Stunning! My mom is…read morein town from Maryland, so I was on the hunt for a new Filipino spot, and I'm so glad we found this one! We originally stopped in just for the infamous halo-halo, but once we saw lumpia on the menu, we couldn't resist. Best decision ever. The halo-halo was fresh, flavorful, and not overloaded with the sweet mix like some places can be. The lumpia? Crispy, perfectly seasoned, packed with just the right amount of filling... and dare I say... it might've been almost better than my mom's. (Don't tell her I said that.) The atmosphere deserves its own shoutout. The moment you walk in, it feels like stepping into a lush little green oasis. It was such a refreshing escape from the middle-of-the-day Texas heat. To top it all off, the service was amazing! Attentive, patient, and genuinely kind. We'll definitely be back. I was already texting my daughter about it before we even left!

This is my third time visiting Paris and Toyo, and they never disappoint. Every visit has been…read moreconsistently satisfying--from the food to the service and overall experience. We ordered the Bicol Express, Chicharon Bulaklak, Inihaw na Pork Liempo, and Ginisang Kangkong, paired with refreshing Sago't Gulaman. Everything was flavorful, well-prepared, and truly authentic. What keeps me coming back is not just the delicious food, but also the ambiance. The restaurant beautifully showcases traditional Filipino interior design, which creates a warm and nostalgic dining experience. It's always my go-to place whenever I have visitors who want to try authentic Filipino cuisine. Service is efficient, friendly, and attentive--another reason why I highly recommend this place.

With several Filipino restaurants in the Houston area, blessed to have found Pinoy Gourmet. We…read morewere introduced to this restaurant when a party had the delicious pork belly (pictured), which had the perfect blend of crispy skin and flavorful meat. During our first visit here, we tried the bangus sisig, the long anise breakfast, lumpia, lumpia gulay, pancit, and pork bbq. All dishes were served fresh, all with the traditional flavors of authentic filipino cuisine. The service was top notch, and all staff were friendly. Would highly recommend this restaurant for those wanting to experience a laid back filipino dining experience.

Food is freshly prepared and they give good portions. Taste is great. I love the Pompano sinigang,…read morethey give you the whole fish.

So my coworker would always bring ube bread for me to work and I finally got her to give up where…read moreshe goes. She told me to go to the bakers son and make sure I go early because they do sale out and people buy in bulk. I entered with intentions of only getting the ube bread but $40 and 5 items later I went slightly overboard. They have so many items and they all look delicious. The customer service was great and prices were really good. Now to the items, the ube bread is phenomenal, soft, sweet, flavorful 10/10. I also got a biscoff bread sandwich (I'm forget the name) which had the softest and most perfect bread I've ever indulged in. Now to what the employees recommended and the absolute star. The ube Swiss roll. Omg, it was phenomenal. 20 out of 10! It was perfect in every way. I live 30 mins away but will make sure to keep The Bakers Son on a must go place weekly!

I've heard a lot and seen many posts about The Baker's Son in Houston. The videos and pictures made…read moretheir bread and pastries look delicious and very promising. Since we were already in the area after breakfast at TJ's Filipino Cuisine, we finally got the chance to stop by and try their baked goods for ourselves. We arrived early, so the bakery wasn't too busy yet. The bakers were busy prepping more goodies in the back while my cousin and I browsed all the Filipino baked goods we really miss from back home in the Philippines. They even had suman, sapin-sapin, biko, and other kakanin, which was nice to see. I specifically looked for the chicken empanada, and my cousin wanted to try the ube white chocolate chip cookie. We also saw different kinds of siopao and planned to come back later to buy some before heading back to San Antonio. We tried the ube white chocolate chip cookie first, but honestly we weren't totally satisfied. It tasted more like a regular white chocolate chip cookie with purple coloring and didn't really have much ube flavor. I also tried the chicken empanada. My cousin didn't like it because it was sweeter than expected--we were both expecting it to be savory. There seemed to be caramelized sugar in the outside of the pastry, which probably added to the sweetness. I still like it, though it was definitely sweeter than what I'm used to. Red Ribbon's chicken empanada is still my favorite. Later that day before leaving Houston, we came back for the siopao we planned to take home. We finally decided to just buy a couple pieces for ourselves, heat them up in the bakery, and try them fresh. When we saw the price for a four-pack, we were honestly disappointed. It felt expensive for the size. The siopao wasn't huge, and while I like the dough, there wasn't much chicken filling inside. For the portion, taste, and quality, it felt overpriced. Overall, it's probably not worth making another trip back for us. We did enjoy the cassava ube suman, and I like the chicken empanada, but not enough to drive all the way to Houston just for those. If I live nearby, I might come back to try other baked goods, but based on this visit, I'm not sure the rest would impress my palate. I still give them credit for cleanliness and customer service, although we did notice fruit flies on one of the shelves and reported it. The staff was friendly, and the bakery itself was welcoming. At the end of the day, since they're a bakery, the expectation is great-tasting, quality, mouthwatering Filipino breads, pastries ", and kakanin. While some items were enjoyable, overall it just didn't quite live up to the hype for us.

A passion project located inside of the Elev8 apartment complex off Smith St: needless to say, a…read morevery unique experience. Chef Bham (previously from Alinea, amongst a few other baller restaurants) is a literal genius. The menu was a really thoughtful ode to various Filipino dishes with a little twist on each. You get the comforting tapsilog and taho that you might have grown up with alongside interesting flavors and ideas. Pandesal made into a tart crust, kinilaw made with daikon and beef...they also are very good at keeping in mind dietary restrictions: I was the annoying halal option, but, man did my experience rock. Pork belly replaced with enoki mushrooms or octopus, and the dish was still amazing. My sister was unfortunately gluten free, but still able to enjoy every bite. Because of the location, you get the experience of sitting with the chef and his team and that alongside them in almost in the kitchen. It's very cozy and different, and you learn a lot about each dish because of it (and his amazing team). I love Musaafer, but this may have become my new favorite high end place.

From the moment we arrived, we were welcomed by the entire staff. The ambience was warm and…read morethoughtful: soft lighting and cozy table setup. They allow byob and there's also a wine tasting as well. The 5 courses menu was thoughtfully crafted, with each dish rooted in heritage and memory. Highlights included the fried octopus with eggplant, it was a bit hard to hear what exactly the sauce he made was--but it was amazing. Also the fried rice with Wagyu, quail egg and topped with caviar was fantastic. Great texture and presentation. Service was impeccable. Chef Bham and the staff were deeply knowledgeable and genuinely passionate. Every glass was topped off before we even noticed. You could tell they weren't just serving food but also they were part of the storytelling. This experience deserves every bit of praise. If you're looking for something beyond the usual dining. Truly unforgettable. I'll be talking about this night for a long time.

Ate here for the first time. We ordered the Sarsa MNL Lechon Chicken and the BBQ Plate. The food…read morewas definitely flavorful and delicious. Not the traditional style Filipino food that you'd find at a hole-in-the-wall. We also got the combo which comes with a drink and a side of tiny lumpias and some salt/vinegar shrimp chips. Overall, pretty pricy and not worth the price you pay. The food is pretty flavorful and the portions aren't bad or anything, I just don't think it's worth the price. Staff are friendly. Lots of tables to dine at to include the rest of the food court. The fountain drink machine is near one of the front doors. The parking lot is small and tight so I wouldn't bring a huge truck in here. The gate automatically lets you in, but you can pay on your way out and they don't validate here.

Girlfriend was craving Filipino food so when we had a chance to swing by POST, we took the…read moreopportunity to check out Soy Pinoy. Wasn't too hard to find, right near one of the 'exits' of the food hall area. Some seating, but we had to sit much further back, near the boba shop. There's a few classics to choose from. My girlfriend got the lechon ("I've had better) and I got the lechon chicken, which was decent with their sauce/dressing but still perhaps a bit plain. While Filipino food is fairly uncommon in Houston, I don't think the value proposition is quite there. It's $20-30 for not that much food, and it took quite a while to get the food (I guess a plus because it's made fresh?). I feel like the pricing and wait is more for a typical sit-down restaurant rather than food hall concept.

Visited. Food good. Go by. Get your fix for Filpino food. Met Joe. Very nice young man. He'll fix…read moreyou up. I missed Turon. He advised get there early. Nice place to dine. Home feeling. There's a store. So get your snacks. They have frozen foods. Baked goods. I'll be back. Hopefully soon.

Lady in the front was very nice and explained the menu to me. Severely disappointed in the portion…read moresizes. I came in at 1pm and the still had decent options available. Rice was really bland, meat in stick was okay and lumpia was definitely refried. Sausage was okay. I try to support local and small businesses but there's no way combo b was worth a whole $15. Unfortunately I doubt I'll be going again.

THEY DO NOT FOLLOW DIRECTIONS!…read more I called in to order 2 vegetable pancit bihon and 10 veggie Eggrolls for pickup. We arrived and honestly it wasn't really somewhere I would normally want to see, knowing I'm about to eat from this establishment; but hey, don't judge a book by its cover, right? They definitely need some external renovations though. NOW LETS TALK FOOD. They actually gave us 2 more Eggrolls than ordered which was really cool. The Eggrolls were actually good and the sauce that it came with was decent. The issue comes in when I get to the house and check to see that the pancit bihon has lo mein noodles in it, including PIECES OF CHICKEN. We're not sure if this is how they make their food, but we do not like this AT ALL. It also was lukewarm (not freshly cooked at all), and we don't even live that far. I feel it's lazy and unprofessional to order one thing and receive a mixture of others. It's really annoying and irritating to the point I'm not going to eat this. Additionally, it has NO FLAVOR. The meal is real INSIPID. AND they're closing in the next 7 minutes so I can't even return to get my $$ back. The prices are good though. I guess I got what I paid for. I would've appreciated paying $10 for the pancits and Eggrolls to get a delicious, hot and accurately prepared meal. My rating...TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK, I will not be ordering anything else from this place. It's unfortunate because we're big on loyalty to businesses that do us right and we like to spend money. However, first impressions are everything, and unfortunately they did not give us a good impression at all.

Although most of the dishes were delicious especially the lechon and the dinuguan, many of them…read morewere lukewarm which was not ideal. The desserts were okay and the inside of the restaurant was not crowded at all. It can be easy to miss since it's located in a nondescript strip mall. Overall, it's worth trying once since Filipino buffets are hard to come by.

I relocated to Houston almost a year ago. After watching Mikey Chan, who I follow on YouTube…read morerecommend this place highly. I told my husband to please let's check this place out. My father is Filipino so I was missing Filipino cuisine. This place did not disappoint. It was clean, and staff were very hospitable. We came in extra early as per Mikey's suggestion. So they were still putting out food for the lunch buffet. Although they didn't not have the sisig or my one other favorite, pork sinigang ALL of the other favorite were there to satisfy this Half Filipina

After years since our last visit, we finally made it back to TJ Filipino Cuisine--of course for…read moreFilipino breakfast. We really missed Hazel. I'm not sure if she still works here, but the place honestly felt different without her welcoming smile and warm reception. We arrived just in time for breakfast (last Saturday) I ordered Bangsilog, while my cousin had the Tocilog. Service was fast as usual. I really enjoyed my Bangsilog--the bangus tasted fresh, perfectly fried, crispy on the outside while still tender and juicy inside. Unfortunately, my cousin's tocino was disappointing. The tocino was tough and tasted like it may have been leftover from previous day and simply reheated. Either that or it has been sitting in the kitchen for quite awhile. We still finished our meals. Because we were starving, but it definitely affected the experience. It also made us miss Hazel's customer service even more because if she had been there, we're pretty sure she would've handled the situation right away. I waited a while before writing this review because I wanted to be as fair as possible. The lady who served us was still very good, although it was obvious that the overall customer service experience was not quite at the same level as when Hazel was around. The biggest issue was really the tocino. Because of that, this latest visit to TJ's wasn't perfect and honestly made us wonder if it's still worth making this one our go-to spot whenever we're in the Houston area.