Penong's - Malvar — Restaurant in Davao City

Ate dinner here on our first night in Davao since it was quite close to the hotel and the number of branches it had meant that it was a pretty popular place for locals.

I found the grilled chicken and pancit to be a good-sized serving and a great deal considering the price. Taste-wise, it's comparable to Mang Inasal for me, maybe a bit higher because of the larger serving. Juicy grilled chicken, inoffensive. A solid 3.5/5.

That being said, I've been to Bacolod and I've tried chicken inasal. Every grilled chicken is now compared to the inasal I've had and, while this is good grilled chicken, this is not chicken inasal.

It's definitely a good option and I suggest you give one of their many branches a visit when you're in town (in line with my traveling ethos of getting a taste of what regular locals do day-to-day) but it would be unreasonable to expect world-changing grilled...

The server did not specify the “sea food basket” for five person only consisted of 1 squid 8 shrimps, one small slice of fish and FOUR pieces of clams. the staff is pretty nonchalant and we were still eating and they started to clean up. the serving time was 20 mins but the food came out for like 30-40 mins. the staff also bad mouths in public which creates tension into the atmosphere of the place and most of us had indigestion. just nit worth it tbh the seafood basket was 850 pesos. mas madami pa kaming mabibili na seafood pag namalengke na lang kami for the same price. unli rice nga pero di ka naman magkaka ulam. Good for...

We ate our dinner here. Ordered Inato #1, #2 and #3. We also ordered kinilaw which I don't think it would be called as kinilaw na isda coz the radish and pepino is more than the fish itself. Like there are just about 15 cubes or less of slice fish in it. But the inato taste okay. The service was I think less fast. They didn't told us how minutes it would take to serve. Around 7pm when we enter the place but there are lot of vacant seats. They have parking area (3 spaces) the cr is clean and has...