Mangan — Restaurant in Quezon City

Pretty terrible. We looked forward to comforting Filipino food but everything was underwhelming.

Items were out of ingredients even if it was only 5PM. We ordered a group set meal with multiple dishes included but their puto bumbong, which is part of what they're known for, had to be substituted because it wasn't available.

We tried to order another item they're kind of known for, okoy, and it also wasnt available.

The dishes included in the group set meal were also disappointing. Most of it was bland aside from the pakbet.

The sisig just tasted like stir-fried liver and almost tasted like fish despite being "pork".

The kare-kare was very bland.

The fried hito tasted fresh and fried to a good texture but also bland.

Would not recommend.

However, good on them for allowing pets to actually sit INSIDE the restaurant unlike pseudo-pet-friendly restaurants that only let pets be in outdoor/outside seating. Confirmed...

Ordered the following:

Coffee - meh Adobong Pusit Ala Pobre - good portion but lacks the taste of an adobong pusit Sisig ni Mely - 10/10! Ampalaya con salted egg - ampalaya is so bitter, tastes raw and looks raw. AND WHERE’S THE SALTED EGG??? Good taste on the sauce though. Please balance the portion of the ampalaya and the salted egg. Pork Binagoongan - 10/10! Suha Salad - why? Good though but please don’t put coriander on it, it amplifies the bitterness

Didn’t get my orders right, though the waiter who took order had it right when verbally repeated. Had to follow-up and ends up reordering the dish that wasn’t served.

All-in-all, price is fine, it could’ve been better if they got everything written above right. Thank you, and hope to visit...

June 2025: Our first visit to this restaurant was quite an experience, but not in the way we had hoped. We were eager to try the Okoy, Nilagang Bulalo, and Tortang Talong with Longganiza, so we sat down with high expectations. Unfortunately, our excitement quickly faded. The Okoy, instead of being the crunchy delight we envisioned, turned out to be disappointingly soft. The Bulalo was also tough; we had to wrestle with our knives to get through the meat. As for the Tortang Talong, it had an unwelcome burnt taste that lingered. Overall, it was a letdown that left us disheartened. Sadly, this dining experience didn’t live up to its promise, and we won't be returning...