I never leave bad reviews, but me and my girlfriend were really looking forward to trying the tinolang manok at Café de Manila. When we walked in, nobody greeted us or even acknowledged we were there. I stood there waiting for a while, but still nothing — not even eye contact from the woman working the front. It felt like we weren’t welcome, so we just left. Disappointing experience, especially since we came in excited to support a Filipino spot. Hope the customer service improves.
Grace Guinto
We spend $122.00 None of the food is good unlike before they just open up. The sinigang na Bangus was cook with the whole tail and scales not cleaned, sisig no flavor no liver, it says on menu sisig kapampangan, i am kapampangan that is not how kapampangan cook sisig, dinuguan no taste of vinegar no flavor doesn’t taste like pork doesn’t look like pork was cut into very tiny pieces, we went to their store next door, we bought fried dried pusit it was too hard and taste rutten taste very bitter just throw it, i am not going back there ever again, I’ve been there few times, but totally different now, People please don’t go there it’s a waste of money.
Tina Alba
Not impressed with the pork lechon kawali, it was soaked with oil & the oil tasted like it's been reused more than twice. The pork sinigang would have been ok except the pork tastes very old, like it’s been boiled for a couple of days. It did not taste fresh at all. The menu was lousy in appearance, not really presentable. Service was good though (server was friendly) although i had to ask for the salsa, it was not given when the lechon was served. I will definitely not come back again for the food.
Jo Llagas
great food. horrible service. standing over us to get theorder. after we get the food never saw her again. charged me 20% service charge on tip of that. never even got a thank you or see you again later.
PSYCHE D3LIC
Food was okay. Our orders came out soaking in oil. At least we tried it.
Jack Costner
Different Filipino restaurants make their chicken adobo a little different, but this type is our favorite. It's got the thicker sauce, and the very powerful flavors that are good enough to pour all over your rice. ? And bruh, that halo-halo has ice, but I'm telling y'all, it's fire. ????
I came here with my family of 6; we had the worse service, or lack there of, from a woman (voice so deep could be a man?) named Gene.
He/she shouldn't be in the service industry if he/she thinks she can just add 20% to the bill because we are a party of 6 & then give us NO SERVICE. You have to provide SERVICE to deserve / earn the "TIP". We would of paid more than 20% if the service was good.
Dropping off our meals was the only thing Gene did, we needed water & drink refills, etc. We won't patronize a restaurant with this poor service, entitled attitude.
I told Gene, I was once a server & advised her that she shouldn't default to add 20% to our bill because she did nothing but dropped off our meals; with that said, she raised her voice, became argumentative & defensive stating that "well then, you should know, as a past 'server' yourself that party of 5 or more is an immediate 20% added to the bill."
I understand & agree that large parties should tack on 20% onto the bill....but that's because the server will be busy providing SERVICE: ($tip$) making sure our order is correct & enjoying our meal, received waters & beverages, giving refills when needed, provide napkins, ensure necessary condiments are with the meals, dirty plates immediately taken off table especially from large party table, checking on us with a friendly, attentive, & pleasant service attitude, offering to-go boxes, ask if we want anything else (like desert) before dropping off our bill. (($tip$))...Management needs to address this entitlement attitude from Gene and put he/she in check.
I wish I could give negative -5 stars for the terrible service attitude we had experienced. We always enjoy the food here but this time Gene left us with a bad taste in our mouth.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Nette Rab
Gave them another try, and service was ok. They were occupied with a meeting with a group. We had the lechon kawali and pork adobo.
The pork adobo was horrible. We didn't even eat it. It tasted like soy sauce but at the same time no other flavor. No acidity or bay leaf.
The lechon was actually perfect. We ordered it extra crispy. We asked for vinegar, too, and it was yummy.
Overall, I'd return again but need to taste other dishes.
William Ku
I ordered dinuguan. It came out like pork adobo , very oily, not dinuguan.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Gabby Ventura
First timers here. I was greeted by Rockie who was very attentive and friendly. Each dish was presented with a good portion, well plated and the flavor was spot on. Sooooo SO delicious!! Dhey was also one of our servers. Rockie and Dhey made this experience a wonderful one. My family and I will come back again forsure!
fantastic food and very tasty and the service great! eat here in the future...oh I know have party here.. it's a maybe.. if go here again ☺️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Afritada
Mari Parlade
Best family friendly restaurant ever! The owners cultivate a family friendly atmosphere where you feel right at home from the very beginning. The food is delicious, especially Millie’s famous Turon from Pampanga Speciality next door. Cafe De Manila (CDM) has catered my events, hosted parties, meetings, mixers & events for our community. CDM is excellent because Millie & her team are beyond amazing!
FVD
My first time coming here. No staff when I went in front to get a menu I saw a small cockroach where the menus at. We just left and didn’t order anything.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
John Merchant
My family ate there the food was good Filipino cuisines.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Nathan Cabug
The food was wonderful and had the true essence of philippino food. The employees were great to us and treated us wonderfully.
I never leave bad reviews, but me and my girlfriend were really looking forward to trying the tinolang manok at Café de Manila. When we walked in, nobody greeted us or even acknowledged we were there. I stood there waiting for a while, but still nothing — not even eye contact from the woman working the front. It felt like we weren’t welcome, so we just left. Disappointing experience, especially since we came in excited to support a Filipino spot. Hope the customer service improves.
We spend $122.00 None of the food is good unlike before they just open up. The sinigang na Bangus was cook with the whole tail and scales not cleaned, sisig no flavor no liver, it says on menu sisig kapampangan, i am kapampangan that is not how kapampangan cook sisig, dinuguan no taste of vinegar no flavor doesn’t taste like pork doesn’t look like pork was cut into very tiny pieces, we went to their store next door, we bought fried dried pusit it was too hard and taste rutten taste very bitter just throw it, i am not going back there ever again, I’ve been there few times, but totally different now, People please don’t go there it’s a waste of money.
Not impressed with the pork lechon kawali, it was soaked with oil & the oil tasted like it's been reused more than twice. The pork sinigang would have been ok except the pork tastes very old, like it’s been boiled for a couple of days. It did not taste fresh at all. The menu was lousy in appearance, not really presentable. Service was good though (server was friendly) although i had to ask for the salsa, it was not given when the lechon was served. I will definitely not come back again for the food.
great food. horrible service. standing over us to get theorder. after we get the food never saw her again. charged me 20% service charge on tip of that. never even got a thank you or see you again later.
Food was okay. Our orders came out soaking in oil. At least we tried it.
Different Filipino restaurants make their chicken adobo a little different, but this type is our favorite. It's got the thicker sauce, and the very powerful flavors that are good enough to pour all over your rice. ? And bruh, that halo-halo has ice, but I'm telling y'all, it's fire. ????
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Adobo, Halo Halo, Adobo
I came here with my family of 6; we had the worse service, or lack there of, from a woman (voice so deep could be a man?) named Gene.
He/she shouldn't be in the service industry if he/she thinks she can just add 20% to the bill because we are a party of 6 & then give us NO SERVICE. You have to provide SERVICE to deserve / earn the "TIP". We would of paid more than 20% if the service was good.
Dropping off our meals was the only thing Gene did, we needed water & drink refills, etc. We won't patronize a restaurant with this poor service, entitled attitude.
I told Gene, I was once a server & advised her that she shouldn't default to add 20% to our bill because she did nothing but dropped off our meals; with that said, she raised her voice, became argumentative
& defensive stating that "well then, you should know, as a past 'server' yourself that party of 5 or more is an immediate 20% added to the bill."
I understand & agree that large parties should tack on 20% onto the bill....but that's because the server will be busy providing SERVICE:
($tip$) making sure our order is correct & enjoying our meal, received waters & beverages, giving refills when needed, provide napkins, ensure necessary
condiments are with the meals, dirty plates immediately taken off table especially from large party table, checking on us with a friendly, attentive, & pleasant service attitude, offering to-go boxes, ask if we want anything else (like desert) before dropping off our bill.
(($tip$))...Management needs to address this entitlement attitude from Gene and put he/she in check.
I wish I could give negative -5 stars for the terrible service attitude we had experienced. We always enjoy the food here but this time Gene left us with a bad taste in our mouth.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Gave them another try, and service was ok. They were occupied with a meeting with a group. We had the lechon kawali and pork adobo.
The pork adobo was horrible. We didn't even eat it. It tasted like soy sauce but at the same time no other flavor. No acidity or bay leaf.
The lechon was actually perfect. We ordered it extra crispy. We asked for vinegar, too, and it was yummy.
Overall, I'd return again but need to taste other dishes.
I ordered dinuguan. It came out like pork adobo , very oily, not dinuguan.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
First timers here. I was greeted by Rockie who was very attentive and friendly. Each dish was presented with a good portion, well plated and the flavor was spot on. Sooooo SO delicious!! Dhey was also one of our servers. Rockie and Dhey made this experience a wonderful one. My family and I will come back again forsure!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
fantastic food and very tasty and the service great! eat here in the future...oh I know have party here.. it's a maybe.. if go here again ☺️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Afritada
Best family friendly restaurant ever! The owners cultivate a family friendly atmosphere where you feel right at home from the very beginning. The food is delicious, especially Millie’s famous Turon from Pampanga Speciality next door. Cafe De Manila (CDM) has catered my events, hosted parties, meetings, mixers & events for our community. CDM is excellent because Millie & her team are beyond amazing!
My first time coming here. No staff when I went in front to get a menu I saw a small cockroach where the menus at. We just left and didn’t order anything.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
My family ate there the food was good Filipino cuisines.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
The food was wonderful and had the true essence of philippino food. The employees were great to us and treated us wonderfully.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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