Auntie Lola — Restaurant in Calapan

At first sight, the restaurant looks different than other. Looks quite fancy with their own style of building. The waitress also worked in uniforms. They also welcomed us warmly. But odd got started when the restaurant suddenly packed with people. They serve our food without utensils. I was waiting, maybe they forgot. But they all busy preparing tables. Then I look around, where I can find utensils. I gave up and then asked the waitress. She didn’t even looked. Busy with the tables she said, yeah we will give it to you. A bit sour. Like it was my mistake. I thought they are good in hospitality. But I was wrong. Food was ok....

So it was our first time in oriental mindoro and we came across this restaurant on our 1st day and i have to say that it exceeded our expectations. The ambience was good, place was clean and the staff were nice and accomodating. More importantly, the food was amazing we ordered the family set of nilaga,fried chicken, sisig and additional cordon bleu. The next day we had the kare-kare, lumpiang shanghai, crispy pata and sinigang na tanigue and club house, we were really happy with portions ( 4 persons & 1 baby) and the prices. They also have high chair for kids. I highly recommend this resto when you travel to oriental...

This is included in the places one must eat when in Calapan. It is a Filipino home-cooked style with a slight up from the usual. The bulalo soup is refillable. The bone marrow becomes tallow once the soup gets cold. So, eat that marrow while it is soft and buttery surrounded bu the soup. The bulalo is really worth the money. The pork ribs is just ok. The pork sisig is a must. This place seems to be the go to place of people from Calapan who have visiting guests or where the locals themselves eat. It is really affordable. Our order (with 3 cups of rice) was just...