her, «do you really want me to pay the tapsilog which I barely ate»? She made face and she said, okay to satisfy you just pay the buko juice.
If someone eats at other restaurants and the customer complains about the food, you don’t justify that your food is fine. You just apologize and then replace the food.
I am quite disappointed.

This is my go-​to place for home-​cooked «I’m-so-homesick, I-​could-​cry» Bulalo (beef tendon stew in clear broth), and Sinigang-​na-​Baboy (pork rib stew in sour-​tamarind broth). The drab interiors and provincial décor can be disappointing, but they make up for it in extra-​friendly service and affordable prices. Their menu is on a weekly rotation: Bulalo only on Sundays, Sinigang only on Saturdays. Yes, that’s my gripe. I want to try their Monday’s and Thursday’s menu, but I work too far from Hollywood. (Extra points for having actual metal spoons and forks! That’s so unlike most cafeteria-​style Filipino fare with flimsy styrofoam plates and flimsier plastic spoons and forks.)

Such lovely, delicious and truly satiating food & people. This establishment has been in the cornerstone of our immigrant story and nothing, I say NOTHING, can best their Sunday Bulalo.
This establishment is the epitome of Inay’s Lutong Bahay (Mommy’s Home-​Cooking) and should be made exclusive to the throwback homage of community-​driven tradition, heart, pleasant smiles, conversation (with the occasional local gossip or two ;) and, of course, filial piety. I respect this place not only for their penultimate Pinoy taste buds (they have NO mediocre dish) but as well as their longevity and respect they perpetuate to me and my family to this day. It’s truly the longing connections that matter in the end. Go to Starbucks if the décor glooms you, go judge elsewhere while we slash you with OUR marks of freedom, OUR mother-​tongue.

I love this place. Been coming here with the family for years… We love ordering the Tapa (marinated beef), and Longanisa (filipino sausage) for breakfast. We usually get it with eggs, rice, and tomatoes.
The place is okay. Doesn’t present itself to be clean but we come here for the food and not the décor. If your craving some filipino breakfast come and stop by and try this place!

Ambience and food is really Pinoy. Don’t expect fine dining but experience real «turo-​turo» style eating (literally pointing at the food you want to order). The food is «lutong bahay» (home cooked). I love Sundays here because of the «bulalo» (beef stew), akin to caldo of the Latino cooking. I am from the province of Batangas and i cooked my bulalo the Batanggenyo way. I would always order bulalo whenever there’s Filipino restaurant from NY, Chicago, Houston and here in California from Daly City to SAn Diego and i will tell you Karihang Pinoy serve the best bulalo i ever tasted in a pinoy resto here in the US.

I’m new to Pilipino food, but I like the Simi Gan is good, love the broth.
I’ve had better Adobe Pancid.

Whenever I’m in the area, I drop by here because the Filipino food is bomb diggity! :) Seriously… LIKE MAMA MAKE IT! Okay, sorry Mom… actually better! LOL
Wednesdays are fried chicken days! Woohoo! Breakfast is the busiest time, but it’s when you can definitely get a very hearty beginning. Seriously… tapsilog, longsilog, tocilog, etc. Mmm… I take mine with garlic fried rice (otherwise known as sinang-​ag (sp?))! Sorry, I’m Filipino but EOP — English Only Pilipino! LOL
The day I came here was one of the days they had okoy (Battered bean sprouts mixed with veggies and shrimp, fried into a flat cake — Yummy with garlic vinegar!), which I was told the only cook every two weeks. Mmm… and I had mongo! OMG! I haven’t had it in so long.
Unfortunately, they only accept cash but their prices are a lot lower than any other «turo-​turo» place I’ve ever been to. They don’t serve you either. It’s like cafeteria style… pick up your food, sit wherever you like, and then pay at the register.
Oh, and when you are craving some Filipino desserts… they have plenty to feast on. I nearly keeled over thinking about how much I ended up bringing home. LOL :) See you soon!

I loved this place. Fantastic FilipinoFood

Karihang-​Pinoy is one of the many turo-​turo (translation: «point-​point») Filipino restaurants in the city, but it’s also the best. The food is just like Mom makes, packed with flavor and oh so filling. Bonus: Wednesday is fried chicken day, and trust me, it’s worth the trip.