Pro: Their kamayan is a one-of-a-kind experience! My non-filipino friends certainly enjoyed it.
It was busy that Saturday lunch, so service was a bit slow. We were fortunate that our food came quickly compared to other tables and it was served to us warm. For the appetizers, we had the Nilaga (beef) soup and the Chicharon (fried pork rinds) topped with vinegar and special sauce. They banged drums as the main meal came and it was entertaining! At $30 per person, they certainly give you your money's worth. We got the bbq chicken skewers, beef ribs, jumbo shrimps, Pinakbet, and fried pork belly. It was a ton of food but we managed to surprise the restaurant owner by finishing it all! Everything was presented well and was very delicious. The halo-halo dessert was also really good, but not better than Max's.
Con: Terrible service, inattentive servers
Two stars were removed for two reasons. First of all, we came here to celebrate a birthday and I told them in advance. They told me that they would serve the dessert with a sparkler for the birthday celebrant and the staff can sing happy birthday. This did not happen and they completely forgot about it. Second of all, your table is not assigned a server. Our group felt like once you were given your food, they just leave you alone. We were left waiting for our drinks to be refilled and it took a long time before the server clears your table for the next dish. I felt really bad for this larger group next to us because even though both our tables came at the same time, their food didn't come until we had finished ours! We asked the same waitress 3 times (as she passed by our table) for the bill and it took 30 minutes. Seriously?? They need to either have a better system or put more servers because although the food was great, I'm not looking forward to a 3-hour lunch again.