Barrio Fiesta

This is the place to go for quality filipino food as well as a warm, friendly setting. The employees are really nice and there is a huge selection of goods and products. A great place to be connected with the filipino community! The place really opens up once you enter and the food is really authentic! If you’re in the area this is certainly worth the visit!

You don’t realize how big the space is until you walk in through the door. Upon entering, there’s a table full of Filipino newspapers to keep you updated on Filipino news, flyers, and business cards to also keep you well connected in the Filipino community if you need assistance with cars, immigration, etc.
There’s tables of goodies like suman, puto, kutsinta, pan de sal and assorted ice creams with ube flavour, and so much more. They also sell siopao and a diverse range of dishes like dinuguan and adobo. Barrio Fiesta contains tables and chairs where you can sit down and enjoy your meal with kanin (rice) while you read the newspapers, or listen to the TV that usually plays GMA. Towards the left of the vicinity, there is also a narrow area to purchase some noodles, Hany chocolate, Kopiko coffee mix, adobo snacks and so much more.
The only reason I gave it a 4-​star is because when I took out the dinuguan and brought it home I found after leaving it in the fridge for quite some time that there was a tremendous amount of fat sitting atop that had to be removed with a spoon. The reason for that is most likely because they don’t choose a leaner cut of the pork — and when they do purchase their pork for the dish, they don’t remove the fat. I mean, it’s feasible to use some of the fat to make it tastier — but at least remove majority of it so we can enjoy the taste of the dinuguan dish (pork blood) itself and not feel so off-​set by the amount of oil surrounding it.

The staff behind the counter were not eager to help. I asked if they offered combo, one lady looked at another older lady with a smirk as if mocking my inability to speak tagalog. It wasn’t particularly busy that day. Also, the cashier asked for my card without even telling me how much it cost. All around the worse customer service and the food was mediocre at best with very poor selection of food. Terrible customer service. Will not return

it would have been 5 stars if the server wasn’t suplada. i went to pick up 4 dishes that we ordered for a party. sinabi ko, pick up ko po iyong order ni Amy. sabi nung isang cashier, order ni Amy. eh medyo matagal at super busy si ate Cashier kaya tinanong ko iyong server na maikli ang buhok. tapos sinabi nya, «Diba sinabi nya na kinukuha na ang order mo!»” with a raised voice. Aba ang suplada, akala mo kung sino. Masarap ang ulam at ayus ang presyo at mababait ang karamihan ng nagtratrabaho pero may isang medyo batang babae, maikli ang buhok na akala mo kung sino. Babalik parin ako pero next time, kakausapin ko iyong medyo may edad na servers kasi mas mababait sila.

A friend of mine got me into Filipino food, they of course are Filipino.
On Saturdays sometimes you can even get my favorite dessert, fried plantain in a flour sheet thing is hard to explain but it’s called «Turon». The store has a nice selection of foods.
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Good Filipino selection in the heart of Scarborough!
I usually opt for the 2 dish combo. For the decent price of their combo, they give you a very generous serving.
My usual items include:
— menudo (the sauce is perfect-​not too salty)
— swt&sour fish fillet
— lumpiang shanghai
— palabok
— adobo (chicken and pork)
— beefstik
I also LOVE their halo-​halo. They give you more of the good stuff and less crushed ice! Around the corner of the store is their grocery. They have your usual mamma sita mix, snacks and other pinoy imported cooking needs.
I only have 2 problems with this store. First is the serving area. It’s too cramped and a little unorganized. Second is their customer service. At times I see three or four people working behind the counter but only one person taking orders! And unless you’re non-​Filipino expect rude or horrible customer service from their staff.