Terraza Restaurant — Restaurant in Talisay

At first we were disappointed because they took 30 minutes to serve our dinner and then served our rice and another dish 5 minutes after. But then we discovered that they were struggling with an unexpected number of guests. Their staff is very polite and respectful and truly seemed freaked out when we started getting a bit angry. Since all our other meals here (we stayed overnight and had four meals here) we're served on time, we decided to give them a break.

The best thing for me was the Sauteed Garden Vegetables. All Filipino veggies. IT WAS SO GOOOOOOD! I had to ask the chef how to cook it at home! Chef Geni was kind enough to come out and give me his recipe and tips on cooking local veggies.

Apart from the Garden veggies I tried the Tuna Sandwich (3.5 stars), The Adobo rice (5 stars), fried Tilapia (4.5 Stars), Chicken adobo (4 stars), Breakfast Buffet (3.5 stars).

The only thing I didn't like was the Gelato. I got Chocolate and it was too sweet and it melted so fast.

One last thing - this resto has a view of the inner rim of Taal and the pool and it is AWESOME...

Located inside Club Balai Isabel as their main dining outlet, Terraza offers your favorite filipino fare like bulalo, crispy pata, pancit, grilled liempo and more prepared and cooked with great quality. I only rated them four stars because i found their buffet to be a bit overpriced given the modest selections, but their ala carte options do deliver as promised(portions are good for 4-5pax)! Some seating options allow for pool-side dining with a great view of taal lake. Their wait staff are courteous and accomodating(shout-out to Karl who served us dinner...

Great ambience (except for the flies), but the food was a huge disappointment. Our garlic fried rice was all burnt leftover rice (tutong) with barely any hint of garlic in it, plus the shrimp (halabos na hippn) was SERVED RAW (see photos)!!! Service was also poor, except for one waiter (no nameplate) we complained to who handled it well. He sent the message to the chef, empathized and apologized. However no chef or manager came to our table to investigate. Vibrio bacteria infection scare. Would...