Cavitena Bistro Filipino Restaurant

Service- was very slow. The servers are somewhat lost. We are a party of 4 but they served us water for 2. Seated right away but no one has attended to us until I went to the other server. NO utensils nor plates. We were served 2 glasses of water, I requested multiple times... after 30 mins I had to approached two servers just to have water served. Food- 2 menues out of five that we ordered was served after 15 minutes but again no plates, utensils. So the food was cold and oily already the time we were able to eat. The rest took almost 30 minutes. Lost the appetite and enthusiasm considering it's our first time. The food was not as bad somewhat tasty but the system just drag down any positive feedback on this establishment. Our server was apologetic and pleasant but I can't help myself not to get frustrated due to poor service and follow-up. It felt like it's a self-serve restaurant. Utensils, plates, water are very BASIC things but it was overlooked big time.

The lady who served us here was SUPER helpful and very friendly. She took the time to explain what each dish was and how it was prepared. So if I was rating this placed based on the service....it would be 5 stars hands down. But ultimately, you're going here to eat the food and it was just "okay". Their signature beef was kind of tough and the chicken dish was more fat and bone than meat. However.....the lumpia is really good! Probably worth another try....but this outing was just "okay".

Nice place except took an hour for food to come....meat and veggies are cut up to big...need more fruits on halo halo...sweet potatoes needs to cook longer on ginataan bilo bilo....other than that taste not bad....