Cuisine De Manille
Filipino restaurant · Savane ·
Authentic Filipino dishes like sisig, pancit, and halo-halo.
Authentic Filipino dishes like sisig, pancit, and halo-halo.
"Called out as a family-run Côte-des-Neiges restaurant participating in the Filipino community celebration, Cuisine de Manille is one of the food contributors visitors can expect while enjoying live performances." - Valerie Silva
"Over the past 18 years I’ve watched a Montreal Filipino restaurant undergo several transformations — from its former name, Perle de Manille to its third location — yet the food from chef-owner brothers Dado and Ricky Contaoe has remained unchanged at Cuisine de Manille. I’ve enjoyed their crisp lechon (fried pork belly) and pork ear sisig cooked in calamansi juice, and regulars in the city’s Filipino community still turn to the spot for those homestyle meals. Since settling into a discrete storefront on Victoria Avenue in 2012, the family-run business (now with the second generation, including Dado’s son Peter, helping lead operations) is adding a Manila-inspired street food menu: kwek-kwek — 10 hard-boiled-then-deep-fried quail eggs coated in an aromatic orange batter with a sweet dipping sauce — and okoy, a crunchy fritter reimagined here with veggies and served with traditional spiced vinegar. Peter, who returned from Manila inspired by its buoyant street-food scene, is also spearheading a brand overhaul and a renovation that moves the restaurant from the old Turo Turo buffet display to a more fast-casual, grab-and-go aesthetic featuring an elongated bar with corrugated steel detailing and a photo gallery wall evoking Manila; the change is meant to suit takeout times and appeal to the next generation. I’ve noted that the local Filipino community was crucial to the restaurant’s survival through the pandemic, coming by regularly to pick up the Contaoes’ dishes, and the brothers continue to perfect new recipes while taking pride in those passed down through generations." - Valerie Silva
"The CDN borough features a small concentration of Filipino restaurants, and Cuisine de Manille is a surefire bet, serving the likes of pancit bihon, bopis, and adobos since 2003. Available via DoorDash seven days a week." - Tim Forster
"Tucked behind an unobtrusive exterior, Cuisine de Manille reveals a sleek, open dining area run by the Contaoe family: Dado, who has lived and worked in Côte‑des‑Neiges since the mid‑eighties and opened the restaurant in 2003 (moving it to Avenue Victoria in 2012), and his son Peter, who often greets guests from behind the counter. As a family‑owned spot committed to homestyle Filipino cooking, they keep the menu traditional and rotating buffet‑style, making it ideal for sampling staples like chicken adobo, BBQ pork and laing (a spicy, coconut‑milk taro dish). Its authenticity is clear — many of the customers are Filipino families who come for reliable, familiar flavours after long days of work." - Stephane Lavoie
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