Sarap! Filipino Restaurant

I've had authentic homemade Filipino food before and I would say this was a close second. The BBQ Pork stick was AMAZING, full of flavor, juicy, and perfectly grilled. The Puncit was not exactly what I was expecting but still delicious. I would give it a 7.5/10 based on the homemade traditional style I'm used to. Overall the service was good, staff was nice, and establishment was clean. The soda fountain tasted a bit off like it needed a deep clean. I ended up getting one of the available teas that were in a different fountain. Will be going back on my next trip!

We got the fried fish, the vegetable lumpia, the mixed pancit with meat, suman-mag-asawa, and they have us a bowl of Munggo. The fish was ok, nothing special, with lots of bones that need to be taken out. The vegetable lumpia was ok, but the vegetables were seeming to start going bad. The pancit came with a pork lumpia, which was much better than the vegetable lumpia. The pancit itself was ok, but wish we had gotten it without the meat. The munggo is something that could be a comfort food except for the strange gooy items mixed in. The suman-mag-asawa was absolutely delicious, my wife wanted more of the sweet sauce that was on top.

If you’re craving authentic Filipino food around Colorado Springs, this place is a must-visit! Every dish is packed with flavor, just like home-cooked meals in the Philippines. The portions are generous (understatement), making it great value for money, and the staff are warm, friendly, and attentive, which makes the dining experience even better. Whether you’re Filipino missing the taste of home or someone curious to try something new, I highly recommend this restaurant. You’ll leave satisfied and wanting to come back for more. Talagang sulit sarap sa Sarap! 🇵🇭

The most authentic Filipino food we have had in CO since the actual Philippines! 💝 The desserts were absolutely amazing! Totally recommend it and will definitely be back!

Our second time here and both times the staff were very welcoming and friendly. We’ve had the pork sisig, chicken inasal, pancit, pinakbet, lumpia, & lechon kawali and each one was so delicious. The portion was pretty good too. For dessert we’ve gotten the Halo-Halo, Ube Biko, & Red Velvet Strawberry cake and they were fantastic! I have not been disappointed. I will also add that they donated some of their dishes to the USAFA Laboratory during National Laboratory Professionals Week. Those dishes were Pancit, Lumpia, and Pork Sisig and my co-workers raved about the tastes and said they loved them all. Thank you for supporting our unsung heroes!

We were missing some home cooked meal and found this place from Google and didn’t disappoint us. We ordered Bistik Tagalog, chicken and pork BBQ, Lechon kawali, pancit veggies only and halo-halo. We enjoyed all the foods but the highly recommended one would be the Lechon kawali with the homemade sauce/ sarsa. Lechon kawali is so crispy but also soft- easy to bite. Five star rating for me and my husband. The staffs were also very friendly particularly that one Pinoy guy who got our orders and was in the cashier today. We’re from out of town and definitely will come back on our next visit here in Colorado.

RAW & HONEST REVIEW We came here for their grand soft opening the evening of Saturday, March 29th. We’ve actually been coming to this spot since it was You-Ka Cafe. As fellow Filipinos trying to support local and small businesses, we decided to give it another shot. This place has changed hands a few times, but what caught our attention this time was that they were bringing in the people from Sizzling Manila and offering traditional Filipino breakfast in the mornings. We brought our bonus daughter to join us for dinner and planned to return another time for breakfast. When we arrived, a lot of the dishes we originally wanted were already sold out (see attached photos), so we ended up ordering the oxtail and tripe kare-kare, sisig, chicken inasal, and chicken pancit. The pancit was not the same as in past reviewers' photos. It was a mix of bihon and canton, which would usually be fine pero napaka-lata (too soft, like it was overcooked or sitting too long). It looked off—either not fresh or made with too much sauce. Definitely not traditional. I wouldn’t order it again, The kare-kare was okay, but the portion of bagoong was tiny—barely even a sample. My husband had to ask for more. And the meat portion was not very generous considering the price. Also, if those are supposed to be two scoops of rice, they were the smallest I’ve ever seen. He upgraded to pancit and rice for an additional $1.99, but had to ask for it because it was not included in the order. I wanted to give my chicken inasal a fair shot, but it was super bland—not even close to the flavor chicken inasal should have. Makunat pa (tough to chew) and really dry. I tried to power through it—pasang-awa na lang (barely passing). You can see in the photo it almost looked burnt. Maybe it sat too long or was cooked while still frozen. Either way, I won’t be ordering it again. The best dish out of the four was the sisig—it was flavorful and delicious. So one out of four... that’s 25%. (Hence a 1 star review) There were no signs saying desserts were sold out, but there was almost nothing in the display case. As for the setup and seating—it was busy, and while there was seating, some people still did not have a place to sit. Because of the layout, a party of two ended up sitting at a table meant for six, which made it harder for bigger groups to find spots. It felt a bit unorganized in that regard. One customer came in with her family and seemed to know the crew. While still in line, she was shouting out asking if they had halo-halo and basically announcing she was going to order it—while others were waiting their turn. It is great that she felt comfortable and knew the staff, but it came across like her order was more important than everyone else’s. She kept speaking to the crew directly instead of waiting in line like the rest of us. The sense of entitlement was real, and it definitely affected the energy in the room. I really wanted to love this place. Maybe it’s just early growing pains from the soft opening and getting a new team up to speed. But right now, it takes a lot of patience—and a lot of money—to eat here. Our total was $80 for four meals (we did tip), three waters, and one fountain drink (which was $2.99 for a cup only slightly larger than a water cup). Sadly, I left feeling disappointed—with a hole in my pocket and a lack of flavor in my stomach. Maybe we’ll try again for breakfast. I mean, you can’t really mess up breakfast, right? Hopefully they get it all worked out soon and can get back to the authenticity without feeling like it's fellow Filipinos ripping off fellow Filipinos only trying to support.

The food was super flavorful. We got the BBQ pork. I really loved their version of a beef egg roll. Was a little disappointed they did not have empanadas, but what they did have was enough to give them all the stars. We tried the Ube cheese cake and flan, they were super rich and delicious. I look forward to returning. The teas might have been my favorite part. The whole family loved the drink options.

My tummy is a happy one! This place is delicious. Came here to try something new and was NOT disappointed. First off everything is made to order so it's piping hot. Boyfriend got the chicken adobo with rice. Rice was nice and sticky and chicken was hot and tender. Lumpia are nice and crispy. I could see the steam off and it smell great. I had to try. Yummy! I got the Tortang Talong that was absolutely amazing! As I said, made to order so it's a bit of time to cook but it's well worth the wait. Crispy on the outside and perfectly soft grilled on the inside. The beef empanada was also amazing! Flaky and juicy plus hearty and delicious. I will be ordering more and look forward to trying the chicken adobo empanada. This place is worth it! Doesn't break the wallet and taste like it came from a Mama's kitchen. Looking for to my next visit, even if it's to go.

Still waiting for a refund on 2 pancit upgrades instead of rice, and missing the additional chicken inasal for $7.99 and they forgot to add any of the dipping sauces I ordered online. They ran out of Biko and sent a 4.99 gift card that I wont ever use. Without the sauces the food is bland, Save your money.

Definitely a welcoming environment. When you enter, you're greeted and encouraged to take your time to decide on your order. Without prompting, she asked if I was military and offered a discount. I opted to eat there as the dish I ordered is best sizzling hot. Most eateries find clever ways to repurpose their menu items to cut down on food waste. I've had sisig in other locales and it missed the mark. Here the sisig is made w/lechon kwali but it's prepared in a manner that it's not dry. The flavor of the dish was very much to my liking. It comes with a side of rice with fried garlic garnish and a lumpia. You'll be asked if I you want the dish spicy, I recommend you say yes and ride that train to Flavor town! The lumpia options are pork or veggie. You may dine in or get your order to go. The wait time for my food wasn't very long and the presentation was aesthetically pleasing. There is an additional charge if you want an egg atop. Be careful when the dish is presented as it is served on a very hot cast iron griddle. The biggest takeaway here was the customer service, price point for the dish and portion. I'd gladly visit again to explore other options. Parking is in a shared lot with adjacent businesses but it wasn't a challenge. Capable of accepting contactless pay, cash or credit cards.

I tend to find a Filipino restaurant where ever I am. This is the only places I've found in the springs so far. The store gives me local Filipino restaurant feels. They have frozen items and baked goods. I got the ube cookies, which were really good. As for the food I kept it simple for my first time and got the chicken adobo and added a piece of lumpia for a dollar. Both were really good. The adobo didn't have as strong of a flavor I'm use to but still good. You can't beat it for the portion size. The customer service is great, they always ask if you're miltary and can give you the run down on what's good.

Growing up in Hawaii & Cali, I'm used to having lots of Filipino restaurants to choose from. We tried Sarap this weekend & trust me when I say- it won't disappoint! The customer service was the best & they're so welcoming. First thing they asked was if we're either military or nurse, which we appreciate. Their food was great, especially the chicken inasal & halo halo. We'll surely return here & 100% recommend this place!

Amazing authentic Filipino food in Colorado Springs. Wonderful customer service and very affordable. The restaurant is cozy and welcoming. Our family ordered the Kare Kare, Sisig, and Pork Inasal. All three entrees were delicious and presented beautifully. We will definitely be back to try more of their delectable Filipino cuisine.

Growing up in Hawaii and born in PI I have been craving some nice authentic Filipino food for a while. This place had everything from adobo, Filipino skewers and sinigang. We ordered pick up and the dishes were amazing. I highly recommend the pancit, lumpia skewers. The sinigang was good but a lot sourer than how I remember grandma making it. The only disappointment was the desserts. They were WAY smaller portions for what we paid for, the ube and cheese cake was really good but not worth the portion size to price. I'd def go back and eat at the restaurant next time.

I had the chicken inasal and it was wonderful. It took a little long because of a mix up in the kitchen, but it was worth the wait. Hubby had the sisig and it was a symphony of flavor and texture. Very small and clean dining area.

Delicious!! Super tasty and very rich in flavor. Sisig was good, but loved the chicken adobo!! Meat was super tender and fell off the bone. A fun variety of desserts, the ube cookies were great!

The halo halo is huge and delicious!! We loved this place when it originally opened but then were disappointed with the second ownership's food but it's great again. We only had the lumpia, we were weary since they are pork and not beef but they were delicious! We will be back to try more things from the menu!

The food was good, my non filipino husband and kids finished all their food and we were stuffed The lechon kawali was freah and crunchy, the adobo flavorful and the kids got the BBQ chicken. I like that the entrees come with a lumpia if you dont want to order an entire side. They have some baked goods/sweets including ube cheesecake and bilinear. I was happy to see a fridge where they sell frozen goods too (siopao, longanisa and more) Halo halo as well! Entire staff was friendly and very accommodating. Would drive back here from Parker to eat again!

Delicious Filipino food. I've lived in Colorado Springs for 4 years and this is the best Filipino food I've ever had. Taste like I'm back home. I suggest you try each and every food in the menu. They are delicious. We had Kare-kare, pinakbet and sisig. They're the bomb! Me and my son loved the food.

Friendly staff, impeccable service and outstanding food and inviting ambiance . Overall experience is 10/10. I would definitely return and would recommend this again to my friends!

Just stopped by to try a new restaurant and I'm totally blown away. PLEASE try the Kare Kare or the BBQ pork entrees. I thought I wasn't going to be satisfied with one so I ordered two but I'm honestly too full to eat both. Super super recommend, the owners are very friendly and explained everything as my nephews are very picky but they loved it too. 12/10 - do yourself a favor and come try Ps: the Pork Sisig was sold out when I went - they said this is one of their top sellers so I'm going to come back and get this next time!

Delicious Filipino food! The weekly specials are fun treats for those who want variety once in a while.

Hailing from Illinois, we had a strong craving for traditional Filipino cuisine. Thankfully, Sarap lived up to our expectations. Most of the dish we ordered, from the bistek tagalog to the veggie lumpia, pork lumpia, BBQ pork, and the amazing halo-halo were outstandingly flavorful. Although the tortang talong was not prepared in the manner I'm familiar with, it was still palatable. Overall, I would definitely frequent this establishment again if we are ever in Colorado Springs.

Good food, had the pancit. Service was good, also added ube cheesecake and ube cookie. Would go again if I had time to visit and order other items.

Best sisig I've had since Boracay! New owners and entirely new staff and this place is amazing! New menu kicked off 29 March and buzz got out... the line was out the door. Everything tastes great and everyone there is so nice!

Used to like this place but it went downhill. Yeah they fast service for mobile orders but the food is not good anymore. Sisig is bland and the rice has too much water very mushy.

This is the resto with the kapitbahayan (neighborhood) feel and vibes. The ambiance feels welcoming and the greeting one gets upon walking in is heart-warming. The service is awesome from the staff that seem to want to make sure the customer is acknowledge, welcomed, and "be our guest" feel to it. The food is 100% legit! It is in the name "SARAP" meaning delicious. Bar-none, everything on the menu is homestyle feels and taste! The portions are solid--and the times I ate here, after new management took over, I almost did not finished--but I pushed through! If you know, you know--go to try this! Especially the Halo-Halo, Sisig, hell...try all of them. Can't and will not go wrong! Cheers!

The food was amazing! You can tell by the quality of the food and time spent on it that the staff truly enjoy what they do! The ambiance was great and it made me feel back at home with some of my old friends from the Philippines! We will be going back as long as they are open!

Just moved here from San Antonio looking for good Filipino restaurant. We definitely found our go to spot! Everything was delicious!! 11/10 recommend

Portion size very small for the prize. Customer service was lacking due to poor listening skills. Major Rip off

I grew up eating Filipino food in the Bay Area and I can honestly say that this place is better than what I've had back home! My partner is also Filipino and he agrees. We've tried Sarap during their soft opening and again today and everything is so dang good! I've tried their Kare Kare, Chicken Pancit, Beef Empanada, Turon, and Chicken Tinola and everything was amazing!! The soup is definitely my favorite. We will be back again soon!

No stars as the place is a rip-off. (I was forced to have one to post.) I did not want to do this because I am Filipino and preferred to support a "kabayan." However, I am more inclined to save others from going through what my family and I went through. Plus, the food here is NOT what Filipino food tastes like. The portions are diminutive and they used rice to "prop up" the entree. We ordered 5 different entrees and boy - was that a huge misstep I really truly do not see how this place will remain open for long. One trip is all it will take to know you should NEVER waste your money this way again. Daryl (owner) responded to the post I sent earlier today, 01/10/25. In the interest of full transparency, I ordered online last Fri, 01/03/25 and picked it up at around 4:15-ish pm (or sometime around then). I ordered a 4-pc lumpia (one review here stated "lumpia seemed weak and not fried enough" and I completely agree. Each order had one lumpia as well.); chicken bbq (dry and bordering tasteless); pork bbq (tasted more like adobo - and not a good version), kare-kare (gosh, the mini cubes of beef are nowhere near what kare-kare should look or taste like); bistek (propped up on rice to make the bigger portion of the container look full; almost tasteless); and pork sisig (I am a very fair person and will state this order was acceptable. It was the most palatable order out of the 5 entrees). These are more detailed descriptions of the entree orders I wanted to spare the readers of knowing about. But since you asked for it Daryl, I laid it out here.

Really cute place and I love that they are family owned. The owners were so nice and friendly and super welcoming! I loved the lechon kawali and portion sizes were just right for the price. I also tried the pandan cupcake and it was such a good and unique flavor and the cake was perfectly soft and fluffy. Will be coming back again to try the other dishes and desserts!!!

I had pork kare-kare and lumpia yesterday. They're so good I'll give it five stars. The owner said they merged with another family so they're 2 owners now. They have new workers, Filipinos who cook Filipino food yay! So they know what they're doing. Don't forget to try their homemade ube ice cream! The best ube ice cream.

My husband and I ordered Kare-kare with lumpia. We were disappointed with the food, although the serving portions were good enough. The meat( beef stew) of the kare-kare was hard, making it hard to chew. The authentic filipino kare-kare has a soft meat and not filled with actual peanuts . The cook filled our kare-kare with big peanuts pieces. The lumpia seemed weak and not fried enough. I think the frozen lumpia that are being sold in an asian store taste much better. We also ordered the ube cheesecake which is good enough but kinda watery and not that firm. I'm not sure if I will go back to this place soon but i hope they will improve the food and make it taste authentic in the future. Despite of the unsatisfactory review of the food, the restaurant is clean and enjoyed the music being played inside.

filipino food in the springs? ofc i had to try it. we got the lechon kawali, pork bbq and chicken pancit. it was so good. after trying you-ka, this was definitely an upgrade. service was great, atmosphere was on the quiet side coz we were the only ones there for a minute. i'll def come back!

My family and I just recently tried the sisig and the Kare Kare, it was delicious. We loved the ube yema cupcakes. Keep up the good work. The only feedback that I would give is on the Biko- the malagkit rice was a little bit tough but everything else was great. Anna

Excitedly tried this restaurant on Friday night. I got the chicken adobo. Flavor was really good. Meat portion was outrageously small. Not full breast, thighs, legs or wings of chicken, none, big nor small. The chicken was cut up and barely any there at all. So disappointing.

I'm local and lived here in Springs way before the great Blizzard of '97. When the other Filipino restaurant opened in 2016 and was replaced by another, it was a sad day for many people. Unfortunately the second restaurant that opened in the same place before Sarap restaurant came, wasn't up to par... at all. When I saw the sign for Sarap I had high hopes. We stopped by and saw that the menu was amazing and looked delicious. I ordered Sisig with beef lumpia and extra rice. My husband ordered lechon kawali with ensaladang pipino, a side order of atchara and curry empanadas. First impression, the presentation was already not great, the container they put in the food is a bento-like box, the rice was all over the side and on the cover as well. They put the lumpia on top of the rice so when I opened the container the lumpia was smashed on the rice and when I lift it up to eat it the lumpia the rice was stuck all over it; they did the same thing with my husband's order with the cucumber salad drenched right next to his lechon, no biggie. Although there's a lot of different ways in making Sisig in the Philippines there is one universal ingredient when making this; crispy pork belly and its citrus. Though I understand that they also cater for the mass, there is something to be said when making this specific recipe. The pork was cooked well, however, it was super oily that the I couldn't taste the flavor, I am not exaggerating when I say dripping oil; I did asked for spicy and the food wasn't close to have any heat at all. To top it off there was no citrus flavor either. They did include a small wedge of lime, which I used but unfortunately it wasn't enough. They have spiced vinegar available and so that's what I used to spice it up and had the citrus-y I was looking for (although vinegar is not ideal it was the only thing I can use to not throw away my food). Sisig is one of the many Filipino food that is rich in flavor. Unfortunately for this one, that's not the case. The beef lumpia that came with it was bland, I think they forgot to put salt in it. I ordered a side of Atchara, now that was delicious. My husband ordered lechon kawali; now, you can't really mess this one up because it's a deep fried pork belly, my only complaint on this one was again, bland, no salt. The ensaladang pipino (cucumber salad) was soggy (cucumber wasn't bright green anymore). Now, the biggest disappointment was the curry empanadas, it had a curry flavor but once again it was very bland, I'm not sure if they don't like to use salt at all. The place is clean and they were playing tagalog music in the background. However the staff that took our order and the cook was cold; neither of them was smiling at all. We came in during Sunday lunch hour, the place wasn't busy. Although we only had water to drink I noticed that in their fountain drink area they have quite a few choices of drinks. I was glad to see coconut water in one of the fountain machines. We love our local businesses and continued to support them. I hope that Sarap restaurant will take this review as a constructive feedback. 2 Stars.

got the chicken pancit with a side of garlic fried rice--a brilliant meal, hard to believe this exists in colorado springs