Reviews Kabigting’s Halo Halo

My friends and I wanted to eat halo halo and decided to try Kabigting's and it didn't disappoint. I really love the place.

Ambience 5/5
Halo halo 4.5/5 it's too sweet for me but it's still good
Palabok 6/5 I really like the palabok
Price 5/5 value for money talaga :)

I came here for the Halo Halo, but I also ordered the Palabok. The halo halo was, of course, cold and refreshing, but was tad bit too sweet. It seemed there were chunks of really sweet bananas that tasted like pure sugar. The palabok was surprisingly good. One of the best ones I've had in a while.

Are you looking for that legit pastillas on ice? Look no more! Kabigting's Halo Halo is a piece of heaven, their shaved ice is like Bingsu's folded with mashed bananas, beans, milk and pastillas chunks. Beat THAT! 

PS: I wasn't able to take a photo, I was too excited and ate it all at once!

Having an attentive and friendly staff is always a plus. The quirky interiors make the experience memorable. Great value for money! Palabok and Halo halo is a great combo!

We've been eyeing up Kabigting's since it transferred to this new location in Lilac. The place is clean, well-lit and homey. Finally got the chance to try its Halo-Halo and Palabok just to satisfy our curiosity in comparison with one of its competition (Razon's). Both have few simple ingredients but were uniquely tasty (although some say one is sweeter than the other). But since we're actually fond of the real homemade or shall we say mom-made Halo-halo bursting with various colorful ingredients (like sweetened banana 'saba', 'camote', 'bilo-bilo', 'red and green gulaman', white and red beans, shredded coconut meat, 'pinipig' or rice crispies, topped with leche flan, 'ube' and a generous amount of milk) we'd say both didn't leave a big impression to us. But who cares? When we crave for Halo-halo, specially on extreme hot weather, we know Kabigtings' just around the block ready to rescue. We also like its Palabok better; it's tastier with more sauce and garnishings. Price is affordable and the service staff were attentive and accommodating.

After a Sunday event with children in Marikina, we desperately looked for a lunch stop. Lilac has a lot of choices, we ended up here and Crepe Man.

Affordable meals includes various Silog choices, palabok, lumpia and of course, Halo Halo. We forgot to test their banner dish but had 4 others anyway.

We had three Silogs. The Chicken Tocino, Tapa and their interesting Liempo strips. All three were decent and portions were of good value.

The fresh lumpia was really fresh with ample vegetables. The not so sweet and spiced sauce made it more appetizing.

My husband Junky Ymson and I tried this place while we're in the area for business reasons. It caught my attention because I remember that Jessica Soho featured this in one of the episodes in her show and it's also one reason why my expectations were high for this place.

We tried their halo-halo, dinuguan at puto, and palabok.

I give their halo halo a rating of 3.5 because it's not as extraordinary as my expectation, it did not surpass the taste of the halo-halo of another famous Kapampangan restaurant in the metro.
My hubby gives their diniguan a rating of 4 but for me it's 3 because it's a bit salty. The palabok is just a 3 for us.

Overall rating is 3.5 for the clean place, good ambiance and fast service.

I already saw Kabigting's Halo-Halo Marikina along Lilac last year; in fact, it is included in my teaser video for the Lilac Street food fest. They were located on the 2nd floor of a building then. Recently, though, they strategically transferred, and now they're along the area where Crepeman, Crazy Chicken, and Picazza are. I did not expect the place to be comfortable and artsy! I was also surprised with their halo-halo because at first, it was just like mais con yelo, but then it also had sweet beans and VERY YUMMY PASTILLAS! Perfect to beat the summer heat!!! 

You can order their halo-halo solo, but they also have meals with halo-halo, making diners save P5-10 compared to ordering a meal or halo-halo separately. My boyfriend and I tried their palabok, crispy liempo, and dinuguan with puto. 

The palabok was okay. It had a generous amount of sauce, though it didn't look too appealing. The crispy liempo's really good, but I think it's best eaten without rice or it's better paired with the palabok. It came with achara and sweet lechon sauce, so I asked for spicy vinegar. Ah, much better! As for the dinuguan with puto... well, the dinuguan did not have a good salty-sour mix, plus the sauce was "malabnaw." The puto was dry, but when dipped into the dinuguan sauce, then it's okay. Not sure if the dryness of the puto and the "labnaw" of the dinuguan were intentional, but yeah, not the best in my book.

The place is air-conditioned, has WiFi, and is adorned with paintings and other crafty/artsy stuff, which are mostly on sale.

Even though I'm really not into Halo-halos, I can pretty much exclaim that Kabigting's are among of the best-tasting in the whole country. What makes their halo-halo extra unique is that while there was an absence of a leche flan that was sadly, one of my favorite ingredients, they've included yema - an equally sweet ingredient that blends perfectly along with the other ingredients. However, since I'm admittedly, not that knowledgeable in mixing the halo-halo beforehand, most of the yema were still at the bottom even though I'm almost already done. That said, I wasn't able to experience the entirety of having the yema be throughly mixed and I also ended up not being able to finish due to the significant amount of sweetness that the remainder has left. As for the ambiance, I could sum it up into a place wherein the Filipino culture really is a highlight.