Would you guys PLEASE stop putting Pinoy places in my path that I can't resist stopping at!
I was on my way down Alma School Rd. on my way to Chandler from my daughter's in Mesa when I spotted this place. I went to the bakery "next door" (open between the two, not two different store fronts) and got a cheese pimento turnover, a chicken turnover/pie, and a Tuna Turnover_ to go, then came back over to the restaurant side and sat down to order something to eat there. I did feel like I was being treated as an oddity or an inconvenience rather than an appreciated customer.
Unfortunately they didn't seem to be set up for a singe person eating alone, so I had to order a huge bowl of Sinigang, enough to feed a family of 4 or 5 and then get a container to bring what I couldn't eat home. The service was a little aloof-maybe they thought I wandered into the place by mistake instead of heading in here on purpose because I like Pinoy food so much. I would hope if I lived around here and became a regular they would get to know me and be more friendly. Racial profiling can work both ways of course.
The Sinigang was good, both hot, there on the premises, and cold the next day at home. I wish I knew a group of people to come in here with!
(4/14/09)