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| - This restaurant is located in Scarborough, just a few blocks north of Scarborough Town Centre/401 highway exit and easily accessible by TTC or by car. There are plenty of parking spots available in the plaza that Remely's is located but during the weekend especially at noon I found it difficult to find a good parking spot.
If you're looking for authentic Filipino food Remely's is definitely the place to go. Once known as a popular Filipino bakery offering only takeout & catering options, Remely's has switched gears and is now a full on Filipino eat-in restaurant serving traditional dishes such as palabok, beef tapa, sinigang, and diniguan.
The restaurant has a fair amount of tables available, for parties of 2 to larger parties of 6 - with intimate booths or long tables (seat yourself). During the weekend rush (lunch time) it can get a little packed so you may have to wait for a seat. The atmosphere is casual and relaxed - a good place for friends and family to hang out and enjoy a meal.
My experience when ordering the food was a little disorganized and slow. Their menu board lists the food they have available (although I found it difficult to read) but it does not list prices or what kind of combos they offer so you are left sort of humming and hawing until it's your turn to order. I think this is what causes the slow service and chaos of ordering your meal because you have to ask the employee questions about the menu you wish you could have just easily referred to on their menu board.
Prices of their meals are standard for takeout eateries: 2 items + rice = approximately $8.00 - a price you would easily spend at a food court in the mall. That day I ordered lumpia shanghai & pancit palabok. Lumpia is a Filipino spring roll consisting of ground pork, onion, carrots, and ground shrimp also served with a sweet and sour sauce. These deep fried goodies have always been a favourite of mine and they definitely hit the flavour spot at the restaurant, replicating the Filipino appetizer that I have known to love my entire life.
Pancit Palabok is a dish that consists of fried rice noodles, crushed pork rinds, minced green onion, and hard boiled egg. It is primarily flavoured with soy sauce and patis (fish sauce). This is also one of the childhood favourite meals that I sometimes crave and I was quite pleased with the authenticity of the meal as well as the fact that it was delicious.
The restaurant also offers popular Filipino desserts such as ube (purple yam cake), polvorone (short bread cookies), ensaymada (Filipino brioche coated with butter, sugar, and shredded cheese), leche flan (creme caramel), and pandesal (sweet bread). These desserts are already prepackaged and ready to take out and appear to have been made by separate company operating in Scarborough. I picked up a few boxes of assorted polvorone at $5 per box which I think it is a pretty good deal. The polvorone was a perfect light dessert snack although much sweeter than your average short bread cookie.
Overall, I give this restaurant a 3.5 stars. The food was delicious & fresh and also very authentic. The prices were reasonable and the service was friendly, although slow. If they change their menu board to reflect their meal prices and combo variations it may resolve the disorganization and long wait time that I experienced when ordering food. Everything other than that was great.
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