Manila Bread House

This store was not at all what I expected it to be. I thought there would be a display of available bakery goods to choose from. Instead it was a Filipino bodega with a few aisles of grocery products, a cooler with frozen food flanking one side, a window at the back to order hot foods & a table at the front for sitting or eating.With respect to bakery goods, there was one almost empty stand at the front of an aisle with a few bags of Pan de Coco. I had called the night before & asked about Ube Purple Bread. She said that she was baking more the following day & would save a bag for me. What they brought out was a bag of 6 rolls with an Ube filling inside. It was tasty but not purple bread. My friend asked about Pandesal. They brought a bag from the back that were larger rolls. She should have asked for Ube Pandesal. These were tasty & soft. But they had no Ube filling inside & were more like a large dinner roll. It would have been nice to see what we were buying before the purchase.Asking if they had a menu, I was told that they eventually would. She was still trying to decide what to put on the menu. I'm not sure I'll return until choices are available. And please, give us a display of the baked goods. Even putting them bagged in the almost empty display stand would help.The store is in a shopping center on the west side of E. Little Creek Road. It is easily accessible for those of us who live in the Shore Drive corridor. The outside is tasteful & well maintained. The inside is definitely a bodega feel.

I live in Okinawa, Japan and travel to the Philippines a couple times per year. I have fallen in love with Filipino food, so much so that I look for it when I travel to other countries and back to the United States. I have been craving Pandesal and was happy to see the Manila Bread House in Norfolk, VA. While they were already sold out of the other menu items I was able to get a bag of pandesal hot out of the oven. I had a roll out of the bag before I even got back to my car. Sooo good!!! As an aside, if ypu are looking for lumpia they sell it by the bag, pre-rolled and cooled (not frozen). I'll be back during the week for lunch.

This place is a childhood favorite of mine, and I can't have any other pandesal (even after moving away). The owner Joe and his family are very kind and have become family friends. If you want to get pandesal (esp if you're ordering more than a dozen) we recommend calling to order a day or 2 ahead so they can bake them fresh for you! All my out of town relatives (including myself) always drive back with boxes of their pandesal bc their local pandesal bakeries just don't hit the sameIt's also a great spot for Filipino snacks - the older reviews about empty shelves are from the pandemic back when items from the Philippines were harder to stock due to COVID shortages

Pan de sal is amazing!!!! Was just baked and still warm when I got home , shrimp chips were so good, going back for more

Very small store with Filipino foods. Pricey items with limited choices. A couple freezers were empty. Hardly any bread. Maybe two choices. My mom and I were thrown off cause we were expecting it to be a "bread" store with a ton of options but it was the complete opposite. The guy at the counter did tell my mom that they have more bread on Saturday's. Just disappointing they don't do it everyday.

Glory days have come and gone from this establishment. Its more of a mini grocery store with empty shelves. I was hoping to get some fresh bread since its a bakery. Best to get your bread at Wegmans.What they do have is fresh deep fried fish!!! Deep fried pampano or tilapia is available!!! Never expected that from a bakery:-))))Summary, once was a bakery that turned into a mini grocery with un-stocked shelves but sells deep fries fish.

I wanted some good lumpia and Pancit and decided to give this place a call. The man was very friendly and asked what time did I want it. When I got there he was finishing up my food. it's a cute little Filipino convenient store but it had a funny smell to it. He had a frozen lumpia in the freezer at very inexpensive price. I'm happy I didnt let the smell run me out because the food was AMAZING!!!! I'll definitely go back!!!

Ended up going to this place just to get some Pan De Sal bread because Lumpia House is closed now :-(Walked in as they where putting out freshly baked goods. (Oh the need for a Smell App is overdue). My wife asked about the Lumpia House as we told what was going on with them. He then said that if we bought a bag of lumpia he would fry it for us. AWSOME!!! bought a bag of 50 Chicken Lumpia and a hot bag of Pan De Sal. Ate about a dozen HOT Lumpia and some bread before we took the rest home. Will be back soon for some whole fried fish soon which smells so so good from the back.

Unfortunately, expectations of this place were very different of my actual experience. I drove here expecting more of a selection of food, but nothing was available but pan de sal. Normally places like this carry ube bread, bibinka, puto, Turon and other things that can be premade and ready to sell. The pan de sal is okay. It's not AMAZING but it's good. The bread was a little on the dry side, but I threw it in the toaster and slapped on some butter which made it better.

The hours were wrong, i drove so far only to find out they were closed. how dare yall.