Pampangueña — Restaurant in Toronto

Update: Updated my review, service was not that good and kind of rude, the person we talk to, the cashier. Initially I did not like them asking for payments before hand, unlike other Filipino restaurants(Tinuno or Lakay or Casa Manila) or even non-Filipino restaurants but I let it go wanted to try the food, which was great the first time. Now this Christmas Eve day, they ask for full payment LOL. This will be the last time we would be ordering from them. Service was not consistent in 3 times we tried with them. We tried the pansit the 2nd time, it was not good but the Dinakdakan was still good. The Karekare was meh the 2nd time but was good the first, that is why we did not order this time around. Hopefully this last and 3rd time, the food will be at least good to compensate the bad experience.Oh well.

Great food and more important it tastes like the food in the Philippines. I think they have the best sisig in Toronto, for sure. The other ones here does not even taste and look like an authentic sisig. We got Kare-Kare as well and it tasted good as well, as well as the Lechon Kawali. Their lumpia was good as well.

The service was friendly and even helped out to bring our bought goods to our car.

Definitely our go to Filipino restaurant now, in terms...

I ordered party trays from Pampanguena and they were fantastic: high quality and well-priced. I will be ordering from Pampanguena again! They even all reheated well, perfect for baon.

The vegetable lumpia stayed crispy for hours, even after having been under foil for about an hour. They're a little larger than I expected, and the crunch to filling ratio was perfect. Maybe they stayed crispy for longer because they weren't oily at all. I would have liked a little more texture in the filling but that's not remotely a dealbreaker- you want these, you really really do.

The fried chicken (medium) were good with a thin batter and good crunch. The pieces were a little on the skinny side, though there were a good quantity of them and they tasted great.

Lastly, I ordered a medium container of vegetable pancit bihon. It was exactly what I expected: mixed vegetables and super-thin rice vermicelli noodles cooked perfectly.

They recently upgraded their website and the menu is no longer available online, which is a shame because I don't have a paper copy and that'll make it harder to order in the future- but it's worth just calling and asking. I was really happy...

I first tried this at my nieces communion party and loved the adobo chicken and pancit sotanghon - I was very pleased with it considering I’m very picky who makes the pancit! I ordered about 9 trays for my children’s party this past Sunday and the party was a hit. Everyone enjoyed the food and it was a great portion as I had over 60 people at the house - my titas even enjoyed it and they are picky too! Thank you so much for the love and effort put into making the food and allowing me to share it with others. Will definitely order from here again and recommend this...