Ma Mon Luk: Still serving the best mami and siopao
If you want some mami and siopao experience that is already written in history, go to Ma Mon Luk in either Quiapo or along Quezon Ave. near Banawe. Those are the only two existing branches of Ma Mon Luk. Since Ma Mon Luk’s death on September 21, 1961, three generations have been succeeded already and I’m glad it’s still there. 
Eating at Ma Mon Luk has been in my a-must food tripping list. I’ve always wondered how their mami and siopao tastes like. After being able to eat mami at Ma Mon Luk, I was able to confirm that they certainly taste different from other restaurants that serve mami. Siopao lovers should pay their homage to Ma Mon Luk by eating there.
The Ma Mon Luk sign along Quezon Avenue
I would certainly go back here for a siopao and a mami even if I live far from Quezon City.
The Ratings:
Quality of Food: 5 out of 5
Cost of Food: 4 out of 5
Ambiance: 3 out of 5
Still the same Ma Mon Luk I’ve seen on the pictures with ventilation provided by ceiling fans.
Quality of Service: 4 out of 5
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Ma Mon Luk rocks. Their siopao and mami are really, really good. But my fave has always been their large-ish siomais; very flavorful.
I dunno about the QAve branch but the one in Quiapo looks dirty but people still frequent the place. Kinda dingy with the faded photos and newspaper clips. But I really can’t help but eat there whenever I’m in the neighborhood. According to a friend, “Masarp ang dumi.”
The service is great too, alagang-alaga kami ng waiters.
@greyweed,
I guess you’ve seen old school celebrity photos there of Richard Gomez, Jennifer Sevilla, Jestoni Alarcon, Ike Lozada, and more
Oh yea, saw faded Ike Lozada and Jestoni Alarcon pics, but not Richard Gomez and Jennifer Sevilla. Must be in those dark spots in the resto…I’ll look for them next time I visit.
i thought those noodles and siopao looked familiar! haha i wasn’t able to go to ma mon luk in quezon ave. but i was lucky enough to visit masuki (re-named ma mon luk) in the greenhills area. dad took us there one time (where we saw gary estrada’s family eating there as well) and i have been wanting to go back there since! it’s comforting to eat hot noodles with fist-sized siomai and hot siopao during rainy days.
by the way, the ambience of masuki better than the previous branches mentioned since it’s airconditioned and there is ample lighting.
Which reminds me. I have to go there this weekend!
We call it Lamon-luk coz we ate a lot when we used to go there. Sadly, we’re in Canada now and can’t eat at Lamon-luk anymore. 8-(
Ma-Mon Luk really is a legend in chinese eatery along with Savoury and a lot of the places you find in Binondo – only that this is is Quezon Ave.
I think if anything, this place exemplifies that good service and good food wins you the loyalty of the public. They have been around since forever – and I wish they would last for the next 50 years so I could tell my kids this story.
@fiel,
yeah you’re correct. it might not look ‘sosyal’ but this really exemlifies the simplicity and good food that they serve. I have been eating their mami , siopao and siomai eversince I was a kid. From what I know, it’s the kids of Ramon ( the owner) who are already managing the place.
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haven’t eaten there in years. but someone took me there last year. loved it still. hope the place stays open forever.
@karin,
yeah! sha brought me there and I love their mami and siopao!
may i know…malinis ba kumain sa ma mon luk quiapo?
@maya,
di pa namin nasubukan yung sa quiapo
gosh!!! its family’s best ever favorite…we”ve been eating there since were young…my grandfather introduced that to my father and my father brought us there and now im bringing my daughter and the taste has’nt change….keep up the good work!
from what i know masuki is not renamed ma mon luk masuki is from another restaurant makong mami
I have been eating their mami, siopao, siumai since I was a kid.
for me, its one of the best tasting mami and siopao in the philippines. been eating there since i was a kid and always craving for it. for those who have not tried it, please do and experience ma mon luk.
@ karin araneta – youre right, hope they stay open forever.
My mother introduced me to Ma Mon Luk in the late 50s. They were the only restaurant then that will give an extra bowl of scrumptious beef soup (even without asking!) with my (regular) siopao and siomai with soup order. And the extra “kalamansi” was always graciousy given. I was also awed by their specially delicious thick brown siopao sauce that I also use as “sawsawan” for my siomai dumpling. I hope the younger Ma Mon Luk generation keep the stores alive to serve the customers craving for good, inexpensive Chinese food.
do they deliver?
what is the exact address in quezon blvd,,
tnx …
i meant is quezon ave..sorry
I’m 42 years old. when I was a kid, my father and I used to eat at Ma Mon Luk in Cubao after watching movie at Coronet. My Mom told me na ipinaglihi daw ako sa siopao ng Ma Mon Luk dun sa Quiapo.. no wonder, I’m chubby.
Went to Ma Mon Luk twice, unfortunately, sarado na sila, I think that was around 11pm and 9pm respectively, sana bukas sila ’til 12, or until 3am. Pero naabutan ko naman silang bukas mga hapon, ‘kala ko nga sarado na yung Ma Mon Luk sa Q ave, kasi parang ang aga magsara, pero yun nga bukas pa pala, at ngayon namimiss ko siopao nila…
in the 60′s they said that the palaman of siopao is pusa. I dont believe them, I frequent the place in Quiapo area after watching a floor show in Clover Theatre and order a bowl of beef mami and a special siopao. I concentrated of finishing what I have ordered. Masarap, sabi nila madumi daw, masarap naman. The stinky smell and a slim chinese with wearing white sando from a kitchen and a white polo shirt waiter with a toothpick in his mouth is the trade mark of MAMONLUK during those days. Today, whenever, I go to Quiapo, I did not forget to visit the place, however, I cannot finish a bowl of special mami anymore, I just order a special siopao and ask for a small bowl of soup.
wow i am very fond of eating but when i watch ms. corina sanchez werein they feature Ma Man luk i started to wonder how does it taste! and the way i look its extremely delicious! i wish i could go there someday with my wife…
They’re still open until now. Just go to Quezon Ave! Wonder what the feature was all about that brought a lot of people in this blogpost. The traffic for this particular blogpost suddenly zoomed up!
Just watch Balitang K last Sunday, and one of their feature is all about the Ma Mun Luk….i want to eat also here…
im also curious after watching ms korina sanchez featured ma mon luk. fortunately i live just around banawe area so i definitely will go there one of these days. salamat po sa mga opinyon na nabasa ko dito.
we plan to go at ma mon luk Q Ave today with my officemates…i hope we will be satisfied with thier mami and siopao.
me and my friend want to eat mami and siopao at ma mon luk quiapo but we don’t know how to get there…we’re from kalentong…..
we wacth ms. korina also,and my sister is requesting me to treat her to ma mon luk.can anyone send me directions how to go to ma mon luk q.ave?thanks
If your coming from Welcome, Ma Mon Luk is located on your right, a few meters before Banaue St if you’re heading QC.
Thanks for the info guyz, my boss just texted me to buy siopao at ma mon luk..instead of asking him where, i tried to search over the net and happy to found it.. im here in laguna but, ill go to quiapo to buy the siopao….
not that good. rated it very poor not satisfied it taste yuck so for those who want to visit that resto its up to you.
combine ma mon luk mami with globe lumpia and this make my day.
The best siopao and mami ever….no comparison…even the waiters are the same ones when i was still in college..The food never changes!! Hope it last for 100 years more.So the next generation would enjoy it like we did…
the best po ang mami at siopao dito sa Mamonluk…
all time favorite ng family nmen ang mamonluk! =) thanks for sharing
Sana mag ka branch sa makati para matikman din namin…
the best mami’t siopao.:D haha! i remember the last time me and my dad ate there.:)) i ordered large mami and large siopao… he can’t believe i’ve finished it all.:)) he only ordered a regular mami and a large siopao.:)) he always tell my mom how glutton i am that time.:)) i can’t blame myself, i was really hungry that time.:)) my dad can’t believe that his daughter can finish a huge mami’t siopao when he can’t.:)) i must bring my boyfriend there.:D
wonderful, just reading your comments, i have been eating siopao and mami long before the bee and golden arches sprung from the land of the manila, while they show praise to the ma mon luk here in manila, sad to say the ma mon luk in daly city usa has fallen short, or should i say lost it’s touch? from what i gather from other cousins of mine , the old woman running the ma mon luk there is well, either an old relativew or something to the old ma mn luk family, while the recipe hs remained the same here, sad to say old age has gotten to her… read the comments of yelp to find out what i’m talking about….
there is also (or should i say was) a ma mon luk somewhere in chicago, carrying the name and well, a different variation of the ma mon luk family recipe.
after 30 years here in illinois i’m retiring in the philippines for no. 1 reason ma mon luk mami,siopao and siomai, i usually pour siopao sauce in my mami and siomai soup w/ kalamansi. tanggal ang hangover ko at sarap matulog sa aircon na sinehan.
Nothing beats Ma Kong Mami at Benavides Street in Chinatown. Haven’t been to the Philippines since 1978 but I really miss Ma Kong Mami. Definitely better than Ma Mon Luk at Quezon Avenue.
@Oliver, Ma Kong Mami has a new name now based on my online research hehe
It’s now called Masuki
For those of you who want to eat at Ma Mon Luk BEWARE!! You must have stomachs of steel to endure their food and service. Here is some recent personal experience: we ate at the Quezon Avenue branch yesterday (August 21,2010) and I can honestly say that the service was not really good. We tried to call the attention of the waiters but none of them responded to us(for 30 mins we just sat there, dumbfounded). The same goes for their food, it was not good. The morning after, my father and I had stomachaches and we knew why, because the beef noodles tasted funny but we kept on eating it because we were so hungry(I didn’t finish mine but my father finished his).This was a bad learning experience for us. Never again will we eat at Ma Mon Luk. It wasn’t really the same as before. Lastly, the place looks dirty and it needs some new employees, those who are more accommodating and can keep the place more clean .
my mom used to bring me to ma mon luk quiapo when i was still very small,early 60′s..i love their special siopao and free soup..now,i’m bringing my kids there this friday,want them to know that ma mon luk became part of their dad’s life..
Quezon Ave. Brance – when you enter the restaurant, it stinks. The kitchen are in disarray. I wonder if the City sanitary inspector pays a regular visit there. Maybe not. The only thing new are the newspaper clippings (how much) posted on their wall telling good things about the restaurant. I wonder if those people interviewed have visited the place.
The waiter service are poor and irresponsible and if you complain about their attitude, the person you are sendingyour complaint have no response, as if you are talking to nobody (I wonder if she can understand Tagalog).
I’m craving 2loy haha but it’s jst b4 4am! nagbabantay p q patient d2 st lukes
I strongly recommend Ma mon luk place were can you find the best tasting siopao & mami in Manila.Highly recommended for people who has big appetite.Enjoy bona petite!
Been at Ma Mon Luk Manila many times, I can’t explain the taste of their special siopao and mami.. Im happy I’ve seen lots of positive feedbacks here though i’ve seen comments that the restaurant stinks, complaining about the sanitary, masyadong old school and etc.. I don’t care besides that completes real chinese restaurant.
One chinese restaurant you must try “Delicious Restaurant” located at Florentino Torres Street
Santa Cruz, Manila.
yummy—-
gusto po namin gawing topic sa thesis ang resto na to–sana pumayag sila–
hindi nman masarap ang mami kala ko pa nman pag kasarap-sarap…amoy at lasang panis…at ang dumi sa ma mon luk quiapo…
Their food smells like BUTT.. but in a strange way.. its comforting.
Doesnt really taste good per se, but its flavors I grew up on..
Mula pa noong araw ganyan talaga ang lasa ng Mamonluk…sa aming may edad na ng kaunti ay nakagawian na namin ang ganyang lasa…hindi gaya ng mga sikat na mami na walang character, insipid ang broth…di naman siguro magiging Iconic ang Mamonluk at di rin siguro tatagal ng 94 years ang Mamonluk kung hindi masarap….51 years ng patay si Mr. Ma Mon Luk at di pa rin nagbabago ang lasa ng mami nila
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