Cibo - Power Plant Mall — Restaurant in Makati

The tenderloin dish was recommended by a friend, so I took it.

It was very thinly sliced, about one layer of meat on the dish, overlapping slightly. 745 pesos. The rosemary and garlic gave it flavour. Seasoning was just right. All the pieces were well done, the waiter who took my order didn’t ask how I wanted it so I’m guessing this is the usual way it is served.

There was a lot of oil, despite dipping the focaccia in some of the oil, there was still a good amount of oil leftover which shows just how much oil the beef slices were swimming in.

Flavour is just ok, nothing to write home about, nothing to rave about too, a little underwhelming. Maybe I ordered the wrong dish. So many other restaurants do tenderloin way better.

The service was excellent. Jay the server was a true professional: both attentive, friendly and polite. As soon as my knife accidentally fell on the ground, he was picking it up in a second. He brought napkins, alcohol to wipe my hands and toothpicks served on a small plate with another napkin.

If the tenderloin was as good as the service, I would have given this 5*

I will return and revise my rating after I try more dishes. The food rating is only for the tenderloin.

One more point: the photo of the tenderloin dish shows a lot of garlic. The dish that was served had about 30% of the amount of garlic shown...

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