Comments on: Filipino Restaurant Series: Cucina Manila

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 05:23:16 +0000

I have to say that after 2 not so great experiences here, we will not be going back.
I HATE it when counter staff are lippy with me. Telling me that I said one thing when I very well know I’d said another. Like, please put the food in take out containers as we will take home what we don’t finish… I also tried to ask for a plastic bag from one of the cooks who’d, for some reason, come up to the front. Instead of taking the few steps to give me a plastic bag, he told me to go to the cash to get one!!!???%% What the hell is wrong with these morons?
FYI- their Kare Kare is not made with oxtail as is traditional. They have decided to cheap out and make it with pork instead. No, you say. Just check out the pieces of pig skin attached to the bones first thought to be oxtail.
This place has the most HORRIBLE service I have ever experienced in any restaurant environment. For $7.50 per dish and $1.50 for a bowl of steamed rice- THIS PLACE IS A TOTAL RIP OFF!
Never again! And I will make sure to tell everyone I know.

I miss Galing Galing too!

By: Marsmaloo

Marsmaloo — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:04:12 +0000

Lived near the Cusina Manila in Joyce. Food is good but service is really bad. I feel sorry for the owner, I hope she knows that the people she employees makes her customers feel like they are nuisance when they are buying food.

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By: jovi

jovi — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:19:00 +0000

if you gonna ask me where the best filipino restaurant in BC?
none
recados: taste? ok…presentation? good
price? overpriced
service? they dont know what thyre
serving…
cucina manila: is good, but the portion is getting smaller & smaller…
i like thier pancit palabok, kare kare is ok…
i just had bicol express today, & it was good
i dont know why u dont like cucina, but thier food is way much better than josephines…
pin pin: for the last 2 years they changed the price for so many times, i think the chinese owner dont know how to run a good chinese restaurant business…
thyre lucky they have ok food….
& please tell the owner, to train the waiters how to serve food… what a waste…they dont know how to serve there…
worst than some chinese resto…
josephines: try to cook without too much FAT…
goldilocks: Small portions & kinda pricy for that size of food….
aling ining: just ok
bulaluhan: hmmmmm so so

I MISS GALING GALING

By: Paw

Paw — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:43:20 +0000

Try Rekados somewhere in Main St., Vancouver. So far one of the best Pilipino Restaurant I’ve been to.

By: Roland Tanglao

Roland Tanglao — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:36:43 +0000

seems to have gone a wee bit downhill since we tried it back in 2003 shortly after its opening (http://www.vaneats.com/2003/12/10 ), but that happens alot with restaurants, filipino or not

i am also looking forward to your reviews of the rest including pinpin; pinpin and rekados are my favs but of course i haven’t done a comprehensive survey

By: shokutsu

shokutsu — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:31:54 +0000

With myself having a low familiarity with Filipino cuisine as your husband, I could totally feel his trepidation, lucky he had you to guide. Very interesting to see the array of offerings here, I didn’t know there was such a wide choice for Filipino food in the city, so enjoying your series on it. Love the image of the rice cake dessert, with the repeating pattern of circular images, thanks for sharing!

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