EJ's Garden Cafe — Restaurant in Surigao del Norte

This review is for the cafe part of the establishment. We liked the breakfast here so we came back for dinner which was also nice. The food does take a while to arrive but i dont mind that if its hot and yummy. The one thing that bugs me for dinner is that when there is a small family party for dinner that the family and restaurant let their kids run round and have their kids phones turned up so everybody gets to hear what the kids are watching. Its pretty annoying for other coustmers tbh and is a put off for dinning out.. I found the staff to be pleasant and friendly plus food is of a good standard. One thing with the burgers i feel if they lightly toasted the buns it would be better and more of those delicious home made fries please. Thank you EJs will visit again if in the area. The restaurant opens at 10 am and serves all day breakfast options with an extensive menu of food...

Don't bother going there if you're just gonna have dinner with your family. They're a very busy resto. We had trouble finding table and asked a crew but just told us to find it ourselves "pangita Lang mo dira ma'am". Then when there was finally a free table, we waited for a couple of minutes just for them to notice us and ask a menu. Lastly, when it was time to order, we waited for nearly 20mins waving our arms to call attention to the waiters. We called the waiter who was giving glasses of water to a table near us to take our order. But he just told us that they were busy "busy man gud ma'am". I know that they are busy but you don't say that to a customer. We got up after that and went somewhere else. WE'RE NEVER GOING BACK TO THAT VERY UNFRIENDLY CUSTOMER...

Coffee good, interior really cool, food OK. Sadly we felt unwelcomed as white people - all Filipinos after us were served and the staff made sure they don't look at us. Even when serving eventually they made sure there's no eye contact. We were very surprised since we behaved friendly and even talked Tagalog as much as we could. I asked for a burger without tomatoes and they served it with a small hidden slice of tomato in the middle. Aside that the burger sauce was very sweet and kinda ruined; all the other ingredients and fries were good. Won't come again.

Edit: just went on the streets for the first time here and realized they just don't want white people...