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Papillon is located in California. This Filipino restaurant is known for its vegetarian offerings. Upon entering the restaurant, you'll find a family atmosphere. This restaurant features catering.
5.0 of 5 stars.
I was looking forward to regularly visiting this place again this coming summer, but it closed down less than a week ago. It's a shame really, the Veggie Chicken Adobo was some of the best around. I...
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
So sorry to hear this place had to close down. I went there weekly when I worked in the area and would go to El Segundo on a regular basis from Pasadena just to get some of their house special tofu....
yelp.com - user review - 04/30/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is less a review than a sad message. Papillon has long been my favorite Veggie place in LA. I happened to go their tonight and learned that tomorrow, Sunday April 26, Papillon will be closing...
yelp.com - user review - 04/26/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Love the house special chicken. Please come back.
yelp.com - user review - 04/26/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
After reading the reviews I went ahead and gave this place a shot. It was a devastating experience. Food was not the authentic Filipino food that I have tasted. The pancit was Chinese Chow mein and...
yelp.com - user review - 04/20/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Look at you, still eating your pathetic meat, while the hapless animal bleats for mercy from behind the kitchen curtain. 'What's that sir? More tri-tip? I couldn't hear you over the death rattle of...
yelp.com - user review - 04/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yum, yum and yum.This place is close to my office and such a treat to go to for lunch! Their "beef" and broccoli is my favorite thing! The only thing that scares me is that they serve real meat...
yelp.com - user review - 04/06/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I heard about this place from Melody S - thanks for the tip! I had dinner plans with three people who are all meat eaters, so I figured this was perfect since it offers vegetarian and non-vegetarian...
yelp.com - user review - 03/07/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
So, I review a lot of veggie places...but if you are vegetarian ( or like one) you'll appreciate it. Papillion is a cute cafe style place. It's located on Main St in El Segundo, and during the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Wow, that was lovely. We ordered chicken adobo, sinigang, and lumpia (all vegetarian), plus a big pot of brown rice ($40 with tip, 2 people, lots of leftovers). The sinigang was so, so, so good with...
yelp.com - user review - 02/22/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Happy healthy stummy alert!! My homegirl Judith brought me here for lunch last year and I was impressed! Nice little joint on a main street in El Segundo (*cue ATCQ). Quaint and very homey. Pleasant...
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
my cholesterol and blood pressure are approaching critical levels, and every time i eat filipino food my cell phone is predialed with 911. so thank you, papillon, for giving me a few extra years of...
yelp.com - user review - 01/25/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I was very happy to find this restaruant. As a rule, I stay away from filipino food because it is hard to find anything remotely vegetarian. It was great to be able to select from their extensive...
yelp.com - user review - 01/14/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I tried the Vegetarian chicken adobo and loved it. Don't compare it to real chicken adobo as it's like comparing apples to oranges. In giving it 5 stars, I had to ask myself, has such a feat ever...
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The prices have gone up (lunch combos are now $8) while the quality has seemed to slip a little. Still, it's a great place to hit if you want plenty of vegetarian options.
yelp.com - user review - 12/10/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The food at Papillion is amazing... especially the House Special Veggie Pork or Chicken. The veggie chicken is so amazing that even my non-vegetarian husband prefers it over the real thing!The thing...
yelp.com - user review - 11/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i have to echo so many other's sentiments...i lived in maui, which has a large filipino population, and i saw some pretty unusual incarnations of different parts of animals. i think it's great that...
yelp.com - user review - 11/10/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Eh, it's alright. Clean in that "spotless-cafeteria-with-Christmas-colored-plastic-tablecloths" kinda way. However, the vegetarian adobo tasted nothing like adobo! I'm not talking about the texture...
yelp.com - user review - 10/01/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
just had lunch here. it was ok, but not enough to make me wanna go back anytime soon. in a party of 4, they messed up 2 orders. but they did replace one of the messed up orders with the correct one...
yelp.com - user review - 09/25/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
OMG! You must try their Vegetarian Caldereta, Vegetarian Menudo, Vegetarian Mechado, and Vegetarian Kare-Kare. Very, very delicious! This is definitely the place for Pinoy Vegetarians/Vegans. I...
yelp.com - user review - 09/11/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Vegetarian Filipino Food? Sounds like an oxymoron if you ask me. I will first say that I am a carnivore at heart, but you will be a believer as I am now once you try their Garlic Pepper Vegetarian...
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I can only dumbly echo what Christine B. has so eloquently detailed. Everything at Papillon was fantastic. I tried a little of everyone's vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes and it was all...
yelp.com - user review - 08/26/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've been a meat lover all my life. Few things make me happier than a juicy steak, or a perfectly roasted chicken, or a double double from In-n-Out, which I always get protein style. I'm not on...
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Last Sunday was the first time I ate @ Papillon and it will definitely not be last. The idea of opening a Filipino Vegetarian restaurant is a bold move ahead of its time. Filipino gone veggie? YES,...
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
4 stars for AWESOME!! Filipino Vege Place!! Can we say WHAT?! HELL YA! ARe you serious? I am SO blown away!They have a variety of options of filipino food that look very good and I am happy to see...
yelp.com - user review - 07/23/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This was by far my favorite restaurant in El Segundo when I was working there and El Segundo has no shortage of good restaurants. I only ever ate off the vegetarian menu so I can't vouch for the meat...
yelp.com - user review - 07/05/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I find it a bit strange that Papillon identifies itself as both a vegetarian restaurant and a grill. I was a bit nervous because both faux and flesh meat are served, but the very kind waitress...
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Oh, I wish I could give more stars for my peeps!!!I have been craving good, home cooking and dragged my husband here. I guess it wasn't a good sign that there was no one else in the restaurant....
yelp.com - user review - 06/14/2008
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Good veggie and non-veggie Chinese food. Some of the fake fish is a little odd, but I liked the fake pork and chicken entrees. Try the house special tofu
citysearch.com - user review - 06/02/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It sort of out of the way for the angeleno, but where else can you find well-made non-sketchy vegetarian filipino food? Veggie pork adobo and veggie pancit is hard to come by unless you beg your...
yelp.com - user review - 05/29/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Totally different and very delicious!There are so many things on the Filipino-vegetarian menu that I wasn't even sure where to start. We had two dishes that we had never heard of, both delicious. Mine...
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I came here today for a South Bay UYE. There were 7 of us and I was the only Filipino virgin but I love all food so I was not worried that I would not like it.We order several dishes and shared so we...
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The start of the South Bay Lunch Crew...Yup... I was there and this was the spot!Initially, I had my reservations about this place because of the "vegetarian" claims.Pilipino Vegetarian = anong...
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
So today was another Southbay Lunch Crew series get together!7 of us converged onto the sleepy Mayberryish town of El Segundo to have... of all things...filipino food! Yes, you read me right!We...
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Filipino vegetarian? Lol! Lulz! Roflcopter! That almost oxymoron-ish joke never gets old. We had another South Bay Lunch UYE today and Papillon hit the spot. Got to meet a few more cool Yelpers,...
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Shocked to read fellow yelpers to find out this place is a vegeterian filipino restaurant. Vegetarian adobo pork is what stood out on the menu however I opted for the beef steak lunch special while my...
yelp.com - user review - 04/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I give this filipino restaurant 4 stars for being creative with filipino favorites and being on the westside. Since I have been trying different vegetarian restaurants, I was thinking how filipino...
yelp.com - user review - 04/15/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Vegan filipino food? Wha wha what? I was trippin' when I initially saw this place. Filipino food without the meat? Is there such a thing? How can you have something like dinuguan, adobo,...
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I don't normally hand out stars like, well, gold stars; but Papillon has delicious food. The place seems like more of an ice-cream stand, but this is more than made up for by the quality of the food....
yelp.com - user review - 03/17/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Jesus christ on a crutch. This place cooks a mean veggie Chicken Adobo!! I'm surprised my girl let me in on this place (she's a latina!!) but she sure knows what her boy loves. So this resturant...
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I don't know how the reviews are so high for this place. I got the kung pao tofu and hot and sour soup. Both tasted weird. The kung pao tofu was deep fried in some kind of batter and wasn't very good...
yelp.com - user review - 02/29/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of my very favorite places to eat. The pancit and orange chicken are yumm yumm yumm. So is the Thai iced tea. And lumpia, start with lumpia!
yelp.com - user review - 02/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My little sister, always a fan of torturing me in a passive aggressive fashion, decided she was going to chose a flight that landed at LAX at 7pm on a Friday. Upon receiving this news, two things...
yelp.com - user review - 02/16/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Tons of fake meet. Never seen so much fake meet in my life, so fi you are into that sorta thing that's good i guess. They also have real meat. So if you're into that thing, good on you. I went with 2...
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Veggie pin@y food na masarap!! At first, I couldn't believe it, I just browsed a veggie restaurant site and found this place. I had longed for pin@y food so much since turning veggie. I was giddy as a...
yelp.com - user review - 01/21/2008
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try any of their vegetarian house special dishes( vg chicken, tofu, pork...
urbanspoon.com - user review - 12/18/2007
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the best vegetarian restaurant in southern california.
menupages.com - user review - 12/11/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
"Whoa?! Vegetarian - Filipino food, im-pos-sib-leh," I exclaimed the first time I heard of this place five (?) years ago. But, surprising to say, it's not bad. As a Filipino, Papillon help me...
yelp.com - user review - 11/16/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
UPDATE: Staff members give me the cold shoulder and once served me a meat entree with real meat. I'm still unsure whether it was on purpose. I will probably order to-go from now on.--Cheap,...
yelp.com - user review - 10/30/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
who would've thought el segundo would be so cool?! we went just to eat at papillon, but spent hours after exploring houses that were dressed up like pirate ships, fun, empty parks and creepy-looking...
yelp.com - user review - 10/23/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A really good find. veg & non-veg as well. Only complaint from my Filipino friends is that no one can tell it's Filipino from the outside. "Papillon Vegetarian Cuisine and Grill" doesn't really...
yelp.com - user review - 10/17/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
So, I've been thinking about the weirdest restaurants I've ever been to and I decided it must be vegetarian Filipino. When my vegetarian friend came to visit me a couple of years ago, I wanted to...
yelp.com - user review - 09/27/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
You did not have me at hello. But boy, was I glad I was wrong.A very tasty Filipino-Chinese food - and mostly vegetarian (have real meat version as well). Fake chicken dishes and salmon dishes are...
yelp.com - user review - 09/18/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
In a city like El Segundo where there aren't too many vegatarian options, Papillon saves the day. They have a huge selection of vegetarian dishes, most of them with some sort of soy-based meat...
yelp.com - user review - 08/09/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I went here for the first time tonight and I'd have to say they provided some of the best vegetarian asian food I've had in a long time. They have Filipino and Chinese food (both vegan & meat...
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A reason to go to El Segundo... imagine that? Vegan delights await. Very helpful staff. You can sample a lot of unique fare or just stick to the basic mock chinese staples. The orange chick is all...
yelp.com - user review - 05/14/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I only had their food once, not too bad. I'd give the food more of a 3.5 starts. It's not bad as a 3 starts but it's not spectacular as a 4 stars. But I sure like their halo halo and have had it quite...
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Papillon offers more vegetarian options than you'll ever need. Cheap too! Kung Pao (un)Chicken, Hot & Sour soup, Sauteed Broccoli (not drowning in sauce, hooray!), and the Mango Shake are all...
yelp.com - user review - 05/04/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Papillion kicks ass because it allows me to eat Filipino food. As a vegan, that's HUGE. And lemme tell you, it does Filipino food well. 3 out of 3 of my Filipino friends who have gone with me agree...
yelp.com - user review - 03/29/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Vegetarian Filipino food may sound like an oxymoron, considering my people like pork so much. But Papillon (French for "butterfly") makes real good use of soy meat, and their dishes are so close to...
yelp.com - user review - 01/12/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Every meal I've had here has always pleased. They offer both vegetarian and non-vegetarian selections. I've tried only the vegetarian dishes. Do no go here looking for authentic Filipino food. It is...
yelp.com - user review - 01/12/2007
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animal-friendly filipino fare...
cityguide.aol.com - user review
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I have eaten here a few times, all around great place,...hard to find this type of cusine in LA, they do it great. Reminds me of Golden Era in San Fransisco which is one of my favorites!!! The pork scared me,...
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