FOOD: Yes, it was Chines cuisine however, the taste needs a bit of a tweak because it tasted bland. Only a few dishes registered on my taste buds like their fried rice and fried chicken. SERVICE: This is probably the reason this place still stands. The staff was so attentive to all of the requests made by guests. AMBIENCE: The decor was authentically Chinese Dragon inspired. Red color was dominant. However, it was hot inside the room. I just don't know if they forget to turn on the air conditioner given that there are lots of people on the 2nd floor were we hold the retirement event. REMARKS: By the way, extra food brought from outside is charge with...
Read morePenglai is a restaurant located in Times St. corner West Avenue.
It is a restaurant which caters not only for regular eating customers but it can cater for a certain occasion, such as the retirement Party of my Division Chief in the office, followed by a chinese-style buffet such as fried rice, pansit canton, Tofu with bokchoy, lumpia shanghai, and buchi.
On the ground floor, there were live seafood in the aquarium, such as shrimps and lapu-lapu fish.
Parking is located beside the open space, but securely closed with a rope, where the guard on duty can pull it out for the customers-only...
Read moreClassic Chinese comfort food. Our family used to frequent this place when they were still under the name Shangrila and we were sad when they closed at the start of the pandemic that we ordered all our faves.
Glad to see them back with almost the same staff, taste, and pretty much everything else except the new name. Parking is spacious and service is still very attentive and personalized. We celebebrated birthdays here recently and they were nice enough to get a table for oir cake.
Highly recommend the birthday noodles, sweet and sour pork, yang chow, salted fish fried rice, and crispy...
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