Overall, Kalapow earns praise for flavorful, comforting Filipino dishes and generous portions, with crowd favorites such as adobo, sisig, lechon kawali, kare kare, and sinigang, and desserts like halo halo and kalamansi leche flan noted as standout options. Service quality appears mixed, ranging from warm, welcoming staff to slower pacing and longer waits for mains and desserts, plus some confusion at checkout about payment methods. Some interactions were described as tense or unclear, though apologies and attempts to resolve issues were noted. Ambiance is described as warm and homey with modern touches, parking is usually easy, and the menu offers generous portions at affordable prices. Taken together, despite occasional hiccups, Kalapow remains a popular choice for authentic Filipino comfort food and is a place many diners plan to revisit.
My family & I stayed at Marriot Bonvoy Residence Inn where we met Angel. She recommended Kalapaw Filipino Cuisine. We almost did not go there because of an impending snow storm. But we still went. We did not regret it. They were very friendly people. Great food. Great service. We got take out. Got back to our hotel, had dinner. Then the snow storm fell. Tried their kamayan platter, kare kare, palabok & lechon. Fantastic!
Extremely pleased with this restaurant! I came here on a Sunday afternoon with my family & everything we got was delicious! This place will now be in rotation of my favourite restaurants to go in Montreal. Anyone who's never had any Filipino food before please give this place a try! You won't be disappointed!!!
This was my first time trying Filipino cuisine, & I was delighted. The prices are reasonable, the serving size was good. I had a main meal along with a dessert, which were both delicious. One thing I could mention is that some people may find the food a bit salty (maybe it was just the meal I chose), but I like salty food. I guess one could ask to not have it as salty, but I really enjoyed it as it was. I also had some sort of fried banana dessert which also came with some ice cream, which was so good as well.
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Food was very good in general. The palabok, pork Barbeque skewers, atsara & kinilaw were great.I was a bit disappointed with the sisig. Inasal was ok. All the desserts on point. Everything else were tasty. The atmosphere was nice except for the smoke from kitchen always coming out; ventilation is not good. My clothes smelled like smoke after the meal. Chairs were comfortable. The service was good except that they don't provide service spoons; it is annoying to ask each time. They should provide Serving spoons automatically for each large sharing dish. Parking was great, spacious & free.
There's usually a lot of tables. I would say this place is a bit of western-filipino food fusion. Some dishes are westernized, & yet, it doesn't lose its filipino food taste to it (which is really hard to do). I've brought both filipino & non-filipino friends here, & they all love it. Their food could take a bit of time to cook/prepare (within 15-40 minutes, depending on order) because they are prepared/grilled as you order, but it tastes freshly made! I love their BBQs & kamayan foods if you like variety. They are good for 2-3 people, depending on how hungry you are! Their desserts are also good. I love the turon, peach mango spring rolls, & ube spring rolls. Oh, their halo-halo is pretty good too especially in the hot summer days! I wish they had luminated signage, though. It was a bit hard for me to find the first time around, especially when all its neighbors are well luminated. I also thought they were closed because it was dark, so be sure to check the door. Here's a collection of our photos/videos from our visits:
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The food is good. The layout is a bit uncomfortable & you have not even a bit of privacy sitting in a booth. The waitress was awkward. Didn't really explain or sell the menu. Then just brought the plate to the table & left without saying anything. If you want to bring your own wine there's a $10 charge apparently.. but not allowed beer for some reason.. if i ever go back would only be for takeout, again food is good.
Very tasty & absolutely delicious!
I took the salmon ceviche, which js my favorite. Very fresh & zesty. The pork belly is very juicy & the pork skewers are cooked to perfection. Will return for sure.
