Bistro Manila

My family and I were craving for sisig and halo halo. But we ordered other food as well. Spices on the pork sisig was spot on and was crunchy. however we’re very disappointed since it was all just pork fat — it NEEDS meat!!! We didn’t pay $ 15 for a plate of pure fat.
Bangus sisig was okay.
Pancit miki was good.
Halo halo was good. Not enough ingredients though.
There was live band on Saturday which we did not know about. Seems fun for a group.
Not sure if we’ll come back

I’ve never had Filipino food before so I came here and decided to try menu items from their specialty section. I also had the Sizzling Sisig and the marinated boneless chicken. I have absolutely no spice tolerance so I had it ordered as non spicy but I’d say the sizzling sisig was definitely a hit! Definitely order up some rice to eat with this. As for the boneless chicken, it wasn’t really that great and was a miss. Yes, the chicken was very juicy but it was also very burned at the same time. There would be spots on the chicken was just plain black from being burned.
The place can also be very loud, especially if you end up going on a night where there’s a live band. I ended up going on one of those nights and had to pay a $ 5 cover charge. The live music is nice but I do think they could have turned down the music as it was hard to hear any conversation even if you sat beside the person.

I’ve never had Filipino food before so I was very curious to try out some dishes. My boyfriend took me to Bistro Manila and I let him do the ordering. We got pork adobo, bangus sisig and deep fried pork belly.
He was worried that I wouldn’t like the dishes. However, the flavours of the dishes weren’t far from Chinese food. The pork adobo was pork belly cooked in a concoction of soy sauce and vinegar. I really enjoyed this dish. The deep fried pork belly dish was my least favourite dish because I don’t really like fried things. However, the sauce that it came with was delicious (tasted like a version of a plum sauce). Lastly, the bangus sisig was something that I’ve never had before. It’s a fish dish but I swear it tasted like pork. I was so convinced that I was eating pork, my boyfriend had to Google image of bangus sisig dishes for me. This was my favourite dish and I would definitely order it again the next time I visit this restaurant. Be careful of the green peppers thought! They’re super spicy!
I thoroughly enjoyed my meal here and I can’t wait to come back to try their other dishes.

Always looking for a place to eat late night, and I usually go elsewhere in Scarborough in my area, but fortunately Bistro Manila was a place open late night. I always mistaken it as just a bar place, but its actually a karaōke filipino cuisine. This place has the bar feel and a small stage for karaōke… On to the food!
Ordered the eggplant with soy sauce and scrambled eggs… This is quite nice especially since it has eggplant in it. Not usual to try this, but its tasty in an omelette form.
2^nd dish: Grilled chicken which is boneless marinated in in soy sauce and spices… Its quite tender and tasty and the flavour taste well.
3^rd dish: Sizzling Sisig which is pork with onion and spices… This dish was the ‘HIT’ of the night. It comes in a sizzling hot plate with a sunny side egg on it. The pork is actually crispy like pork skin which is a nice bite. This is actually a very enjoyable dish and I would come back just to eat this dish!
Fortunately this is close to me, so whenever I wanna have some nice filipino cuisine, I drop by here instead of the usual ‘Perfect’ or ‘Boston Steak House’…