Quiapo! Quiapo!

Note that I’ve only had the all-​you-​can-​eat breakfast here, which is what this review is based on. Well, to clarify, a Filipino breakfast (meaning a full-​on meal with rice, and all the fixings). We visited around 10:00 AM on a Saturday for their breakfast buffet, for $ 10.00 each.
Seating is limited, but luckily, we were able to grab a table. Note that although it’s a buffet, you don’t actually grab a plate yourself and pick and choose from an array of chafing dishes set out for your pleasure. Instead, you order from the front, as many times as you want, and the server will plate your preferences for you. No complaints there. They portion out the perfect amount of rice, beef, sausages, and whatever else you want. (They had a pretty decent selection of chicken afretada, longanisa, fried rice, eggs, beef tapa, eggplant, spring rolls, pieces of lechon, the morning we were there).
The breakfast overall was delicious. The garlic fried rice, the tapsilog (pieces of really crispy beef slices), fried eggs, were all cooked in best way Filipino moms know how — fried and full of oily goodness. Overall, a decent price point for the amount of food we consumed.

The place to get your Halo halo fix! They also offer the budol fight for or kamayan style (family style, no utensils needed, food neatly laid in banana leaves).
Must try their Lechon kawali and their breakfast specials.
Tapsilog– tapa (beef tips), fried egg and fried rice.
Halo halo — mixed sweet fruits in shaved ice and milk.
Pancit– stir fry noodles
Service is pretty decent and friendly staff and owner.
Tip– they are closed on tuesdays!

Tried out this restaurant recently because of a family recommendation and we had an event in the area and it was quite a novel experience. I’ve never eaten ‘boodle fight style’ before… but eating with your hands among company really brings the culinary experience back to basics and makes it feel so lovely and homely. We had the $ 22/​person seafood spread and it was quite enjoyable… fried tilapia, shrimps, mussels, squids, meats and okra over rice with side salad dishes of mango and tomatoes. The tilapia was hands-​down everyone’s favourite, flavourful, crispy and delicious! We washed it down with shared halo halo (ask for less shaved ice!). Service was friendly and prompt, makes sense for a surprisingly smallish-​sized location and we happened to dine at an apparently non-​peak dinner hour. Only HUGE HUGE HUGE downside was that we were deceptively misled in double-​tipping. A breakdown receipt was not given, only the total manually punched into a calculator. Payment by machine meant a tip prompt which we of course added. Total ended up being significantly overpriced and despite numerous calculations later, we just couldn’t figure it out… finally determined that they must have added a 20% gratuity in the total we were given at payment… yet never bothered disclosing to us! Ended up giving a 35% tip! Really?! Does a fine dining establishment even warrant that?! Nowhere on their website or restaurant chalkboard menu does it mention automatic addition of gratuity for certain party sizes. Granted, it can be expected but at least feel compelled to clarify with your customer! Yes, the dining experience was creative and enjoyable but this disgustingly disingenuous double-​tipping really left a bad taste in our mouths and as much of a good time that we had and like to support family businesses, this restaurant has lost our patronage and we will NEVER return. Please beware and check the total before you tip and pay!

Good price good food good ambiance. Will definitely eat here again and bring the entire family next time

The Best & Only Authentic Filipino dishes. It’s $$ for the value. Will always come back to buy & eat here if one is longing for a real Pinoy food. The service here is 100% better compared to Something Sweet!

Service was great and the food was great
Only issue was my 8 to 12 year old nephews that took a very small portion was charge adult rate… I find that very expensive $ 23 per adult for tiny kids…
I paid for the experience…
Will go again… but I will not take any kids… too pricey.

This place suffers from inconsistent quality of food, and poor customer service. I’m not particularly price-​sensitive but at this place, I also find the food too expensive. For instance, the large kare-​kare is $ 22! Large is just slightly bigger than a tub of the large yoghurt container. The taste is fairly good but I think it has gone down in quality. We also had pancit palabok recently and I think the dish is slightly different from the last time we had palabok. This place can’t seem to maintain consistency.
As for customer service, there’s nil and this is based on numerous visits. I ordered takeout recently and the gentleman who took the order blotched it. If you order takeout beforehand, make sure you check the stuff you bring home. I only realized when I got home that there was a mistake in the order. I called to let them know and the gentleman at first made this excuse by saying someone called to double the order. Whoever that was, it wasn’t me and I didn’t double the order. The worst part was that he didn’t seem to know how to handle the incident. I’m pretty disappointed with this place. I’m Filipino and there are not many Filipino food places in Mississauga. I was counting on them when we crave certain dishes I can’t cook or won’t bother cooking. Maybe it’s time I bring out the Filipino recipe book so don’t have to rely on them.

We had dinner during busy Friday night and the place was nearly empty. Couple of people ordered takeouts. The owner seemed busy with catering order, but still nice enough to explain all the food that are completely unknown to us.
We ordered pork adobo, eggplant and beef with potato. They all were delicious! I would definitely go again to try other menus.
Place was modest and clean, but their restroom was flooded so we could not use it.

Disclaimer: I’ve only tried their takeout dishes, more specifically, the kare-​kare and the Bicol express.
They’re really good. Filipino food is few and far between in Mississauga, but those few Filipino restaurants make great food.
QQ doesn’t have a detailed menu with prices, so don’t hesitate to ask what they’re selling for the day. My favourites are the kare-​kare (oxtail, peanut sauce, shrimp paste) and the Bicol express (pork, coconut milk, shrimp paste).
They sell what looks like a small container of food for $ 8, but trust me, it’s a STEAL. When you pour the contents over rice, it actually ends up being quite a sizeable meal, and can arguably even be split between two people. If you don’t have rice, you can buy a bowlful for $ 2.
They also have a few Filipino snacks for sale, including polvoron, chicharon, and Speculoos peanut butters.

The food is expensive and has gone down in quality. The lady owner is nice, but the husband owner is grouchy and likes to add extra fees, for example, I bought chicharon for six dollars, but when I bought from him he said seven dollars. He also insisted on a child who barely ate and sat at the budol table to pay full price, then stomped around the restaurant, saying «why would a child not pay». So unprofessional. If he was gone from the business, I would rate this place higher. Another thing, they say they have suckling pig on the weekends but the three times I told my family to go get it so we can try, there was none.

I had my 35^th birthday at Quiapo Quiapo. Sunshine and the rest of her team did an outstanding job preparing a budol feast for 28 people. The food was delicious. The service was exceptional. I would not hesitate to recommend this restaurant to anyone.

I had my first budol experience at Quiapo and talk about a unique eating experience. We were a party of 9 and called in for their seafood special. Generous portions of sweet steamed crabs, juicy spicy shrimps, fried to perfection tilapia, and okra on a bed of rice plus their signature pork adobo and lechon kawali served on banana leaves and we ate with our hands. The food was wonderful and the experience something to remember. My only hiccup is that carrying a key to open the washroom to wash your hands is awkward but definitely something I’m overlooking because of the food. Must try!

Food is great especially the spring rolls. They also have whole suckling pig on the weekends. The crackling is amazing when just out of the roaster. However it tends to get a little bit tougher to chew once its a few hours old. Service is slow but tolerable.

Love the host and hostess owners. They made you feel like family.
Very succulent Lechon, tasty lumpias, BBQ Meaty Pork Skewers melted in your mouth. I also love the Pork Adobo. Everything served up family still, huge generous portions.
My cousin’s wife Eliza order us Halo Halo a great way to finish off the meal.
Definitely worth the drive.