Cafe de Manila - Brisbane

I came here to repair my food supplement. I chose the pigs with tomato and garnel paste (binagoongan pork) and the unripe jack fruit in cocosmilk (sound short but yum!)

I was here about 5 times in the last 3yrs, but today I saw a bitter melon / gourd sometimes known as 'cumbers with herpes' dish. sauteed bitter melon and ei. who could go past this? not I! let it go with a scoop of rice and one of the 3 pigs. I choose pork adobo it is brewed in edgy, soy sauce, garlic leaves. no chili just sweet chili sauce and ketchup in the offer. Really? half a star immediately off! at $7.90 a fair price and fair serve so ok of me. look around here. hmm. let's just describe the scene as 'down at heel' chic, but this is with b.y.o chic. mcwhirters' dining room really needs a 'make over', but...read more

Naivety.. This establishment is in no way of bad taste, nor do they do anything wrong recipe wise. I am an Australian Filipino, have eaten filo food ever since I was born. Every dish is true to its name and cooked and prepared on the spot fresh everyday and made with love. I don't know any of the cooks there but they do a brilliant job. The food tastes amazing. Yes there are dishes that question the tastebuds but that is because we are not Filipino. If you find it fatty, that's because it is. If you find it salty, that's because it is! Thier food is true to Filipinos and I believe everything they do is beautiful, they are clean hygienic and fresh using products from thier shop, Best...read more

To Stuart Sanderson, maybe you went to Best Friends Groceries selling different stuff for cooking. Go inside McWhirters Foodcourt to find Kainan sa Valley. I'll recommend calderetta and adobo for your lunch. Most Australians really like those 2 dishes. Cheers

You will be disappointed. Yuck...the food here is gross! I can't believe people refer to this as authentic filipino food...and keep going back for more. I took one look at their Dinuguan and I know better. Pity all the aussies eating up this slop thinks its true filipino food made to an authentic recipe. Wouldn't eat here if you paid me! Better off cooking the recipes yourself and eating them. This place is a joke.