Karenderya — Restaurant in Town of Orangetown

Beyond Rude! I am a die hard foodie who eats in Nyack quite a bit but I will never eat here again, their service and the way they treat people is disgusting. I called 5 times and no one would pick up the phone , on the 6th try I placed an order with a very rude person who carried on as if he was doing me a favor and was bothered to take my order.. 35 minutes later I walk in and it takes the SAme person who answered the phone over 10 minutes to get to me. BeCause every time he took an order he asked the next customer to wait, as he stepped away and ate his food. He came back chewing with a greasy mouth to help the next person. 45 minutes after placing my order, it’s my turn and I tell him I’m picking up. After much discussion between himself and the kitchen he says my order was never placed , and I asks if I will be placing an order, I said are you kidding me right now ? The kitchen help comes out and says no one placed your order IM Sorry so what do you want to order ? I told him never mind your establishment has no idea how to treat customers and I left. BTW the couple that was next was wondering why no one picks up the phone while they are open. I called the owner after I left to complain and he became defensive because I asked for the name of the person I was speaking to, he calmed down after I told him how I was treated and his front desk person is rude and he said all he can say is sorry , I told him it’s ok you will never get me to eat there again and your idea of serving customers is quite...

I want to preface this review by saying pork sinigang is one of my absolute favorite dishes from any genre of cuisine. I’ve eaten it up and down the East coast at restaurants, canteens, and aunties’ houses. In the Philippines nearly every place I went I got a bowl of sinigang na baboy. I make it at home myself on the regular.

Not once have I ever seen a sinigang broth this dark before. After I got over my initial moment of shock I was excited to be trying something new. It looked like I could be in for the most insane sour unami bomb broth ever.

After my first spoonful... confusion. It didn’t taste like much of anything. It wasn’t even remotely sour. But strangest of all was that the most dominant flavor I could taste was adobo. Was the darkness of the broth just from soy sauce?

The meat was delicious, fatty and soft, and I really appreciated the long beans as nearly every restaurant I’ve been to in the US uses regular green beans instead.

I could see myself maybe enjoying eating this dish if I had ordered an adobo-ish braised pork stew but just not as the sinigang I was expecting.

I’m giving 4 stars because I love supporting small businesses and I want to extend my benefit of the doubt - this was my first visit and maybe this was simply a one off sinigang snafu.

The pork empanadas were absolutely scrumptious. I would tentatively come back and try other dishes on the menu.

There’s also no dine in service available at the moment despite what...

Went on an impromptu drive from NYC as a pre-birthday brunch on the 22nd. My husband knows this has been on my list for the longest time since I read about their Chef, Chef Paolo making it as a Semifinalist for Best Chef: New York State for the 2023 James Beard Foundation Awards. I was pretty excited on a Sunday morning and they accommodated my last minute reservation on email. Appreciated that very much as the place was pretty full when we got there.

No designated parking so just have to rely on street parking but not really hard to find if you're determined! :) Place was pretty small and no-frills but clean, there were 3 people who ensured good service.

This was going to be our OMAD (One Meal A Day) so we ordered a lot to be able to try as much. Started off with Lumpia which was pretty good but a little salty. The Adobo Pork Belly was delicious but the Chicken Tocino was the highlight among all the dishes that day, and that's coming from someone who doesn't really order Tocino often. We also ordered Kare Kare and it was good.

We also ordered food to go to reheat and enjoy during the week : Beef Tapa (good!), the Rib Sinigang (wish there were actually more soup), Pansit Bihon (delicious and used quality shrimps!) and the Shrimp Coconut Adobo (again, great quality of shrimps used as well as size and portion).

Glad we were able to...