Hamada Restaurant — Restaurant in Baguio

As previously said by other guests, the food is excellent in quality and serving size for the price. With that said, all goes downhill thereafter. Upon arriving at the Google Maps location, you discover the restaurant is behind a security gate at the Baguio Country Club. To enter, the guards require your passport or other ID before you can proceed to the restaurant located in the country club. Once we found Hamada Restaurant, we were pleased to discover both teppanyaki style and sit-down dinners were available. Since there were only three of us, we selected the sit-down menu style service. After being offered a table next to the kitchen area where one can see the dirty dishes being taken, I requested a table in a more diner friendly place. The hostess accepted my request and sat us at the table I requested. Once she sat us, no further contact with any employee occurred for 10 minutes - no water, no greeting, nothing. Finally my lady caught a waiter's attention and he stopped by to ask if we needed anything. Duh, how about some service, water, drinks and maybe even food? During the 10 minute wait, I was able to peruse the entire menu several times so I quickly answered his question with a resounding "Yes!". We then ordered the sashimi and sushi boats and sake. The presentation was nicely done with the sushi and sashimi being served in cute wooden boats. The sake was also quite good. Since these dishes were quite good, we then ordered the yakitori and the ebi tempura which also were quite enjoyable. As previously stated, the food was very good. Now the reason for a two rating. I DO NOT like to be blindsided!!! When I requested the bill, the waiter, then and only then, told me, "Sir, we have a 20% guest fee for non-country club members." This is TOTALLY UNSATISFACTORY to blindside a guest with an "out of the blue" charge. Normally in the US, I always leave a 20% tip so money is not the issue. Hiding a fee, which is never shown on their website nor mentioned at the time you enter the restaurant, is an EXTREMELY POOR way to treat your guests. Seems like they think they are an airline. Anyway, as I exited I notified the manger of my disapproval and told her I would give the restaurant a 2 rating because of their service and billing. I hate giving a 2 rating, but the quality of the food did not supersede the poor service by the staff nor the "out of the blue" charge. If you still decide to go there since the food is quite good just go knowing that you need to access the security gate, the service is VERY SLOW and if you are not a Baguio Country Club member you will be "stiffed" for an extra 20% on your bill. Good luck. You will not see me there again. I would much rather go to Gerry's in Pacdal or to the Newtown Hotel buffet on Wednesday. Better food, better prices and much nicer staff........plus no 20%...

Located inside Baguio Country Club, Hamada offers the best teppanyaki! We ordered the Niku Ya set and even though there were only 3 us, we were so full after (also had takeout). The food was super flavorful and our cook, Denver, was really friendly!

Only giving it 4 stars because of the service. They sat us down pretty quickly at the grill table, but it took so long for anyone to give us a menu. We had to call the staff's attention.

Still, definitely a must try if you're...

This Japanese Restaurant is located inside Baguio Country Club. You have a choice of Teppanyaki Grill or table menu. They have variety of choice of Otashi(Appetizer), Sarata (Salad), Shiromono(Soup), Sashimi, Sushi, Makimono, Bento Box, Donburi and many other choices. Aside from the good food, you will have the best restaurant staff that will take care of your order...