Pinoy Garden Cafe

1. Their food is amazing. I’m so happy to have Filipino representation in Indiana
2. They went above and beyond to provide for my family’s holiday party.

If you want to try new food and support wonderful people, give Pinoy Garden a try! 🇵🇭

Honestly there are a few places in Bloomington that I look forward to eating out. While there are a lot of ethnic options, a lot of diverse restaurants have a hard time receiving the most authentic and fresh ingredients due to being in the Midwest. In turn, they cannot make the best version of their food or would have to cater to a more “unseasoned” or inexperienced palette. Filipino food is amazing and it’s hard to find in the Midwest and even harder to cook and display for a demographic outside an Asian background.

The owners and workers of Pinoy Garden Cafe are some of the nicest and hardworking people I’ve had the pleasure of knowing. They consistently prep their ingredients and cook to ensure that their product is up to their standard given the limited resources and time they have to work with, but they still deliver quality. I have tried everything on their menu and I still go back to the pork adobo. If they have their halo halo, my day just gets better.

I look forward to when they have their own food truck and hopefully eventual restaurant where their menu is able to expand. They are constantly improving and I look forward to their continued success.

Do not sleep on Pinoy they are fantastic! I tried them for the first time about a month ago and got this delicious pork/rice/egg dish that of course I don’t remember the name of but it was divine. However, I had really been wanting to try their famous halo-halo dessert and OMG IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT! It has everything, a lil ice cream, shaved ice, what tastes like jelly cubes of sweetened and condensed milk, other cubes of fruit jelly and slices of fruit. You will notice, there is no picture, because I inhaled it at the farmers market. It costs $8 and don’t forget to mix it all together to get that sweet sweet flavor. Would go there over and over and over again! Stop by!

We found them on a Saturday morning at the Farmers Market and let me tell you this - one of the BEST TACOS I have ever had (and I've had my share). We were in Bloomington for 5 days with the sole goal of trying a different variety of international foods and this taco ranks in my top 3 things I ate. They were extremely friendly as well with explaining their menu.

The taco is on a fluffy tortilla toasted up on the grill with the juiciest flavorful pork adobo. It is then topped with a refreshing salsa and a couple of sauces. It is a small taco that packs a punch and I would eat a dozen of them next time if I could get away with it (or just try even more dishes on their menu).

I also tried their Halo Halo dessert, which was very light in flavor and refreshing in the heat.