Polilya | Cocktails + Craft Beer — Restaurant in Makati

Polilya is one of the new one that just opened mid to late last year. What I love about Polilya is that their interior is really good. An IG worthy kind of place. Love the mix and blend of local furniture's. Second in Poblacion I usually end up in a bar that doesn't have enough air-condition. In Polilya they made sure that this is covered. Another thing usually when in a bar you somewhat always expect a dirty toilet but in Polilya they have Ate Cora that made sure a very neat toilet for the customers. Good Job!

For the menu, the food choices it's not that too extensive but just the right amount for a bar. I love how they incorporate the delicious of the engkanto beer to some of the dishes. No worry you want taste any alcohol or hits even when thing the dishes. Here are the one that I got to try.

🍴Chips & Dips (160PHP)- a simple pica pica that have a really good dip. The french onion beer dip made magic to this dish. The kind of dip that you'll want to buy if they are selling some.

🍴Fried Pickled Jalapeno (125PHP)- another great bar chow. This time for the peeps who want an extra spiciness in their palate. Dipping it to the cilantro tahini tone down the spiciness a bit a gave a cool feeling.

🍴Ultimate Nachos (275PHP)- the ultimate pulutan. Packed with red bean, avocado, jalapeno, tapa and topped with their delicious meat sauce, salsa and cheddar cheese. I always love nachos. Such a wonderful conversational chips. Hehe.

🍴Zen Chicken Nuggets (250PHP) - this is my fave. A deep fried version of Hainanese chicken. The delicious flavor of hainanese chicken still there but this time with a crunch into it. Served complete with chili, kecap and ginger scallion sauce. Just hainanese chicken should be.

🍴Gangname Style Chicken Wings (210PHP) - Tasty korean chicken wings. Flavorful good.

🍴Bangla Mussels (320PHP) - another fave of mine. Mussels in a coconut curry like sauce. Served with roti for that wiped clean simot sarap sauce ending. If you're a fan of coconut curry you'll surely enjoy this. I think this will also be good with rice.

🍴Fish and Chips (325PHP) - Deep fried cobbler fish fillet and chips. You're typical fish and chips another great bar chow.

🍴Steak Ale Pie (310PHP) - A warm wagyu beef mushroom pie. I enjoyed the delicious meat and the golden crisp pasty.

🍴Grilled Cheese Sandwich - this one is a new item soon to be release. This is one of the best grilled cheese I've had. Love the full flavor of the cheese and for a bonus point the onion marmalade that comes with it was perfect.

For Dessert 🍰Deep Fried Apple Pie a la Mode (150PHP)- will remind you of the warm apple pie of that clown but this one is a lot bigger and more delicious. We love it so much that we had to get a round 2 of this.

🍰Grown Up Chocolate Mousse (175PHP)-this one is my fave for dessert. Love the dark bitter chocolate mousse. I love to pair this with the Engkanto Double IPA.

For Alcohol 🍺Engkanto Beer - engkanto beer is one of my fave local craft beer. They have really good variety of beer from the light blond ale to super dark stout. My fave of among them are the Double IPA and Calamansi. The double ipa give a sweet note to the beer with just the right amount of kick. The calamansi got a nice citrus flavor and fragrance. You can order their 4 O' Clock flight (280PHP) for a beer taste of your choice.

🍺 Tigrita (280PHP) - this is their tequila cocktail. I think this one will be a good choice for the ladies. Fresh light citrus tequila.

🍺Rum and Coke #2 (365PHP) - this one is not your typical rum coke. I love their version not too carbonated and got that swabe feeling to it.

Overall this place is really a good hangout place.Top notch service, food and drinks. Love the...

Positive: they have good cocktails. The ambience is not that bad. And it’s located in the center of makati.

Negative: first of all, there was no security or doorman outside, we saw a bunch of street kids singing to the people drinking outsid. Secondly, the aircon was leaking, wherein the water was splattering around. So we had to wait to be moved to the couch area. When we got to the couch area, my friends sat on the couch. GOOD THING, a man who was previously seated there came back to check if he left his phone, so my friend turned on her phone’s flash light to help find it, only to find that THERE IS VOMIT in the couch and she happened to sit on it. The vomit looked like it was in between the crease of the seat and the back board, so you WONT SEE IT unless lit! Super disgusting! Looks like they just wiped the surface and didn’t bother to check if it’s totally clean.

Plus they didn’t have all the wine...

I went with a group of friends on a Thursday night. We got there at 8 pm, with the place 80% full. We had a couple of things off the menu in celebration of Chinese New Year, the braised pork and fried fish. Get a serving of rice, these are proper ulam (viand) dishes that require rice. We also had buffalo. Wings, nachos and the chicken nuggets. Everything was delicious. If you're into sweet cocktails, go for the greentini, which has green tea and tequila.

The interiors remind me of Leo's Oyster Bar in downtown SF. By the time we ended our meal, it was clear they were understaffed, and it was hard to hear each other over the music and the sound of people talking and laughing.

I'd come back for the food and...