Comments on: Lolo Dad’s

By: jane

jane — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:02:44 +0000

We ate lunch at lolo dad’s today. the food was normal but overpriced (except for the mango with mascarpone, which was really good), and their service was bad. I cannot see how people would want to have their memorable moments there. A big cockroach crawled down from the ceiling, and the waiter only noticed it after we screamed. he then gingerly picked it up using a– horrors! a table napkin- not the paper kind, but one of the cloth napkins he picked up from one of the vacant tables! A few minutes later, a waitress tripped and managed to pour an entire glass of iced tea on one of my officemates. She did not even apologize, nor help my officemate.as the other waiters were the ones who assisted my friend. Finally, when the bill came, the waiter told us that they do not give senior citizen discounts on their degustation, because it was a “set meal”. The Senior Citizens Act certainly does not make set meals an exception to its coverage! Good thing our boss (who paid for the lunch) did not anymore contest this senior citizen discount thing, but we minions wanted to write a formal complaint (with us being lawyers and all..)

I was expecting to be impressed by Lolo Dad’s. It didn’t happen. I hope that this comment reaches Lolo Dad’s. The staff should be reminded that they are not only in the business of selling good food, they are also selling good quality service.

By: eric

eric — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:59:55 +0000

went there for my dad’s birthday a few years ago, extremely over priced, especially the seafood soup which was flavored with tinapa. Seems to have a lot of foreigners dating their hookers for the night. The bread served was not even warm. After a while you see all their kitchen staff smoking outside and handling you food with their bare hands, That’s probably Where we got the smoked flavor for out soup. Maybe it was just a bad day for us. Or They probably pay a lot for their PR.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 06:10:00 +0000

AFTER HAVING A DISAPPONTING DINNER AT LOLO DAD'S SOMETIME LAST YEAR, I ORDERED THE ANGUS-RIB EYE, WHICH WAS DRY, SERVED ALMOST COLD, HAD A FEW SCARCE DROPLETS OF SAUCE, I THOUGHT THIS YEAR I WOULD GIVE IT A TRY AGAIN.

TO BEGIN THE DINNER THEY SERVED BREAD, ROLLS AND BAGUETTES THAT LOOK AND TASTED LIKE THEY HAD BEEN HEATED OVER AGAIN. THE BREAD WAS DRY AND UNFRESH.

TO MY DISMAY, THE APPETIZERS & MAIN COURSE WAS JUST OKAY, AND THE SERVICE WAS SO SO. THE MARINATED PRAWN W/PROSCIUTTO SALAD WAS DISSAPOINTING. THE PRAWNS CAME SERVED AS SMALL SHRIMPS THAT WERE THREADY AND OLD LOOKING, DEFINITELY NOT FRESH, AND I COULDNT BELIEVE THAT THEY EVEN SLICED THESE MINI-SHRIMPS IN HALF, THEY COULDNT EVEN GIVE THE FULL-SIZE SHRIMP EVEN AT THE ASTRONOMICAL PRICES THEY CHARGE. THE PROSCIUTTO WAS SALTY & TOUGH. THE ARTICHOKES WERE SOUR. I also think the menu said that the salad had melon, they actually served it with watermelon. So the sweet and sour tastes mixed in with the wine vinegar, were battling in my taste buds leaving it confused.

The lamb we ordered came with a Blue Cheese Risotto which overpowered the taste of the lamb.

The foie gras we ordered as an appetizer (at P1,400plus) per plate was overcooked, over-charred that you could taste burn parts on the outside, destroying the delicate flavours of the foie gras on the inside.

The veal was served medium rare but cold, room temperature. I told the waiter to have it re-heated, the veal came back to me well-done, with the salpicao bits around it over-cooked, salty, & hard.

The dessert, Parmesan Ice cream with stuffed caramelized dates was the worst dessert I have ever tasted in my life. The parmesan ice cream had such a powerful parmesan taste that you could not even taste the ice cream anymore. The caramelized dates, as I bit into them were stuffed with a blue cheese like syrup. It was so awful, we were all at the table spitting out the stuff into their napkins.

To make things worse, the waiters have no sense of warmth or care for us paying customers. They would just plunked the food down in front of you without saying what they were serving. We complained about the dessert which was inedible, they just said that it really tasted that way. They didnt even bother to change it. They also charged us for the dessert that we disliked so much.

Bottom line is, for these high prices and mediocre service, I will never go back again to Lolo Dad's.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:33:00 +0000

you apparently went on a good day. i’ve been to lolo dad’s mga 3,4 times before and i liked what i had each time i did so i didn’t have any qualms about bringing my cousin and his new bride over for dinner. it was my wedding treat for them. i recommended some fish dish for my cousin, and steak for my cousin-in-law. i had lamb kebab. and it was HORRIFIC. so hard, my teeth almost broke from masticating that awful meat. i asked for the manager. not in. i asked for ariel manuel. not in. what about the sous chef? not in. what did that tell me? when the chef’s out, the kitchen slips. for all the amount of money i paid that night, i could’ve just brought my guests to prince albert or to tonyboy escalante’s antonio’s (ALWAYS CONSISTENTLY EXCELLENT!) or Humphrey Navarro’s P45 (Samat St., Mandaluyong)or it’s bistro restaurant in Greenbelt, Bistro Magnum (new, much more focused, delicious bistro cuisine)and i could’ve gotten more bang for my money! haven’t been back since then and it’ll take some time before i go back and give that establishment another chance.

by the way, i like…no…LOVE your notes on food and restaurants. keep it up!

By: TheLoneRider

TheLoneRider — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 02:52:00 +0000

Very nicely written food review. Makes me want to come back and see what I missed. Let me share my Lolo Dad’s experience thru this link:

http://www.thelonerider.com/2005/aug/lolodads/lolodads.shtml

By: Maning G.

Maning G. — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 03:16:00 +0000

How dull my life would were it not for your blog, Lori. I’ve only been to Lolo Dad’s once – not only is it expensive but the location’s awful, but I digress . . . I had the degustation. I remember everything to be uniformly excellent, from the soup to dessert + I like the fact that the place (then) could only take 30 covers. They know when to fuss, when to leave you alone. And since we’re on the subject of expensive meals, you might want to try GADDI’S AT OLD MANILA at The Pen (shameless plug this one). It ain’t cheap but, boy, is it good. My phone’s down so you’ll have to call me at the office for the ume being: 843-6305.

By: stef

stef — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 11:20:00 +0000

wow, what a post! it *almost* makes me want to go home.

By: Midge

Midge — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 23:44:00 +0000

I haven’t been to Lolo Dad’s in ages.

The extensive appetizer sampler has been worth dreaming about, though.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 14:25:00 +0000

Their halibut and scallops combo is also delicious. And the ambience of that place is fantastic, the service impeccable and they don’t charge corkage and even welcome your bringing in your own dessert (like a birthday cake!). Parking is a little tight however but easily forgiven because of the unbelievably delicious food.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 15:58:00 +0000

I have never been to Lolo Dad's.

After seeing the prices, I doubt I ever will! Unless I happen to win the lottery. My economist parents will NEVER agree to taking us.

But the food sounds so yummy.

The last time we ate this way, it was in Europe, it was fondue, it was beef, it was wine, it was heaven. And ironically, I think I spent less there that you might've spent in Lolo Dad's.

But gracious, that food sounds so good that...

I think I might eat there. Without having to win the lottery.

~Mahar