Edwin's Kaona Carmel

I was recommended this place for good food and fantastic live music by folks on the Carmel food toor. Stopped by on Sat night, with my daughter who had a wiggly tooth and was very cranky at the moment and hard to please :) the place was really crowded, with live music and no available tables, but the owner and staff put an additional table for us and we got the best seats in the town - next to musicians! Food was extremely flavorful - best arugula apple salad I had so far, vegetable dish had great presentation and was amazingly tasty… Overall - exceptional food, great entertainment and happy vibes throughout - everyone was dancing till 11 pm! On weekend nights, with live music going on, the place may not fit your quiet romantic outing plans, but will definitely charge you with smiles, laughs and dance moves (shake it!). My daughter was smiling and enjoying the ambiance too, and even forgot about her tooth for the evening :) I would highly recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for an original food and a live music/fun experience! Will definitely be back

Wow..don't about the other experiences people have had here but they bring a new taste to Filipino Cuisine.

Not your traditional Filipino cuisine, it’s Filipino with a twist and influenced by other South East Asian cuisines.

Their lumpia was probably one of our favorite dishes! Must try!

Burger was just okay, probably more worth it to get other dishes. They have so many interesting options don’t waste it on a burger.

We preferred their garlic rice over the indorice, so if you love garlic, highly recommend asking to sub for garlic rice if your dish comes with indorice.

The pork chops were really nicely fried and seasoned. We preferred that one over the fried pork belly. We also ordered the fried chicken, was good but would’ve preferred to try some of their other dishes. The pickled veggies that come on the side of each dish is a really nice touch to cut some of the fattiness.

There was live music when we went which was really nice but also with so many people just hanging out by the bar, the restaurant felt really noisy and was tough to talk and had to shout when making conversation at our table.

We ordered the pork chop, Balinese chicken, burger and lumpia shanghai. Really enjoyed the pork chop and burger. The chicken was a little on the dry side but the rice was flavorful. The lumpia was good but pretty much par for the course.

An elevated version of familiar dishes! It was simply delicious and was presented beautifully. It was a delight to eat here. The servers and the owner were very friendly too!