I was in The Boiis Co in the Union Square christmas shop. I tried brown sugar torched mochi and hot milo with ube marshmallow. They were okay.
Food: 3
Service: 3
Allison Conforti
Ordered coffee beans off their website in June. I never received them and when I reached out the first time they said they were looking into it and never got back to me. Messaged two times after with no response. So I finally reached out on instagram and they said they were sending it out. Never got it so reached out again. Said it should be there the next day. A week later it wasn’t. It’s been four months and they won’t refund me. Think twice before dealing with these dishonest people
Service: 1
Luis G.
My cousin chose this place and it really caught my eye because it's a Filipino restaurant in NYC and you don't really see many Filipino shops in NYC. What I really liked was the ambiance, it reminded me of the Philippines and how it's a restaurant that has an entrance like you would see in the stores in the Philippines. The service was good, the people were friendly and it was nice. The food was great, I got the adobong manok (chicken adobo) and the flavors just blended so well it was too strong with the vinegar nor was it too salty with the soy sauce. I also had the lumpia and it was crunchy but very tasty. Masarap talaga!
D A
Frustrating and annoying. I went to their location in LES and it was closed. Then I traveled to their location on Canal and was told they don’t serve Halo Halo. A waste of two hours of my day. Update your hours on your LES location and stipulate you have a truncated menu at your other location. Won’t ever patronize this location. Very sad because I lived in the Philippines for a while and wanted an authentic HH.
Paul De Leon (PhilNY11)
Generous serving and very hospitable staff. Since it's getting warmer, would've been great if they make their indoor dining area cooler but it's all good, as they have an outdoor dining area. Ube beverages are really good but too bad it's out of stock this weekend.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Patricia L.
Feels like home! Warm, inviting, friendly, colorful glimpse into the Philippines. Can sense community and love in this restaurant. Was interested in buying a photo of a Manny Pacquaio tricycle and a lil Filipino gnome decoration and they said just to Venmo the contact on the tag - thought this was such a sweet, creative, supportive way that the restaurant supports other Filipino businesses. Tocilog 5/5 ~$13-sweet, savory pork served with a big cup of garlic rice, 2 eggs, shrimpy salty tomato/cucumber salad and vinegar which makes for a hearty bfast Affordable too, which means its the perfect place to explore the many delicious cuisines!
shloka shetty
Halo Halo has got to be one of my favourite desserts. And the one served at Kabisera did not disappoint. Each bite was a different experience. But what took it to another level was the crispy toasted caramelized coconut flakes that they generously sprinkled on top. Absolutely loved it. And definitely want to return to try some of the other Filipino desserts.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Halo Halo
Cheryl W.
The interior of Kabisera was athletically pleasing! We came on a Friday night and we were seated right away. The server was super nice. The front had more of a cafe vibe with their desserts displayed. The food here in pictures looks sooo delicious. I was excited to try the food. Everything was honestly disappointing. I felt like it either lacked flavor or it was just super super salty. It was annoying going back and forth to refill the water ourselves. I wished we were able to have a jug of water at the table. The dessert with the strawberry ice cream on top with mixed jellies was disappointing. The jellies tasted fine, but the base itself tasted like water.
Marina Chen
We might have come on an off day because after sitting down, they mentioned they didn't have ice so a lot of the desserts that we had wanted to try were no longer available. We ended up getting the taho (caramel flavor - which was the only one they had) and the sapin sapin. The taho was a hot dessert (sweet tofu). I enjoyed the sapin sapin which was a chewy, mochi dessert but the taho was not what I expected. I wish they had mentioned which items weren't available when we had sat down, so I'd recommend just checking to make sure before you order!
Isabel W.
Sapin sapin ($6): glutinous rice with ube, pandan, jackfruit, coconut milk topped with toasted coconut flakes.Maja Blanca ($6): corn starch, sweetcorn, coconut milk, condensed milk topped with toasted coconut flakesDefinitely wanna try their food next time!
The reviews / photos on Yelp made us really excited to try Kabisera. It was en route from where we were to our apartment so we decided to make a stop there. There's a counter at the front that you can order from but if you want to sit down, they told us to just go ahead and find whatever table was available. There were quite a few options for desserts on their menu, but unfortunately, when the waiter came to place our order, we found out that the choices that we wanted were not available and only a few options were able to be ordered.We ended up getting an order of sapin-sapin and a caramel taho (we wanted the pandan but the caramel was the only flavor available). The sapin-sapin was yummy with nice flavors / chew. The taho was interesting, though the tapioca pearls had no chew (not sure if that's normal for this type of dessert?). I'm not sure if it is a common occurrence for not having most of the menu available or if it was just an off-day but if the former, it would certainly be helpful to have a board or something that lists out what's available so that we go in with the right expectations.
Em M.
Their pastry selection. drinks, and events bring a little bit of home for the Filipino community, cannot recommend this place enough! I've visited Kabisera regularly for the past few years. I initially came for the tasty Ube Lattes and Filipino baked good, but stayed for all of the amazing community building work. I've always looked forward Filipino street food and art events held throughout the summer.My favorite of theirs is the bibingka -- an optional tip, call ahead and ask when the bibingka will be fresh out of the oven (it's totally worth it).Kabisera is more than just a cafe for the Filipino community, it's a cultural hub.
Samantha D.
Stopped by to get some work done. I got an iced matchube with oat milk. They didn't have regular milk when I came.The matchube had a strong ube flavor, not so much matcha. The ube wasn't an overly bright purple color, so it didn't seem like it was artificial. It wasn't too sweet and overfilled with ice. The color of the drink was so aesthetic before mixing too.Although there is free wifi and ample amount of outlets, I wouldn't come here to work again as the background music is blaring. However, it is a nice place to grab a drink or food.
JET C-
Very cozy small Filipino cafe. Love the atmosphere and the food! The bibingka and ube latte is worth the visit!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ube Latte
Sway España
Delicious food! The options are plenty. So if you like meat or only craving veggies its all taken care of on their menu. I wish they had more drink options.
I was in The Boiis Co in the Union Square christmas shop. I tried brown sugar torched mochi and hot milo with ube marshmallow. They were okay.
Food: 3
Service: 3
Ordered coffee beans off their website in June. I never received them and when I reached out the first time they said they were looking into it and never got back to me. Messaged two times after with no response. So I finally reached out on instagram and they said they were sending it out. Never got it so reached out again. Said it should be there the next day. A week later it wasn’t. It’s been four months and they won’t refund me. Think twice before dealing with these dishonest people
Service: 1
My cousin chose this place and it really caught my eye because it's a Filipino restaurant in NYC and you don't really see many Filipino shops in NYC. What I really liked was the ambiance, it reminded me of the Philippines and how it's a restaurant that has an entrance like you would see in the stores in the Philippines. The service was good, the people were friendly and it was nice. The food was great, I got the adobong manok (chicken adobo) and the flavors just blended so well it was too strong with the vinegar nor was it too salty with the soy sauce. I also had the lumpia and it was crunchy but very tasty. Masarap talaga!
Frustrating and annoying. I went to their location in LES and it was closed. Then I traveled to their location on Canal and was told they don’t serve Halo Halo. A waste of two hours of my day. Update your hours on your LES location and stipulate you have a truncated menu at your other location. Won’t ever patronize this location. Very sad because I lived in the Philippines for a while and wanted an authentic HH.
Generous serving and very hospitable staff. Since it's getting warmer, would've been great if they make their indoor dining area cooler but it's all good, as they have an outdoor dining area. Ube beverages are really good but too bad it's out of stock this weekend.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Feels like home! Warm, inviting, friendly, colorful glimpse into the Philippines. Can sense community and love in this restaurant. Was interested in buying a photo of a Manny Pacquaio tricycle and a lil Filipino gnome decoration and they said just to Venmo the contact on the tag - thought this was such a sweet, creative, supportive way that the restaurant supports other Filipino businesses. Tocilog 5/5 ~$13-sweet, savory pork served with a big cup of garlic rice, 2 eggs, shrimpy salty tomato/cucumber salad and vinegar which makes for a hearty bfast Affordable too, which means its the perfect place to explore the many delicious cuisines!
Halo Halo has got to be one of my favourite desserts. And the one served at Kabisera did not disappoint. Each bite was a different experience. But what took it to another level was the crispy toasted caramelized coconut flakes that they generously sprinkled on top. Absolutely loved it. And definitely want to return to try some of the other Filipino desserts.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Halo Halo
The interior of Kabisera was athletically pleasing! We came on a Friday night and we were seated right away. The server was super nice. The front had more of a cafe vibe with their desserts displayed. The food here in pictures looks sooo delicious. I was excited to try the food. Everything was honestly disappointing. I felt like it either lacked flavor or it was just super super salty. It was annoying going back and forth to refill the water ourselves. I wished we were able to have a jug of water at the table. The dessert with the strawberry ice cream on top with mixed jellies was disappointing. The jellies tasted fine, but the base itself tasted like water.
We might have come on an off day because after sitting down, they mentioned they didn't have ice so a lot of the desserts that we had wanted to try were no longer available. We ended up getting the taho (caramel flavor - which was the only one they had) and the sapin sapin. The taho was a hot dessert (sweet tofu). I enjoyed the sapin sapin which was a chewy, mochi dessert but the taho was not what I expected. I wish they had mentioned which items weren't available when we had sat down, so I'd recommend just checking to make sure before you order!
Sapin sapin ($6): glutinous rice with ube, pandan, jackfruit, coconut milk topped with toasted coconut flakes.Maja Blanca ($6): corn starch, sweetcorn, coconut milk, condensed milk topped with toasted coconut flakesDefinitely wanna try their food next time!
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The reviews / photos on Yelp made us really excited to try Kabisera. It was en route from where we were to our apartment so we decided to make a stop there. There's a counter at the front that you can order from but if you want to sit down, they told us to just go ahead and find whatever table was available. There were quite a few options for desserts on their menu, but unfortunately, when the waiter came to place our order, we found out that the choices that we wanted were not available and only a few options were able to be ordered.We ended up getting an order of sapin-sapin and a caramel taho (we wanted the pandan but the caramel was the only flavor available). The sapin-sapin was yummy with nice flavors / chew. The taho was interesting, though the tapioca pearls had no chew (not sure if that's normal for this type of dessert?). I'm not sure if it is a common occurrence for not having most of the menu available or if it was just an off-day but if the former, it would certainly be helpful to have a board or something that lists out what's available so that we go in with the right expectations.
Their pastry selection. drinks, and events bring a little bit of home for the Filipino community, cannot recommend this place enough! I've visited Kabisera regularly for the past few years. I initially came for the tasty Ube Lattes and Filipino baked good, but stayed for all of the amazing community building work. I've always looked forward Filipino street food and art events held throughout the summer.My favorite of theirs is the bibingka -- an optional tip, call ahead and ask when the bibingka will be fresh out of the oven (it's totally worth it).Kabisera is more than just a cafe for the Filipino community, it's a cultural hub.
Stopped by to get some work done. I got an iced matchube with oat milk. They didn't have regular milk when I came.The matchube had a strong ube flavor, not so much matcha. The ube wasn't an overly bright purple color, so it didn't seem like it was artificial. It wasn't too sweet and overfilled with ice. The color of the drink was so aesthetic before mixing too.Although there is free wifi and ample amount of outlets, I wouldn't come here to work again as the background music is blaring. However, it is a nice place to grab a drink or food.
Very cozy small Filipino cafe. Love the atmosphere and the food! The bibingka and ube latte is worth the visit!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ube Latte
Delicious food! The options are plenty. So if you like meat or only craving veggies its all taken care of on their menu. I wish they had more drink options.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4