Red Ribbon Bakeshop

After doing some damage at Seafood City, I wanted something sweet and the nearest place was Red Ribbon. I’ver never had anything from here before, but I’ve always been curious since their now closed Donki location.
I would say the star here is the butter mamon. Two customers before me bought a dozen of them, so I wanted to try as well. Along with that, I ordered a slice of mango cake which looked irresistible.
The mamon was yummy. Soft and sweet, with a strong butter undertone. The mango slice was smaller than I expected, but I also enjoyed it as much as the mamon. Between the layers of cream and cake was slivers of filipino mangoes!
I look forward to trying their other items!

I always order the coffee crunch cake every time I go here. Workers are very friendly and nice.

A quick grab of my favorite desserts Taisan and Mamon. Then eat at home with my coffee… filipino fried!

This is the best bake shop on Oahu so far. Their cake are moist and really good. My favorite is the mango cake and Ube cake. They deseeve more than 5 stars

My favorite filipino bakery, this place has all the best stuff. Taisan yum!!!
The ube overload cake is beautiful and absolutely delicious. I need to buy a whole one. I’m so glad this is close to my home!

I love the palabok at red ribbon. I was so excited to eat it there. Also if the cashier doesn’t recommend the butter mamon you get it for free which I got… score!!!

I went to Red Ribbon after grabbing a quick bite at Jollibee. Red Ribbon Bakeshop is situated right next to Jollibee in Waipahu.
Red Ribbon has a nice display of assorted baked goods. Brownies, Mamon, Macroons, Assorted Fruit flavored loafs, Pan de Sal, and Ensimada well stocked in the shelves. They also carry Palabok, Empanadas, Arroz Caldo, and Dinaguan if you want something other than desserts. I went in around 12 noon and it wasn’t very crowded. The space is shared with Jollibee and customers usually just grab and go.
I decided to buy the Ube Mamon and the Cheese Mamon. The Ube Mamon was very moist and fluffy. It was somewhat messy. If you peel the Mamon off, be prepared to have some sticky purple fingers! The cheese Mamon wasn’t as messy. The cheese tends to break off and leave crumbs, but that’s about it. The cheese Mamon is my favorite so far. I don’t know, but the cheese flavor and fluffy sponge cake go well together.
The bakery items are very good. They even have a best before sticker, the Mamon usually lasts 3 – 4 days. If your craving for a Filipino treat or a different kind of dessert, try Red Ribbon.

I usually come here for the ube macapuno rolls. It’s my favorite. Like other reviewers stated parking can be a challenge or impossible. If you don’t want to experience «finding a parking space madness,» avoid coming to this area around lunch and dinner time, especially during Sundays.

Red Ribbon Bakeshop is located inside of Jollibee’s. I absolutely love their Ube Macapuno Roll ^_​^ a definite must try! Their Butter Mamon, Mango Roll, and Beef Empanda are good too. Parking can be ridiculous at this location.

I am addicted to their Mamon without a doubt, hands down thee best «pound cake”/dessert/snack you could have! They sell out really fast, so when they are in stock… i find myself buying them in packs of 6! But dont buy too much… they last maybe about a week before they start molding. other then that… its cheap, its delish, & SO worth it.

Can’t really complain about this place! I’m disappointed that some of the cakes you can’t have by slice, like my favorite brazo de mercedes!
The parking here SUCKS on a sunday, literallly. It’s packed, there’s traffic coming and going. It’s all bad because the lot is shared with other stores!
Also, this Red Ribbon isn’t separated it is combined/​shared inside with Jollibee. So you have to deal with Jollibee customers everywhere. It’s kind of sucks that it’s more to-​go but most days, there’s a lot of seats if Jollibee isn’t hosting a birthday party inside their restaurant.
Other than that, the butter mamon tastes really good. I wish they sold ensemada here too! The ube cake was just as good if you’re craving for it.

Good size seating and seems newly renovated, but not much to choose from. Jollibee located in the same store.

Red Ribbon in Waipahu sells only pastries but I’ve been going practically every week. Addicted to the chicken and also the beef empanadas, the individually wrapped mocha sponge cake, and the sans rival! Red Ribbon’s chicken empanada costs more ($ 2.35) but is a little bigger and is in a different league from Nanding’s and Golden Coin’s. Don’t care too much for the ube pandan cake and their mango cake but hope to try other cakes later (oh, but I always have to have the sans rival). The ladies at the counter are also all very nice. Just wish they gave samples now and then or upon request and also start carrying my favorite ube polvoron.

Nothing to be crazy about this place… I tried different items each time was a disappointment. If this place is not connected to Jollibee, I doubt people would actually come back after one visit. Their cake is too expensive, too sweet, too buttery, dry and lacks real flavor. If you are a baker and knows your dessert very well, I’m sure you’ll understand what I am talking about. I doubt they bake their cake here. I could tell by the taste of it, it was defrosted or shipped from another place. Costco sell better cake and for a better price.
There, save your hard earned buck. Unless, you don’t mind defrosted cake.

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I finally made my way here because I was craving for something sweet. They are connected right next to jollie bee and in the same restaurant so you can always get some good dessert after your fried chicken ;). They have a lot of different cakes to chose from. They also sell some cake slices so thats nice but its also kind of junk because they only had 3 flavors of slices to choose from, on this occasion it was ube, choco mocha and a coffee crunch for $ 2.89, $ 3.03 with tax. I chose the ube and it was a rolled cake slice. It is a bit pricey for the piece that they give but oh wells, at least it was good. Its rolled with some macapuno (young coconut) and whipped cream. I also got a chance to try their rocky road cake at a party and that was pretty good but way too rich for my taste. It had chocolate cake with a chocolate filling that tasted a little like «ice cream» mixed with some mini marshmallows and nuts. Overall, id like to try more of their desserts.

Their pastries are yummy. I knocked 2 stars down because I came in on a week day at about 1pm and there was nothing stocked on their shelves. No mamon (filipino sponge cake) what so ever! I asked the woman working if they had any mamon and she said that «we have to pick it up»? How do you expect to have a business and no products to sell, and your reason is because you didn’t pick it up? =(I left with nothing in my hands. I hope it was a one time thing because I love the pastries. I would recommend calling before you head down to get your goodies!

This place is located in the same shopping center with Pacific Market, Max’s of Manilla, and Golden Coin. It’s in Waipahu’s Filipino town, lol. The entrance is shared with Jollibee. It is a bake shop full of all these yummy pastries.
I am writing a review today on the Buko pandan cake. This cake is awesome!!! It is a green cake with coconut and the pandan leaves. You wont see the leaves, it is only the flavoring. Pandan tastes almost like a mint. If you read my Unilocal Review on Jollibee, you will know that I love Puko pandan bubble drink. I think I found my new love. I am not normally a cake eater.
The combination makes a yummy cake. My mom had bought this cake for me for my birthday. It was really realy good. The cake was soft and fluffy. The coconut was not too sweet, the frosting was perfect. It was one of my favorite birthday cakes ever!!!
I fell in love with cake again. I LOVE BUKO PANDAN CAKE!!!

Hmmmm, I don’t know why this review is marked closed, but it sure is open! Just went last Sunday! I bought a bag of jumbo pandesal for ~$ 3. The cakes go for about $ 20+, which seems pretty steep for round cakes that are maybe just at 12in in diameter. The empanadas are about 4in long, making them a pretty big size. They come in pork or chicken filling and are about $ 2. They’re not as good as the ones that used to be at some 7−11s, but they’re big… And also 7 – 11 just doesn’t have them anymore. All in all, I’ve just gotta try more stuff here, so 3.5 until then.

The opening of Jollibee’s partner food establishment, Red Ribbon has finally arrived! I came in and met with one of my Jolli buddies, Karen and Pat. We came just a bit before lunch time. There were red and white balloons around celebrating Red Ribbon’s grand opening and first day of business. We were expecting a line but there was none. I was wondering if it would bee as crazy as Jollibee’s opening back in December of last year. There were new posters up showing some of Red Ribbon’s cakes like the mango and ube. We saw a Red Ribbon staff worker going around and passing Red Ribbon samples to the dine in customers. Karen and I got really excited, hoping that she would come our way. Karen saw that she ran out by the time she was heading towards us and back to the counter. We saw Tito Toy, President of the Filipino Community Center, ordering some food. He mentioned to us that he cut the ribbon for Red Ribbon for the opening earlier in the morning.
After we ate our Jolli meals, we made our short journey and looked at what Red Ribbon had to offer. There was hardly a Red Ribbon line. They had an impressive line-​up of cakes. There were a lot which were the famous ube, rocky road, sans rival, pandan macapuno, choco mocha crunch, coffee crunch, and many more! It was heavenly indeed, just as like what their slogan says. Whatever the celebration, it will surely be beautiful with Red Ribbon. I found it interesting to see that Red Ribbon posts calorie counts for each of it’s items. I think it’s a definitely a good thing for health and self awareness. They have a side shelf to the left of the counter register with lots of pastry and bakery goodies such as ube mammon, pandesal, etc. You can buy some of the items in a pack or individually/​separately. When we were ordering, we asked about the top cake seller, they mentioned it was the choco mocha crunch (because kids like it a lot). Surprising it wasn’t ube which we all thought. Other than bakery foods, they also have pork buns, chicken/​beef epanadas. They also have two combo menu items; 1) palabok and 2) dinuguan. Each menu item comes with a dessert cake of your choice and a soda drink. It’s $ 4.99 individually and around $ 7.80 for the meal. The meal price isn’t that bad considering it’s about $ 3 for slice of cake. This makes me wonder what the palabok tastes like, if it’s the same or different than Jollibee? How would chocolate meat and chocolate cake tastes like? Interesting questions to ponder. I ordered a pack of ube mammon. Karen, Pat, and I split up ordering separate slices of cake because we wanted to try most if not all of them. We ordered 2 ubes, 2 choco mocha crunch, 1 mango, and 1 caramel. We were in cake heaven while indulging the cakes. There was a couple next to us who we talked story with, asking us how we rate the cakes. My top preference of cakes are 1) ube 2) choco mocha crunch 3) mango 4) caramel. Karen saved all of the plates that we ate out of. The woman told her that she is ssooo Filipino for doing that. Pat and I thought it was kinda nasty. Karen and I spent about 3 – 4 hours at Jollibee/​Red Ribbon.
So I went back again in the evening with my fellow crew members Josh, Ariel, Chino, Luigi, and Lowella after a performance that we did for a first Friday event downtown. We decided to go after I told Lowella about Red Ribbon’s grand opening today. She loves Red Ribbon to the max. When we all arrived, I first saw Luigi holding all of the items that they had already packed on the Red Ribbon side. They wasted no time in getting a basket and packing items like a fat kid loves cake. Luigi also loves their chicken epanada. Lowella got the same thing and dropped a piece on the ground and we all screamed in distress. Chino loves their pandesal. If Shelby was here, I would slap her with a slab of pandesal. Now that Red Ribbon is open, everyone is happy as there is no more wait for delicious pastries and cakely goodies. For dinner, I got their dinuguan meal with sprite and rocky road chocolate cake. I thought I was going to get a cup for a drink but they gave me canned soda instead. The dinuguan was good and I liked it. It’s a bit sweeter and sour than your homemade Dinuguan but tasty. The Rocky road cake afterwards topped it all off in chocolatey goodness. So after tasting Rocky Road, I place it 3^rd in my list. I can imagine myself visiting this place a lot whenever I visit Jollibee.

Finally opened! This place shares the area with Jollibee. It’s a Filipino bakery chain that also sells dishes, like palabok. If you have been to one, you should know what to expect.
This one is still getting things set up and doesn’t have all the products a typical Red Ribbon would hold. I’m not a fan of the dishes either, especially with Jollibee next door. However, their baked goods are generally light and not too sweet.
Likes: I like how they post the caloric content of the food here. They also have a bunch of Filipino items.
Dislikes: I can say a lot of the items are average tasting.
Favorites: The ube cake is pretty good because you can taste the ube. Their prepackaged mamon is light and moist too. In the Philippines, my favorite one was the chocolate mousse cake, but I didn’t see it here. I hope they bring it out soon.
If you miss Red Ribbon, you should check it out. If you have never been here, be aware that this place caters to Filipino tastes (if the location isn’t already obvious).