What a view! It was super windy the day I visited, but this was such a beautiful view while enjoying lunch. Ordered the KINILAW NA TANIGUE (fish Ceviche) & fried fish. Food was really good. Loved the fish ceviche. It was my first time trying this dish. Staff were ok. Great place to take pics. read more

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This place is a joke. Worst food I have ever had in Taygaytay. My dog would not even eat the left over Beef. Horrible service. I think the owner thinks that because of the beautiful views they do not need to pay attention to the food or service. I will never go back....JUNK read more

Leslie's Restaurant in Tagaytay hasn't changed over the years: the menu, the sumptuous cacauphony of tastes and aroma that fills the air, and to-die landscape remains to be the elements, that drive thousands to this mecca of sorts. I've come back from afar and wanted to dine again, on their bulalo and voila, the crowds descended like hungry wolves which made my trip, more interesting and exciting. The mist from an unstoppable showers was complicit in creating an avant garde of magical beauty as we sat down and ordered our culinary delights. The huge one sized bulalo was to die for, bone marrow was salivating, meat was super tender and the soup reminds me of honey in some sense. Their dinakdakan was sliced and presented in its usual sense, aromatic with the spices and pork fat that to me, defines what truly was an epicurean Filipino classic dish. Their "grilled squid" was sliced perfectly and tasted like no other, chewy but tasty, squiddy but came with a combination of spices that reminds me of the sea. The tilapia was mainstream, grilled perfectly but and with fresly cut tomatoes and onions which enriched the usual restaurant menu. I can go on and on but the beauty of Tagaytay was in its View To A Kill, mist laden but as the sun came to slowly diminish the fog, a paradise of sorts appeared from the front of the restaurant like a gods was of Athena on a bright morning day. So, if you're in the Philippines, head to Leslie's Restaurant in Tagaytay and mix in with the crowd who come from all over towns and countries to enhance their culinary experiences in a nation of maikling and happy people. Oh one more observation, the servers were great, smiling as always, kind and knowledgeable about the dishes they serve... TGIS was an important part of the experience, too. So, as I go back home to California, I feel am truly richer than yesterday and more content with my visit of the Philippines with this stimulating culinary experience! read more

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The food was was super delicious. We love the view that was breath taking. And super clean. The food was on point. read more

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Good bulalo paired with crispy tawilis [TAGAYTAY CAVITE Philippines] We came here for lunch. We took a table and sat closest to the view of Taal Lake and Volcano. The vista were spectacular from here and we could see smoke still coming from it. This active volcano just last erupted on March 26, 2022. We were advised by our local family members that a trip to the cold mountain city of Tagaytay is not complete without trying tawilis and steaming hot bulalo. With that in mind we placed our orders with our waiter: Special Bulalo - very flavorful! Bulalo is always on point in Tagaytay. Yummy savory noodle soup with beef shanks and vegetables... the best part -- the bone marrow. My Mom and I shared the bone marrow but it wasn't enough. Our waiter must've heard us because shortly after he brought us a bowl with soup and... more bone marrow! Crispy Fried Tawilis - I wasn't sure what this was but I learned that tawilis is a small sardine-like fish (member of the Sardinella family) that exist entirely in fresh water. The flavor is subtle but nice. Seasoned with salt, garlic powder, and pepper. It also came with some type of dip for added flavor. I enjoyed the crispness. Lechon Kawali - this is a favorite anywhere we go. Seasoned and deep-fried pork belly slabs. They are usually served in cubes. For drinks i enjoyed a glass of freshly squeezed lemonade. Lastly, there were young people entertaining the diners with their singing and instruments. Review #3313 read more

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The location is perfect overlooking the Taal Volcano! You get the most authentic Filipino cuisine like Bulalo, sisig, bistek, great dessert selection. Service is great; seated in timely manner and food was served in timely fashion. The servers were accommodating and gracious. I would have rated it as 5-star restaurant in Tagaytay but lower it to 4 stars because of billing mixed up. Overall my family of 14 was pretty satisfied about the quality of food and service provided . read more

My fav Bulalo spot in the world. Ive tried others while ob business trips to Manila, this always hits the spot. Masarap! New location,! Same flavor with an even better view. If you are unsure where to stop by for lunch or dinner, cant go wrong with Leslies. Pro-Tip: The Halo-halo is massive, def a shareable. read more

Leslie's Restaurant Tagaytay - Bulalo, Kare-kare, Crispy Pata, Sisig, and Sinigang - Filipino Near Me - Tagaytay, CAV

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Went out for a motorcycle ride with my friends from Manila to Tagaytay to savor that slow cooked bulalo and it didn't disappoint. Mmmm I can still taste the flavor in my mouth. Nothing can beat that view. Would come back here anytime. read more

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Love the decorations and they have seating with the perfect view of the taal volcano if you sit outside which we did! They have Bahay kubos you can also sit in outside while eating with the view! Our waiter was very attentive, friendly and super helpful! One thing I didn't like was we were supposed to sit at a table but the hostess didn't secure the seat and then another party sat there instead. Rather than arguing we just left it alone but thought this could be improved upon! We were a party of 8, and we got bulalo, sisig, chicharon bulaklak, sinigang and daing. All were really good! Very tasty and they added more soup to the bulalo and sinigang so we can take it home. If you want a good meal with a great view I highly recommend this place! read more

Leslie's Restaurant Tagaytay - Filipino Near Me - Tagaytay, CAV

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Average food in my opinion. But the entertainment factor was a nice touch. It has a great view of the volcano and the service was quite nice. Great for big parties! read more

Nice place overlooking Taal Volcano when dining for breakfast, lunch and dinner...a must to visit....price is reasonable and tats is good...come over and have an experience... read more

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All the food that we ordered was cooked very well. Taste was spot on. Service was great. The only thing is that the food took a little longer than we thought it should. The decor of the restaurant was unique with natural trees included inside lots of photo opportunity and then right at the balcony you can see the Taal volcano and lake. Would recommend to see. read more

The food is nothing different to what I have eaten before. No surprises. The staff needed to be reminded once or twice of request/s. I like the ambiance but flies spoiled it. read more

Nice place, good food Karekare; bulalo soup came with our lunch. View of Taal Volcano and towns below in Batangas province is spectacular. Server was cordial. Only rated a 4 due to the cakes not included with the restaurant. The cake and pastries are separate. I wanted to try the sansrival yet they sell only by the slice; have to buy the whole cake. Well, maybe next time. Will most likely return. read more

Definitely not fine dining but yep, I would come back. The 5 of us weren't really hungry but we wanted to have a light meal. We had originally made a reservation at another highly rated yelp restaurant. We picked the smallest set meal plan for 5-6 people. Cost was P3,300 and we ordered the crispy pata P800. Won't go into the itty bitty details of it all but...... The bulalo was damn tasty. They even gave you a large bowl of just broth. Mmmm The bad of the meal... the vegetables in the bulalo was not cooked. I know, how can the same dish be the good and the bad. lol! The rest of the dishes were fine. The service was good not great but good enough. The view of Taal was pretty epic there. I do believe you cannot go wrong stopping here for a meal read more

Had Food Poisoning here!!! Had lunch here yesterday and was the only one who had the marrow from our group. Everyone had the beef part, only I enjoyed the marrow... turned into a nightmare in 4hrs. Vomit and all the works of the stomach. Not fun was in pain till 1am View is beautiful, service is good but food is very unreliable. Be careful. read more

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May staff Silang bastos, nagtanong ang husband ko ng kape, then ok lang sagot Nung lalaki na staff, Sabi ko ano po mga klase ng kape Meron kayo, ang reply 3in1 po The food mas masarap pa bulalo sa iBang resto, don't try mahal pa read more

While this review took awhile to post I'm going to go ahead and post it now since we're traveling to the Philippines next month! Leslie's is a restaurant known for their Bulalo Soup. A Filipino dish that consists of corn, beef shank or hip, green onions, cabbage, bok choy and white onions. The food is great there! Of course we ordered the Bulalo soup, Pork Sisig, Shrimp paste fried rice, Bitter Melon Beef and a mango salad that consists of of green mangoes onions, and Shrimp paste. Let me tell you. The food is superb! The Bulalo soup is was so tasty and the meat was fall off of the bone delicious! The vegetables just add to the dish to give it that extra step of goodness. We highly recommend it! The Sigig was also out of sight! It is a classic dish which consists of fried pork from the head of the pig on a red hot plate sizzling with an sunny side up egg on top on its way to our table. The rule for sisig is to mix the chopped pork and sunny side up egg to get it nice and crispy. The next dish was Ampalaya (Bitter Melon) Con Carne. This dish has so many different flavors. Slightly sweet, salty and bitter. This combo ends up having a great taste that is hard to explain but really delicious. The shrimp paste rice was great! Very slight hint of shrimp paste that not too overwhelming but just right. Delicious dish as well. Last is the mango salad. This can be a bit overwhelming because of the shrimp paste but in my opinion really good and refreshing. The view. The view is spectacular! The back of the restaurant has a view of Taal volcano! If you visit the Tagaytay area we highly recommend visiting Leslie's restaurant! read more

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We came here coz it was recommended for a beautiful view of Taal Volcano waited 15-20 minutes before someone can get our order and almost an hour for our food, no restaurant staff are updating us or asking how we are, everyone is busy cleaning up and attending to other customers. It's our first time to eat here and I could say that all the food that we ordered was lacking flavor, it's either too salty or bland. I could not recommend this restaurant especially if you drove all the way from Manila beating the terrible traffic on a Sunday afternoon. read more

Recommend for the view. Food, restaurant diningis exceptional where it serves typical Filipino cuisine; which across be found across Taal Volcano's rim. read more

First time here and glad we tried this restaurant. A perfect place to enjoy the authentic Filipino cuisine while enjoying the magnificent view of the mountain and the city. They give you a complimentary bulalo soup. That was refreshing. I am a vegetarian but the menu has great selections. I enjoyed what they had to offer. Service was incredibly attentive. Definitely an unforgettable night. Highly recommended. read more

We had a great time here. The view,the huts,the service,the mobile live band earned the high ratings! The bulalo is a must have. They have fresh smoothies here too! read more

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3 stars for the food and service. 4 stars for the view. You will be definitely paying US prices for most of the dishes. It was good food. Service was ok. Place is packed with families. It's pretty big with multiple floors of dining space. Decent menu with a variety of dishes and dessert. And get ready to be in awe of that view. We were lucky on a raining and foggy day that the fog cleared aside a few times for us to enjoy the view and of course we took tons of pictures of the volcanos. A must see in this town. While having our dinner, a small band is traveling from table to table to play and sing live music. They sound great. Tipping them is recommended. Overall, a must stop for the beef soup and the view. read more

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One of the best meals I've had in the Philippines. I won't mention my favorite treat because it'll never be available again. (I don't know how it happened and I hate it, but apparently I'm a trend-setter.) Good prices, excellent food and overworked but always polite servers. Eat here. read more

So many great things to say about this place! The food portions are generous, flavorful and not terribly expensive. My favorite dish is the turon. I don't think I've ever had it the way they make it. The views of Taal volcano are spectacular and nice for any photoshoots hehe. The outdoor seating is nice too with very thoughtful decor! I would give it 5 stars but only things I didn't love that the staff was inconsistent with their mask wearing. read more

Leslie's Restaurant Tagaytay - Filipino Near Me - Tagaytay, CAV

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This place is a MUST for the view and bulalo special!!! This place has alot of seating which includes outside and indoor and even huts. The furniture is traditional filipino wood furniture. Seated right away since it was not that busy and there's a big amount of seating. Menu is huge and they offer all of your favorite filipino dishes like pork sisig, bangus, lechon, and most importantly bulalo. Our order: Rice(family size), Bangus, Pakbet with Lechon, Bulalo Special, and Pork Sisig. They have fresh buko juice here as well which we tried. Food was delicious. Fish and pork sisig were crispy. Bulalo broth was very rich and delicious. One star less because the table was not fully clean, it was bit stinky, and the menu also smelled bad and dirty. MUST TRY: Bulalo Special!!! Price: Pricey for locals, but for people visiting it's affordable. read more

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Leslie's Restaurant Tagaytay is quite an experience. The view is priceless, weather is great, food is great, entertainment is amazing (mobile standup band that goes to your table and can play anything), and restaurant is clean with a wonderful outdoor resort ambiance. Places like this make me love and miss the Philippines even more. read more

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You can't go to Tagaytay without dropping by and sampling Leslie's world-renowned restaurant. The cool weather is perfect for some big-time pig out! The place is packed as it normally is but that can be avoided by coming in early (around 11-ish). It also has the best view of Tagaytay from the veranda. You should never miss out on bulalo because it's just amazing! The melt in your mouth meat is just to die for, my cousin who has hypertension couldn't resist the temptation and just gave in. Worth mentioning is Leslie's comfort room, it's just so clean even there hundreds or even thousands have already been in and out of it. We ordered grilled pusit (squid), pinakBET, and grilled pork and they're just heavenly. Oh and you can request for them to refill your bulalo soup in case you and you're barkada slurped it out dry. All in all, the place should be high up on your list when visiting Tagaytay. No vacation will be complete without it. read more

Great delicious meal and very satisfying. Up and down Tagaytay it's well known for the bulalo bone marrow soup. This spot is no exception has the dish a must try. Good eat! read more

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I've been eating here at least once every return trip home and the food never disappoints! The view also adds to the experience and the small little huts for groups of 4 is really nice. Went this year on a Monday afternoon for lunch and it wasn't super packed as I'm sure it usually is luckily, and we got 2 separate huts for our party of 8. After not being back for 5 years, local Filipino food tastes so much better and I can't say anything bad about Leslie's and their food and service. Our group of 8 ordered quite a lot of things, but my favourites were the Kare-Kare and the Pork Sisig... Demolished it with no problems at all! Having the locals come by and sing renditions of popular songs was also a nice touch to our lunch. read more

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Such a wonderful place to eat! Great tasting food, for such a great price. There was a lot of us that ate so we ordered what we thought was enough for everyone. Turned out they that the plates were plentiful and we ended up bringing about half of what we ordered back home. The location is just perfect. Just out in the back, you get a view of the Taal Lake and a volcano. Musicians will come to your table and play a couple songs of your choosing. read more

Bulalo on point. Nothing was too oily and I just get hungry thinking about it. Amazing Filipino cuisine. I would say the stunning view to Taal volcano (and Taal lake!) coupled with the band singing Despacitio while strumming a rondalia really created a special atmosphere. Maraming salamat! read more

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2nd time eating here. The best view with locals singing for entertainment plus the Bulalo is THE BEST. Meaty and no fat. Also had Crispy Pata and Tuna Sisig. In the complex they have FiliBeans Coffee with a few delicious desserts. A must have when in town and passing through. read more

We dine to eat the Tawilis and yet the waiter advised us that they are available. We waited for an hour only to find out that Tawilis is out of stock. The waiter could have informed us earlier when he served the other dishes, However he said that we just have to wait. Luckily we asked other waiter to follow up and one advised us na "out of stock po and tawilis, di ba kayo na informed?" Zero stars kung may zero to be honest read more

It was our first visit to Tagaytay. A friend of mine invited us to tag along on their road trip. After visiting the Palace in the Sky, our driver recommended we try Leslie's for lunch. It was a bit too dusty due to the gravel parking, and the ongoing construction upgrades of the private dining huts. Other than that, it was a great dining experience. The location - Cliff line. Amazing view of the volcano; Between warm and cool, depending where you sit, and what time of year it is. The atmosphere - Packed & noisy. The food - GREAT!!! The price - UNBEATABLE! I couldn't believe we could eat that much 'whole' crab, at such a low price. I highly recommend you visit, if you're ever in the area. read more

Yassss!!!! Bulalo, Lake fish! $2 entertainment, and a view!

How they say it in the Philippines: "EAT OL YOU CAN" heck yessss! when a Filipino American visits the Philippines for an all you can eat restaurant?! I'm all in. Our cousins took us here after a long 3+ hour hike from the Taal Volcano & this was well deserved. If you're looking for a family type of restaurant with a view, this is one of them. They have several restaurants down the road that overlook Tagaytay & I was craving BULALO! You name every type of Filipino food & they have it here including chichirya & souvenirs by the door. From guava juice, make your own halo halo, serve yourself some of the original & tasty Filipino food not comparable to how we make it in America. read more

I really wanted to give this place a nice review, but unfortunately this place is just horrible. We had to ask four different staff just for a one high chair. Finally that came. It took a long 20 minutes for our server to finally take our order. Nobody even asked us if we were ready to order, we had to wave him down. When we got out drinks, we order two halo halos and never got them, yet we were charged for them at the end of our meal. The food was fair. Our calamari was our appetizer and when it came, it was cold. The rest of the food we ordered ( sisig, sinigang, sweet and sour fish, and crispy pata) was average at best. THE WORST PART-- when my boyfriend went to the restroom, and employee used the restroom at the same time and walked out WITHOUT WASHING HIS HANDS. That was the last strike. Horrible management, poor customer service, and extremely unsanitary. Save yourself the trouble and just go to Antonio's. (The only bright side to this place is that there are singers there that come to your table and sing to you -- to the band, wonderful music!) read more

Was in PI for the first time for a funeral. Ate out every day for 11 days. This was hands down the best restaurant I ate at. The food was well prepared and presented. The view was beautiful. The roving musical group was outstanding. Because of its immense popularity it's extremely busy. The help gets overwhelmed and service is a little spotty. Go during the week and get there before the crush of people after 12 pm. All in all a memorable experience. Fed 9 people for less than $100 American dollars. read more