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| - I came here with some friends to celebrate my birthday. A week before coming here, my friend e-mailed the restaurant to ask if it was okay for her to bring a cake to the restaurant the night of, store it in their fridge, and have it for dessert after dinner. She got a reply saying that it was okay, so that's exactly what she did. At the end of the night, after we all paid for our meals, the waitress suddenly pulls me aside and tells me that she wants me to pay a $10 fee for having brought our own cake, and for their paper plates and plastic forks they provided us to eat the cake with (which we did not even ask for). I was completely caught off guard, as we were not aware of this charge, especially since my friend had e-mailed in advance and they never mentioned any associated charges in the e-mail OR at the beginning of the night when we brought the cake in. The waitress then proceeded to say that she would be "nice" and bring the charge down to $6 since we were not aware of the fee. She also mentioned that she'd prefer I didn't tell my friends because it would be "awkward", which is why she pulled me aside as the birthday girl. I didn't want to ruin the night by arguing with her, so I just paid the $6 fee, but the whole situation was just unacceptable. I'm very disappointed with their dishonest service, and we will definitely not be returning again.
As for a review of the food... Since it was all our first time at the restaurant, and we don't have much experience with Philipino food, we asked the waitress for recommendations. We ended up ordering 4 things between 4 of us, and it was just enough food.
1) Chicken Tangy Garlic Adobo ($16) - The best dish we had that night! The chicken was tender and not dry, since it was seeped in the plate of marinade sauce. However, I did find that the soy sauce flavour was a little too overpowering, and wish that the garlic flavour came through more.
2) Fried Garlic White RIce ($3.50) - We ordered this to eat alongside the chicken to off-set some of the saltiness. The rice was fluffy, and the garlic seasoning added a nice aroma and refreshing taste to it.
3) Milkfish ($17) - The waitress definitely over-hyped this fish. It tasted quite dry, so I'd recommend dipping it in the seasoned vinegar served with the fish. Overall, just a typical pan-fried fish and nothing out of the ordinary in my opinion. The good part is that it was deboned, making it easy to eat.
4) Seafood Noodles ($15) - This dish was super disappointing. The noodles were extremely soggy, drenched in sauce, and there wasn't much toppings (I recall having one tiny shrimp per person, plus a bit of chopped up assorted seafood).
Overall, extremely poor service and mediocre food = 1 star for this restaurant.
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