Restaurants you would never visit again [Merged]

[jack]

have u ever had a bad experience on restaurant that made you vow not to return to taht place ever again? where? what happened?

[Ira]

Le Ching. Fake (and pangit-tasting) Chinese food, dirty surroundings, and indifferent waiters.

[Zen]

Henry's Freestyle Cooking Studio.
The food was too expensive for the salty cooking, non-existent service (walang waiter, tagal dumating food), uncomfortable barseats and tables. The "exotic" location doesn't help either (I felt I might get mugged any minute).

[Lush]

Stone Grill has great-tasting food and large servings, but I'm loathe to go back because of the terrible service. Ang angas ng waitress na nag-serve sa amin! My friends and I talked to the manager about it, and by the end of our meal, *nagpapasa-pasahan na sila ng utos* - and Pinky (our official waitress) was avoiding our table like the plague. Sheesh!

[This message has been edited by Lush (edited 11-21-1999).]

[MO]

ira
sa han pao na lang no!?
\\=)

zen, i not quite sure, but dint someone say they liked henry's freestyle cooking studio?
i'll check it out in a while.

i just remember almost eating a worm sa spring deer. food is great though..sorry ira! \\=)

[Zen]

Les, eh kung yun opinion ko? :P And there ARE other people who feel the same way. :)

[Mavi]

Is S.R. Thai still in Katipunan? A baby cockroach decided to take a little park walk on our tabletop. Our mouth was just hanging as it scuttled along. Never ate there again.

Another friend had another horror story about them. He was drinking a glass of coke when he saw a cockroack leg swimming in it. And he was halfway through the drink! Ack!

[KATKAT]

Mavi: Your friend should have exercised his right. I have a friend who ate at Shakey's (I just forgot the branch). She wondered why there was such a crunch when she ate that portion with pepperoni (that's her favorite), so she took a look at it. Guess what she saw? The other half of a cockroach's body! The other half was the one in her mouth. She vomitted that instant and held on to that slice of pizza. Then the manager was offering her P10,000.00 just to keep quiet. But she was aware of her right. So she refused his offer and left. She first filed a police report and then filed a case against them. The case took almost a year to end. She won and got 4 million pesos for the damage Shakey's had done!

[This message has been edited by KATKAT (edited 11-22-1999).]

[Ira]

Ack, the SR Thai in Katipunan iss still there and doing better business than ever. But sh**, we eat there sometimes!!! Paging Caramba and Wangie...

[LadyMarmalade]

you would never catch me eating at STONE GRILL again! their idea about the cooking ur food in front of u on that stone thingy was indeed very creative, but i don't think it did a lot for the taste! ugh meat turned really tough and seafood turned super rubbery.

as we were eating, a cockroach seems to keep on wanting to join us at our table. we told some waiters about it, and all most of them did was snicker. eventually, my friend had to take care of the thing himself. how bad can the service still get?!

afterwards, at the washroom of the same restaurant, i was washing my hands when i noticed a small blackish featherly like stuff at the bottom of the wash basin. didn't recognize what it was, not until i took a closer look at it. it was a dead baby rat! shoot i almost ran over it, co'z i got really surprised and scared. told the personnel outside about it. know what she did? went inside the washroom, and with her foot, just put aside the rodent, probably co'z that's where less people could see it.

now with the said experiences all in one night, who would want to go back there? DEFINITELY not moi = )

***Lush, yeah i agree with u about the really long waiting time and the waiters avoiding ur table like the plague. double SHEESH huh...

[CaRaMBa]

Come on, we eat in Aysee, right? My mom saw something there, pero oh well... Walang restaurant na perfect. My friend ate in Saisaki once, and there was a cockroach in her glass of coke. That's Saisaki na ha.

I will never eat in Sweet Inspi again. Sorry to those who love this place. Four bad incidents. Twice, the food they served was kinda raw. I forget the second one, but the first one was chicken ala kiev. The chicken was raw. Twice, there was a crawling cockroach on the mongolian table. So, never again.

[jack]

mav: my friend had a similar experience. That's why I'm not eating there anymore (katapat pa naman siya ng place ko). SR is still one of the favorite places of studes here in katipunan.
Katkat: thanks for the info. baka magamit namin yan if ever those kind of things happen. (kakain na lang ako sa shakeys para maging milyonaryo...lol)

[Zen]

How about staple wires in your food? When Painted Parrot was still at the back of my school, my friends and I were having dinner and one almost swallowed a staple wire. She was chewing her food and something hard was poking her gums.. Voila! We told the owner and she just asked "So where's the stapler?" Never again...

Baka kaya lumipat ng location...?

:)

[Lush]

Naalala ko tuloy...

When I once ate at Carl's Jr. in Greenhills (back in 1995) I ordered a cheeseburger. When I bit into it, there was no cheese (pala), even if it was wrapped in the cheeseburger wrapper, so they replaced it. Later, I was chatting away and was about to take the last bite of my cheeseburger - wondering whether to chomp on it or take it out of the wrapper and put it in my mouth. It was then that I noticed that there was a BIG BLACK CURLY HAIR sticking out from the burger! I showed it to my friends and they were pretty disgusted (shempre, sa'n ba nanggagaling yung ganung klaseng buhok?). I showed it to the manager and she offered to replace the burger, but nothing more. Oh well.

Two mishaps in one sitting! :P

[Zen]

Curly as they come?! :D

LOL

[MO]

speaking of s.r. thai, it happened to me once also, i found long long strand of hair (at least it wasnt short and kinky!) in my dish. the thing was i was halfway done. after i complained, they gae me a new plate as in bagong luto. so i guess OK lang!

obvious bang nasusuhulan sa pagkain?

[MO]

cara: last time i ate at sweet inspirations...same thing! roaches on the mongolian table!

how come no one complains about aysee? part of the ambiance ba?

[LadyMarmalade]

Lush no wonder Carl's Jr. closed down huh
oh well = )

[BadGiRL]

man hann: someone died of food poisoning daw... the guy ate oyster cake ata e... i'm never going back to that place again...

[Zen]

One executive died and his three companions are in critical condition. They contracted hepatitis, and got food poisoned. Oyster cake pa naman is their specialty! :(

[Kamatayan]

Janets sa may UST... Sarado na kasi eh kaya I guess I'll never eat there again...

[BoNiTa]

kamats: sarado na? bakit kaya? o well, siguro twice pa lang ako nakakain dun... i didn't like the place mashadong crowded and i don't like the smell... but masarap yung lasagna..

as for me, pinakanainis akong service was when we ate at this restaurant in hong kong, forgot the name.. ( as if naman lagi akong nagpupunta dun) anyways, the pecking duck was really yummy but the chinese waiters were just so rude ( no offense to chinese ppl) iitsa na lang yung plates and nagkatapon tapon na yung mga laman s abaso walang pakialam... they were all in a rush kasi the place was really crowded but heck! we deserve good service...

[MsEerie]

I remember Marco Polo along Shaw blvd I think. This happened ages ago and I think wala na sila ngayon. There were roaches all over the place at mukhang madumi talaga. They used to be pretty popular.

I was with Lush during her Stone Grill expedition and I certainly "stone-grilled" the manager. Hahaha.

Another experience happened a year or two ago at TGIFridays El Pueblo. I was almost finished with my Cajun Angels when I noticed a fly on my plate. Kadiri! I called the attention of the waiter and the manager talked to us. He gave us free desserts and a card for a free appetizer for my next visit. I went back to claim my free appetizer. hehehe.

[Kamatayan]

Bonita: Binili ata ng Burger King yung lugar nila... Yep yung lasagna nila ang specialty dun at clubhouse... You from USTE ba ???

[Zen]

Naks si Kamats *tingala*

;)

[Lush]

LadyMarmalade: Grabe naman yung experience mo sa Stone Grill! And I thought it was only the service that was bad. We ordered pasta and chicken fingers, so we never really got to experience the food being grilled on the stone. I didn't go to the CR, so I wouldn't know about the creatures lurking in the shadows (pero tanong mo si MsEerie... hehehe).
Wala nang Carl's Jr. diba? Pero balita ko magbubukas ulit.

MsEerie: Maybe we should complain through e-mail! (stonegrillphils@hotmail.com) ;)

Actually I have more asar experiences with Stone Grill from that same night. I ordered the linguini with roast garlic and parmesan cheese sauce, and they asked me if I wanted that with chicken or shrimp. I specifically said shrimp to the male waiter who we ordered from. MsEerie ordered Arrabiatta. Later, when a male waiter served our food to us, he called MsEerie pasta a different name. Pinky (our official waitress kuno) jumped in, and said "Ay hinde, hinde. Arrabiatta talaga yan." When I looked at my food, I noticed that what was on the linguini was chicken, so I informed her that I had ordered linguini with shrimp. She insisted that the waiter had said I ordered it with chicken, and I said, "No, I specifically said shrimp. I would like to have my linguini with shrimp, please." She replied, "Ito na lang ho. Hindi na ho kasi pwede paltan kasi naluto na eh." Sino bang hindi maiinis dun?! We're paying customers, GEDDEMMEET! >;:\

So I exclaimed, "It's the waiter's mistake NOT mine, I ordered it with SHRIMP! I do NOT want to have to eat chicken and settle for something I didn't ask for!" (Oo, in English pa talaga! :D) So, Pinky took back the linguini. It came back five minutes later, with shrimp on it. It was only when I had eaten a few forkfuls and was poking around at the noodles while talking to my friends that I noticed that there were bits of chicken there. :o What if I were allergic to chicken, huh?!

*grumble*

[This message has been edited by Lush (edited 11-23-1999).]

[This message has been edited by Lush (edited 11-23-1999).]

[Kamatayan]

Lush: A word of advice... If you're going to argue with the waiter make sure you're not going to eat the food he serves afterwards... You have no idea what things they put in the food of *****y customers...

[MsEerie]

Lush: tinatamad ako mag email eh. hehehehe
Hmmm tama si kamatayan. Baka kung ano pa nilagay sa linguini at iced tea natin

[kmunster]

i heard this story about this girl who complained about her food (i don't remember the name of the resto sorry) to the waiter. she was so *****y about it, the waiter got really pissed off. in retribution for the *****y attitude, the waiter went back to the kitchen and jacked off on the fruit salad that the girl ordered. so ppl, correct yung advice ng mga ppl here...don't eat the food they serve u after u've *****ed a lot...u never know *** ur gonna get

[Yoshi]

Oh sh**! Buti na lang hindi na ako kumakain sa SR Thai! Horror stories talaga!

My friend told me an experience sa Sbarro. While they were eating, a big rat decided to take a walk around the place. Needless to say, they evacuated the place at once.

[Ira]

They did this interview with waiters in one of ABS-CBN's Assignment (Teddy Locsin). Similar topic: Paano kayo gumaganti sa mga taong bastos sa inyo sa restaurant? Some of the answers: Iniihian ang beer, dinuduraan ang pansit, nilalagyan ng dumi, etc. I was practically gagging the whole time: Buti na lang mabait ako sa waiter palagi, hehe.

Moral of the story: These people are working at measly jobs for a few pesos an hour, serving food that they most probably can't afford to eat themselves. Don't be rude to them. You're only adding fuel to fire and giving them enough resentment para gumanti sa iyo.

[This message has been edited by Ira (edited 11-24-1999).]

[orano]

i believe ira's right - mahirap talaga ang work ng mga waiters and waitresses only to be paid so measly. siyempre, asar din naman sila sa mga customers na medyo low na nga ang job nila eh lalo pang pinabababa... i guess pag maganda naman ang approach sa kanila ng customers, they would respond with the same tact and respect din!

[Zen]

Les wth?? Herc's ba? Ira, Kuki and I ate there before.

[Yoshi]

Ira: Sheesh! Parati ko pa naman inaaway ang waiter! Just for dinner I scolded a waiter. So that's why the food tasted a bit funny... :)

[Zen]

LOL Yoshi.

Something like that also happened to my dad's friend when they were at Tia Maria's in Katipunan. Tia Maria's still had the dark ambiance going for them. One night, my dad's friend was kidding around with the waiter, who eventually got pissed because the friend kept picking on him. Their food came, nothing fishy.. yet. When the friend was finishing his coffee, he saw that he had been drinking with a cockroach at the bottom of the cup. :P

[Mavi]

I say this tv show a while back that interviewed waiters who got back at rude customers. One was even from a 5 star hotel restaurant! Generally, they're nice, but when hotshot actresses ***** at them, they get back with disgusting meanness! He admitted to have mixed the juice of this supposedly big name actress with his thingy.

So diners beware! Be a little tactful about your complaints.

But here's another one about Shakey's: I found hair in my pizza and pointed it out to the waiter. He was nice enough about it and returned the pizza to their counter. Akala ko they were going to replace it but to my utter disgust, the other girl just picked out the hair! I told them to just cancel the order.

[MO]

have any of u ppl eaten at hec's? in ortigas
the fod sucks
thta's all i can say!

[MO]

have any of u ppl eaten at hec's? in ortigas
the fod sucks
that's all i can say!

[clawed_out]

almost all stores in p.noval,,,, except sr thai..<;---fave namin dun masarap! then the rest ...hmmm try nyo!

mcdonald's ust (gov. forbes) andumi!

[LadyMarmalade]

Lush: oh yeah, grabe talaga noh? ako pa, im not really that choosy with which restaurants to go to, pero definitely, i won't be going back to stone grill na talaga.

as for carl's jr, they better not open anymore, with everyone's experiences exposed here, i don't think i would want to go back there either = )

hey so MsEerie, are u really planning to write Stone Grill to complain? i think that would be a good idea ...

[LadyMarmalade]

MO: are u talking about herc's in greenhills? i think the place serves the best lasagna!!! pizzas aren't so bad either = ) what did u eat that made u think that the food there majorly sucks anyways?

Zen: so what do u think about herc's, since u say u've been there before?

[MO]

pasta is good
pizza, puede na rin
but that's about it, the rest sucks
its herc's
sorry for the typo

[Jacob]

My contribution is Inka Cafe in QC.

Sobrang bagal ng service. Halos isang oras ako naghintay. Di ko pa trip ang mga librong naandoon.
So tiniis ko na lang ang tagal but when my food came, merong uod ang rice ko!
Probably that's what they meant by organic food.

When I passed by there, sarado na yata sila.

[LadyMarmalade]

MO: oh...too bad u think the place sucks
my friend is close to the owner, i'll tell him someone thinks that herc's sux. in that way, he could go tell the owner about it.
don't have to apologize for the typo...we all make mistakes anyways = )

[MO]

no problem LadyMarmalade
yeah, that would be nice. sayang naman yung place. i go for totality kasi especialy if its a new place.
:)

[Zen]

The lasagna was OK, but the food wasn't really special. You can order the same food elsewhere. The service wasn't the best either. Refills for a drink would take eternity, and the food took forever too. Yung mga scenarios na "kinakatay pa lang yata yung baka" etc. Though I think it is a big plus for them that they're beside Starbucks. ;)

[Ira]

I ate at Herc's once, and because of the publicity I was expecting it to be at least at par with Don Henrico's (which isn't exactly my favorite resto, btw). I ordered salad, pasta and something else (I forgot what) ...the food was spectacularly bland and unoriginal, the pasta was soggy and swimming in sauce. All in all, bad food, bad service, and not worth half of what I paid for.

[MsEerie]

I like the lasagna at Herc's. Yung iced tea nila ok lang naman. yung pizza so-so.

[LadyMarmalade]

MsEerie: glad we agree = )

Mo, Zen and Ira: oh my now i really have to tell my friend about this. actually i already did and of course he got really alarmed about it...
so in order to improve the place, the food, and the service, and everything else, u guys have any more suggestions?

[buttercup]

marche in pearl plaza, ortigas. my best friend ordered a crepe and when she tasted it, she told our other friend (late kase ako dumating eh) na it tasted like cockroach! so she tasted the other side of the crepe and when she looked at the garnish, there was a baby cockroach on top of the tomato!!! and when she asked for the manager, the waiters told them that the manager wasn't there and that sila- sila lang daw dun.
ewww talaga!

[Zen]

Yikes talaga sa Marche? Ira and I eat there pa naman! LOL

[MsEerie]

Buttercup: Really? How gross!!!!!! I'll never eat in Marche again. Good thing I didn't like their food.

Sayang yung SR Thai. I really like the food there pa naman

[Ira]

No wonder your mango crepe was crunchy, Zen.

[Lush]

Does that mean that if a waiter screws up and you point out that mistake, you're dead? Kasi, who knows how they'll interpret your complaint? (Especially if they've had a bad day!)

After we complained at Stone Grill, we didn't order anything else or ask for any modifications in our food since we kept in mind that they might do something to it.

[Ira]

No, you're right to complain, but always do it with a smile and a soft voice.

[Lush]

MsEerie, di ako nagpa-refill sa iced tea. Chaka dala naman nila yung mga pitchel e, kaya medyo safe.

Ano nga ba magagawa ko kung hindi yung inorder ko yung dinala sa akin, at pilit na pinapakain sa akin yon, imbes na yung tunay na inorder ko? Buhay customer nga naman oo...

[Zen]

Yuck Ira, LOL.

[ross]

kadiri naman kayo eh... after a few replies i stopped reading na kse i eat in those places eh. what you don't know can't hurt you so stop na this thread! ewwww!!!

[moimoi]

dunkin donuts sa dapitan, i saw daga n ipis

dun naman sa labas na dunkin, yung buong block na yun, may kodak(hindi kainan), shakey's, n greenwich, kadiri dun. kung dumaan ka dun, ayaw mo na sigurong pumasok sa mga fastfoods na yun, ang baho, amoy kanal tapos makikita mo talaga yung mga black na putik ata yun, basta ang baho lalo na dun sa kanto ng kodak.

[LadyMarmalade]

ross stop reading messages on this thread nalang...go to "chinese food" ... gutom ka na for sure after reading the replies there hehe...that is, unless u hate chinese food

i think if u see something un-OK with the food or service in a restaurant, u tell someone from the place kase if not, they won't know that something's wrong with them and they might continue with the bad service and food
complain ka pero with a smile nga and a soft voice as what Ira said...wouldn't hurt to do so naman eh

[Zen]

Reviving the topic. ;)

[nowl]

California Pizza Kitchen- terrible food... almost made me throw up

Stone Grill- i just don't see the novelty of cookin in a table... i dont like smellin like food after dinner!... and the service was grrrrr!

[Jacob]

Another resto I wouldn't eat again simply because harang talaga. The food doesn't warrant the price they charge - TONY ROMA's.

[nailbiter]

di actually resto pero sinubukan ko kahapon sa west lake dimsum bar sa food choices glorietta4. should have ordered dimsum but i was really hungry so i tried the fried rice. nang makaupo na ko, pansin ko amoy basang diyaryo. may amag pala yung box. sama ng loob ko, 65php din yon. my boyfriend had the wanton noodles and he said it was like eating rubber bands. he gave me some and i may have been just really paranoid, pero kita ko kasi parang may grains don sa noodles at napag-isip tuloy ako na baka may amag din. di na tuloy kami nakakain. decided not to complain kasi mag-isa lang yung girl don at mukhang harassed na rin siya sa orders, pagluluto, etc. kaso bad trip pa rin talaga.

[JaCziE]

EY! FOLLOW UP DUN SA LE CHING COMMENT!

I ate there, ordered the Spareribs with Tausi..

buti nalang naisip ko hindi ko sya mauubos, so i transfered some to my plate to avoid messing up the food (para may makakain pa)

pag lagay ko sa plate ko.. *poof* magic, may big tausi sa gitna ng plate ko.

Sabi ko.. WHAA?!? BAKIT MAY LEGS?!

GIGANTIC FLY PALA! waaaaahhhhhh!

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[phyrexianscuta]

buti na lang hindi pa ako nakaka-kain sa mga resto na may mga insectizoids!!!!
:crazytongue:

[twentysix]

Cafe Caribana in Nakpil.

[red_door8]

I'll never eat again at Pancake House especially the Vito Cruz branch!!! :grrr: Their service just really sucks!!!!

[kindPapa]

kumain ako sa Longrain sa PowerPlant and ordered their special friedrice. i must admit na kasalanan ko na rin kasi for unintentionally visualizing North Park's special fried rice. pero pagdating, kanin, fried egg at dalawang maiiksing kebab! duh? for a 200 peso meal, sana nag gyros na lang ako. 80 pesos lang sarap pa! :grrr:

[kindPapa]

I'm a Big Breakfast Fan. And its almost exactly the same from branch to branch - which is how I like it. Pero sa Shaw Branch, yung Big Breakfast na inorder ko pag bukas ko super greasy. Ok lang sana. But while eating it, i discovered na every poke or slice of egg or sausage generated a spurt of lard which quickly made the food literally 'swim' in grease.
:grrr:

[Spook]

Di ako masyadong kumakain sa restaurants. Hanggang fastfood lang. Pero iwasan niyo iyung Sunduan sa pque. Twice na kaming na bigyan ng sirang ulam. The same with Inihaw Express sa sm south, sira yung tilapia sa combo meal na order ko. magbabaon na lang ako.

[pinkmoon]

Word of advice: if you're going to give the servers a piece of your mind(which you have every right to do if you've obviously been wronged), instead of sending the dish back and demanding a replacement, just get up and leave. You never know what irate servers will do/put into your food!

[KingTriton]

Sa CRAVINGS hindi na ako kakain..... ang bland bland ng taste ng pagkain nila tapos ang mahal mahal pa tapos ang konti pa ... at nung kumain pa kami doon meron kaming coupon na may free drink tapos nung pinakita namin ginagawa na ... pero after ilang minutes lumapit iyung waiter at sabi di daw kami bibigyan ng free drink dahil hindi daw whole page iyung coupon (galing kasi email iyung coupon at pinrint ng sister ko).. kailangan daw buong buo iyung email... eh wala naman sila sinabi na kailangan buo iyung email... nung pabayad na kami nahalata siguro nila na parang naasar sis ko kaya sabi nila bibigay na lang nila.... sabi ng sis ko huwag na .... sana nung habang kumakain na lang kami kumakain binigay iyung drink ... CRAVINGS SUCKS

[hanzo]

Turn off talaga ako sa Shakeys ....... You know why ?(I guess most of their branches) some of the dishes are good but the softdrinks there almost tasted like water na..... hay naku talaga obvious na nag-cocost cutting sila .. . . . . . would you agree heheheheheh.:o

[sexysushi]

It was a saturday night and we were walking to Louies THX and I looked at the window of Mongolian Grill (it was closed na and very dark inside) and there were 2 BIG :mickey:s playing around sa seats and sa tables. EWWW!

I also vow to not go back to Packo's Grill. I've been hearing the food is great daw there so one time after work, I was really really hungry and we ate there. I got the OYSTERS and it wa just so dissapoointing. the description on the menu made it seem super sarap and then when it got there. . . haaay! para akong mamamatay sa gutom :disgust:

[Lolita]

I wish makakain din ako ng cockroach in a famous resto so I can sue them for P4 Million.

Grabe! Instant money. OK lang. I doubt it naman if I would die from it.

[lasallite]

Ako po naman....

We usually eat at Country Waffles in Makati and the service was good. In fact, the service AND food was SOOOO GOOD that I recommended the place to my brother. So, we went to Country Waffles in Anapolis and the food was good!

BUT what ruined the whole lunch was this glass of water that was full of suds or sebo or whatever AND IT WAS NOT FIT for drinking.

We were in such a good mood that day that we didn't want one tiny detail spoil our lunch. We told the waiter about this but WE DIDN'T ALLOW HIM TO TAKE THE GLASS. IT WAS ON THE TABLE THE WHOLE TIME WE WERE EATING.

(TIP: IF THESE THINGS HAPPEN TO YOU, DON'T LET THE RESTAURANT PERSONNEL TAKE IT. THEY WILL THROW IT AWAY IMMEDIATELY SO THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE EVIDENCE TO BACK UP YOUR COMPLAINT!! HOLD ON TO YOUR PROOF)

As we were about to pay, we confronted the co-manager of the place (who was circling our table like a vulture waiting for the kill...he also looked at us funny from the time we set foot in the resto) AND HE JUST SAID SORRY. WE WERE IN A GOOD MOOD SO WHAT WE DID WAS JUST PAY UP AND THINK THAT AT LEAST WE GOT THEIR ATTENTION.

AKALA NAMIN TAPOS NA!!!??!! HINDI PAAAHH!!!!

As we went out, this guy was WRITING DOWN OUR LICENSE PLATES!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE GOT FUMING MAD AND MADE A SCENE AT COUNTRY WAFFLES!!! BAKIT NYA SINUSULAT ANG PLAKA NAMIN??? MAYBE WE WERENT CHINESE-LOOKING ENOUGH (sorry chinese guys, but it seemed the guy favored rich looking, mestizos and Chinese. We surmised that much by the level of service he was giving to people at the other table... tsk tsk) OR MAYBE WE WEREN't RICH-LOOKING ENOUGH!!!! ???

WE MADE A SCENE IN THE RESTO AND SWORE NEVER TO EAT IN THAT PLACE AGAIN!!!! NANGANGATWIRAN PA YUNG LOKO NUNG KINAKAUSAP NAMIN!!!! :fight: TOO BAD COUNTRY WAFFLES, YOU LOST YOUR LOYAL CUSTOMERS!!!!!!! DISAPPOINTING!!!!! :mad:

Whew......Yun lang po.

YOU KNOW WHAT??!!! SOMEONE SHOULD SEND THIS THREAD TO THAT COLUMNIST IN THE INQUIRER SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A FORMAL VENUE FOR THIS. BAD SERVICE IN ESTABLISHMENTS LIKE THIS SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED.


Ayan...ok na po ako....now back to regular programming.

[KingTriton]

Originally posted by lasallite
Ako po naman....

We usually eat at Country Waffles in Makati and the service was good. In fact, the service AND food was SOOOO GOOD that I recommended the place to my brother. So, we went to Country Waffles in Anapolis and the food was good!

BUT what ruined the whole lunch was this glass of water that was full of suds or sebo or whatever AND IT WAS NOT FIT for drinking.

We were in such a good mood that day that we didn't want one tiny detail spoil our lunch. We told the waiter about this but WE DIDN'T ALLOW HIM TO TAKE THE GLASS. IT WAS ON THE TABLE THE WHOLE TIME WE WERE EATING.

(TIP: IF THESE THINGS HAPPEN TO YOU, DON'T LET THE RESTAURANT PERSONNEL TAKE IT. THEY WILL THROW IT AWAY IMMEDIATELY SO THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE EVIDENCE TO BACK UP YOUR COMPLAINT!! HOLD ON TO YOUR PROOF)

As we were about to pay, we confronted the co-manager of the place (who was circling our table like a vulture waiting for the kill...he also looked at us funny from the time we set foot in the resto) AND HE JUST SAID SORRY. WE WERE IN A GOOD MOOD SO WHAT WE DID WAS JUST PAY UP AND THINK THAT AT LEAST WE GOT THEIR ATTENTION.

AKALA NAMIN TAPOS NA!!!??!! HINDI PAAAHH!!!!

As we went out, this guy was WRITING DOWN OUR LICENSE PLATES!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE GOT FUMING MAD AND MADE A SCENE AT COUNTRY WAFFLES!!! BAKIT NYA SINUSULAT ANG PLAKA NAMIN??? MAYBE WE WERENT CHINESE-LOOKING ENOUGH (sorry chinese guys, but it seemed the guy favored rich looking, mestizos and Chinese. We surmised that much by the level of service he was giving to people at the other table... tsk tsk) OR MAYBE WE WEREN't RICH-LOOKING ENOUGH!!!! ???

WE MADE A SCENE IN THE RESTO AND SWORE NEVER TO EAT IN THAT PLACE AGAIN!!!! NANGANGATWIRAN PA YUNG LOKO NUNG KINAKAUSAP NAMIN!!!! :fight: TOO BAD COUNTRY WAFFLES, YOU LOST YOUR LOYAL CUSTOMERS!!!!!!! DISAPPOINTING!!!!! :mad:

Whew......Yun lang po.

YOU KNOW WHAT??!!! SOMEONE SHOULD SEND THIS THREAD TO THAT COLUMNIST IN THE INQUIRER SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A FORMAL VENUE FOR THIS. BAD SERVICE IN ESTABLISHMENTS LIKE THIS SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED.


Ayan...ok na po ako....now back to regular programming.

Kawawa naman kayo lasallite, ang dami naman kasi na ganiyang tao, mapanliit ang tingin pag nakita na wala ka masyado.

Buti at nag post ka dahil balak namin kumain sa Country Waffles Annapolis. Send natin sa Inquirer kaya ito para naman matauhan iyang mga resto na dapat hindi na mag operate.

[lasallite]

oo nga tama, bespren. Dapat kasi sa susunod suot ko ang gintong kwintas at bracelet ko eh.....hehehehehehehe

Meron pa akong mga karansan na masama din....kaso sa casa naman ng cotse...tsk tsk

basta dont you guys everr buy mistubishi....poor after sales service....better stick to Toyota....grrrrrr

[Ira]

Originally posted by lasallite
Meron pa akong mga karansan na masama din....kaso sa casa naman ng cotse...tsk tsk

basta dont you guys everr buy mistubishi....poor after sales service....better stick to Toyota....grrrrrr

Guys, let's not get into this in the Food and Drinks forum, please.

[louie_oviedo]

Just ate at Don Henrico's (Tomas Morato) yesterday. Sa Malate na branch niya medyo pangit na yun service niya pero I forgave them because masarap ang food.

Kaso, eeeelk :silly: na lasa ng pagkain nila sa may Morato. Sobrang alat ng lasagña at yun Buffalo wings nila. Akala ko aatakihin na ako sa puso dahil sa sobrang vetsin.

Di pa gaano courteous yun mga waiters nila.

[chinese_voodoo]

ako never na kong kakain uli sa pancake house-greenhills. na-food poison ako and i was sick for more than two weeks...muntik ko pang ma-miss ang finals ko sa chemistry!

[ruftnik]

Racks and T.J. sa el pueblo. sa Racks ang bagal ng service. sa TJ, almost one hour n kami pro *** pa rin shot glasses na binigay.

[kUkS]

My boyfriend and I were about to dine at Max's megamall... to make the story short our orders came and we were starting to eat when suddenly my boyfriend stopped and somewhat looked around for somebody when I asked what was wrong, he was hesitant to show me what he found out in his plate. At first, I thought it was nothing kadiri, but when he turned his plate around to show me, I saw a worm sticking out from his cup of rice!!! Sobrang nakakadiri talaga to think na muntik na sya makain ng boyfriend ko! So we called the attention of the waiter, then came the manager who hurriedly took the plate and said that they would just replace it.
My bf, knowing his right, refused to just settle the issue with another " clean" plate so the manager offered to just make our meals for free... well, after a while we thought what the heck the rice we're eating came from the same place where that worm has been hiding!!!! I didn't want to make a scene in there so I pursuaded my bf to leave it be. The lesson I learned, we should have confronted the management about it, hindi naman pwede ganon na lang palagi diba? And besides, if we win the case we'd be rich & famous!!! :evil_lol:

[AngryBird]

Dencio's in The Fort. Service was terrible. We had to bark at every waiter we see just to get them to deliver our food. At one point, they forgot what we ordered!! That was certainly stupidity at its finest. :rolleyes:

[nada]

it has to be aresi in qc. went there on a sunday and we were surprised to find that the place was kinda full. the pasta was bad and the service was worse. it was hard to call the attention of the waiters who were stationed near the bar, chatting the night away. every step of the way, we had to follow up on our orders. at one point, the waiter even brought along the wrong dessert (we asked for a blueberry cheesecake and some other dessert came along instead). toward the end of the dinner, a waiter apologized to us saying that they all had their hands full with the other customers. he even had the audacity to ask us to fill up the comment/suggestion form. a friend who works at the nearby tv network then answered all the questions about food and service in the negative. in the final question that says, will u come back for another visit, she wrote NEVER. so it's all media hype then about aresi being good and all.

[kerb]

congo grill, el pueblo
pero kumain pa rin kami dun hanggang ngayon dahil matsalap taka malapit sa office hehe.

kumain kaming magbabarkada sangbeses.
yung kare kare sinsubo ng barkada ko ng biglang
me na feel syang matigas.. guess what.. isa syang pako!!!
kung in bad mood lang ako nun (ayaw ko ring ma spoil yung araw namin), ipaPAKO ko yung manager dun sa wall. (hmm.. no.. i dont really think i can do that hehe). anyway pinalitan naman sya ng bago. pero next time, ikakaso na namin yun.. malalaki rin palang pero yun. 4 Million pesos in damages? not bad.

[Le_Bread]

KFC harap ng ateneo. bagal ng mga cashiers, kaya ang hahaba ng pila, ang tagal maka-order.

[djcutie]

pancake house! great food.. super great bacon waffles.. they always have roaches lurking around at that place though!

[Le_Bread]

Originally posted by djcutie
pancake house! great food.. super great bacon waffles.. they always have roaches lurking around at that place though!

do u mean the greenhills branch? grabe nga doon. kailangan na talaga nilang umalis, or at least, i-renovate yung place nila.

[angelbabylove]

CHOWKING .... UGHHH!!! i'll never eat there ever again. The first incident happened 4 years ago. Nagorder kami ng bro ko, he got his favorite kangkong in bagoong ... when we got home sa house guess what we saw? something was moving ... may fat na worm with the bagoong. :grrr::grrr::grrr:

2nd encounter was this year... my dad bought breakfast sa chowking... i thought after several years magbabago na sila, when i opened the breakfast container guess what's with the fried rice? may baby bugs plus langaw!!! NEVER AGAIN!!!!

:flog::flog::flog:

[twinklestar]

sa toyko tokyo SM City

2 years ago na yun eh, but anyway, i ordered tuna sushi...i shouldn't have eaten it kasi it looks filmy, pero kinain ko na rin coz i thought sayang eh...POW! i had LBM for two weeks...i went to the hospital 3x...kainis, super bad trip!:mad:

[jinks]

WASABI in Makati Ave.

The food is not that great. Expensive pa and lousy pa ng service.

Could someone name a good japanese restaurant?

[depressed_gal]

@ MANGAN sa robinson's place mla?! :mad: ok na yung place super mahal ng food eh to think pinoy dish lang naman ang ang liit ng servings?! :grrr:

[melysah]

pancake house sa may torre lorenzo -taft! ang bagal2x nila?!?! :verymad:

[carlo22]

Bistro Amore, the restaurant in Seven Suites hotel in antipolo (owned by the Cravings group). It's awful!

The buffet is affordable, but they have the most horrible food I have ever eaten. For P275, you get pasta (that's dried out), 2 sauces (tomatoe or white, both bland), several toppings to choose from, one worse than the other. For P325, they throw in fondue with meat, seafood, fruits, etc (but they're all not fresh). You can get pizza but it tastes like leftover pizza (it most probably was, since they simply reheat per slice that you order). the dessert is tiramisu (frozen! it tasted like shaved ice -- and to think cravings is known for cakes). We felt terrible after the meal, it was complete waste of our money!

Stay away from the hotel altogether. It's more like a motel trying hard to be a cozy hotel (which it isn't). Awful awful awful!

Never ever go there (it's along the street where Grilla is in antipolo).:mad:

[SiOMs]

tapa king in front of dlsu... yuk!

my friend saw a deep fried bangaw (with a B! bangaw- big langaw, eww) sa food nya... :vomit:

nagreklamo ** kme, tapos lumapit yung manager sbi nya if ever she feels bad or sumthin twag daw sa kanya (sa bagay bigay ng business card) ***** kinabahan at baka ma-ospital yung frnd ko :sweatdrop2:

kahit gstong-gsto ko tapa king... deins nako babalik dun :disgust:

[orcom_dude]

I hate to say this but I didn't really like the food at Burgoo . The taste was plain and better pa ang taste in other restaurants. I felt like the money I paid wasn't worth the food I ate.

I'd recommend Fazoli's (I'm not sure about the spelling) though! It's this great restaurant in Libis. Great food at an affordable price! Great service as well! Every waiter/tress is greeting you! :D

[terry ilaes]

ANY :vomit: BUFFET IN CHINA TOWN in montreal.

[Turon]

French Baker along the bridgeway in Megamall! They made me wait for my food. I followed-up my order from the waiter twice and he just nodded at me....finally when he brought over my food, all my companions were finished eating....I was so pissed of that I just told him to wrap it and that I'd take it out. I even asked him nicely as in "Boss pwede ba ipa-take out na lang..." (I tried to be nice to him despite...coz of the posts I've been reading here, i tried to understand his situation). But I got all the more pissed when he told me "lagay mo muna diyan babalikan ko" Duh! What the? I lost my cool and told him "Ano? Tagal mo ako pinag-antay tapos antay nanaman ako ngayon?"

I stood up and just proceeded to the counter and had it wrapped there myself....he didn't even bother to apoligize! Wala lang sa kanya! I didn't want to talk to the manager anymore at this time....what for?

I swear, I'll never eat there again!

[spanish^guitar]

ang bagal ng service!

and di naman worth waiting yung pag-antay!

[seikojewel]

Aresi's at hindi naman pagkain ang tawag doon!
The food SUCKS!
TGiF sa panget na service kahit anong branch pa man!!!

[KuHRant^21]

One night I tried the caesar's salad w/ terriyaki at WASABI kasi I like caesar's salad and terriyaki so I thought hey, the best of both! tapos habang kinakain ko ansama ng lasa pala!!
what's worse is it's expensive pa.. nasira gabi ko dun..

Kitaro is a good Japanese restaurant.. very affordable pa.

[fatbig]

The Kitchen sa Megamall - when we were there, ang sama ng service, this happened i think last year pa.

20 minutes after a waiter had taken our orders, they tell us hindi daw available yung dalawang items na in-order namin! after 20 minutes!!

since we were so hungry, because that was around 1pm na, we replaced our orders. we waited again. :fume: after another 20 minutes wala pa rin yung food, we made follow up with the waiter and guess what? he started asking what our orders were and when he went to the counter, there was a commotion. apparently, the kitchen was not able to take our replacement orders!!! :furious:

we were really pissed off, we decided to cancel the orders altogether. :grrr: we asked for the bill for the drinks that we ordered and already served to us.

and guess again - we were made to wait for the bill!! :galit: and when we were already making a scene with one waiter :argue: :fight:, another waiter brought us something - and it was not the bill - it was the change of another customer for a paid bill!!

at this point, we decided to walk out!!! :ferocious:

[glenchuy]

i once ate with my wife, (before we were married) at Shakey's SM Centerpoint.

We were down to our last 4 slices (or was it three) when we noticed a garlic like substance on our pizza, (it was toasted), turns out the !@##!@$ thing was a cockroach on its back!

argghh, the horror.

we told a waiter about it. and guess what his reply was, "gusto nyo bang palitan pati ang ibang slice?" what the !@##$ did he mean by that. the entire pizza was obviously contaminated by the roach. ugghh. i didn't call the manager, and they should thank me for not suing them for damages, but i was sorry for the waiter, he looked like a part time student working for his allowance, so we just walked out of the diner and i promised myself NEVER to eat, take out, ask for delivery on ALL shakey's outlets again.

[mscrookshanks]

i'll never, ever go back to an italian resto in glorietta that serves the most stomach-twisting herbed chicken. just the thought makes me wanna vomit. after that incident, i felt like i don't want to eat for the next 24 years of my life.... YULK!

[Shugotenshi]

CHOWKING LA SALLE
Ewan ko ba, feeling ko ang dumi dumi ng lugar na yun. Yung coke ng friend ko, may ipis. Nung kumain ako ng congee, nagsusuka at LBM ako kinabukasan!!

I don't care kung bagong renovate na yung place. Hindi na ako kakain sa kahit anong Chowking!!

TAPA KING LA SALLE
Nung bumili ako ng softdrinks, yung yelo ng baso ko, lasang isda!! Siguro pinagsama nilang lahat sa isang cooler ang yelo at daing na bangus.

:vomit:

[Swiftsure]

Kenny Roger's in Park Square, Makati.

My brother had dinner there a couple of months back. He was the only one to have dessert -- he tried their chocolate mousse. A couple of hours after they ate he began to feel awful; his stomach started to hurt. His friends had to rush him to the house because the pain got so bad he had trouble standing. Needless to say, that damn mousse gave him food poisoning. My folks spent the rest of the night and early morning at a 24-hour emergency clinic near the house, watching over him. To our relief he was fine in a couple of days.

Thing was, any case against them would just die out because we couldn't prove anything -- it was our word against theirs and no hard evidence to back up our claim, and we knew that. My mom just ended up having a word with the managers, and we made sure to tell all our friends about this. (We forgot to tell the newspapers though.)

I'll never eat there again, and never should any of you! Spread the word!

[Swiftsure]

Kenny Roger's in Park Square, Makati.

My brother had dinner there a couple of months back. He was the only one to have dessert -- he tried their chocolate mousse. A couple of hours after they ate he began to feel awful; his stomach started to hurt. His friends had to rush him to the house because the pain got really bad. Needless to say, that damn mousse gave him food poisoning. My folks spent the rest of the night and early morning at a 24-hour emergency clinic near the house, watching over him. To our relief he was fine in a couple of days.

Thing was, any case against them would just die out because we couldn't prove anything -- it was our word against theirs, since we had no hard evidence to back up our claim. My mom just ended up having a word with the managers, and we made sure to tell all our friends about this. (We forgot to tell the newspapers though; do you think it's too late to do so?)

I'll never eat there again, and neither should any of you! Spread the word!

[aphasia]

H20 sa sm manila

lousy lousy lousy lousy service
rude condescending waiters asking *** skul wer from ( parang me kaugnayan sa pagkain)and mocking - pareh, hayskul!chortlechortle. ( oo nga pareh, kaya nga kami alang socks e. )

:mad: :mad: :mad:

tapos mali mali order, papagintayin ng 1 oras tapos mali mali, tapos ipapakain yung maling order imbis na mag-apologize for wasting our time and making our stomachs grumble waiting.
tapos mali mali yung order. mapupunta sa ibang tao yung order mo. they don't even know what they're serving.

a friend asked for ice, and she was mocked. pareh, ice daw o. and she wasn't given any.
and d food's not that good, kaya anong ipinagmamayabang nyo

spread d wrod.
LOUSY

[littletweety75]

Moomba. Bad service + bad food = bad resto

[kct]

Country Waflle Libis -- ate there with around 10 friends, waited for 30 minutes to get a table, though we could see that there were empty tables on the second floor where they have bands play at night. I suppose they did not want to fill up with the "band" location with diners, and kids (we were w/ our kids).

They seated us anyway, and we ordered plenty. We waited for an hour before the food came, and kulang kulang pa. We had 3 people with us who waited for another 30 minutes.

Worse, we ordered some dishes (steaks, etc.) that came with salad and soup, none came. Uggh...

Seattle's Megamall -- daga near the coffee bean stocks....infomed the managers, no concern...

Don Henrico's Shaw -- ipis...

Gloriamaris Greenhills -- ipis in buchi...

The Kitchen -- no taste, mahal pa, pa-sophisticated pa...

[maratsafin]

Pancake House Greenbelt[B/]

maasim ang Panchicken nila! buti nalang malakas ang sikmura ko. d na ko bumalik dun. :mad:


[B]Chowking G4 & BF President Ave.

super mega ultra bagal dumating ng orders! :mad:

[kaila]

Originally posted by Le_Bread
KFC harap ng ateneo. bagal ng mga cashiers, kaya ang hahaba ng pila, ang tagal maka-order.

yep, as in ang bagal ng mga cashiers considering na dapat prepared sila sa mga peak hrs... kung d lang KFC yon, d na talaga ako babalik dun... cant resist their chix... Ü

;) :) :p :cool: :flower: :flwrface: :heartgrl:

[Otsego_Undead]

Hen-Lin sa Katipunan. madumi, masikip, bulok na mga upan at mesa... may pumasok pang bata na nagpapalimos nung only time na kumain kami dun, then she kept holding my elbow until i gave her money. wala man lang ginawa yung crew! :mad:

[hodgepodge]

Eeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!

I used to eat pa naman in SR and SI. Yikes!

I heard Thai in a box is dirty too. Cockroach in the food story.:mad:

[kal-sky]

Gloria Maris, Timog

kulang sobra ang waiters/waitresses nila... they should know na madaming kumakain sa kanila, especially on Sundays! the one who was attending and serving (take note: as in serving, meaning sya ang nagdadala ng food samin) eh yung receptionist nila... thats not her job at all! at ewan ko ba, mukhang pinabayaan na talaga ng waiters/waitresses na sya na ang mag-serve sa amin... as in, nde ko na halos nakita anino nila!

pati yung pag-cut and arrange ng peking duck eh sa kanya na rin pina-ubaya... anobayun?!?!

they should get more waiters/waitresses.... heck! they've been in this biz for awhile na.. baket nde pa rin sila prepared sa dami ng customers nila???

mas natataranta pa yung 2 nilang receptionists kse sila na lang yung tinatawag dahil halos wala yung mga waiters/waitresses nila...

sayang! sarap pa naman ng food nila! asus!

i duno kung ganon lang sila kataranta nung araw na nagpunta kami or what??

and mukhang nde safe yung fountain and man-made stream nila don... baka mahulog yung mga bata.. dami kseng naglalarong mga bata don sa place na yon and medjo siksik kse tabi non eh mga tables and chairs pa rin for the customers...

[keiwai]

i also posted my comment about this establishment at this thead... *** restos w/ bad :down: service:

See post here (http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php3?s=&threadid=13043&pagenumber=3)

:galit:

/me wants to :bash: Mama Rosa (Eastwood)'s dining supervisor Mr. Juhl Flor and his very :rolleyes: competent :furious: team of waiters :yuck:

[icecreamcoke]

SHAKEY's CUBAO!!!

grabe! ang LOUSY LOUSY ng service nila! nung dumating kami sabi samin ng bf ko they'll get our orders pagka-serve nya dun sa kabilang table...nung natapos na sha dun sa kabilang table...di pa rin sha pumunta samin...then we decided na magtawag ng ibang waiter dahil gutom na gutom na kami

and then our orders came...kulang kulang pa! I ordered Mojos...napansin ko na yng sauce eh sobrang konti than usual...so I called a waiter (ang tagal bago may lumapit) then sinabi ko na kung pwedeng pakidagdag ng sauce dahil ang konte...this time wala pa yung order ng boyfriend ko na hero sandwich...

then ang tagal na talaga wala pa rin yng sandwich...finollow-up na ng boyfriend ko...wala pa rin yng mojos na pinadagdag ko lang ng sauce...

then dumating yng order ng boyfriend ko...after sometime may dumating na naman another sandwich...eh kumakain na sha...finollow-up namin yng mojos...

then another hero sandwich came...mali mali sila...dapat alam nila kng anong dumadating sa mesa ng mga customers eh! di yung nagkakagulo sila dun! then wala pa rin yng mojos...follow-up ulit kami!

hanggang sa natapos na ako kumain wala pa rin...we decided to get the bill....nung bill na...kasama yng mojos (i expected it) shmpre...sinabi namin na di naman bumalik yng mojo na pinadagdagan ng sauce so dapat i minus yon di ba

so binalik yng bill....sobrang tagal!! kelangan p namin i follow-up for three times then nung dumatng yng bill....mali pa rin!!!

henako!!! i decided na i-manual minus ko na lang myself then lumayas na kami!

walang kwentang restau...to add na ndi pa masarap yng chicken na kinain ko...parang karton! tapos yng hero sandwich na kinain ng boyfriend ko....walang kalaman-laman!! sus! ganda pa naman ng pwesto nila...walang kwenta talaga! di na ako babalik dun!

[Sally_Sheerz]

Any Cravings, anywhere.

[cook2ph]

BK in masangkay, :flog: i ate breakfast with my friend one sunday and there were only 2 counters open, the lines were so long and the crew were very very mabagal kumilos, believe it or not it took us 30 min to have our orders taken. Then after a while, another friend arrive , it also took him 30 min sa counter.

ICEBERG in wilson, :grrr: we were 4 and the waiter seated us sa table na sobrang liit, (table for 2 only), we requested to be transfered to a bigger table, it took us abt 20 -30 min. then it took them soooo long to take our orders, minutes after the orders arrive , we ask for water, we have to ask 3 waiters for the water and finally water arrive. Then it's time to pay, AGAIN , we have to ask lots of waiters for the bill, when it arrive , mali , hindi sa amin , it happened 2 times. The last bill came and it was our bill, the waiter didn't bother to put the bill inside a folder, he just handed the tape receipt to my friend. ang bastos talaga. we gave them exact payment up to the last cent sensing if we wait for the change baka pasko na , hindi pa dumating. Unknown to me and my boyfriend the waiter ask 50cents from our friend, eh kami ang nanlibre at that time , and i'm 100 percent sure i gave them the exact amount . nakakahiya tuloy sa kanila. me and my boyfriend went back at pinagsabihan sila. Ang waiters nila, pag tinatawag mo , kunyari hindi ka nakita. :furious: :verymad:

GLORIA MARIS in binondo, :chainsaw:ang bagal bagal bagal ng service.

TEQUILLA JOE in makati, :yuck: ang yayabang ng mga waiters, hindi namamansin, to think it's their job to serve! Sana hindi waiters na lang ang inapplyan. Statue na lang. :burndvl:

[mspiggy]

Stone Grill - too expensive, small portions, bad service

[fatbig]

i got the following e-mail this morning and would like to share it with everyone. i think the owner of Mangan is also the owner of Kitchen wherein i, personally, also had a bad experience. But that's another story. Read on.


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Juancho L. Jerusalem
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 9:01 AM
> Subject: worms for early dinner

Last Saturday, February 2, 2002 my wife and I decided to have early dinner in MANGAN, Glorietta Makati. The inihaw na ulo ng salmon is our personal favorite:) yummy isn't it. We had a chance to taste this delicacy in Mangan Robinson's Ermita branch. We only had burgers and fries for lunch that day, and though it was only around 4:15 pm, we decided to eat already since my wife's already hungry.

And so we ordered talong with binurong isda, binagoongan, plain rice and 2 drinks and of course the sumptuous ulo ng salmon. After waiting for almost half an hour (We were quite conscious of the time since we wanted to catch the 5pm mass in glorietta ground floor level) the dishes finally arrived. CHOW TIME!

After a few minutes, my wife noticed the talong with binurong isda filled with worms. I checked. CONFIRMED. WORMS indeed. I immediately waived at one of the waiters and just hushed at him to kindly replace the said dish. We were already halfway finished with the talong and only God knows how may worms we've munched. Hassle isn't it?! But still we were able to control our emotions and our APPETITE that we just continued eating. My wife was really hungry. My wife again checked the binagoongan since it was also egg plant based. AGAIN WORMS. WORMS,WORMS, WORMS.

This time I was really fuming mad and totally lost my appetite. But still was able to control my emotions. I signalled one of the waiters to call the store managers attention. No I didn't shout or do anything that would get the other customers attention (well, probably those seated near us but not majority of them), and just said to CHIE BASCO (the designated store supervisor that time) that "Bakit ganito?! Pwede ko kayong idemanda alam nyo ba yon?! Ever so respectful. Chie said sorry sir...Hindi na lang namin kayo icha-charge for the dishes na hindi nyo nagustuhan. I replied NO. HINDI KO BABAYARAN ANG KINAIN NAMIN DITO. She said "fine sir...We're really very sorry. There were really worms found in the eggplants and our kitchen supervisor didn't notice it."
Then we left!

After a few steps away from Mangan...I decided to come back. I thought that every Filipino who works so hard just to get good food served on their tables doesn't deserve this. I approached Chie and asked her to write down the names and contact numbers of the owners of Mangan so I can properly address my deep concern. She then told me that she can only give me the names but it was not allowed for her to give contact
information of the owners. Even their e-mail addresses? I replied. No sir we really can't, she told me. And then she asked, can I get your full name sir? What?! What for?! Was my reply (I just sort of returned the favor!). But she again asked. I said JUANCHO, then turned away. She followed me and continued asking but she never got the reply she's looking for.

So now I'm calling on Maritel Nievera et. al, the Incorporators of Mangan. Ladies and Gentlemen, distinguished owners of MANGAN restaurant, where paintings of Cory Aquino, Dolphy, Nora Aunor, etc. are hanged on the walls, what would you have done if this WORM-MUNCHING experience happened to you? What would have been your reactions?! I personally wanted to ask you this question just to clear things out but your CHIE BASCO did not give me a chance. Can you just enlighten me on this concern?

And now to all Filipino citizens to whom this e-mail may be sent I ask a simple question. Yes we sometimes drink tequila with a tiny little worm found at the bottom of the bottle but to eat binagoongan or talong with WORMS?! Sorry, but I'm sure I did not order those for early dinner. Please be a friend a send this to all you know. Let us, my wife and I, be the last Filipinos to ever experience this mishap. Thanks and good day!



worms!??! :vomit: :bigvomit:

[hugs]

Originally posted by moimoi
dun naman sa labas na dunkin, yung buong block na yun, may kodak(hindi kainan), shakey's, n greenwich, kadiri dun. kung dumaan ka dun, ayaw mo na sigurong pumasok sa mga fastfoods na yun, ang baho, amoy kanal tapos makikita mo talaga yung mga black na putik ata yun, basta ang baho lalo na dun sa kanto ng kodak.

agree!sa ust yan di ba...pero shempre kain parin kme kse nakakatamad lumayo e...:teehee:

not that i'll never eat at chili's in makati again, just want to share that i also had an experience where the burger i ordered had a long strand of hair in it...good thing hindi ko pa nakakain yung part ng burger na may buhok...pinatawag ko sa tatay ko *** waiter...lumapit yung manager and shempre sinuhulan kme ng free desert...hay nako, ako naman kumagat...hehe...first time ko lang kse that time kaya i'll give chili's another try sometime...

[jullienne]

their service...... really ... SUCKS!

[art727]

KAPAG gusto ninyong MAG-COMPLAIN especially sa inyong foods..ganito ang pagtawag...

"POGI!" sandali lang!, or BOSING!" Pls. lang! ,

then show things that you want to complain....and maybe,maybe,maybe....they will listen to you...most of the time they won't....it is better to eat Buffett..cuz what you see is what you get...safe ika nga...kaya lang baka hindi pogi at tinawag mong ganon yari ka din...ang maganda na lang ay "BOSS!"sabay taas ng kamay mo!"...at tiyak hapi-hapi na sila...

[jack]

illkeep that in mind

[mintymalone]

Buddies... I didn't like the food.

[whyte]

Once I grabbed a bite at JOLLIBEE-UE Recto together with my friend. We ordered Spaghetti and burgers. 'Twas around 9am and there isn't that much people around considering it was a Sunday.
When I had our my bite on my burger, I didn't "tasted" the patty. So I took another bite. Still no patty. Then i opened my Burger.
WALANG PATTY.
My friend opened his burger and there was also no patty. Then we complained.
We had our burgers replaced......
and what the heck!!!!!
THEY REPLACED IT WITH BURGERS WITH NO PATTIES!!!!!!!!
and the rest was history.......

[etoile69]

Gerry's Grill in Libis. Super lousy service and even their utensils had gunk.

Jollibee. Bad service also. If they forget to punch in your order they insist you never ordered it in the first place. This has happened to me in 5 different Jollibee branches.

[bogarts]

pizza hut in UM- extremely poor service! sobrang bagal ng service. one time kumainkami dun, and were the only customers there kasi wala naman talaga masyado kumakain dun e. (most of the students in the area knows how terrible the service in this resto!) pero pinagtyagaan namin coz, libre ng friend namin. and we were having chatting for some time and mejo dumadating na yung mga tao dun. to our surprise, 1 hr na pala wala pa yung order namin! and the customers na kakadating lang sa likod namin, nakuha na nila yung order nila!!! another experience was my friend had a cockroach leg sa iced tea nya! the problem was, nakita na lang nya to nung konti na lang natitira sa iced tea nya. :lol: who knows, the leg came there with a body! :yuck:

chowking - panis yung mga sahog nila sa halo-halo. tapos dami na sa la salle branch naka-experience ng big fat worm sa mga food nila. since this case exploded sa university paper, konti na lang kumakain sa chowking. i think they just had their place renovated. (to hide something?!?)

[indigo24]

hindi nga masarap sa Buddies

[eponine0907]

goodah, any branch. yung tapsilog nila, parang hindi beef tapa kundi tapang kalabaw na matanda! saka sobrang greasy, feeling ko magkaka-stroke ako eh! :mad: i could forgive the others on this list but not goodah. never goodah, never, ever.

triple-v express sm megamall, sa bridgeway. parang ang dumi ng dining area nila, tapos ang bagal pa ng service.

chowking j.p. laurel (nagtahan). kulang sa luto ang chicken nila. as in, feeling ko kumakain ako ng medium rare na fried chicken.

cindy's c.m. recto, pero closed na yun. ang daming langaw.

mcdonald's avenida cor. c.m. recto. 2 lang ang cashiers, mabagal ang service, ang dumi pa ng place. parang bathroom na hindi nama-mop yung dating ng dining area

pizza hut la salle. ang baaaaagggggaaaaallllll ng service.

barrio fiesta greenhills-EDSA. we had a family get together there, tapos buffet yung food, with kare-kare, chicken ala pobre, lengua and fish fillet. yung chicken, sobrang tough. the next day, my mom, my sister, one of our cousins, one of our family friends, and i had LBM. the only thing i liked there was the buko-pandan desert.

little quiapo bf homes-elizalde. mabagal ang service. may langaw. pangit na ang lasa ng food.

restaurants of the manila hotel. sobrang mahal ng food, pero konti ang servings, at halos walang lasa. ambiance lang ang binabayaran.

rustans yumyum tree cafe at the shangri-la mall. ang tagal ng service, maliit ang servings, wala pang lasa. at mahal pa.


:blossom:

[keiwai]

YAKU @ the Podium

waiters have absolutely NO training whatsoever (saying they have POOR training is putting it mildly). nung sunday, my mom & i noticed that there really were no seats available yet, so we asked the 2 waiters politely (we went inside pa, wala man lang receptionist sa labas or sa entrance) if there was any vacant table (for 2) available (or heck, any vacant seat).

ang sagot ba naman: 'puno lahat eh, reserved yan isa.' sabay talikod. aba bastos!

HELLO?!?! :P

hindi man lang sinabi, we'll try to check if there's any available seat, or WE'RE SORRY there are no available seats yet, would you like to wait? here's the menu... or WHATEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ni ha ni ho wala?!?! at least man lang may sorry noh!

kanino ba yang yaku na yan? is that the same yaku as the one near pearl drive, diba sa trillos yan?

food establishments should prioritize good customer service , aside from the consistency and quality of the food they serve.

YAKU waiters (and management too!), take a hint from Gaita Fores' Cibo. their waiters have impeccable manners. well trained, well groomed.

[sixflat]

Kenny Rogers. Tokyo-Tokyo ('alang kakwenta-kwenta!!!)

[congster]

barrio fiesta in glendale, california.

there are only a handful of filipino restos i get my food from here in cali and barrio fiesta used to be one of them. and then i learned that the place used to be a mortuary, you get the gist.

:vomit:

[AnGeLJoLi]

Bargo in Libis - bad service

[ping_eye2]

Originally posted by sixflat
Kenny Rogers. Tokyo-Tokyo ('alang kakwenta-kwenta!!!)

agree ako sa iyo!!!!
yang tokyo tokyo na yan! pa cute lang walang kwenta pagkain, libre pa kuno ang refill ng rice ang sama naman ng kanin!!!:mad:

[angel_toes]

Originally posted by eponine0907
restaurants of the manila hotel. sobrang mahal ng food, pero konti ang servings, at halos walang lasa. ambiance lang ang binabayaran.
:blossom:

When did you last eat at Manila Hotel? Check out their buffets now. The Chinese food is really awesome. I heard they got this Hongkong chef with a salary of PhP200,000 a month. Try their chili crabs and sweet and sour lapu-lapu (the ones at lunch and dinner buffet). And their banquet meals have improved a lot too..The weddings I attended had very big portions and the guests were filled to the brim, and it was good too.

[junben_c]

never akong kakain ulit sa MANGAN. kahit libre pa.

[bwisit]

Huwag kayong kakain sa Dencio's Morato near ABS. I ordered Pork Sinigang, ang baho ng pork nila, masuka-suka ako. Tuloy wala na akong ganang kumain. Pinapalitan ko, kaya lang ang tagal ng service. di pa masarap. Pinagbayad pa ako. Ok lang pinagalitan ko naman sila.

[1126]

via mare in atc

[leonram]

hap chan

[hope71]

We tried eating there last Sunday night but the wait staff was really masungit and seemed like they didn't want our business.
We were standing around for something like 5 minutes and no one was minding us ..... so we just left... and ended up eating in Rockwell.

[Dollparts]

Nappa Bistro in Eastwood City

The place may have a nice ambience and all but the service is lousy!

I was having a hard time choosing from the menu but I finally decided to order their chicken ravioli. Me & my relatives ordered at the same time. Their food arrived 30 minutes later, mine was still nowhere in sight. I waited and waited, kept on following up my order, still my order didn't arrive. Another 30 minutes had passed and a waiter approached me, he said that the CHICKEN RAVIOLI WASN'T AVAILABLE IN THE MENU AT THE MOMENT!
Sheeeeeessshh! We called for the manager immediately and they said that he wasn't around! Are they for real??!
So this assistant of some sort asked if I wanted another item on the menu. Hello? I was starving to death and I have have to wait another 30 minutes? No way!!!

My mom & I quickly made an exit and went to West Lake to have a nice bowl of Wanton Noodle Soup.

[josecuervo888]

I remember having lunch in Le Ching, a chinese restaurant in Greenhills fronting McDonald's one time. I ordered a Beef Brisket & Coke. When I about to finish the whole serving, I found a dead fly in my bowl! All the while I thought it was just a peppercorn or something. It was so disgusting, i wanted to ****! :disgust: of course i never went back to that resto again.:nope: hehe

[JENSIE_G]

HUE Vietnamese Resto in GB3 sucks big time.

wag papadala sa hype at presentation ng restaurant.

:down:

[Mithos]

Tapas in Greenbelt, small servings and price goes over the frigging roof!

[JENSIE_G]

Mithos: honga eh. kainis yung mga ganun... fine dining kuno pero poorly done ang menu. :ayaw:

maraming ganyan sa GB3. kelangan maingat tayo sa pagpili ng kainan. :no:

[clawed_out]

yung kainan sa eastwood? yung sa seafoods ang theme ng restaurant nila.

i'll give them a 10! amoy patis yung table. yung seafoods eh hindi fresh & hindi masarap ang pagkakaluto. mas masarap pa ang gerry's.

[pinkylee]

I've never eaten at Le Ching, but I know of two people who developed hepatitis from eating there. One time I took an early morning walk in Greenhills (6 am)--- and the Le Ching delivery van was unloading stacks of dimsum---literally blanketed with FLIES!--I wouldn't eat thereeven for free!

[JENSIE_G]

pinkylee: gross!!!! :yuck:

[zalvaje]

blanketed with flies? haha cool...

anyway.. dami pa den kumakain sa le ching considering na parang luma na yung place nila.. especially now that greenhills shopping center is starting to evolve...

yung isang branch nila sa qc corner banawe n del monte.. nice na place nila dun clean and new-looking..

haven't encountered similar experience that you guys did with le ching.. for me ok naman food nila .. pero yung blanketed with flies hahaha that's another story...

[russel33]

Pepato in Greenbelt. The price doesnt complement the taste...

[_patricia97_]

soul food in greenbelt 3. small servings, expensive, and it took them more than 45 mins ata to serve the food! and to think it was a lunch on a slow day (holiday yata and there were several empty tables pa that time. tapos hindi naman masarap.

[bogli]

shanghai bistro sa eastwud. food was terrible, very bland,came in cold . plus lousy service, sobra slow,ayun we cancelled.

bsta,im not coming near that resto again.

[BingoWingo]

country waffles in timog..we ate there one time...lousy service..ang mahal pa ng price!

[talipandas9]

Oody's - Greenbelt 3. For a restaurant that serves noodles primarily, the broth must be hot or warm enough. When my friends and I went there, the broth of the noodles they serves were way too cold to be appreciated. The broth was already greasy! Yet, they had the gall to charge so much beyond what they gave in return.

Segafredo Zenetti - Greenbelt 3. I tried out their pizza the last time. Same thing as in Oody's - the pizza was already cold when it reached my table. Considering also that there were only a few customers at that time (3:00 pm on a weekday), the service was way tooooo slow. As in it took the waitress about 30 minutes to get our order, another 30 minutes to bring in the order (how long does it take to create and bake a pizza), and another 20 excruciating minutes to deliver the bill. I was sorely disappointed because I read good reviews about Segafredo.

[avonlea]

year 2000.... kumain kami sa resto na kaharap ng National Bookstore sa Subic... mala-American diner ang dating niya... pero ang food, terible!... spaghetti nila lasang bopiz... tsaka yung iba pa naming in-order, napilitan lang naming kainin kasi mahal... pero ang sama talaga ng food...

[junben_c]

syempre ang one and only Mangan restaurant. di masarap ang food lalo na yung sisig na malamig. di na ko babalik dun.

[Spartan]

Every dang Chinese resteraunt adjacent to Michigan State University. Not one of them can make a decent eggdrop soup. Some are so thing it's like chicken broth. Some have peas and corn in it! Also, I'm having a hard time finding MuShu Pork and those thick eggrolls (they all serve spring rolls.) I've resigned myself to the other local shops around here. To end on a more postive note, at least the Chinese resteraunts can make decent white rice... something the dorm cafeterias are unable to do.

[Artemis]

Segafredo has good coffee concoctions but not their food! :D

I never like country waffles. I even heard that now that they have gone bankrupt, some of the branches that are still open just buy the ingredients only after you have ordered. sounds weird but nakakaawa din at the same time.

[illumina]

Macau Restaurant...well, the food was not bad, but the service was incredibly lousy. It took forever for the food to come, and they sent us food we never ordered...what we had ordered didn't come at first. :rolleyes: But the waiter looked like Jericho Rosales. :lol:

Tapas...erm, tapas are supposed to be small servings. :p

Country Waffles...so damn expensive, and the food's not great. I'd prefer Pancake House any day. Moral lesson: When you put up a restaurant, the sure way to make a profit is to serve at least DECENT food. I'm sure people wouldn't mind paying as much as that, if only the food was actually nice.

[russel33]

CLOUD 9 - sumulong hiway antipolo, overlooking... ANG GANIT NG STEAK..

[zalvaje]

illumina: i agree tried macau restaurant once, grabe parang invisible ka.. tatawagin mo waiter papaantayin ka tapos d na babalik ..

[olechflakez]

1.same with maxims- sa sm centerpoint-pinaghintay kami only to find out na hindi naman pala nailista yun orders namin.

2. maxims pa din- my mon saw an insect dun sa noodles- beef wanton pa ata yun so shempre, she reacted and told the manager of what she saw, they asked my mom to calm down and that they will not charge her na lang sa inorder niya, may take out pa.

3. sa dencios (malapit sa abs-cbn)- yuck talaga, may rat as in big rat dun sa floor, eh di ba medyo kakaiba ang ayos ng ganitong mga resto, yun bang tipong may mga puno sa loob, if its sort of a thing/props to go with the ambiance...yuck talaga, i wasn't able to control myself, i yelled talaga and tumayo sa chair ko..ewww!

[sterling]

Ebun
in Greenbelt
The place looks like one big white toilet.

[god_of_all]

marami talagang feeling-fine-dining sa GB3.. peste!

*looks up* sheks! sana walang ganun dito sa Dencios ng Fort!

[RöttenMind]

MANGAN, di masarap food.. ok lang service, kase konti kumakain eh.. panget presentation ng food.

[PaganAngel]

Pepato in Greenbelt 3! Overpriced! a meal for 4 adults & 2 kids (which tinipid na ha) reached 6K ++! :eek:

[mars11]

The THAI FOOD counter sa FOOD CHOICES at Greenbelt 3...di ko nagustuhan yung food dun...

[Chase_Meridian]

Originally posted by RöttenMind
MANGAN, di masarap food.. ok lang service, kase konti kumakain eh.. panget presentation ng food.

Yeah and what's with their sisig??? Out of this world!

[starczamora]

In my brief dining experience:

* OODY'S in GB3 -- antagal dumating ng food namin. at nung dumating nga and ate it, i was like: "Was it me or was the dish I ordered TOO SALTY?" I went there twice, and I got the same slow, lousy service. maybe if I told the receptionist na food critic ako, baka mangarag pa sila?

* MASA'S also in GB3 -- andami nilang customers, and yet 3 lang ang staff nila? I ordered inihaw na liempo. it's too tough.

* COUNTRY WAFFLES in Annapolis -- My P500 omelet was minadali. I've heard some rumors na may nagka-hepa dito (same with sa Glorietta, pero ano care na natin dito? Sarado na ito?)

[heto_ako]

COUNTRY WAFFLES -glorietta .mahal, walang kwenta food, di masarap. extra rice - sobrang mahal. para kang bumili ng 2 kilong bigas!!!

[pocketbell]

triple v in mega. bakit ganun? i was really disappointed

[RöttenMind]

cafe de coral in tutuban center.. P75 merienda, eat-all-you-can.. di ko makain mga foodies nila.. walang lasa lahat! kahit gutom na gutom ako, di ako kakain dun!

[nipps]

same ba yun cafe de coral sa tutuban center tska sa HK?

[stinky]

cafe de coral

is this the same resto sa hongkong?

[BoyIsnu]

bangus at greenhills...
i dont know if the food tastes good. we were the first one on the secondfloor. the other five tables got occupied in the span of 30 mins. may dumating na sa mga table nila na food na same ang order namin. i asked the waiter for the order pero walang dumating. so we just left. ayoko na lang makipag-argue.

[jack]

angeljoli: sarado na anr bargo sa libis, masaya ka na? heheh

[riAbaby]

goldilocks in lakewood.
tagal-tagal ka mag-aantay para makaupo.
hindi bagong luto *** pagkain nila..halatang niluto na kanina pa tapos ininit lang ( eh resto un nde fast food so dapat lulutuin lang nila *** food kapag in-order mo). super crowded na *** space, lousy pa *** service. sabi ba naman sa amin, wag daw ilagay *** high chair sa daanan. eh *^&%$*(# pala sila eh!!! ka-liit-liit ng lugar nila, saan ko ilalagay ang anak ko??? sa ibabaw ng table??? tapos madumi pa *** kutsara nila...parang nilublob sa mantika at hindi hinugasan. nakakabad-trip bumalik dun. pasalamat sila wala akong nakitang ipis dun, at kung mangyari man un...may lump sum na ko ngayon! grrr..

[orangef1]

Originally posted by 1126
via mare in atc

bakit?

ayoko dun, ang bagal ng service pati pag luto ng pagkain.

YAM-YAM, yung sa baba ng Rustans. Grabe, pumasok kami dun, walang katao-tao, di man kami linapitan para tanungin yung order, tinitignan lang kami, nagpapa-importante pa, kala mo kung sino...nakakainis.

GOLDILOCKS, ang haba ng pila kasi kulang sa tao, nag-multitasking sila. order ng order, hanggang pila ng pila na lang yung order. Luma pa pagkain.

KFC sa ATC. Super bagal grabe, di nila gayahin Jollibee or Mcdo na ang bilis.

[crescent]

West Lake in the Fort. 1 hour bago dumating order namin!

[orangef1]

masyado atang marami ng nag-order dun. nung may branch sila sa ATC, fave na fav ko yun tapos biglang nagsara, yun pala nagopen na ng malaking resto sa Libis

[omi]

Originally posted by bogarts
[b]pizza hut in UM- extremely poor service! sobrang bagal ng service. one time kumainkami dun, and were the only customers there kasi wala naman talaga masyado kumakain dun e. (most of the students in the area knows how terrible the service in this resto!) pero pinagtyagaan namin coz, libre ng friend namin. and we were having chatting for some time and mejo dumadating na yung mga tao dun. to our surprise, 1 hr na pala wala pa yung order namin! and the customers na kakadating lang sa likod namin, nakuha na nila yung order nila!!! another experience was my friend had a cockroach leg sa iced tea nya! the problem was, nakita na lang nya to nung konti na lang natitira sa iced tea nya. :lol: who knows, the leg came there with a body! :yuck:

hahahah....sobrang bagal nga nila. kahit nga pag kukunin mo na yung bill, ang bagal pa rin. pero ok lang, sanay na kami eh :D :D :D

[crash_is_a_hoax]

Good earth in Greenbelt, sobrang bagal ng service at so-so ang mga Chinese entrees.

[regptrp_md2b]

SR Thai along Concepcion in Manila. :ayaw:

[moonshine]

tokyo tokyo. food is always substandard. oily pa.

[Bulek26]

Max's Southmall- antipatiko ng mga waiters

[Rainshower]

Pancake House in Magallanes besides Starbucks - we were told that the soup of the day was Asparagous soup so we ordered one tapos nung dumating Mushroom soup so we complain then sabi sa kitchen Mushroom nga yun kc wala na daw Asparagus soup .. sabi ng bf ko bakit d na lang nila sinabi na wala ng soup bakit nagluto pa sila ng mushroom soup .. ano akala nila isa lang lasa ng soup at hindi sila mabubuking .. may karapatan pala silang mag palit ng order ng customer .. GANON! :rolleyes:

[avonlea]

i don't remember the name of the restaurant... but it's in Subic near National Bookstore... american style ang resto...

grabe ang sama ng lasa ng pagkain nila... ang mahal pa!

sobrang sayang talaga pera namin ng kumain kami dun...

[Rainshower]

Persiana - Pioneer - Saturday dinner - July 2004

1st - the wine is cold - nilagay daw kc sa ref, white wine lang ang pinapalamig, so ok na lang kahit malamig

2nd - lasang panis na or sumingaw na beer ..

ENDING: cancel order

3rd - curry daw nila available in chicken, pork and shrimp, we ordered pork curry

Halfway na kami sa pagkain namin when i notice some "antenna" .. naisip ko hindi naman shrimp ang inorder namin so alam ko ng ipis yun .. IPIS NGA!!!

YUCK!!! buti d ko nasubo as in nasa spoon ko na .. hehehhe ..

Sayang we love Persiana pa naman sarap ng Borek n Shawarma & ok yung prices .. kinuha namin yung number ng owner to complain kc wala daw, super tagal bago ibigay kung hindi pa pumunta yung bf ko sa counter at pilit kinuha d nila talaga bibigay .. the "manager" knew my bf kc regular customer kami dun so libre yung entire dinner namin pero we complain pa rin sa owner syempre ..

SAYANG TALAGA kc ako wala n akong balak bumalik pa dun ..

[shadowboxer]

Hao Fusion sa Macapagal Drive.

Ebun.

Mexicali.

& a whole slew of places to avoid in my locale.

[coydeleon]

I wouldn't eat at Chicken Bacolod Inasal in Cyber Mall, Eastwood ever again!!!

About four months ago, my friends and i ate there and to our surprise, the vinegar bottle on our table had small cockroaches in it, around 5 as far as i could remember. Pleasantly, i asked for another bottle, and to our disbelief (yet again!) it had 6 small roaches in it! Since there were only about 4 groups eating at that time, i checked the vacant tables and inspected all the vinegar bottles, at the end of it, i accumulated 6 vinegar bottles with roaches. Eew! I complained at the cashier and looked for the manager or supervisor, no higher authority was in sight, and she was apologetic saying "pasensya na po, pero hindi po talaga natin maiiwasan yan." Wow! what customer service! Sheeesh!! I could tolerate a bottle or two, but not 6, for heaven's sake!!! And she practically begged to get the bottles, maybe she thought that i might bring it to court as exhibit a. Hehehe. Well, luck was on her side that night, and i refrained from being the monster food service complainant (if it comes to that) that i am. She offered a 10% discount, which we accepted as it wouldn't hurt us anyway. But this post will do even greater retaliation to the food service injustice that Bacolod Chicken Inasal Cybermall gave us...

i still eat at other branches of bacolod chicken inasal, though, but i'm quite critical in checking all their condiment bottles first. And God only knows what happens in their kitchens! but as they say, what we don't see won't hurt us, so i'll leave my food check at what's on our table...

[makeit_good]

Originally posted by coydeleon
I wouldn't eat at Chicken Bacolod Inasal in Cyber Mall, Eastwood ever again!!!

About four months ago, my friends and i ate there and to our surprise, the vinegar bottle on our table had small cockroaches in it, around 5 as far as i could remember. Pleasantly, i asked for another bottle, and to our disbelief (yet again!) it had 6 small roaches in it! Since there were only about 4 groups eating at that time, i checked the vacant tables and inspected all the vinegar bottles, at the end of it, i accumulated 6 vinegar bottles with roaches. Eew! I complained at the cashier and looked for the manager or supervisor, no higher authority was in sight, and she was apologetic saying "pasensya na po, pero hindi po talaga natin maiiwasan yan." Wow! what customer service! Sheeesh!! I could tolerate a bottle or two, but not 6, for heaven's sake!!! And she practically begged to get the bottles, maybe she thought that i might bring it to court as exhibit a. Hehehe. Well, luck was on her side that night, and i refrained from being the monster food service complainant (if it comes to that) that i am. She offered a 10% discount, which we accepted as it wouldn't hurt us anyway. But this post will do even greater retaliation to the food service injustice that Bacolod Chicken Inasal Cybermall gave us...

i still eat at other branches of bacolod chicken inasal, though, but i'm quite critical in checking all their condiment bottles first. And God only knows what happens in their kitchens! but as they say, what we don't see won't hurt us, so i'll leave my food check at what's on our table...

ooops, that entry's mine and not coy's. :)

[dindi]

i know it's more of a cafe than a resto but they serve a wide variety of sandwiches and pasta, this place along libis. i ordered what i hoped was a deli sandwich but maaaaan, they used cheap ingredients... mula sa cold cuts hanggang sa potato chips on the side. needless to say, the taste was disappointing. i knew what kind of brand they're trying to project theirs to be but come on, if you're trying to position yourself as an upscale American coffee franchise, don't scrimp on the ingredients please.

[dhec]

Chowking sa Los-Baños, Laguna this happened last year nang pabalik na kami galing bicol. traffic nuon sa road leading to sariaya, tiaong etc. so we decided to take a not so known route from lucena to paete and lalabas nang los banos. inubutan kami sa los banos nang 6pm na nun so we decided to eat muna sa Chowking dun (tapat nang 7-11) pumunta kami nun sa 2nd floor kasi puno na nga sa baba. pagakyat namin ang dumi nang paligid hindi ayos mga upuan tapos nakita namin yung ibang crew na nagchichikahan lang sa isang gilid. after siguro mga 15min na hindi parin dumarating yung order namin. tapos napansin namin yung may dala nang pagkain namin nakikipag-huntahan pa muna dun sa mga kasama nyang crew kung saan lumalagpak yung laway nya dun sa pagkaing inorder namin. shame! sa galit nang dad at sis ko nung araw na yun tinawagan namin yung may ari nang Chowking branch na yun na nakalagay yung number sa resibo. ayun. ewan ko kung ano na nangyari. basta sinasabi ko lang sa lahat nang pinasukan kong Chowking yung ang nakita kong pinaka-worst. Ay may isa pa pala...Jolibee sa terminal nang lucena. yuck! ambaho na ang dumi-dumi pa!

[di_ako_si_glenn]

Kitaro sa galleria... panget ng service

[Mister Dean]

Good Lord, Dencio's in Makati. I went there with my wife, and they treated us like dirt. Average food plus awful service equals "I shall never return."

[crash_is_a_hoax]

Basta, Good Earth in Greenbelt is waayy overrated. Masungit ang staff, so-so ang food at matagal mag-serve ng food. I will never eat there again!

[orangef1]

Originally posted by dhec
Chowking sa Los-Baños, Laguna

Chowking Southmall, dumi-dum, sticky floor, minsa ang dulas pa

[blu3tooth]

shakeys morato branch..

may ksamang insect sa bottomless ice tea ko.. i guess bottomless din yun insect!!!! beware of dirty restos like that. konti kasi kumakain!!! nag tapang pa nung manager... good thing im not in the mood to sue them!!!

[jack]

easy buck sana yun...

[K.I.L.L.]

moomba... their steak has got to be the thinnest on the planet. sorry excuse for a steak... geez... plus, everything else is salty...

cravings and all it's branches... their food sucks big time!

bubba gump's... their so-called 'big' shrimps are scrawny... not worth the money i'm paying for their food...

yaku... bad service + salty food...

bargo, aresi (both are closed)... the worst service ever...

hap chan... their food used to be good but when their partner left and opened up david's, their food quality just went straight down

gloriamaris... their food used to be good but it's definitely on the downturn now...

tequila joe's... lousy waiters and slow service

chicago roast beef... they call their sandwich the ultimate roast beef sandwich but it only has a few slices of beef in it...

china star... found a worm in the food... ewww...

the kitchen... great food? what a laugh...

soleil... the food is horribly bland... what kinda cuisine are you guys supposed to serve anyway?

casa armas... the tapas servings are way too small! be more generous!

figaro... their espresso needs work... on the upside though, your regular brewed is excellent...

bizu... horribly overpriced cakes... i heard they never paid the guy who thought of the concept for their cakes...

restaurant 12 (closed now)... the only good thing i ever ate here was the ostrich...

i got several others on the tip of my tongue but can't remember their names... as soon as my brain starts working again, i'll post them...

[shweehee]

alex III - my family and I walked out while waiting for our food kasi may daga na nakita mom ko sa ilalim nung katabing table. kadiri talaga

kamayan (EDSA, near ghills) - 2 days akong hindi nakapasok after ko kumain dito. kakaibang upset stomach ang inabot ko

[im_a_chick]

pizza hut glorietta.. they make you wait till forever!!

krokodile grill greenbelt.. sobrang antipatiko yung waiter dun!! :bash:

[ff_]

Casa Armas @ GB3

--> servings were really small and prices really high! not worth it. tapos baked mussels nila, wala, tahong *** na nilagyan ng butter at sandamakmak na bawang! mas masarap pa baked mussels ng Dencio's.

[JENSIE_G]

HUE @ GB3 is really lousy.

Kumukulo dugo ko sa kanila.

Pati SPAM JAM @ G4.

[takawtamayo]

eww.. fly in the soup?


Originally posted by Mithos
Tapas in Greenbelt, small servings and price goes over the frigging roof!

remember, when you see the word Tapas expect small servings...

[Bea19]

Ang worst sa akin yung Mangan...sobrang mahal nung meals nila talaga....may panget din na resto sa Robinson's East, Star Carrots ang name...steaks daw specialty nila for P100 sobrang litt nung food...di talaga worth it!

[meliz]

i remember receiving a forwarded email regarding mangan resto in glorieta. according to one of their customers, he was served daw with dead worms in their sinigang na salmon. yikes!! dunno how true.

[GreatBop]

two japanese restaurants i hate (all of them in timog :O)

Teriyaki Boy
saka One more - it's just recently opened. can't remember the name

sa teriyaki boy, it's just plain crap compared to the price they charge for their food.

yung isa, same thing.


although.. i'm yet to find one Japanese restaurant here that does a decent Agedashi Tofu.

pero, i've even liked a couple of 'cheap' japanese restaurants dahil the food is more than you'd expect for the price they ask for

[natalie_sod]

oody's....ginandahan lang presentation pero di worth it. bagoong rice na 140 ata? mas masarap pa yung sa T.I.B eh.

bubba gump...too expensive tas ang oily nung food...di ako babalik dito though i have to admit okay yung service.

outback...ang liliit ng servings for a place that expensive.

[drjeff]

hua lan in greenhills
bad food, poor service

[doolfreak_bige]

I read about that Mangan incident. I ate there around 3 weeks ago..and ang konti-konti ng servings...typical carinderia food ang ang mahal-mahal naman...not worth it talaga...

Pepato naman....grrrr....ang tagal tagal ng service tapos ang konti ng servings and then ang mahal pa...not worth it...

[boogerflicker]

oody's, sa apat na beses na pagpunta ko, ubod ng bagal ng service. nakakalimutan lagi ang order.

[seeker89]

Spaghetti Factory in Glorietta. The food was mediocre but pricey.

[PearlM]

Originally posted by JENSIE_G
HUE @ GB3 is really lousy.

Kumukulo dugo ko sa kanila.

Pati SPAM JAM @ G4.

same here! kasumpa-sumpa ang HUE na yan. sayang kasi masarap sana ang food...but the service sucks bigtime! antipatiko ang mga waiters. ang tagal dumating ng order namin and one of the dishes we ordered never came...but we were charged for it! tapos dedma ang mga waiters ha! super asar kami ng husband ko.

[anghel]

sa Rufos near Medico (parallel to the old Medical City) --grabe...paglabas mo ng resto nila amoy ulam ka literally. hanggang nag mall ako at makauwi amoy ulam pa din ako...tsk tsk tsk...

[MeAko]

1. Mumba: A Roces in Quezon City. This resto was hip and oh so nice when it first opened, we even had an event there. But gaaad oh gaaaaad the food has gone down in quality to the point that losers na lang kumakain diyan! Their meat is always not cooked very well, tatapalan na lang ng sauce. Hindi fresh yung mga food nila, I'm telling you. The place looks really nice, but that's really about it. Blech, still remember the taste of uncooked meat the last time I went there.

2. Bubba Gump: tama yung nag post, super oily ang food tapos super pricey!

3. Country Waffles: I also agree with the earlier post Pancake House is much much better. Magaling lang sila sa presentation, tapos yung presyo...ober. Well, let's not beat a dead horse. Sarado na nga eh...

[yakult]

FYI, bukas na uli ang Country Waffles...well at least the one on Annaplois in Greenhills.

Thing is, my wife and I tried 'em, and they're worse than before they closed down the first time!

Different na raw yung management, as well as the staff, but the food got even worse!

:ayaw:

[mysticpaladin]

I don't have the lousiest, but I have a list of lousy ones:
(a) Soleil, GB2
(b) Le Ching tea house, anywhere
(c) Country Waffles, anywhere

[archt_marj14]

Mangan: food was BLAH. Service took forever.
Star Carrots: LOUSY!
Country Waffles

[pretty_patty]

Originally posted by meliz
i remember receiving a forwarded email regarding mangan resto in glorieta. according to one of their customers, he was served daw with dead worms in their sinigang na salmon. yikes!! dunno how true.

Eew... Kadiri!

[mysticpaladin]

Originally posted by GreatBop
two japanese restaurants i hate (all of them in timog :O)

Teriyaki Boy
saka One more - it's just recently opened. can't remember the name

sa teriyaki boy, it's just plain crap compared to the price they charge for their food.

yung isa, same thing.


although.. i'm yet to find one Japanese restaurant here that does a decent Agedashi Tofu.

pero, i've even liked a couple of 'cheap' japanese restaurants dahil the food is more than you'd expect for the price they ask for

Hindi talaga masarap yung Teriyaki Boy sa Timog. Try eating (if you still would like to) at Teriyaki Boy in Greenhills or in Megamall.

*disclaimer: I'm not from Teriyaki Boy. :frank:

[boogerflicker]

Hey, I like Teriyaki Boy and I always eat at Timog!


*disclaimer: I'm not from Teriyaki Boy too. :D

[boogerflicker]

Thai BBQ in GB Food Court = worst Chicken Curry I've tasted. Where were the spices? So bland! Thai pa kuno ang sineserve nila. And the chicken was as hard as a rock.

[choy_zee]

Originally posted by junben_c
syempre ang one and only Mangan restaurant. di masarap ang food lalo na yung sisig na malamig. di na ko babalik dun.

Hahaha! Same experience... Di nga masarap sisig nila at may ibang amoy! Nasanay kasi ako sa sisig ng Gerry's at Congo Grille na talaga namang MASARAP!!!

In fairness, yung binagoongan naman nila masarap... try mo.

[boogerflicker]

bopis yata yung sisig na yun e.

[GreatBop]

Originally posted by GreatBop
two japanese restaurants i hate (all of them in timog :O)

Teriyaki Boy
saka One more - it's just recently opened. can't remember the name

sa teriyaki boy, it's just plain crap compared to the price they charge for their food.

yung isa, same thing.


although.. i'm yet to find one Japanese restaurant here that does a decent Agedashi Tofu.

pero, i've even liked a couple of 'cheap' japanese restaurants dahil the food is more than you'd expect for the price they ask for


edit: i just realized what those were- the other one's Nippon.

pero teriyaki boy's next to uneatable, imo.

i like yung Tempura (sa tapat ng Teriyaki Boy) .. cheaper food. better tasting food, too.

[piQuAnT]

nakakadiri naman yung story about Le Ching to think na madalas rin ako kumain dun.....pweh...nasusuka ako dun sa 'blanketed with flies'

anyways, for me..ang resto na may lousiest service is no other than SHAKEYS,,,any branch. and the most disappointing food ive ever tasted were the ones at TGIF. ewww....ang tabang at ang lamig ng soup....parang pinainit *** sa kandila.....

[sixmiles]

first time ko kumain sa super bowl may buhok *** noodles :D pero pinalitan naman agad, mukha namang aksidente ang nangyari :)

[zalvaje]

i like eating out.. lalo na pag may discounts or promo.. had this bad experience with one resto (although at this certain branch lang) twice in a row, talk about d natuto... anyway it's Wan Chai along del monte ave in QC. they have this promo na 40% less 9:59pm onwards. so me and my gf ate there one time... we came to the restaurant around 940pm i think... so since d pa start promo, we ordered some dimsums para appetizer muna. so d kasali mga to sa discount.. when we had our bill... they discounted everything so syempre natuwa ako.. baka they just discounted everything since few mins nalang eh... so i paid went out.. then eto na.. hinabol ako nung parang head waitress or something... as in nakatawid na kami to my car.. mali daw yung bill kasi naisama dw yung less ng dimsum.. so i checked the bill again.. then i saw na pati yung rice d nila sinama sa discount.. so i questioned her, check daw ulet.. grabe ang tagal namin nag antay ulet.. then bumalik sya it turns out na yung waiter nila sinigit yung order namin na rice sa list ng walang less.. wtf... sobrang kabanas yun dahil may promo sila pati service nag less den.. dpat d ko nalang binayaran para ma22 sila na ayusin naman service nila.. error nila e...

2nd time around, d natuto eh.. what can i do.. 40% pa rin eh hehe.. so eto after my mom and i had dinner.. we ordered something for take out.. so pag dating ng take out naka lagay lang sya sa plastic... so asked ko na dapat ata nasa styro to kasi take out ndi leftover balot... sagot ng waiter sa akin.. lugi na daw kasi pag styro kasi 40% less na.. wow gulat ko nun.. i mean i dont think na you have to sacrifice the service and quality dahil lang 40% discount..

anyway share lang .. :D

[GreatBop]

Well atleast it's not about the food. I like Wan Chai, actually.

yung dragon ballls nila kicks ***.

[aina_crazy_girl]

cucina victoria lahat masama yuck and bleh

[McMah0n]

Originally posted by aina_crazy_girl
cucina victoria lahat masama yuck and bleh

I love their beef stroganoff! But it's been awhile since I've eaten there. Nag-iba na kaya? Lagi kasi ako dati sa Festival branch kaya lang nag-close na.

[IceMonster]

Mangan @ Robinsons Place Manila --- pangit na nung service, the food wasnt that spectacular either!

Oody's @ Greenbelt 3 --- The food was so-so, nothing to remember the food by after we ate.

[im_a_chick]

pier one (the fort).. bad service!

[dizzydean]

Ma Mon Luk - I read in a review in the inquirer by this Mr. Daza and he was heaping heavenly praises to this resto so i chekced it out. To my disappointment, the food was terrible. Kadiri dimsum nila. yung soup nila parang pinag hugasan ng plato. kakasuka talaga.

Congo Grill Westgate Alabang - lousiest service ever.

Little Quiapo BF Homes , Sucat - runner up to Congo Grill's lousy service.

[tina11]

Originally posted by doolfreak_bige
I read about that Mangan incident. I ate there around 3 weeks ago..and ang konti-konti ng servings...typical carinderia food ang
ang mahal-mahal naman...not worth it talaga...

i so agree.. mas masarap pa pagkain sa jollijeep than in mangan. at di hamak na mas mura at mas mabilis ang service :D

the newly-opened david's tea house in greenbelt has the worst service ever. :down::down::down: we ordered 3 yang chow fried rice, 2 dumplings, 2 siomai, 1 chopsuey, 1 siopao and 1 cuapao...the waiter was not writing down the order so only 1 yang chow, 2 dumplings, 1 siomai, 1 chopsuey and 1 cuapao made it to our table. one of my companions gave up and just went to the nearby tokyo tokyo to get his lunch.

[ghost_37]

Lolo Mao servings konti lang mahal pa, this resto in Libis forgot the name food was lousy.

[Versus]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by dizzydean
[B]Ma Mon Luk - I read in a review in the inquirer by this Mr. Daza and he was heaping heavenly praises to this resto so i chekced it out. To my disappointment, the food was terrible. Kadiri dimsum nila. yung soup nila parang pinag hugasan ng plato. kakasuka talaga.

I guess its an acquired taste, my friend. Their mami and siopao are the best in the country, without a doubt.

[GreatBop]

"Ma Mon Luk - I read in a review in the inquirer by this Mr. Daza and he was heaping heavenly praises to this resto so i chekced it out. To my disappointment, the food was terrible. Kadiri dimsum nila. yung soup nila parang pinag hugasan ng plato. kakasuka talaga. "



Hahaha... you must have been brought up in a high class family or something.. dahil my friends are uber wealthy and they never felt disgusted over ma mun luk's dishes and whatnots.

uh btw, you do realize na the key to eating Ma Mun Luk is the SAUCE. add it to the soup to their siopao to everything.

[dizzydean]

nope i'm neither "uber wealthy" nor brought up in a high class family..sorry but nothing will change the fact that the first (& maybe the last?) time i tried Ma mon luk the food was really disgusting. That was the dimsum & noodles I ordered. That was around 5 years ago. Maybe a second visit will change my mind but I doubt that i'll risk my money for a second try.

[doolfreak_bige]

Oody's----gave it a second chance 2 weeks ago and it's still blah! Add to the fact that mabagal ang service...their pandan juice looks like slime (and yucky and taste) and their lemongrass juice tastes like soap...natuto na ako...never again....

Mangan- food was cold and para ka lang nasa carinderia...at ang mahal pa...mas masarap pa ata ang jollijeep...

Kitchen in Greenbelt....it's taken from the Mangan concept so I don't need to say more...

Pepato----let me emphasize that the food was not that lousy...the service was and the price was really nakakabutas ng bulsa...not worth it...maliit ang servings...although the food was not lousy, it was nothing special....definitely not worth your money.... IMO...

[JdelaCruz]

You either hate Ma Mon Luk or you're the type who will journey from Las Pinas to Quezon Ave. in a snap just to have a mami-siopao fix . I consider myself lucky to be a genuine, true blue, kilala-na-ng-waiter Ma Mon Luk lover. *okay*

[katie]

yung oodys sa may greenbelt, and yung mylk sa greenbelt din. sheesh, mediocre prices lousy food!

[GreatBop]

Ma SU Ki >>> Ma Mun Luk though!

[therealkiller]

Originally posted by seeker89
Spaghetti Factory in Glorietta. The food was mediocre but pricey.

sablay nga pagkain dyan... at oo, mahal para sa kalidad. tsk, tsk.

[_patricia97_]

1) soul food in gb2 - hindi na masarap, mahal na, lousy service pa!

2) di'marks greenbelt - masarap sana, pero walang kwenta ang waiters. hindi ka papansinin! may nakaspill ng drink, they didn't even bother mopping it up. guess who was the first one na nadulas? yung isang waiter :D