Restaurant Review: Manokan Grill

This is definitely super late review about another BBQ/Grill Restaurant that I went last year around the month of October. As I’ve mentioned on my previous post; I can see businessmen starting to pour out investments in food businesses specifically in BBQ/Grill Restaurants.  I’m going to review another one and this time I’ll do Manokan Grill Restaurant.

From the outside, you can see a modern – eco friendly and minimalist structured manokan. Even with the updated version of Manokan, they can assure you the taste of original recipe of famous chicken inasal that had been passed on over the years from one generation to another (I heard this is a duplication of the famous Jo’s Chicken Inato only rebranded). Like any other house of chicken inasal, you can expect affordability from their menus – great for family and barkadas (friends) dine-out experience.

Grilled Chicken Awesomeness

The chicken is so tender and juicy but of course; well cooked. Unlike the other manokan especially the commercialized manokan, their grilled chicken are mostly; dry, less meaty and you (kinda) could tell that the chicken was re-grilled over and over again to extend its shelf life (I think). I also loved their atchara because of its sweet and sour perfection.

The King of all Tapiocas

After their perfect grilled chicken, you can never go wrong with their desserts; Halo-Halo and tapioca. I am pretty much a sweet tooth person (tried almost all desserts in every restaurants or pastry café in town) and I could say they have the best Tapioca in town. I have to say major major sorry for the absence of the best tapioca. I ate everything so quickly  – forgot that I need to take a shot of it. Like a cliche “It’s so delicious, you’ll forget your name”. Well, in my case “forgot to take a tapioca selfie”.

Ms. Dem our PhilAm insurance consultant. Thank you for the treat your highness! My husband on black, my tiny little man with his yaya in the middle.

Rate Manokan Grill

Number 10 being the highest, I’m giving them number 9. Aces on everything; I love their grilled chicken, halo-halo and (of course) the tapioca! Lol, accommodating and friendly waiters, clean place (oh, and their comfort room’s cleanliness passed my OCD standard too!). I kept one point because I think the lack of lightings. I mean, it is important to have strong lightings so that people will appreciate the beauty of what they’ll see on their plate(s). ‘Sayang ang food presentation if ngit-ngit’ (it will defeat the purpose of food presentation). And the truth is, people with astigmatism can’t tolerate low lighted area (that’s me!). Well, that’s the only blindspot they have. But, I realized typicaly manokans’ have poor lighting plus few colorful bulbs here and there. Haha! Nevermind.

Please do visit them at Corrales -Yacapin St. beside Trinidad building for your next family bonding – dine out plan. That’s a wrap up. Have a nice day folks!