Buboy: Traditional Filipino Cuisine in NDG

Previously located on Monkland Street in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Buboy has moved to Chinatown on St-Urbain Street, in the same complex as Dobe & Andy, and its little sister, Doboy. Buboy serves the classics of Filipino cuisine with love and warmth.

“Buboy was a nod to the nickname given to slightly chubby kids in the Philippines,” explains owner Eric Lazaro Magno. Born in Montreal, he has always been drawn to cooking. After finishing high school, he worked in mechanics, but decided to leave it all behind to pursue his first passion: cooking. He travelled to the Philippines, his country of origin, for a month and, upon returning, decided to enroll at ITHQ to refine his techniques. During the pandemic, Eric started organizing pop-ups, where he sold homemade bowls and ice cream. When a space on Monkland Street became available, he took the leap and opened his restaurant: Buboy. In 2025, Buboy made a change, becoming a small counter across from Dobe & Andy, in the heart of Chinatown.

Just like home

At Buboy, you’ll find rich and indulgent dishes. “I cook the dishes I ate growing up and the ones I discovered during my trip to the Philippines,” Eric explains. Everything is homemade from A to Z, and you can taste it in the flavours. The OG Bulalo — a flavourful soup made with beef, bone marrow, corn and homemade noodles — is the star of the menu, largely thanks to its absolutely decadent broth, simmered for hours. We loved the oxtail and eggplant Kare-Kare with peanut sauce. And we’ll definitely be back for the Pandesal tocino, a simple and delicious sweet pork sandwich. Heads up: portions are extremely generous for the price, so come hungry! “I’m proud to have built a little community through Buboy and to show the other side of Filipino cuisine — the ‘ugly delicious’ side that’s lesser known,” says Eric with pride.

Happy exploring!

Written by Fabie Lubin
Photography by Alison Slattery

Updated on April 13, 2026

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