Lando And Lorie's Banay Banay Eatery — Restaurant in San Jose

I never had it so good at a local eatery: Kaldereta, Calamares, Bulalo, Barbecue. There was what looks like grilled tilapia which I didn’t get because it was on the other side of the table. I had line of sight too for some kind of shrimp dish which I refused because the shrimp was small and I had to work a bit to get into the meat. There are times when the best meal is one which I can just throw in my mouth and chew.

The first four that I mentioned were just right, some even delicious. I’m not partial to Calamares; some put too much starch; others time it really bad that it becomes rubbery. I enjoyed this one. Texture is also a common mistake in beef recipes but no mistake in the Kaldereta, Bulalao, and Barbecure I just ate.

We had a 72 year old woman with us and she finished off that Bulalo which I did not expect, because I had my eyes on it. Had that thing become a little more on the rubbery side most likely she would have stuck with the fish. Barbecue was heaven. Kaldereta just right.

I was with a government monitoring team circling about in the province that day. As one of the newer faces around they gave me the standard assurances: masarap dito (it’s delicious here). Plus they charge at government rates which was the team leader’s funny way of saying it’s affordable.

There’s no better endorsement for a place to eat than the number of people that do eat in it. It was full! I looked around a bit at Google Street View, those people eating Lando and Lorie’s that lunch time with us had to travel. The eatery is not in the middle of town to generate foot traffic. People come here for...

I gladly recommend Lando and Lorie's Banay-Banay restaurant that is very popular for Batangueños and those who came from other places alike because of its great-tasting home-style meals, friendly staff service, and that nice nostalgic canteen-like ambience in the spacious dining area. Located along Pres. Jose P. Laurel Highway, San Jose town so close to Lipa City. Lots of choices in their menu; be patient when it comes to long queue along the food counter as the restaurant is often crowded with customers especially during lunchtime and on weekends and holidays. Please be reminded, so as to avoid inconvenience for you and to the other customers, to select all the foods you want to order as you pass by the food counter before you pay at the cashier because if ever you change your order or you want to add more dish, you might as well return at the end of the customer queue again. The restaurant also has attractive exteriors with well-maintained landscaped gardens and plant boxes along its driveway and parking spaces. Its cheerful pink paint with pastel red-orange accent actually became the inspiration for the color of our family...

The food is kalenderia style. We arrived at 1pm and they are already sold out of bulalo!? ,If thats your specialty should have plenty of it. Sinigang na Hipon which has 3 small shirmp, 1 piece of okra and 4 piece of sitaw cost 200 pesos. It taste like mang inasal soup full of knor sinigang mix. BBQ is cold and a little tough. Rice is cheap 10 pesos only and big serving and thats all thats good about it. We ate there to satisfy our hunger not our palete! Compare it to Rose and Grace which turo-turo style and you will see...