Kalye Manila — Restaurant in Maungakiekie-Tāmaki

The service is very goodm real good. There is no denying that. Maybe we just came in at the wrong time as far as the chef on duty is concern. Everything we order os very, very salty, the congee/goto, the tapsilog, the chicken except for the palabok and the spaghetti maybe. Worse is the chicken is not really burned but it's real dark,. When you eat more, inside it is cooked well so that means they sure very, very old oil as the skin is real dark. And the calamares is not like the Pinoy calamares, they taste like 'normal' squid rings, I am looking for the Pinoy calamares, lasang Pinoy calamares. This one is nowhere close to that. I've switch from Nanam for exactly that stupid Filipino with a European twist thing because am craving for Pinoy foods! Give me those. The tapsilog doesn't come with a sinangag/garlic fried rice ... aaarggghhhh. Pricewise is not really reasonable not to mention my heart rate really went high up...

Located on the corner of Queen street and Pilkington road, it isn't too hard to find with the new signage. It looks like they are the same people from Pinoy Klasiks from up the road. Quite a large selection of items on the menu, most of which sound really tasty. We ordered three meals to share between three people. The best item was the BBQ chicken, which we managed to get with garlic rice instead of java rice. It was tasty and had that nice BBQ flavour. Now I'm wanting to try their BBQ pork belly and skewers. We just walked in and managed to get a table but it did get quite busy as we were eating, where people were waiting for tables. Another interesting thing is the ube leche flan, a leche flan on top of an ube cake. Tasty and interesting.

Edit: Tried the boodle fight here. We booked for 10 but there was probably enough food for 15. There was a nice selection of items and it was nice watching them...

The food is amazing,however the staff seems to unprofessional who do not have any commitment to the work or work place. This is to the owner, few days back I called to order food @ 8.20 and the answer from the lady was that the restaurant will be closing soon and they don't take anymore oder. I have been a regular customer at your place but the attitude of your staff is gonna ruin your business. I asked her why do you guys wana close so early wheb it says tge operating hours is until 9.30pm. Answer to the same did not suprise me at all, she said you have no customets so chose to close early. How are you suppose to expect to have business when your staff do not wish to serve. I beleive either the owner is not treating their staff well or the ones working right now are not supposed to be there. Was expecting to have a office dinner there now I have changed my mind to...