Karenderya

We had an excellent experience at Karenderya! The food was very good, no bad dishes. Our favorite was the shrimp adobo - very tasty and flavorful. We ordered a few dishes: the PEI mussels and steamed whole branzino which were both specials of the day, shrimp adobo, pansit bihon with chicken, and pork rib sinigang. We also had the red horse beer and a kalamansi drink with basil seeds - both nice drinks. I really liked the beer, it was very smooth and went down easy. Friendly service and chill vibe. Reasonable prices. Overall, a pleasant and very satisfying meal! Clean, pronounced flavors. The shrimp adobo is a must order! Wish I lived in the area so I could frequent this place! Bonus, they have gender neutral bathrooms.

I want to preface this review by saying pork sinigang is one of my absolute favorite dishes from any genre of cuisine. I’ve eaten it up and down the East coast at restaurants, canteens, and aunties’ houses. In the Philippines nearly every place I went I got a bowl of sinigang na baboy. I make it at home myself on the regular. Not once have I ever seen a sinigang broth this dark before. After I got over my initial moment of shock I was excited to be trying something new. It looked like I could be in for the most insane sour unami bomb broth ever. After my first spoonful... confusion. It didn’t taste like much of anything. It wasn’t even remotely sour. But strangest of all was that the most dominant flavor I could taste was adobo. Was the darkness of the broth just from soy sauce? The meat was delicious, fatty and soft, and I really appreciated the long beans as nearly every restaurant I’ve been to in the US uses regular green beans instead. I could see myself maybe enjoying eating this dish if I had ordered an adobo-ish braised pork stew but just not as the sinigang I was expecting. I’m giving 4 stars because I love supporting small businesses and I want to extend my benefit of the doubt - this was my first visit and maybe this was simply a one off sinigang snafu. The pork empanadas were absolutely scrumptious. I would tentatively come back and try other dishes on the menu. There’s also no dine in service available at the moment despite what Google says.

Came here after reading it was named one of the best new restaurants in America which is a pretty big title to live up to and I was not disappointed! Each dish was well seasoned and the rice was perfect which shows they pay attention to details which makes all the difference. I’m new to Philipino food and ejoyed every dish. Super casual dining too which can be refreshing when you want a more low key experience. Definitely a cool place to try out.

During our one night staying a friend suggested us to eat at this place, luckily I was able to reserve one of the 2 table that they have got outdoor eating and we were all very pleased by the experience!! Food was tasty delivered and explained in a gracious way. Unfortunately I was to busy on tasting that I forgot to take photo of the main dishes only realizing that at the dessert..