Josephine's Filipino

very good service and delicious food. will definitely come back and recommend.

love eating. seen how to eat philippine directly into this philippine restaurant in the heart of london. be sure here!

they love this place and really recommend it to everyone who wants to try homesick or for people who want to try something new. for an optimal level experience, they must ask the waiter or waiter to recommend a dish that is authentic, then they will not be disappointed. View menu

This restaurant anyone walking past may not go in, the decor is like something out of an movie set in a tacky hotel in Hawai! However, the food rocks, I've had lots of Filipino food in the past and I really do recomend popping in here. If you aren't bothered about dining in luxury and what's most important to you is great food you would struggle to get elsewhere in London, then go here!BUT! Don't go in large groups as they can't cope, expect the food to come out in dribs and drabs.

Filipino restaurants in London are a rarity, Tripadvisor website only shows a handful of the search engines. I came across Josephine’s restaurant in Charlotte Street and always wanted to try more Filipino dishes. Josephine’s Restaurant has been running in central London for over 20 years’ family run serving authentic Filipino dishes. Although it may seem like a shabby looking restaurant it does serve great Filipino food. The restaurant was empty when I arrived and in the duration of 1 one hour, the only person they served. Filipino cuisine is an interesting mix, the Spanish invaded the islands so it has Spanish Asian influences.

I was keen to revisit my days lazing on the golden sand of some of the most beautiful islands on the planet. So Filipino food it was and Josephine's seemed like a great spot to indulge in a bit of culinary wistfulness (Charlotte Street on a summer's evening is a must).Sounds like a win-win situation right? Not quite. I'll be honest (but fair). Firstly, we had a lovely time. The service was attentive and the place itself is a reasonable mix of faded-cheeriness. The food? Well, this is where it all went a tad awry. The stuffed squid was tasty (if something of a seafood mess but the beef peanut casserole was thick with, um, tastelessness. It all seemed to lack authenticity. It wasn't a poor mea... View menu

Ten years ago I thought the food here was great, two years ago I thought it was quite good, last night I thought it was little more than edible. In fact, my partners soup wasn’t edible and I can’t remember the last time she didn’t eat something in a restaurant.Main course was ok but lacked depth of flavour and we were pretty sure the rice had been reheated in a microwave. We had a beef in peanut sauce dish which was uninspireing and a pork dish which was extremely forgettable. As the other reviewers have already said, the décor is barmy but I like it.It also seemed pretty expensive; two soups, two mains with rice and four bottles of beer came in at over which seems a lot for a place that has...

Seeing all the reviews here, I thought it might be interesting to share the opinion by one of the culinary elites; Gordon Ramsay’s Protégé: Jason Atherton; about Josephine’s Restaurant:“My favourite cuisine is Filipino, and you get the best Filipino food in the country at Josephine’s on Charlotte Street. My wife is loves it and she’s from the Philippines, so it must be pretty authentic. Filipino dishes are an interesting mix between Spanish and Asian flavours. They use a lot of tamarind, fish sauce and sour mango, but their international dish is Paella, because of the influx of Spanish in the Century. I go to Josephine’s for my regular fix of pork lechon, which is pork rubbed in herbs, roast...

I hadn't really had Phillipine food before so I went with an open mind. The menu had hints of influences from Thai and Chinese food and there were few dishes that were obviously of Phillipine origin.I ended up with a lamb and peanut sauce dish that I had with rice. The meat was surprisingly enjoyable, it had been braised for just the right amount of time...achingly tender without just falling apart. The sauce was nothing special though and a bit of a let-down as the meat was so nice and deserved much better. It was a tad rich, fairly thick but the flavour was fine.If I remember correctly, my friend had pork chops with a mixture of vegetables in a kind of tamarind sauce with rice. It had an a... View menu