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Josephine's Restaurant

2650 Main St.
Vancouver, BC V5T3E6
Tel: (604) 876-8785
Neighbourhood: Main Street

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It's okay, but you can do better...
By EatsFats of Vancouver (301 Reviews)
Submitted Wednesday, July 2, 2008 - 11:55pm [Dine in]

The place is simple, looks clean, outfitted pretty much like a cafeteria, so don't be expecting any fancy service. Just go up and order your plate.

Is this the best Filipino cuisine EVER? Only if it were the last Filipino restaurant on Earth. We've had our share here and elsewhere, this is no where near the best. It's not bad, it's okay, but you can do a lot better I'm sure. Yes, it's tasty food, but it's not mind-blowing. Pretty big menu, authentic I'm sure. But it's not super-cheap either. Given the place, I would in fact qualify it as a touch on the expensive side. (Compared to your average HK tea restaurant, this is downright pricey). Rekado's is pretty good, but not worth the cost, still looking for just the right one in Vancouver....
Good for a quick bite, but not a great first exposure to Filipino cuisine. You can do better.

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Awful food
By nutri305 of vancouver (8 Reviews)
Submitted Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 12:04am [Dine in]

I went in for Filipino dinner, found out it is cafeteria self-serve style; however, the price is not. For $8.5 (plus12% tax), I got a small chicken thigh (thigh only, not leg), a tiny nappy dish of stir fry beef with onion, and a scope of rice. The meat was super salty and greasy- a thick layer of oil on the dish, it was so salty that I could not eat at all. I should have asked for a refund. Would never go back to such a horrible place.

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Good Filipino Food
By Segismundo of Vancouver (6 Reviews)
Submitted Saturday, June 13, 2009 - 1:12pm [Dine in]

At Josephine's you can eat good Filipino food. I can't call it incredible, however it's good and consistently good. There would be still lots of room for improvement. However, it's cheaper than Goldilocks. The fact that mostly Filipinos east here speaks for the restaurant.
The restaurant itself is nothing special. No fancy decoration or designer colours. However, I don't think that anyone would be looking for this in a Filipino restaurant at this price level. Josephine's does not carry the dessert's like Goldilocks.
They have guest parking in the alley.

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Quite enjoyable.
By rtilog of Surrey (3 Reviews)
Submitted Friday, October 13, 2006 - 1:54pm [Dine in]

My experience eating at Josephine's was enjoyable. They had a large selection of food and it didn't seem very pricey like Goldilocks. The atmosphere was okay. What I really liked were the large Philippine scenery photographs. The place is pretty simple. The food's average...but all in all...I enjoyed it. Not a bad place at all.

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My favorite Filipino Restaurant!
By msjan16 of Vancouver, BC (3 Reviews)
Submitted Friday, October 24, 2008 - 1:00am [Dine in]

Delicious variety of filipino dishes – I love their bbq chicken, laing, palabok and halo-halo! Friendly service! Clean and spacious!

Conveniently located at Main St & 12th Ave with lots of parking available in the vicinity. Aling Mary’s store who sells fresh pandesal (bread) is right next to Josephine’s. It’s like shooting two birds with one stone.

I've been going to Josephine's for many years and will keep coming back!!!

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Triumph of quantity over quality
By kirstena of Vancouver (5 Reviews)
Submitted Saturday, October 4, 2008 - 1:10am [Dine in]

This place is busy, but I suspect it is because you get lots of food for your money. But quality is another matter. Wife and I took a large doggy bag home ... and yes, this time it really was for the dog. At least he enjoyed it! Rekados on Main is a much better bet if you want to try quality Phiippino food (haven't reviewed it yet).

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i LOVE it
By ilovefood420 of Vancouver (1 Review)
Submitted Tuesday, February 5, 2008 - 7:40pm [Dine in]

This place is the best filipino cuisine EVER. I love the staff and i will always keep goingback there.
I would say that the lumpia is the best, but all the other dishes are prime.
You eat your dish with rice and sinigang. It's the best!

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Displaying 3 Foursquare Tips
  • Hugo N. : They take debit. It's a 25 cent fee.
    2 weeks 4 days ago
  • KC C. : Wanna pay with your debit card? Don't!!! Unless you wanna pay an extra $0.25...
    1 year 20 weeks ago
  • River F. : Attendant sifted through all the chicken in the steam-table and gave me 3 chicken spines (pushing all the legs and breasts aside); then she didn't want to give me my soup included in the combo!
    1 year 51 weeks ago