La Dolce Seafoods Restaurant — Restaurant in Calamba

DO NOT EXPECT MUCH.

We went on a late rainy night for dinner because of good previous reviews and because it was pet friendly. The staff would pick you up from your car with service umbrellas BUT if you tried good /dampa style seafood before, you’d be disappointed here.

The food is edible but for the price point, you’ll expect decent. Mixed seafood and house seafood soup was not available or anything with oysters / oyster sauce / or octopus. We ended up ordering:

“Baked tahong” - it was topped with some form of piped then torched cheese flavored dip

“Crab rice” - which we clarified and was told that what they actually mean is aligue not crabmeat, and when we it was served it tasted more (or less) like a bagoong rice—this or aligue BARELY even detectable

“Pusit sisig” - honestly, they could’ve served it on a regular plate and we wouldn’t have noticed. The “sizzling” plate was not sizzling and it’s better to be named onion sisig instead.

Beer 🍻🙂 - we got Kelly and Heineken

—————— I’m not sure if it was supposed to be romantic dim or just bad lighting but you can see how more unappetizing the food became because it was dark. Charged to experience, I hope they improve. The place was inviting and the staff were really friendly (even though they couldn’t answer on their own all of our questions about the menu).

credit card payments are with interest. ** the landing leading to restrooms is deeply puddled because of the...

We were the only customers when we dined in there. We ordered sinigang shrimp (I think it cost 585), and the waitress told us that it is good for 4-5 persons. Really 4-5 persons? But they served us 7 small shrimps, no kangkong, but a sinigang with pechay??? The soup is salty instead of sour. The squid in olive oil (cost 500+) was bland; I don't think they even used olive oil in it (comparing it to Mesa's squid in olive oil). We just forced ourselves to finish all the food because it was expensive and we were starving. I ordered mango juice in a pitcher (cost 235), but when we got the bill, it was 295. It turned out the waitress served us the wrong mango juice (Del Monte juice in a box, not a pitcher) from a different menu. She said that the menu I was looking at earlier was from the coffee shop, which is closed (how would I know? And why present the menu from a closed shop anyway?). Lastly, I don't think they also follow the correct discount for PWDs.

P.S.. The restroom was...

Looking for a good place to eat in Calamba, saw the 5* reviews, said to myself "must be good". But boy... was I in for a HUGE disappointment.

So, we ordered pasta - seafood marinara. Waitress took our oder at the table, repeated the order for clarification bago umalis per usual. Maya maya bumalik si ate, "yun pong pasta nyo ano nga po? 2 kasi yun (the other being pomodoro ata or bolognese, forgot)." So, I confirmed marinara. Correct me if I'm wrong pero marinara is supposed to be red sauce, di ba? Kasi yung dumating isipin mo namisheard nila to carbonara. White sauce. Nung simula tinanong ko kung good for sharing, yes daw, good for 2 to 3 persons. Nung dumating, good for 2 yung sauce, but not the amount of serving ng pasta. Php585! Meron syang 1 pc na hipon, 2 small strips (or thin slices, ano man tawag dun) ng squid (yes, I counted), and mga 6 pcs ng tahong. Seafood!

I would like to order grilled liempo with pinakbet sana, kaso wala daw pinakbet and yung liempo lang. Pero same price! LOL. Walang grilled liempo lang sa menu. So babawasan yung order/rekado pero same price. San ka naman?! Ordered another variety, almost Php500. Nung sinerve - 2 thin strips ng liempo, each about 4" long,