Adamo Dumaguete — Restaurant in Dumaguete

Made a reservation via text thru their number +639165521626 and I was surprised I got a response in timely manner which I appreciate so much.

The location is quite tricky to find if you’re not paying attention. Good thing I noticed the “adamo” sign on a grey wall. However, the restaurant is quite small to my surprise. They have few outside seating. On our table, it has different chairs. Some are taller than the others and some have backrest. Just my personal preference, I like when everything’s uniform.

The food menu is small & interesting. It’s mostly Filipino food with a different take on it. I wish they would be able to put details what’s in the food so people would have an idea. I was with my foreigner friends and sometimes it gets tricky to explain what’s the food like. Its better to put like a photo or any description of the food. Also, I’d suggest to make their menu to be laminated so it won’t get crumpled, get wet or get dirty.

There’s 6 of us and it’s mostly foreigners. 5 out of 6 food that we ordered were served cold. It was really disappointing given the price we are paying for. We ordered 2 smoked pork ribs & when they served it, the portions was relatively different. The other one has smaller & bad portion of the meat and side dish whilst the other one is better. Also, they will charge if you would like to EXCHANGE rice for fries which will cost you ₱90. The ala carte fries costs ₱95. 😅 Most of the food that we ordered are tasty except for the roasted fish. My friend had to ask for salt cus it was bland. The chef asked one of my friends who ordered smoked pork ribs and he told him that it was cold and the chef asked of he wants a replacement but my friend didn’t want it cus he already ate his cold food. To our surprise, the chef gave him a replacement for the meat. It tasted so much better cus it was still hot.

For the service, not so good. The staff are not so attentive. We have to keep reminding them a couple of times for one thing like to give us more water. I noticed that they are not so organized in the kitchen cus when I tried to pay on the counter, the acting cashier have to serve food and I was just standing and patiently waiting for him.

Also, they dont take cards for payment. Only...

BLUF: Western inspired Filipino. Tiny dining rooms, “stool” seating. Staff unaware of menu items. The food and presentation is quite good (5 stars) but the service, cold food, stool seating and basic ambiance are distracting.

PRO: The food is quite good.

CON: Almost exclusively Filipino (rice & meat with few vegetables) with a western flair. No vegetable side dishes. Four tiny dining areas spread across three floors and outdoors. Stool seating. Service is untrained with no demonstrated knowledge of the menu.

HINTS: Go with an open attitude: Ask for your meal to be served hot (reviews complain about cold food), The ambience is not as nice as the pictures, very tiny dining areas, spread across multiple floors. Expect Stool-seating. The menu has zero descriptions. The staff will likely not be able to describe the menu items. The dish you get may surprise you … in a good way. e.g. Some vegetables included, nice garnish, not typical sweet-salty-greasy Filipino dishes.

WOULD I REVISIT?: Yes.

DISHES: Braised Beef Shank - Tender beef in a rich buttery sauce, topped with fried chickpeas and pesto, and a small portion of bok-choy. Sides Salad - red and green lettuce with a light vinaigrette, jicama garnish. Crispy Tofu and Kimchi Garlic Rice - 1st vegetarian option. Plain Mango Salad - 2nd vegetarian option. Mushroom Buns - 3rd vegetarian option.

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Local fare fused with creative culinary touch. Sisig taco is a fusion of Filipino and Mexican dish combining roasted pig’s cheek meat and carne asada. These starters are really filling and went well with my ice-cold SMB Pale Pilsen. The grilled blackened salmon fillet on top of flavored sticky rice was really good. Topping it with soy sauce tamed its fishy taste. I was tempted to finish the rice but I have noodle plate to take care. The stir-fried noodles, bathed in soy sauce and other condiments, topped with smoked pork belly sprinkled with onion greens and spices is a new twist to a typical ‘pancit’ offering. I would say not bad at all on the new twist. And they were gone! I’m pretty satisfied and needless to say, ‘super-bus og’. Will surely come back and this time will try their famous tiramisu.

And so I came back. I did a redo of sisig taco to kick off my appetite. This time I ordered the beef lengua, one of my favorite meat. And it didn’t disappoint. It’s soaked in a mildly thick beef-based broth sauce. Spiced up with some spices and topped with mushrooms. The beef lengua just melted in my own lengua 😂. It was so good. Not spicy but a well balanced concoction of beef lengua, mushrooms and sauce. You gotta try it.

Tiramisu! A different touch with ice cream and I think ball-shaped whipped cream and dash of dark chocolate. One of the best Tiramisu I have ever tasted. Could be at par or better than the one I...