Remely’s Restaurant

Filipino food is pretty hard to come by in toronto and the gta, so finding this place was quite the delight! Unfortunately (fortunately for the optimists?) the food was really hit or miss here. I went here with coworkers for lunch and we ordered a bunch of different things off the menu.
The chicken adobo wasn’t very flavourful, nor the pusit relleno, and the palabok was pretty average. But the kare kare was so soft, and the halo halo was to die for. They really didn’t skimp on the ingredients with the halo halo, there were chunks of flan and coconut jelly in it.
The price for the drinks and desserts were a bit high for a take out place, (the halo halo was around $ 5.50, the rest of the desserts being $ 4 – 6) but the meals were pretty cheap, and the serving sizes for the meals were very generous.
The restaurant interior was very nicely decorated though. It was new, clean, and homey and really added to the dining experience and made the visit more enjoyable.

Filipino extravaganza! Although Remely’s is best known in Pinoy circles for their catering (amazing party trays galore) and bakery, Remely’s is a great place to stop in and have lunch or dinner — or a quick take-​out if you prefer. Warm and homey décor, friendly servers, (usually) plentiful selection — I love dropping in for some tasty, homestyle adobo, lumpia, caldereta, sweet BBQ skewers, or palabok. Then, yes, some turon for dessert! Salamat po! (Keep in mind, it’s ‘cafeteria-​style’ service.) Adding pics to show you what it’s all about!

Food SUCKS! You know why, because they microwave your food!!! Who does that??? I have never in my life whereas I Ordered food and infront of me was a big MICROWAVE, like what? I was like did they just microwave my food? Really?
The food was too pricey for microwave re heat food!!! Who knows long that food been there!!! When I ate the food, it wasn’t even good!!! I was so pissed off because it was too pricey!!! Whoever said this resto is, I a LIAR!!! I am never, ever coming back!!!

Every time I go to Toronto… This is the best place to grab a flip food…
Halo halo and Taho is awesome…
The pork bbq is great

my favorite goto restaurant second to my mom’s cooking. Great for takeout. their seating is too cramped.

I guess I’m sort of biased since every kid thinks their mom’s cooking is and will always be the best. But when no one feels like cooking, this is a pretty good place to get some Filipino food, stat.
The menu will vary, but will always have some staples, like steamed white rice, siningag (fried with garlic) if you’re lucky, BBQ pork skewers, lumpiang Shanghai (fried spring rolls), dinuguan (blood pudding) with puto (steamed rice cake), fried fish, pancit bihon (thin rice noodles), and my personal favorites, lechon kawali (crispy pork belly) and palabok (seafood and rice noodles). They also have snacks, like chicharon (pork rinds), and dessert, like Brazo de Mercedes (jelly roll with meringue outside and custard inside) and turon (sweet banana spring roll, usually with jackfruit). They even sell Sarsi, the Filipino sasaparilla soft drink, kind of like root beer.
There’s usually quite the selection of food from different parts of the Philippines. If you’re unsure of what things are, you can ask, but my suggestion would be to just try a little bit of everything that appeals to you or that you’re curious about. Chances are you’ll enjoy it! You can eat in or take out, and I believe they also cater.
The food is hot, portions are fair, and service is quick and friendly. Quality is pretty good, but not the absolute best, depending on what time you go and how long the food’s been sitting out for. I suppose it’s more of like a take-​out/​homemade fast food type of place, nothing fancy. Regardless, it’s somehow comforting to know that even though my mom’s not making the food, it’s likely that someone else’s mom is, right at the back of the restaurant, and that it’s not some pre-​packaged frozen junk from a factory.

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 (crème 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.

This restaurant has always been my goto place whenever I’m in the hood, either for a quick bite or simply to satisfy my guilty pleasures.
Thus far, there are 3 items that always make it out the door with me – Lumpia Shanghai, Chicharong Bituka and Turon.
Lumpia Shanghai is mini deep fried spring rolls, filled with mainly pork and shredded carrots. 5 for $ 1.85, its compliments really well with their sweet and sour sauce. The best thing about it you can have over 10 pieces and don’t feel oily/​stuffed.
Chicharong Bituka, something that might scare a lot of people away. Traditional deep fried pork intestine ($ 6/​100grams), it is THE SNACK to go with a nice cold glass of beer. It’s got somewhat an acquired burnt taste but delicious in my opinion.
Last but not least Turon, a deep fried (yes, that’s a lot of fried food!) plantain spring roll. Its got a small piece of Jackfruit stuffed in it as well. Crispy skin, semi firm plantain and then a light, sweet coating of caramelized sugar, YUMMY! These go for $ 1.50/piece.
Overall, a very clean cafeteria style restaurant, with lots of great food, just the way a Filipino mom would make it – very homey! They are also known best for their catering.

Slightly expensive combo $ 7.99 plus tax for 1 rice and 2 meat or vegetable. Flavor is good. Place looks clean. Combo portion are small (meat wise). Their cutlery/​napkin section is beside their garbage can. Eeww!!! Will I come back, I dont think so. We spent $ 20 plus for 2 combo and 1 extra rice. Carribean Queen gives you more bang for buck. And they dont accept debit card.

This is THE Filipino restaurant to go to when in Scarborough. They’ve got all the good ol’ Filipino comfort foods, guilty pleasures and everything in between, just the way mama makes it. Remely’s runs cafeteria style if you’re eating in (pick and choose what you want, while sliding your tray gradually toward the register), but they’re also well known for their catering.
Combos (rice + selection of sides) run approx. $ 10 depending on the sides you get. My personal favourites? The kare kare & the paksiw na lechon, SO good! I also never leave without getting turon for dessert. In the summer? A halo halo :)

Ordered filipino style spaghetti (sauce is sweet compared to the italian version). It had alot of sauce (almost watery) but I wish they‘ve added grated cheese on top and more hotdog. Pasta is cooked perfectly. Tasted better the next day as the pasta had already soaked in most of the sauce.
Small tray is $ 25 which serves 10 – 13. Med is $ 45 so there is quite a difference in pricing.
Their lumpiang shanghai really stood out for me. For a 100 pcs, it was for only $ 30. This takes alot of time and effort to make so it is very well worth it.
If I were to buy the ingredients, it would probably cost me $ 15-​$ 20 anyways. Paying for labor means my manicure‘s saved for another week.
Not too salty, crispy egg wrap and not burnt on the inside. This tends to happen alot as some I know mix too much soy sauce with the pork which causes the meat to cook faster than the wrap.
Their Halo Halo is also very good. I prefer theirs to Max‘s of Manila. It is served in a bubble tea like container with a straw and a spoon. Perfect in the summer. I haven‘t tasted most of their entrees, but this will be my go-​to resto for future party trays.
The place is clean and well-​kept and gets very busy during lunch and Sundays. They are closed on Mondays.

My family and I catered from Remely’s for a family gathering of about 30 people and it was a huge success.
We ordered the following:
medium lumpia shanghai $ 30
medium lechon kawali $ 60
medium palabok $ 35
small chop suey veggies $ 20
small pinakbet w/​gata $ 25
small dinuguan $ 25
rellenong bangus $ 22
25 ukoys $ 37.50 — highly recommend
18“kakanin platter $ 46
whole sans rival $ 35
Total: $ 300+
See menu offerings:
Price: Affordable.
Portions: Family-​style. Plenty to last you leftovers for the next couple days.
Remely’s is probably the nicest and cleanest Filipino restaurant I have been to thus far. Their space isn’t huge, but it has about 10 tables with ample amount of seating to accommodate their sit-​in patrons. You can bet there will be a line during lunch time. I found Remely’s to be the best tasting and my favorite Filipino restaurant in the Toronto area so far. They also offer a vast menu as well as baked goods and pastries.
The only item we didn’t care for was the sans rival. The wafers were stale and the butter cream was extremely sweet. It was probably not made that day and stored in the freezer for awhile. I would recommend the turon or halo-​halo instead.
Service: Accommodating, friendly, and fast. I was really pleased with how they handled the catering and my family agreed that the food from Remely’s was delicious and the best they’ve tried thus far.
We will definitely be back!

When I’m craving for quality Filipino food, I’d always go to Remely’s. Here are my thoughts about Remely’s:
The Restaurant facility — its clean, brightly lit, well taken cared-​of and the ambiance is inviting. Its not a fine dining restaurant but its more of the usual diner/​cafeteria format you’d find in a Filipino food outlet.
The Staff — wears proper restaurant attire so you’ll know that they practice safe food handling.
The Service — I would say its average to good as this is more of a diner.
The Food — This is one the best Filipino restaurant/​diner in Toronto. I recommend you try their Pancit Malabon which is a noodle dish normally served in Manila during festivities, birthday’s, and other special occasions. Other favorite of mine are the Turon (friend banana roll) and Halo-​Halo, just to name a few. Their Okoy (shrimp patties) on the other hand leaves a lot to be desired.
The Price — its reasonable for the quality (and quantity).

MSG central… need I say more? Plus the guy who runs the store irritates me… what’s his name? Riiight, Vince.
I do like their Okoy and Palabok.

I am not really fond of sweet sweet dessert or cake… And today one of my coworker got this Filipino Purple Yam cake ($ 12.99) from Remely’s for someone’s birthday.
The cake is so so so purple!!! And one bite I am in love! I love yam. yam dessert, yam icecream. The cake has such a rich yummy yammy taste and full of flavour! So tropical tasting!
The cake part of the cake has so much texture… but not heavy… oh so heavenly!
And there are fresh fruits on top! and the price so reasonable!
Sorry I should have took the photos before we eat the cake! I never imagine how good it tastes!
YES I want one of those for my birthday too!

Remely’s is a family-​run business and here you will find lots of authentic filipino dishes. They have a dining section which is basic but clean. They also do catering. Staff is friendly and will take time to explain to you the dishes and ingredients used in making it. Two thumbs up for Remely’s!