wonderful tasty experience with Filipino style Kamayan feast! hostess very welcoming, space is small so reservations a MUST.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jordan
Incredible experience! It is delicious and different (you eat with your hands). The food is delicious, the fish and rice was my favorite! Service was great and they accommodated a toddler!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Julia Chueh
Best experience in Philly, definitely need to be open to eating family style with your hands. Food was amazing, pompano (fish) was amazing.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Robert Pardo
By far one of the best dinner especies I have had, well worth the money in terms of amounts of food and flavors. The service was fantastic, and we had a wonderful time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jonathan Montalvo Román
A great dining experience, from delicious food to warm service, in this cozy Filipino restaurant.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Olga Egorova
Incredible experience with leftovers enough to last for two days! Everything on the set menu is delicious, from freshly baked bread to the flavorful chocolate budino for desert. Rice, vegetables (cauliflower was one of the tastiest I’ve ever tried!), fish, pork, chicken with the crispiest skin - everything was incredibly scrumptious. And eating with your hands is a fun way to experience this feast.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lemuel Ronsairo
For the boodle food fight experience, highly recommended.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tina Sweeney
Amazing! As soon as you walk in it smells delicious. It's0 cute and cozy and small so it's enjoyable and personable. Our food was amazing, I don't eat fish... and the fish was so good I ate so much of it! The chicken was juicy.. the sauce on the vegetables.... the rice.. it just tastes like it was made with love.
Getting to share their culture was such a nice experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Adrienne Gilliam
This was genuinely the best filipino food I have ever had. If you are in Philly this is a MUST EAT location ! The service was incredible, they gave us a whole rundown of the experience of a kamayan and then the food came and immediately all conversation died because we couldn't stop eating it was so delicious. The garlic fried rice, was phenomenal and often times can be bitter but not at perla it was buttery delicious and the best vehicle for the MOUNDS of food they pile before you. I was a little hesitant about the price but honestly they gave way more than $50 worth of food per person. I've never had ginataan in that style but I wish I had their recipe because I live on the west coast but I will dream about it until the next time I'm in Philly. If I was a michelin judge I would give them a star.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Elton Torres
I had high expectations, because seeing a “high end” Filipino restaurant thriving in my hometown (being Filipino-American myself) is so cool. However, I don’t think I’d ever go back or recommend going here. The kamayan style of serving felt very much like a gimmick…eating on banana leaves is nice, sure, but dumping everything on one pile? Not great. The curry (which was bland) made the lumpia (way too salty) soggy. The vegetables were undercooked. The rice was not sticky so eating it with your hands isn’t even ideal. The chicken, pork, and fish are also bland. They have little sauce jars for you but since there are no sauce dishes, it’s a bit hard to use. To top it off, the service was not great. We had a reservation but the server literally asked us after an hour “are you guys almost done, cause I need this table?” Not one person working there smiled. At these prices ($50 per person), this was such a let down!
Go to Tambayan in Reading Terminal instead! It’s not “high end” Filipino food, but tastes much more authentic! And the people are much friendlier!
A little pricey but you get a LOT of good food, plenty of leftovers to bring home. Best to reserve a table
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chris Birthwright
I've been here twice in back to back months. It was amazing. BYOB too. No matter how much you stuff yourself, take the leftovers to go! You'll regret it the next day when you want more. Go with less than 4 people, and the pork shank gets replaced with pork belly. You can't lose.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Toure Gardiner
Filipino food prepared and served the traditional way! We had Pompano, pork belly, asparagus, green beans, cauliflower, zucchini, tomatoes, garlic rice, roasted chicken!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Anna Marie Llamas
Fun fun fun experience! Everything was perfect and the smoked honeycomb crunch on the chocolate mouse was the perfect lingering smile!
wonderful tasty experience with Filipino style Kamayan feast! hostess very welcoming, space is small so reservations a MUST.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Incredible experience! It is delicious and different (you eat with your hands). The food is delicious, the fish and rice was my favorite! Service was great and they accommodated a toddler!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best experience in Philly, definitely need to be open to eating family style with your hands. Food was amazing, pompano (fish) was amazing.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
By far one of the best dinner especies I have had, well worth the money in terms of amounts of food and flavors. The service was fantastic, and we had a wonderful time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
A great dining experience, from delicious food to warm service, in this cozy Filipino restaurant.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Incredible experience with leftovers enough to last for two days!
Everything on the set menu is delicious, from freshly baked bread to the flavorful chocolate budino for desert. Rice, vegetables (cauliflower was one of the tastiest I’ve ever tried!), fish, pork, chicken with the crispiest skin - everything was incredibly scrumptious. And eating with your hands is a fun way to experience this feast.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
For the boodle food fight experience, highly recommended.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing! As soon as you walk in it smells delicious. It's0 cute and cozy and small so it's enjoyable and personable. Our food was amazing, I don't eat fish... and the fish was so good I ate so much of it! The chicken was juicy.. the sauce on the vegetables.... the rice.. it just tastes like it was made with love.
Getting to share their culture was such a nice experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This was genuinely the best filipino food I have ever had. If you are in Philly this is a MUST EAT location ! The service was incredible, they gave us a whole rundown of the experience of a kamayan and then the food came and immediately all conversation died because we couldn't stop eating it was so delicious. The garlic fried rice, was phenomenal and often times can be bitter but not at perla it was buttery delicious and the best vehicle for the MOUNDS of food they pile before you. I was a little hesitant about the price but honestly they gave way more than $50 worth of food per person. I've never had ginataan in that style but I wish I had their recipe because I live on the west coast but I will dream about it until the next time I'm in Philly. If I was a michelin judge I would give them a star.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I had high expectations, because seeing a “high end” Filipino restaurant thriving in my hometown (being Filipino-American myself) is so cool. However, I don’t think I’d ever go back or recommend going here. The kamayan style of serving felt very much like a gimmick…eating on banana leaves is nice, sure, but dumping everything on one pile? Not great. The curry (which was bland) made the lumpia (way too salty) soggy. The vegetables were undercooked. The rice was not sticky so eating it with your hands isn’t even ideal. The chicken, pork, and fish are also bland. They have little sauce jars for you but since there are no sauce dishes, it’s a bit hard to use. To top it off, the service was not great. We had a reservation but the server literally asked us after an hour “are you guys almost done, cause I need this table?” Not one person working there smiled. At these prices ($50 per person), this was such a let down!
Go to Tambayan in Reading Terminal instead! It’s not “high end” Filipino food, but tastes much more authentic! And the people are much friendlier!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Restaurantji Recommends
A little pricey but you get a LOT of good food, plenty of leftovers to bring home. Best to reserve a table
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I've been here twice in back to back months. It was amazing. BYOB too. No matter how much you stuff yourself, take the leftovers to go! You'll regret it the next day when you want more. Go with less than 4 people, and the pork shank gets replaced with pork belly. You can't lose.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Filipino food prepared and served the traditional way! We had Pompano, pork belly, asparagus, green beans, cauliflower, zucchini, tomatoes, garlic rice, roasted chicken!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fun fun fun experience! Everything was perfect and the smoked honeycomb crunch on the chocolate mouse was the perfect lingering smile!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chocolate Coconut Budino, Whole Fried Pompano, Spanish Octopus, Chicken Rice, Adobo, Berkshire Pork Belly, Rohan Duck Breast, Kinilaw, Fish Pompana, Duck Egg Salad
Such a fun experience! And delicious. Save room for dessert!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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