Little Ongpin

Had cravings for Filipino food. This place has been around for ages . The inside reminds me of a typical restaurant in the Philippines.

The food was fresh and it hit the spot! There's tons of options in their menu and I will be going back to try some more.

There's plenty of parking in the plaza but it can get busy as it shares with high traffic stores around it.

Get the crispy pata ! I recommend it .

Filipino food craving hit us hard the other day and we were on the hunt for some homestyle flavors. Yelpers led us to this spot. It's easy to find with good signage and we parked right in front.

We were greeted upon entry and seated right away. Great customer service. It was pretty busy at 2pm. The menu lists so many tasty options! We decided to order lechon kawali and kare kare with rice. We were going to also order pancit palabok but decided to focus on meat first. Priorities. Haha. The food that arrived looked and smelled so good. I requested vinegar with chili to dip the lechon in. The kare kare was full of ox tail & tripe, and served with sautéed bagoong (which I totally prefer over the pink stuff). The lechon kawali was generously sized and crispy. The food satisfied our craving.

We had a positive experience and glad to support local businesses.

It's our last day in Vancouver bc before driving off to oregon so I'm craving for Filipino food. Came here since it's near but I don't think I saw the latest review. We had pancit canyon (yes order this) and the value meals. The pork bbq and lumpia meal has that Filipino taste you'd love! Order the crispy tofu too. Pinakbet is ok as well and will go with sisig. Though I prefer a little spicy-ness and with egg on the sisig. Order the sago't gulaman to complete your meal. Yes also to garlic rice. Servers are courteous and place is clean. Oh don't forget your halo halo dessert to share

Food had no flavor.

Service was good.
Would not come back.

Was really excited to try it but got disappointed.

Just arrived in Canada and I'm starving. So my first stop after the car rental was a Philipinno resto called 'Little Ongpin'. Cute little divy place in a small strip mall that serves strictly Philipinno cuisine.
3.75 of 5 food quality
4.75 of 5 service
Canadian food prices are slightly cheaper than what I'm used to paying, so no complaints with the bill..

Growing up in a very proud Filipino household has resulted in me being really, really, really picky when it comes to Filipino food. When my parents are tired of cooking their own Filipino food, this is the spot that they come to to get their fix. Little Ongpin is one of the most authentic and best Filipino restaurants in town.

Things to order from here:
+ Chicken (or pork) BBQ sticks
+ Pork sisig
+ Lumpia (spring rolls)
+ Adobo

I always get the $6.95 #1 value meal which comes with steamed rice, bbq chicken and 4 baby egg rolls. I usually substitute the steamed rice for the garlic fried rice, which I'd recommend doing.

I also recommend getting the halo-halo dessert to share with your table. Halo halo is a large dessert (think shaved ice sundae) that consists of shaved ice, ube ice cream, green lychee, coconut, leche flan, plantains, and sweet red beans. Halo-halo in tagolog means "to mix", so this dessert is meant to mix all these ingredients together to form a sweet, delicious, slushy dessert.

If you're on the hunt for authentic Flilipino cuisine, head over to Little Ongpin.

I have a very satisfied dinner yesterday which is simply awesome! Frankly I wouldn't come here if it was not my gf's recommendation because her Filipino colleagues ordered port-luck from LO the other day...

It is located in a strip mall on No.5 Rd and Cambie, kinda hole in the wall set up but it's been here at least 6 years or more (from the pics posted by other yelpers). It has given me a new perspective towards Filipino food and I'm pretty sure I will come back for more.. Yes, LO is that good!

Best Filipino Food in Richmond BC hands down! Everything is just good and hits the spot. I just wish they are also open later for family dinners.

March 17, 2022 - Attended Little Ongpin for the second time just to test out their LOMI and BINAGOONGAN na KANIN. A friend had raved about the second item. However, though it smelled nice, we find the taste lacking and mismatched pork topping. Why? The cook should have put more bagoong to the rice and the pork pcs. should have been sauteed with the bagoong instead of tasting sweet. Somehow, we were quite disappointed, the lomi was also lacking in taste. Should have Chinese black vinegar added to it. The shredded coconut in the buco pandan were not from a young coconut as the strips were not tender. My friend's daughter who ordered the arroz caldo said that the chicken in the soup didn't taste fresh, only ate a small bowl of the arroz caldo and took the rest home. It looked good but the taste also didn't pass which was unfortunate.

I guess this will be the last time we visit Little Ongpin, sad to say. Customer Service was ok but their food didn't pass for us.

Was visiting Vancouver with the fam, and my Filipino tongue kicked in. Yelped it, and found this place. It is located in a very tiny strip mall, busy cross streets, limited parking. The place is not too huge, but can accommodate a lot. I ordered the fiesta platter since there were the three of us. Also ordered the lomi on the side, and shrimp with veggies, and squid. Lotsa food I know- it aint gonna break my bank though their price were on the high side.

The wait time was ok, considering the amount of my order, but the waiting sometimes is not fun. I knew in my stomach that the food I ordered were freshly cooked. And the food arrived. The lomi, was actually good- it tasted just a bit salty, but I like it the way it was. The squid on the side was tender not chewy. The platter, omg, huge platter. The grilled squid on the platter came out chewy and hard, all other else were good, delicious.

Overall, the food was flavorful, very authentic Filipino food. If I ever come back to Vancouver, this is gonna be my first Filipino food stop. I recommend this place to ones looking for new taste.