The Hidden Village

Have eaten here a couple of times and have really enjoyed the food and the relaxed vibe. The kare kare is excellent, as are the pancake, the Hawker roll and the bao.

The hidden gem.The place to be in Ponsonby. A modern twist to your southeast asian cravings.Great food and great service. If you fancy a strong Filipino beer...ask for Redhorse.it will surely kick you off your table.

Took long to take our orders.. Sharing plates is small serving, not suitable for 2-3 person.. Good food but a bit overpriced. Mie Goreng is salty but the Kare Kare is great! I will not recommend the Yum Yum Fried Chicken.Good service, the girl is calm in a busy day and understaff on Sundays when it is crowded.

This is the worst Filipino inspired food I have ever eaten. My partner and I ordered the chicken crackling, spring rolls, beef brisket kare kare, pork sisig and bicol express.The chicken crackling had nothing crackly about it, it wasn’t even chicken crackling. It’s chicken skin dipped in batter and fried so the inside is extremely chewy and oily. My partner and I had to spit out because of how disgusting it felt in the mouth.The spring rolls tasted awful, it had a terrible aftertaste, like something was rotten. I don’t know what it was, but something definitely wasn’t fresh. It was 13.50 for TWO pieces of spring rolls that were filled with 95% rice noodles, the meat was literally specs here and there.The pork sisig had an overwhelming pork liver taste and it was so saucy, it looked like it came out of a can. I wouldn’t have been able to tell this is supposed to be sisig if I had been served this blindly.Bicol express did not taste like one, it didn’t even feel like it was inspired by it, I could not find the flavours. My first two bites did not even have pork but just jackfruits. That sweetness really tasted awful with the dish, I had to spit it out as well.The beef brisket kare kare was the most decent one, the beef was extremely tender and fall apart and I loved the crispy fried eggplants. But the colour really threw me off when it was served to me, it had a greyish colour for the sauce and I was initially confused on what this dish even was. The sauce was slimy and I wouldn’t have liked the taste if it wasn’t for the shrimp paste.Total was 127$ and this did not feel worth it at all, we really felt disappointed by this.

Exceptionally good food with exceptionally good service. Very impressed on both fronts and definitely will be back. Had a selection of the Street Food options and everything was cooked perfectly with amazing sauces on the side.

That was a very unusual experience.We sat up at the kitchen bar and were totally ignored by the 3 staff working there.No hello , no just a minute no acknowledgement at all . After what seemed like for ever we got up and walked away and went somewhere else no one batted a eyelid.Maybe these guys aren’t in the hospitality game!Bizzare.Just had a great meal at Tokyo club.

Fab foodInteresting flavoursBusy but plenty of seatingTea very different, bitter sweetI recommend trying it

Great little restaurant. Best tofu Me Goreng I've tried. It was full of flavour, had smokey taste and not over cooked.Slightly underwhelmed with the tofu pancake, it was lacking something. And proportion of pancake and tofu to slaw was off.Side note: this is not a stand alone restaurant. It is an a share space. However there isn't much else around it.