Eeeh, for its price point, the mandated restriction on the number of diners inside the store, and the fact that the place only had like three tables occupied, you expect servers to be assigned one to one at each table. What I experienced was it took me five minutes to get anyone's attention -- somehow everyone seemed to be hunkered down at the cash register or writing a log or something -- and I had to RAISE MY VOICE like I was challenging someone to a fist fight before a server took notice from across a mostly desolate dining area. This was both for when I was ordering as well as billing out. The lasagna that I ordered for 250 pesos was small and could be bought for 70 pesos at a 7-Eleven, and my wait for it to get to my table was a lot longer than it took for me to eat it. Which is odd because the dish was warmer around the edges than it was at the center, indicating that it wasn't freshly cooked, it was microwaved out of the freezer.

I had just come from another restaurant that day, meeting up with a friend. That much humbler restaurant had only one person doing the serving, running the bar, doing the cash register, and switching the songs on their smart TV. Yet our meals -- we ordered 4 dishes and bucket of beer -- were prompt and the dishes were freshly deep fried and sizzling. Servings were huge.

Shakey's seriously need to step up their game. Customers are just paying for brand novelty at this point. And even then there are better brands than them.