Pino Restaurant — Restaurant in Quezon City

Pipino is my vegan sister's favorite restaurant in QC. I finally got to eat here again after 2years and their food is still as delicious and comforting as before. Upon entrance, their interior design feels natural and elegant in an earthy way. We ordered vegan kare kare, mac n cheese, tofu sisig, bistek, and chocolate cake. And it filled our hungry souls with just a few bites! Mine was the kare kare and I have to say the sarsa is on point if not even better than the original. For meat lovers, you might miss the beef but the vegetables and savory sauce make up for most of it. For cheese lovers, the mac n cheese has chickpea flour as cheese and it's worth a try. Not my favorite but it's an interesting take. The tofu sisig is a thumbs up for me because it's got spice! Each dish is gourmet realness. Their serving time is 10-20mins. The meal prices are a bit more costly than I'd like. It's not very student budget friendly. Their bathroom is very cute with a cool design. They have bidet so that's a plus. Their staff were polite and accomodating. By the way, you can also order non-vegan meals here. You whole family is welcome no matter the dietary preferences they have. Car parking is at their facade. Overall, it's a progressive restaurant and we would come back...

That’s the breakfast smoothie on the right - similar to gosalads and close price point. I think it’s 170?

The veggie sisig and veggie buffalo wings in veggie butter.

The sisig was okay with taste although I expected it to “sizzle” when it was served but was not.

The buffalo option tasted like they used sweet chilli sauce where I expected it to be closest to a hot sauce and vegan butter mix only.

The place is small and can accommodate 20 people I guess. I came in at 6PM and it was well lit, has no odor and great service.

I will go back to try the more Filipino cuisine options like kare kare because they have vegan Bagoong too. For all 3, I think I spent 650 or 700. I paid cash but I think they have card options.

It’s not shown in the photo but I used a “glass straw” ♥️♥️♥️♥️ so happy they are conscious about the environment.

By the way, they now occupy the place where breakfast and pi used to be. They might have acquired the place. So now, I have more options for vegan food: greens at Tomas morato, pipino At Malingap/Diliman, salad stop and go salad at trinoma and SM north and finally, 8tables at congressional Avenue near San Lorenzo school.

Parking is limited and their toilet is newly...

This vegetarian restaurant has gone through a series of remodeling, restructuring and repairs. I have been eating here even before they have come to what they are right now. Now, they are occupying almost the whole building. In the middle of the pandemic, they refurbished the place which is now Pipino (formerly Pino) which caters to the strictly vegetarian. And the Pino, just on the side which is a mix of different delicacies, meat included, of course. And they are planning to transform this to a restobar. And as if to prepare for the worst, the whole block is now open air with roof. There is proper ventilation and the place is like your old traditional restaurant.

Well, i tried eating the vegetarian kare-kare...Umm, tastes good even without meat. And nice with unpolished rice with some red mixed into it. The trick here is to blend the bagoong, so you won't feel lacking. I took the Ginger Lemongrass Cooler, and yes...really good to the throat. Not sweet and very refreshing. Kudos to the owners, who never gives up in setting up this kind of alternative restaurant to help us eaters and remind us to keep our diets healthy...