This cake is my favourite of all time. This place never disappoints. Ordered in the morning and got a fresh cake by 3pm. I love this place and will always come here for my birthday cake in the future!! Thank you!!
This shop has been recommended by several of my Filipino colleagues and friends, saying that it's their favorite Filipino restaurant.
Halohalo, the icy dessert that every Filipino loves, but I'm not a fan of the jelly and canned fruits underneath, but the homemade ube ice cream is delicious, will definitely just order a scoop next time. As well the ube cake is yum.
The crepe cake filled with potato dish and chicken sisig are average, but enjoyed the deep fried pork belly with their special sauce.
Wanna try their soup dish next time
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👍Recommended dishes
Fiesta Halo Halo with Homemade Ube ice cream $10
Lechon Kawali Fried Pork Belly $ 15
Ube cake whole/slice
This is one of the best filipino restaurant around auckland! They serve great filipino dishes at an affordable price! You must try their chicken and pork sisig must personal favoritr and theire ube cake is amazing! If you are around glen eden dont miss this place!
So far, I personally think this is the best filipino restaurant in Auckland. I love their dinuguan, crispy pata, sisig, kare-kare and of course the desserts (ube ice cream, ube cake & halo halo). I also like their mamon and puto bumbong. However, it is sadly not available all the time. They have boodle fight here too.
Con: Parking is a bit of a hassle here as there is not much space.
Walked in and the atmosphere was awesome. Really clean, tidy and well decorated ornaments. Love how cosy it was too - they have a heat pump!! Authentic Philipino tv was also playing, added to the experience :) cashier greeted me with a smile and was friendly. Toilets, tables etc were super clean too!!
I ordered: Pandan and ube (purple yam) icecream
and Ube cake
Portions were a generous size, good value for money. Approx $5 for the huge cake slice, $5.50 for 2 big scoops of ice-cream. Maybe an improvement would be to add more ube to the ube flavoured icecream? But I know ube is expensive, and for the price it was great :) would come again!
Atmosphere: 4/5
Service: 4/5
Food: 4/5
Hygiene: 5/5
The only Filipino restaurant that is the most authentic you could find in Auckland!! Servings were huge, tastes of the Kare-Kare and Sisig were impeccable. To top it off, Halo-Halo dessert had every single topping it should consist of and I am so pleased with it. With just that, this place deserves 5 stars!
This was the first filipino restau I have tried in Auckland. I totally enjoy it! The taste of their foods was enough to satisfy my cravings for filipino foods. The prices are reasonable and servings are good. Each dish is good for 2-3 people.
The Ambience/place seems so humble. It is not fancy. It actually look likes a filipino canteen, which is totally great.
We ordered the ones that we can't cook at home. Crispy Pata 🐖🐖 and Kare Kare. Both are good. The crispy pata is really cheap for its price cause it has big serving.
We also ordered some desserts (Pandan cake and Yema cake). Both are good but I prefer the pandan cake.
Something they can improve is the presentation of their foods, anything else is fine.
Authentic Filipino food with excellent flavours and generous servings. A variety of food, drink and dessert options! Will definitely be a regular.
Honestly the best filo resto in Auckland and the price is reasonable and the servings are biggggg. Been here for couple of times and order differnet stuff and none of em disappointed me
Fantastic food, different experience eating with hands straight from banana leaves! Good variety of meats and side dishes. Definite food coma. It’s located on the corner of the Kelston intersection so parking at the plaza is more ideal. Service was good, dessert 💯💯. Ube (purple yam) cake and ice cream, seriously sooo good. Rich colour and flavour.
Food: 8/10
Dessert: 10/10
Service:10/10
Recommend for family dinner and if you’re looking for different experience.
My partners Filipino so this place was a must go for her. Needless to say I love Filipino food as well and this place is hands down Filipino soul food! It's our go to place for that craving and there's not place better!
I always come here whenever I’m seriously craving for comfort food. I love their Kare-Kare, probably the best one in Auckland yet. Their Ube Cake is divine, so soft and just like what you always get in the Philippines. Their food surely reminds me of home 🇵🇭
Fresh food made to order. The rice with the pork was very tasty, juicy and had that bbq flavour to it, most likely cooked over charcoal, and the crispy mushroom chicken was very delicious with real mushroom pieces.
The dessert is a must try, but needing to add sweet palm (kaong) to give it that extra flavour.
Went here for lunch yesterday and we ordered pork sisig and beef kare kare which were both amazing. Serving sizes are huge for what you pay. Highly recommended!
Very friendly staff, cosy place. We had the Boracay boodle fight which needed to be ordered 24hours in advance. It was my first time having a philipino meals and I was impressed.
The serving was great~~ food was placed on banana leaves, it is very clean and well presented. Overall taste was very nice except the soup was a bit salty. I like the yellow rice and prawn.
It is a great place for gathering.
If you are a pinoy and craving for Filipino food, this is the right place for you. Staff are very nice and pleasant. Place is normally packed with customers so it’s either you go earlier or just phoned them for take aways. Taste of food is really good compared to those other pinoy restos here in Auckland. I can’t wait to try their Boodle feast with friends soon.
The ambiance is good. The interior is very Philippine-like. Maybe for a second you'll forget you're in New Zealand.
They have a good range of dishes and they're authentic. Affordable price with a good service size. One thing I dislike is their sisig. I used to like it but when I ordered it again it was as if it was full of liver. Barely any meat there, I was really disappointed. The rest of the food is good, my non-Filipino partner kept on asking me if we can go back because it tasted really good. It left him a good impression. And of course they serve halo-halo and it is the best one in auckland. Ingredients were in generous amount and the serving size was good. Unlike others, it was just full of ice. It was an authentic halo-halo.
I will come back here for their halo-halo
The best crispy kare kare! Even if this place is about 40mins drive from home, whenever my husband and I are craving for filipino food especially kare kare we go here and eat or order takeaway. I love their ube cake, ensaymada (the best)and sansrival!
Aira Sue Mari Celis-Vaimalu
+4
My go-to Filipino place! This place has the closest (if not authentic) taste to native Filipino dishes. The staff are always cheerful and polite (like real Pinoys 😊). The boodle meal is a must! You get more than what you pay for ($30) and you get to taste more dishes. 4 stars because of the size of the place. It gets really crowded and there is not enough parking. But I’d still eat with that crowd or park across the road. 😉😊
If you’re looking for Filipino home cooked meals in a casual environment then Gold Ribbon is a good place. They even have karaoke and TFC (Filipino tv channel) playing while you eat. It gives you “eating at home” vibes. Crispy Pata and the Sisig are my favourites. Reasonably cheap and generous sizing too. Food is quite nice and it’s almost always consistent. If you like Leche Flan and Ube cake but you’re still feeling full, no worries, you can take some away!
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Ambience-3.5/5
Food-4/5
Service-4/5
The family was craving for an authentic Filipino home cooked meal. Our favourite was the pork belly sinigang. The broth is well balance with its clean sourness flavour which is great with the rice that came with the dish. They did not skimp on the pork pieces and vegetables.The serving is good for two people, just add another cup of rice and you’re good to go. The fresh vegetable lumpia was tasty with a good lathering of the sauce- good vegetarian option. The bangsilog (fried fish and egg) was good with the garlic rice. With the seafood kare kare, you could taste the peanut butter sauce which made the sauce thick and flavourful.
I may have been accustomed to drier versions of bicol express but would have preferred the coconut sauce to have been reduced down a bit more.I was expecting a fiery dish but was pretty tame.There was a fresh chilli placed on top of the dish which you could cut down and mix in depending on the heat intensity you want I guess.
In the past I had drinks and dessert here which customers come a lot for. I would recommend their ube (sweet yam/ purple kumara)desserts- shake, ice cream and cake. The sago’t gulaman is very refreshing as well.
The only draw back is parking- very limited as sharing with other establishment on the building.Its on a corner of an intersection so no roadside parking available.Might be difficult during peak time. An option could be parking across the street on the shopping centre-just check the time limit
Haven't eaten here since 2015, i guess that shows how much of a mainstay this place is. I buy cakes here for every occasion; birthdays, work functions and parties. I've tried taro, mango, pandan and cookies and cream. I would thoroughly recommend their cakes if you want to wow your friends. The mango and pandan were the biggest hits. They're always light, fluffy and moist.
Price wise it's comparable to any franchise cake shop, but the wow factor of Filipino flavours is the real appeal. Will be buying cakes again, but can we please get a coupon card.
If i’m craving for Filipino food, this is my to-go place!!One of the best! I recommend you to order their crispy kare-kare, dinuguan, palabok and ube cake!! 😍
Was a lovely atmosphere and friendly staff :) food was amazing! First time trying Filipino food so I can't really compare this with other Filipino foods or restaurants. BUT.. I thought the food was bluddy delicious! If i were to describe the food in my own opinion.. To me, Filipino food is the Asian equvilant to Polynesian food or island food. So damn good.
Only negative thing about this place is the car parking.. Just park across the road at the mall if there's no parking spaces
Love this family business. Food was great and delicious. Well priced and massive portions for the karekare. Said it could feed 2-3 but if youre getting another dish on the side you could probably feed 4-5 for $50. We also got ube cake and shake. Super delicious and a must have if coming here. Not too many Filipino restaurants around so this is a must try. Service could he a little better but overall everything was really good.
Great experience with Panglao boodle. Various dishes of squid, pork, beef, shrimp, vegetables and chicken. If you are on for a feast and would want to experience food (or rice) coma, this would be the place. Authentic Filipino dishes into its truest taste with friendly staff. Be prepared to find a car park during peak hours.
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This is one of my favorite restaurants in Auckland.
Staff is friendly and their food is delicious.
Sisig is one of my favorites.
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I've seen these guys all over fb and now I finally get to try it. We got there like an hour before they were about to close but so initially their service wasn't as friendly. It was quite stuffy inside - needed better ventilation.
Wanted to try something out of the "norm" like adobo so I think I got the pancit palabok. Honestly, one of the best decisions I've made in terms of trying something different. The noodles were so nice. The flavours to the dish wasn't strong and it wasn't bland. Like just enough. And a huge bonus was that the dish was pretty big!! It was just real hearty and gave you that homely feel. I really enjoyed this dish 😍
I ordered the Ube shake - it's pretty much just a taro flavoured shake. But oh. my. gosh. It's so different to all the taro flavoured foods and drinks I've had. Very unique flavour and texture.
Also ordered a chicken adobo to takeaway for lunch the next day. And OH. MY. GOD. it really was something else!! Like the chicken meat was falling off the one and the flavours were beautiful despite the amount of garlic in it. And this was the NEXT DAY! Imagine how amazing it would've been fresh??! Ugh. 100% will be back for more 🤤
Went to Gold Ribbon for the first time last night . Have tried all the Filipino places in Auckland . This one wins hands down .The food is delicious , good atmosphere .The staff are really helpful and friendly . Best part is the price . Good size meals for the price . Better book . Busy place :)
A friend invited me for lunch in this place. Foods were yummy but since it was a busy day, it took us 15 minutes to be seated and served slower. The place is also crammed up and too small for such number of customers. All in I will govack to this place.
Great service and genuine tasting Filipino food. It really takes me back to the Philippines and I enjoy the opportunity of getting to watch TFC in the restaurant. It can get quite busy but I guess that just proves how much they're enjoyed by not only Filipinos but many other cultures too.
Tried this for lunch yesterday. Food was great. I tried the lechon kawali, which is a fried pork dish on rice with lechon sauce. Very tasty, and the portion sizes are huge! Also tried the Ube cake, which is purple in colour- was one of the best cakes I've ever had! Even took a slice home for the parents to try... definitely recommend this place for lunch or dinner.
Went here with bae to try filipino food. We live in east auckland and had to drive from east to west but it was all worth it! I used to live in the philippines so i was really happy to get a taste of home again. We got the Dinuguan, Beef Kare Kare, Lechon Kawali and for desserts we had the best UBE CAKE ever and I took home halo-halo. Will definitely go back even just because of the cake. Next time ill try the Mais Con Yelo
Iris Joy Ebasco Edic
+4.5
The only Filipino restaurant where i can find the "pinoy" taste that i have been craving for.
Been here after a long time. I was quite surprised coz the quantity of food changed. It seemed to have larger portions now. Good for the price. 😁😁 thumbs up for that.
I love all the food. Will be back again and again.
The boyfriend and I regularly come here for the periodic Filipino food cravings. Food that I frequently order? Crispy dinuguan and ube cake of course! Flavours are always consistent and always sends me back home.
Came for a birthday dinner with a fairly large group. The place wasn't too busy so the service for our table was quite good. There was a large selection of different Filipino dishes. We tried a range of different ones and they were all alright. The flavour wasn't quite right compared to other Filipino places I've tried before. The binagoongan had quite a lot of sauce and didn't have a strong shrimp paste flavour which I was hoping for. the Crispy pata was a bit dry.
The ube cake however was quite nice. Nice flavour and very moist. The pandan shake was also good although very sweet. Again the leche flan didn't have the right flavour. They also had ube ice cream which was really nice.
Nice service and ok food but nicely priced. It came to around $20 per person for a really filling meal. They also have a set menu which needs to be pre-ordered and looks interesting.
Always my Go To restaurant at lunch. Or my Hangover restaurant. The soups are wonderful.
I would recommend sizzling bulalo. Its a dining room away from home.
Price - 5.0
Taste - 4.0
Ambience - 2.5
Staff - 3.5
Cleanliness - 2.0
Food prices are affordable, especially considering how big their servings are. My favorite dishes here are pancit canton and pork sisig. It's a shame that pork sisig was not available when we dined here today.
I was a bit disappointed with their halo-halo. It lacks the ingredients that should typically be there such as langka and nata de coco. They don't put enough shaved ice, so ice is gone before you are halfway through it.
Restaurant floor is greasy and badly needs cleaning. Wait staff are okay. I suggest that they at least have a uniform to look more presentable.
Parking is hard to secure because it is located alongside a big laundromat that seems to be busier than this resto. Aj Chan
First time to eat Filipino food in a Filipino restaurant here in New Zealand. This restaurant took me home that I have to come again for another feast before I head home to Wellington. Good food, large servings, good price and good service. You get more than what you paid for.
I always love to eat in a filipino restaurant and good to know this restaurant exists. Aside from affordable compared to other well i am satisfied with their servings . I would love to try their boodle feast. Sooon.
I love the Boodle fight here, food is delicious and your tummy will really be satisfied. They have different packages but the foods included can be modified
according to your liking. I love the desserts here as well and Filipino delicacies like puto bumbong. The staff are friendly as well. Will definitely be back soon.
If you are looking for an authentic filipino food, then this is the place to be!.. They have a wide variety of dishes in their menu. A must-try is their crispy pata and kare kare. For desserts, their ube cake is one of the best in NZ.
We tried their boracay boodle feast today!! And oh boy!! What a feast it was! Basically its $120 worth of food for 4 people. I have not been there before so i didn't realy know what to expect... But i love Filipino food!
So we had a combination of white rice and java rice (fried rice with garlic) and we had some egg salad and cucumber salad, some noodles, bbq pork, fried fish and prawns. Then we had the beef steak cooked in soy sauce and lemon, beef soup with cabbage, pork sinigang (filipino version of tom yum) and some kare kare (beef stew in peanuts sauce) served with bago-ong (fried shrimp paste)! They were soooooo good! Apart from the cucumber salad (i don't like cucumbers) i enjoyed everything!
The food had that lovingly prepared home made taste to it... It reminded me of my teenage years when my home stay mum used to cook filipino food. I loved it!
Will definitely come back again to try their pancit palabok!
Joan Cecille De Guzman-Lomibao
+3.5
One of the best Filipino restaurants in Auckland... I love their lumpiang sariwa and ube cake and ice cream... I tried their boodle fight... They serve delicious Filipino dishes with the reasonable price... Easy to find location...
First time to try the place with friends. My partner and I ordered two steam buns since we arrived early but it took a while before it was served. I ordered the Pinakbet which is a bit pricey for a vegetable dish but it was compensated by how big the portion is. Only comment is full of Okra. However, all the other dishes including the Crispy Pata and Crispy Kare-Kare were superb! Authentic Filipino Restaurant and will be coming back soon!
Me and my family visited gold ribbon yesterday...
It was so fun to saw a lots of...
Our kababayan...
The food and the service was great...
Just wanna say something about...
Angeli's comment that the toilet stink...
Come on girl there are only few staff...
Of the resto and iam sure...
They are all busy cooking and preparing...
FOR US...
So maybe they cannot check the toilet...
From time to time...
Yes you are rigth filipino's are very particular
When it comes to hygiene...
So if you are filipino mabuhay ka...
But if you are not sorry...
What better way to satisfy one's craving for food from home ! We have had the craving for a few days and the drive was well worth it! The Bangsilog was as expected, great! My wife had Kare-Kare and the son had BBQ Liempo! All very good! And we had Lechon Kawali sitting in the middle just for the picking! Yummy day! So full though that we just couldn't find the space for the Halo-Halo! Waste, maybe next time!
It's the place to find Philipino's food in Auckland. As I like crispy pata very much, I ordered this dish and a sinigang at first visit and halo halo (jackfruits, nata de coco, jelly, redbean etc with some ice cream on top) for desert. I love all the food. Btw, the visitors can do the karaoke as well here.
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Me and my boyfriend are regulars here, he stays in West (Glen Eden) which makes it easier for us to often visit this place. Gold Ribbon serves traditional Filipino food. It may not taste exactly the same as the food we cook way back home but I speak as a Filipino, I can say it will satisfy your tastebuds.
I've already tried different dishes like Bicol Express (pork stew in coconut sauce), Pork Binagoongan (pork sauteed in shrimp paste and selected veges), and Palabok but Lechon Kawali (deep fried pork belly made crispy and tasty serve with sauce or vinegar) is my favourite. On the other hand, Chicken Sisig (sizzling chicken sauteed in garlic, onion and chilli topped with egg) has my boyfriend's tastebuds, he never orders different dish. Halo-halo is one of the desserts they have and perfect for summer. Basically crashed ice with a tropical mixture of beans, jackfruit, pearls, jelly, banana, coconut and milk topped with ice cream.
We had a bad experienced once when we ordered Pork Sisig (fried pork pieces sauteed in garlic, onion and chilli topped with egg) but what we've gotten was a bunch of pork liver, we didn't know why and it was disgusting to eat but weeks after that, we came and told them about it, the man (I'm not sure if he is the owner) apologized and offered us the Ensaymada (flavoured bread topped with grated cheese) in return for free which I think was a good move from him to keep loyal customers. On positive side, their service is time efficient and the food they serve has value for money and I really like the serving portion (good for sharing) of some of the dishes.
We'll continue to visit this place as our casual lunch spot.
Very nice!
First time I have eaten at a Filipino restaurant so wasn't sure what to expect, was accompanied by some new
Filipino friends who helped us select our food. Everything was moist, fresh and delicious. The meat dishes to share were amazing.
As a added bonus - the dessert menu here rocks! save heaps of room for the cakes and ice cream!
Definitley going back. Highly recommended.
Anybody seen and tasted a PURPLE cake and ice cream??!! Well, you can find it here. They have the BEST purple yam cake and ice cream. Affordable price too!
The best Filipino cuisine in Auckland . Reasonable priced. Always busy with Filipino families and foreign friends. Make sure to place a reservation specially on weekends.
The best Pinoy restaurant in town 🫶🏻
thank you to all the staff :)
Prawn sinigang here is really good! Just right amount of sourness. I quite like the kawai lechon, too. A bit pity that pork sisig was not available on the day that I came so did not manage to try that. Oh and the ube icream is superb! I’d come back for that ice cream. Definitely!!!!
Michael Jerome de Loyola
+5
Authentic Filipino cuisine. It reminds me of home and they cooked it the traditional way. Lechon kawali was a bit dry for me but taste wise it was good. Pakbet was the best because it really reminded me of home. Halo-Halo had a good serving and was delicious.
Gold Ribbon, love these guys. A very warm place with family style Filipino food. I think the place used to be a Subway going off the interior.
Ordered the Ube Cake to do Post and Pre birthday celebrations for my friends and myself. 🎉🎂
This cake is made fresh so needs to be preordered. 🙂
It was super yummmm. Is made of coconut cream and this root vegetable called Ube/Yam . 🙂
You have to try it out. 🙏🦋🌸🦋😂🦋
Great place to eat Filipino food! Highly recommend. Super delicious (personal favorites is pancit palabok, lechon kawali and Kare kare) and they even had taho which was a nice surprise! Their cakes are also amazing.
Food has always been good from this Filipino restaurant. Though they have increased the prices, serving size is still bigger compared to others. Keep it up team!
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What we ordered:
- $6 Yema cake slice
- $6 Ube cake slice
- $14 Fiesta halo halo
- $8 Pandan shake
We also got three ensaymada for $10, we haven't tried them yet though because of the intense sugar crash we're currently recovering from.
I have never had halo halo, nor anything ube flavoured, nor pandan, so I have absolutely no idea whether this restaurant makes good food in comparison to other Filipino food. However, I can say that this was all incredible.
The halo halo was sweet with so many different elements that I honestly can't begin to name, I think there was some beans and maybe egg custard and pandan jelly but I have absolutely no idea. The cakes were both super good and not too sweet with the layers of fresh whipped cream and soft cake. The ube cake especially was so good, it was super light and fluffy and just incredible.
The pandan shake was my personal favourite. I don't know how to describe it but my immediate thoughts were that it kind of tastes like vanilla ice cream and cheese cake cookie crusts? I'm not sure if I'm sticking with that description but the takeaway is that it was all incredible!
I wish I had a lot of space in my tummy so that I could eat all of the nice food they have in store. Another unique taste of Filipino food here in Auckland.🙂
Filipino approved! 🇵🇭 👍🏼 Their ube cake was so fluffy and moist. Really tasted like ube. It was delicious. The kare-kare was also really flavorful. Big chunks of meat and vegetables.
Had beef kare kare and a slice of ube cake. The kare kare was very good, its under-salted but you're meant to have it with the shrimp paste which perfectly seasons it. But only have a little of the paste with each spoonful because its powerful stuff. The ube cake was delicious of course as many other reviews on here have said. Prices are great, big servings
Will be back for some bicol express!
Authentic Filipino food because it was a Filipino friend brought me there. 4 of us shared boneless crispy pata (deep fried boneless pork leg ), Cebu’s bam-I and 2 slices of cake. Tasty and good value for money. Will go again to try other food on the menu.
Support your local! The pancit here is legit, esp the Canton version. Have also had some great boodle fights here! Ensure you book this before hand. The service is always great here with food always fresh. Did they mention their specialities are baked goods! Get their UBE cake :)
Me and my friends always go here if were missing filipino foods. The ube cake love it, halo halo, sinigang, dinuguan, palabok, kare kare, crispy mata and more to try check their menu.
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