Went here with a non-Filipino friend hoping to try and see what this restaurant has to offer - too bad the only thing we saw and experienced was waiting game: 5 mins to be seated plus another 20 mins of STILL waiting for our orders to be taken. Yes, my friend and I was disappointed as we walked out. It was lunch hour, 10 mins to 1pm on a Monday. Good 70% of tables are taken,5% Reserved empty tables. Has 3 servers with one of them taking the orders himself. Seriously?? That's a busy time and under-staffed?? I even overhead someone saying "Finally" when the wait staff asked for their orders which admittedly was a bad sign while we are waiting to be seated. Their order started coming after almost half an hour too.
IT was my first time to come there and I don't think I'd recommend the place to visiting hungry Filipino friends and relatives as walk in clients. I'd say either you pack a lot of patience or you have lots of time to spare if you plan to come to this place to 'try it out'. Their food maybe great and such a convenience for me to satisfy my Pinoy food cravings (5 mins away from me) but hey, I was never a fan of slow service. Maybe in a few years, Casa Manila - I'll have a chance to be served with mouth-watering food,eh??