PLACES, PEOPLE, EVENTS, GOOD FOOD AND MY LIFE

Held my despedida in this Filipino-themed dine-in restaurant that serves grilled, sizzling and other authentic Filipino dishes in a nicely interiored and relaxing set-up. They have branches are all over Metro Manila and nearby cities. Mostly found in big malls and and in popular restaurant rows.

Some characters from Pugad Baboy(a famous comic strip in the Philippines)are portrayed in Dencio's ads and menus. Their place mats, table napkins and menus have "Pugad Dencio's" logo(Pugad Baboy and the owner's name-Dencio, combined). They have wide variety of Filipino dishes to choose from. They offer meat, seafood and vegetable dishes, salad, appetizers, soups, noodles and rice, desserts and drinks. One of their house specialties is the sizzling pork sisig. Sisig is made from chopped parts of pig’s head usually seasoned with chili peppers and calamansi(calamansi is like a tropical lime). I ordered sinigang na baboy(sour soup pork), nilagang baka(beef stew), sisig, karekare(stewed oxtail, beef with variety of vegetables in peanut sauce), inihaw na pusit(grilled squid) and calamares. The foods are good but nothing ultrafantastic. My friends and I are kinda disappointed with the inihaw na pusit coz it's not well-grilled (seemed really raw) so we asked the staff to recook it. I've been to Dencio's restaurant a couple of times but based from my last experience the foods tasted a little different unlike before. The service was slow. Hope they can be more attentive to customers coz oftentimes it takes a while to get what you requested. However, I gave this resto a two thumbs up for the nicely decorated interior. Ambiance has a welcoming atmosphere. The restrooms are clean, with sufficient supply of paper towels and soap. Foods are a bit pricey.

(Note: My review is based on my experience last year at DENCIO'S BAR AND GRILL, TRINOMA MALL, QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES.)