We took a day trip to visit friends in Tagaytay and decided to eat bulalo, the region's famous…read morespecialty. We chose Diner's because of its view of the Taal Volcano and valley between. We were greeted by all of the wait staff as soon as we entered. We were seated fairly quickly at a table with a fantastic view amidst the bright and airy dining room. After ordering, our food cane out quickly. We had the pork sisig, bulalo and tawalis with some steamed white rice. The sisig, chopped pork belly with red onions and spicy peppers was served to us sizzling on a hot cast iron plate. It didn't look exactly as pictured on the menu because the egg was already mixed into the dish instead of on top sunny side up. The bulalo came out on a steel pot with a burner at the bottom. The tawalis, mini fried fish, looked appetizing on top of a bed of lettuce, cucumber and tomato. All of our dishes tasted delicious. The sisig was pretty spicy because of all the chopped peppers but besides that it had a great combination of flavors that went well with the hot steamed rice. I thought the dish could have been pre-cooked just a little longer before it got to us or the skillet could have been even hotter though....was a little worried the pork didn't cook long enough. (This review was written several hours later and I'm happy to report there were no stomach issues!). The tawalis was ok. These were mini fish dusted with flour and fried. The batter was not heavy however I thought it could have had a little more seasoning. I dipped the fish in a calamansi/soy sauce mixture that helped a lot. You eat the fish whole...bones and all! The order came with twelve pieces and was plenty for our party of five. The star of the show, the bulalo, did not disappoint. Our order meant for four to five people was perfect. There were large chunks of beef shank and generous pieces of green cabbage immersed in the most amazing broth. The beef is slow cooked several hours so it is tender and oh so flavorful. It was a great experience eating the dish with a bit of steamed rice. It would have been perfect if there were a few more vegetables like potatoes and green beans. Overall we enjoyed our meal and thought the prices were reasonable. I would definitely come back the next time we are in the area!

We went for the view....from the open seating you can see the whole valley and the volcano. Saying…read morethe view is stunning isn't good enough....it's more like incredibly stunning, yes, that's more like it! But....view alone would not make us want to come back....as there are several other places with that same view. What will bring us back is the delicious local cuisine! We ordered the Special Bulalo. It's a hearty beef soup served in a clay pot. It's made with fresh beef shanks and bone marrow. It says it serves 2-3 people....I'd say 3 for sure if you're ordering even one more side dish. We also ordered Adobong Manor as Gata, a chicken Adobo slow cooked in coconut milk and soy sauce. It had a hint of ginger and was a bit salty, I ate it served over garlic rice.....very nice dish! Last but not least we ordered Christy Tawilis....fried sardines. Next time I'm getting the fresh coconut for my drink....the next table over ordered that and I instantly regretted my beer choice!

Amazing food! Price is pretty good for the portions!…read more [the restaurant] Located in the mall amongst many other American style restaurants, this one is filled with ample seating and wonderful customer service! The restaurant is really clean and we were served water and hot tea upon seating. [the food] -hot and sour soup (100 peso) loved it! Rich and sour this soup came with a lot of veggies -soup dumpling and xio mai was on point! Loved that they also gave fresh calamansi as a side -almond pudding mango sago- my favorite! The pudding is a nice touch to the flavorful mango. -fresh calamansi juice is refreshing! Overall, this place was super tasty! The price was super cheap! All the food came out to 680 pesos which is about 13 US dollars. Would definitely come back if I'm ever at this mall in Tagaytay again!

The food in this restaurant is excellent. The spinach and garlic is great. The bbq chicken is great…read moreand fried rice also

Wow the food are so delish If I only live around here I…read morewill eat here regularly highly recommend and must try the bulalo

Note: This is a 3.5 Stars Review!…read more I've said it in my previous review, my Tagaytay trips will never be complete without eating Bulalo! So, while Carlo's favorite is LZM, this is my favorite place to get my Bulalo fix. It's just across the LZM restaurant and, be warned, not really the cleanest restaurant I've been to. BUT, I keep coming back for their food (which is saying A LOT!). This is the only restaurant I know in Tagaytay that serves Bulalo for 24 hours. Yes, you can get Bulalo at 3AM! The main reason I prefer the soup here is because you can taste the richness of the beef in the broth. I mean, if they are boiling all those bone marrows in one pot 24/7 then that soup is perfect any time of the day. Also, this restaurant serves "exotic" meat dishes such as crocodile meat and horse meat. I have tried the Horse Sisig and...it was surprisingly delicious! The meat was lean but so soft. Plus, the flavor of horse meat is not gamey at all. It's actually quite sweet. Please don't hate me for eating horse meat! I just had to try it. Honestly, the horse sisig tasted way better than the pork sisig. Again the HUGE downside of this place is that it is VERY dirty and looks more like a shanty than a restaurant. However, you must try the food. Way cheaper than LZM! :)

Bonus points for the astounding view, excellent service, and side shop to buy takeout goodies…read more Went for early lunch and got: - Kare Kare: Oxtail was stupendous - tender yet chewy, all around great texture. Generous amount of veggies. Would have liked the sauce to be thicker and have a stronger peanut taste. - Squid Sisig: Never had squid as sisig before and this was interesting. They did it well as it wasn't rubbery at all. Good portion size. - Garlic Rice: Good amount of garlic flakes, would have liked a stronger garlic undertone. - Halo Halo: The star was the two scoops of icecream. The rest of it was meh. A bit heavy handed on the ice. - Icecream: Got a scoop of the taho and it came with the classic syrup and boba. The icecream was smooth and the flavour came across strongly. Pricey but I guess you pay up for the ambiance. Go early as this place gets absolutely packed and frenzy. Explore the rest of Tagaytay while you're there.

Great place to savor authentic Filipino food with an amazing views…read more Service was great. Emyl our attendant was so mindful. They worked as a team so our food was served on time. We ordered Kansi Pusit sisig Kangkong with sili Fried salted pork Fried Tawili with suka Tried their Biko pie was ok Turn with Langka Halo halo Overall it was great. I just hope that they warmed my Biko pie before serving.

Always a long line but the Food is amazingzing specially the beef shank soup (Bulalo) and worth the…read morewait

We always make it a point to eat at Rose & Grace every time we travel south. I've been coming here…read moresince I was a kid and I'm so glad that it's still around to serve the same food I've known growing up. My favorites include longganisa (sausage) and they are known for their bulalo (beef soup with bone marrow). They serve the beef soup as a compliment when you dine in so you don't have to order soup unless you want to beef or the bone marrow. I'm always sure to have a hearty meal whenever I come to this place. So good ive even made it a point for my partner to come try this place when he visited.

Really nice how there are lots of choices in Nuvali! No need to brave the traffic and go to…read moreTagaytay to dine at the original Bawai's. It's amazing how this small area in Sta. Rosa is becoming a foodie destination! Good but not that great. Vietnamese food is characterized by freshness and simplicity- a delicious excuse to eat your veggies! Bawai's is a healthier option when eating out. Enjoyed their salads and fresh rolls more than the mains. The coconut sprout salad aka Bawai's Salad won me over. Pho Bo was too oily and lacking that herbal kick of cilantro. They don't serve it with fresh basil nor bean sprouts. Salmon and chicken are forgettable. Not a fan of pork but was told by my tablemates it was amazingly tender. A bit on the pricey side for what you're getting but service is spot on. Food comes out fairly fast even about 3/4 of their tables were occupied. Weird restroom door made of frosted glass. I wouldn't use the loo there if I were you.

Good food, nice resto with an excellent view. Service was waaaay better compared to their Greenbelt…read morebranch, although there were only 3 occupied tables during our visit. The team has very good knowledge of the food they serve! I just find it annoying that our food didn't arrive together (we-gents received our food a good 5 minutes before the ladies received theirs). Place has very limited free parking. Will definitely visit again.

I loved this placed! Was visiting the Philippines and came here with family. We had a fairly large…read moregroup and they sat us upstairs in a private room. We had a space to ourselves with a small balcony and a lovely view. I believed we ordered the set menu and the food was sooo delicious! I'm not a lover of Filipino food but I definitely fell in love with it. Service was excellent and friendly. I truly enjoyed all the dishes but especially liked the black squid calamari (I believe that was the name). I took pics of almost everything we ordered and while the pics look delicious, the taste was 100x more! We were full but still decided to order dessert with the hot chocolate which was the perfect ending. Highly recommend this spot!

Soup isn't too big here in Manila. Perhaps its our tropical climate. You don't hear people say "I'm…read morecraving for big bowl of hot vegetable soup right now!" too often. But, I love soup! And on this particular day I saw that The Soup Kitchen had a tomato-based veggie soup (I'm vegan), but I was taken aback by the price as it's a bit too spendy--the smallest bowl for already Php 125? Well, I was starving and there wasn't much else appropriate for vegans at Cash and Carry's food kiosks, so might as well give it a shot. The soup was pretty flavorful, and I enjoyed it, though I wouldn't say it was remarkable. But I do know that if this cost me Php 60 I would be delighted. For Php 125, one would expect more, so I did. Oh well?

Every once in a while, you come across a unique little food kiosk that will just reel you in with…read moreits novelty. That's how the siomai thing got started, how takoyaki got started, and so many others. I don't know if there's a lot of this already but I thought it was pretty one of a kind when I saw this soup kiosk, aptly titled The Soup Kitchen. I've always been a soup person, especially since my mom loves to experiment and create different types of soups at home. This food kiosk indulges exactly that kind of curiosity with an attractive display of black commercial soup warmers all arranged in a neat row at the very facade of the kiosk. Just that, nothing else. There's about seven or eight different types of soup and you just pick which one you want and the attendant serves it to you. You can choose among a quarter, half, or full bowl sizes or get one of the meal-type items where the soup comes in a bread bowl and you can have a sandwich on the side. The soup menu changes everyday from their bank of over a hundred soup recipes which they make from the freshest ingredients. It's pretty pricey for a food kiosk type of thing at about Php120 and up, but it can be a decent, healthy meal, and soup is always good!

Ingredients are fresh and high-quality. The staff are very friendly and will answer all questions…read more All the dishes are so big that I have to split the salad with a friend. There are a lot of choices which can go both ways for the customers that will come in. It will either excite you or exhaust you. The menu will also inform you if an ingredients is low-fat, spicy or gluten-free. You can make your own salad or choose from the menu, where calories of the serving is indicated.

Just cannot get enough of their oh crab lah and geisha wraps. The serving comes in big portions -…read moreSo yummy but I get so full! Nevertheless I'll keep coming back.

Ask any Binondo guy or girl and they would probably know about Ang Tunay Beef House. This place is…read morean institution, a best-kept secret of the locals. It's a place to get really good Chinese food that you can't get anywhere else. It's Chinese food that you know is Chinese but not quite the same as your typical fast food joint. Here, they don't have Yang Chow Fried Rice or Sweet and Sour Pork. Instead, they serve Steamed Lapu-Lapu, Fried Frog Legs, Pork Intestine, Duck Soup and Kiampong. See what I mean? Its kind of exotic but not quite. It's kind of Chinese, but not exactly. One this is for sure, Ang Tunay Beef House is amazing! Though I'm sure that not a lot of people would appreciate this type of cooking, Ang Tunay Beef House uses some of the most aromatic herbs and spices that I never really used by the more typical Chinese restaurants. Perhaps authentic? Not quite, But more of a different type of Chinese cuisine that uses fresh ingredients, herbs and spices to bring out the best flavors in every dish.

This is my first time to try and I was not dissappointed! Elated to have tasted the clear soup…read morestock without the grime and you could ask for extra serving without the charge. Munched through pure beefy goodness without ever thinking that you're muching on bubble gum. The discomfort left my futile body upon consumption, a comfort food that you'd definitely go back to over and over again.