Ginza Ortigas — Restaurant in Pasig

Rating would be 3.5/5 if there was a 0.5 stars. It's okay, but in comparison with other restaurants at the same price point or a bit lower, it wasn't as good.

The prices are expensive, I uploaded the menu and updated prices as of 01/31/23 in the photos.

I ordered 2 things:

1. Sunigomo (chicken gizzard) Price: 100 pesos It tasted like it wasn't seasoned at all The charring of the meat wasn't enough So overall it lacked taste and was not worth it
2. Tenzaru Soba (Tempura and cold soba) Price: 550 The tempura was good with the batter crispy and the prawn tasting strong. It also came with an eggplant tempura and it was good too. The soba noodles were the usual The sauce was the disappointment. You could barely taste anything and it felt so watered down. There was no hint of saltiness at all and just had a light sweetness to it. I don't usually put a lot of wasabi, but I used 3/4 of what is in the photo to have a sauce with some taste.

So with that I would rate the food at 3 and only the tempura made it a 3.5 for me. Considering the price, I expected a more flavor and a higher standard. But in comparison to other high end japanese restaurants, it felt below that standard.

But I'd like to give kudos to the service. It was very quick. The servers were also friendly and made me feel welcome. They offer free tea as well. It was a good experience with...

Food is bad. Sushi looked so old I sent it back. I was afraid i would get sick. The salmon looked old and dry and the tuna looked stale. The unagi was served cold with cold sauce on top. Everwhere else in the world unagi is served warm. Somehiw the chef did not know this as they tried to explain that sushi is served cold.

No water served and hard to get attention of staff. The were all smoking and joking in the kitchen laughing and there was another room were everyone else was sleeping. There were literally 20 plus people working there doing nothing.

Our tempura order arrived. It was ok. But not to justify 950 pesos . And the veggies were over fried and greasy.

This place is nasty. And very expensive. About a million people standing around but bad service. 👎

Last time I came about 6 months ago we had a great experience here. That's the only reason we came back. We were very disappointed this time.

I feel bad for the owners who must be loosing a lot of money and soon their restaurant will close. It should be shut down. It's a disgrace to...

Bad service. Very inattentive waiters for such a high end place. To think there were 14 of us in a long table, and the place is almost empty. Four waiters are just slumped by the kitchen, no one looking around to see our raised hands. They have service tea but I had to request for it.

Then it gets worse. They could not serve softdrinks because they had no ice yet. Someone had to run to buy. By then, they have run out of Coke zero. What kind of management is this? Weekend lunch and they Miss these things?

Then the biggest bummer. We ordered ebi tempura and the waiter apparently wrote ebi teppanyaki on his slip. So teppanyaki came, no tempura. Sleepy order taker?

As for taste and price, the tonkatsus are severely overpriced at P800 but bland. The good meat’s flavor was not teaser out at all. The only remarkable one may be the oyster, the rest, fast food levels. Even the sashimi is drab, like days old. Not the flavorful ones, considering its P2000 price for basic. Nothing to make this meal satisfying. Maybe...