A colleague who now resides in Singapore dropped by Manila to meet me and my other colleagues in my previous work. I suggested that we try having dinner at the Old Vine Grille at the Eastwood Mall. None of us has eaten here before, but as I have have read in reviews, Old Vine serves good food.
I called in the restaurant the day before to reserve six seats for us. I have learned that you really need to make a reservation if you are dining in the restaurant on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday since a lot of people come to eat there during such days and you may not have a seat and wait for a table to be available.
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| Old Vine Grille |
For appetizer, we ordered the Tessie Tomas Salad. I do not eat vegetables so I was not able to taste it. My friends said that the combination of the vegetables was good.
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| Tessie Tomas Salad Small P295.00 / Large P595.00 |
I ordered fresh pineapple fruit shake for my drink which was kind of expensive for a fruit shake in a small glass. It just looks cute and decorative on the table.
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| Fresh pineapple fruit shake P110.00 |
Then we ordered the heavy part of the dinner. Meat, meat, more meat, and some pasta. It was a good thing that the restaurant had a promo that when you order two main entrees, you get a free entree. There was already a list of entree combinations to choose from.
Our first set of 2+1 meal was a combination of Steak Tagalog, Pork Barbecue Ribs, and Steak and Cheese. The Steak Tagalog was the one I liked the most. You can taste the Filipino traditional way that the beef was cooked but is much tastier and it seemed like it was cooked for a long time to get the flavors all in and made the meat so tender. The Pork Barbecue Ribs tastes like the one served at Uncle Cheffy but not as flavorful (by the way Uncle Cheffy and Old Vine are sister restaurants together with Chef's Quarter). Meanwhile, the Steak and Pasta was round chunks of steak with cheese sauce on top with pasta on the side. It was cooked just right so I still got the steak flavor that I was looking for.
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| Steak Tagalog P485.00 |
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| Pork Barbecue Ribs P485.00 |
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| Steak and Pasta Free |
We also ordered Baked Cream Dory, which was a famous dish at Old Vine. I did not really much like it because the flavor was so strong.
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| Baked Cream Dory P350.00 |
We ordered another set of 2+1. This time we reordered the Steak Tagalog and the Pork Barbecue Ribs and added for free the Steak and Cheese with Asparagus. I really liked the grilled asparagus with all its flavor and crispness preserved.
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| Steak and Cheese with Asparagus Free |
Overall, I would recommend dining at the Old Vine Grille, a definite value for your money. We left the restaurants with our stomachs and taste buds contented. It is a restaurant that I would want to go back to.
