Penong's Barbecue Seafoods and Grill — Restaurant in Davao City

Good food, very good value for money. One of the best roast chickens I've tasted, comparable to the chicken inasal I've eaten in Bacolod. Chicken is chicken wherever you go, so the secret is in the recipe used for marinating and basting. Technique is important too; they avoid the big chunks, which can be notoriously bland once you get to the inner parts, by slicing open the chicken before skewering and cooking it. I also recommend the tuna panga.

Just be prepared to wait some time for your order. Their standard spiel is to warn you that it will take 25 min., and it's pretty accurate. Our order took anywhere from 22 to almost 30 min. Also, they can be quite disorganized about handling additional orders. Once, we decided to have dessert as an afterthought, only when our main course was almost finished. It turned out that the first waiter that we ordered from didn't forward our order, and we had to follow up twice with other staff. On a positive note, our dessert — fresh fruits alà mode — was worth the wait. Very refreshing, especially after eating something like tuna.

So my advice is to order everything up front, and it would probably be better to visit in between major meal hours (our visits were...

So far the food has not declined in terms of quality, the reason why I keep on coming back there for. However, I think there is a need to improve the aesthetic appearance of the entire place and perhaps put up some decors that will equate the vibes of the occasion. For example, if it is a Halloween, they could have a decor for it just so the atmosphere is one with...

Service needs improvement, they lost one of our orders, chicken barbecue was already cold when it was served, staff was not trained well and clearly overwhelmed when the venue was packed with customers. No sense of time, gave us 15-20 minutes for orders to be served, it took more than 40 minutes for our food to he served, less the forgotten order at...