Sta. Teresa Resto — Restaurant in Dumaguete

Food was really good and affordable. Native cuisine we tried were pork adobo, beef steak, and a few more. They were tasty, no wonder they throve and have a couple more branches around the city. There's an indoor seating (more tables) and indoor with AC (2-4 tables?). Caveat, there's an outdoor table with 2 seats backed near the ledge of a short step - this poses a safety hazard as one may inadvertently push back his/her chair, causing it to tip backwards. I guess, if they'd been that way for while without any incident, I'm just paranoid.

There is no table service, that's not bad at all. But over-all service was sub par. One would line up to place your orders but with only 1-2 servers, one doesn't get served until you reach the end of the line - perhaps this is better than serving multiple random folks on queue? Nevertheless, one gets served eventually.

Parking is scarce, there's just enough for 5 vehicles, not counting limited street parking. It can accommodate more...

Ordered Bistek tagalog and Nilagang Pork soup here. Their bistek tagalog is not the usual kalamansi flavor in it but still good. Beefs are a bit tough but flavorful. I personally prefer more kalamansi to the dish and also Nilagang Pork soup with Ginger is quite unusual...

Food is overpriced, overcooked and tasteless. The only reason I gave it 2 stars is because of the venue. It is relatively clean and pretty cozy. If you want to just chill and enjoy the venue, this is pretty decent. But if you want palatable food, go...