Cabalen Restaurant, McAllen TX

We purchased 2 trays of pancit and 1 of lumpia for our department! Staff was so friendly and helped me take everything to my car. Food was amazing! I’m glad I finally stopped by!

Highly recommend. Everything is so tasty. Authentic Philippine comfort food. All food options are available to view from a bar area, many yummy options to choose from. Customer service is on point and the staff are friendly. Recommend Philippine specialty pork, pork adobo, chicken adobo, Hawaiian pork, letchon, lentil soup, chicken soup, lumpia, garlic rice, and desserts including glazed banana roll. Much more to pick from, I may have missed some options.

First time tasting Philippines food.
I thought pork adobo was a bit salty and fatty.
But in a good way. It's hard to explain.
It's like comfort food you didn't know existed.
I didn't ask but think some hot sauce would buss it up a notch. Though maybe it would take away the foods character. Also the people are really nice and it feels like you are at a friend's house.
The rice was surprisingly good.it's mushy but I think it's supposed to be like that because when you mix it with the veggies and adobo it hits really good.
I want to go back to try their deserts. I spent less than 10$ with a drink and was full.

Awesome restaurant! The food was super good and authentic, the staff was very helpful with all the food choices and we were very comfortable in there. Can't wait to try the Maja Blanca!

Flavorful and delicious selection of authentic Filipino food. I have finally found my go to place for Filipino food. Everyone is so friendly and helpful. We also found out they have a rotating menu so we will definitely be back for more.

Amazing experience! I had the Pancit and egg rolls, and they were delicious. The service was awesome as well. I highly recommend eating here.

Very tasty, authentic Filipino food. My Filipino wife gives it two thumbs up! Friendly service & fair prices.
We will return.

Cabalen Restaurant IS my favorite restaurant in RGV. The place serves my favorite Filipino dishes, and the friendly servers (most of the time, the owners themselves) have the ability to make your day better. Authentic Filipino tastes for prices so cheap. They also offer a wide variety of delicious Filipino desserts. If you need Filipino or Asian goods, Tindahan is just next door. Cabalen takes small and large orders. It is now a member of GrubHub.