Askal

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   Carla

   Melbourne

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 4

   Food was great, a little overpriced when you look at the portions but all around I did enjoy the flavours. The service on the other hand was not what I was expecting. For a restaurant to apply that they are a fine dining experience I did not feel that at all. It seemed as though it was just my table but we were not looked after the way I expected. They sat us down and then just forgot about us. We waited about 20 minutes before I called someone over. If your fine dining give us 5-10mins to look over the drink menu then come back in another 10 if we are not ready to order food. I have been to “normal” restaurants where the service was 10x better than what we got here, and the fact that we ordered an entree and main and the cost being $120 it just was not worth it in my opinion and will probably not be back
   

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   Jennifer

   Melbourne

   10 reviews

   2.0

   10 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 2

   I wasn’t impressed by our dining experience last night. We shared the Piyesta menu and overall, my impression of the flavour profiles was it was dominated by an overly generous use of coconut vinegar. And this particularly impacted the showpiece kare kare, which had none of the creamy, coconutty, sweet, peanutty flavour in its sauce. Instead, the dish was strangely bitterly salty as if it had been fermented with too much ampalaya. It was unpalatable to me and a real waste of wagyu (which was very tender), and the waiter, instead of probing to see if there was anything wrong with the clearly half-consumed dish between 3, simply asked the bland, “how’s everything?” and accepted my dining companions’ assurances and cleared the table. The leche flan was not complimented by the do/called Tanduay rum infused syrup which tasted more like burnt syrup than rum caramel. There was no coffee to order, only TEA BAG tea (this is an absolute travesty — this is not something you should be serving in a decent cafe let alone a restaurant). And to add insult to injury, we had to ask for milk not once, not twice but FIVE times and from 3 different waiters by which time my friend’s cup of tea was lukewarm. Did anyone think to offer to replace the tea for a fresh cup? No. I was so disappointed in everything about this restaurant as one if my fellow diners had never sampled Filipino food before, and their experience was memorable for all the wrong reasons.
   

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   Henry

   Tasmania

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Delicious Filipino food. Very friendly staff and the ambiance was pleasant. Highly recommended!
   

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   Michele

   Victoria

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 23, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Superb food, great ambience, carefully (and far reaching) curated wine list to complement the menu and staff who clearly love what they do and aren’t afraid to show it. So refreshing. Highly recommend.
   

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   gene

   Melbourne

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 20, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   amazing food, cocktails, ambience, head chef is so humble and friendly. all staff are friendly. definitely worth checking out. amazing experience
   

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   Keigo

   Melbourne

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on October 25, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Best staff of any restaurant ive been in Melbourne! Good was top notch as well
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   Melbourne

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on October 25, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Filipino flavours meets Melbourne fine dining ! The staff were super attentive and very friendly. Gorgeous dining area and great vibe. The food WOW WOW WOW ! It is VERY rare I am speechless but each and every dish left me without words except for “ more please !” We had the kare kare donut, bbq skewer , sky flakes cracker with sardine , the bone marrow clay pot rice , the market fish and ube cake along with 2 cocktails. Each and every dish was amazing and left us excited for the next ! Absolutely phenomenal meal that we will be talking about for a very long time ! Thanks Askal
   

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   Kiarra

   Melbourne

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined on October 24, 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   My friend and I got dinner here and had their $129pp ‘piyesta’ feed me menu. Unfortunately, it was a big miss for us :( We found our entrees good but soon after that, everything was just so-so. My friend had the sweet potato & enoki mushroom ukoy as a dish allergy alternative and was unable to finish it because it was too oily. The claypot rice with the bone marrow was good, but the beef that came with it was very tough and chewy and we were unable to finish most of it. We were also disappointed with their leche flan as we found the Tanduay rum caramel a bit too strong and overpowering. We are both long-term hospo workers and we agreed that the service given to us was below average. Within the 2 hours of our booking, we’ve not been asked how our food was. I expected a better service if we are paying at such price point. Also, I just found it a bit rude to be given the bill, mid-conversation, without us even asking for it. I felt like we were being rushed even though my friend clearly still had a drink to finish. We left shortly anyways. Given all this, I find it very difficult to justify paying $129 for so-so food and below average service. I am Filo myself and I’m all for supporting Filo businesses but really sorry to say I don’t think I would recommend this place to my friends nor would I see myself coming back here anytime soon.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   New South Wales

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on October 18, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great experience from service to food and overall experience
   

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    OpenTable Diner

    New Zealand

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on October 18, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    We had a great experience overall-delectable foods, superb service and the on the rocks ube crème liqueur, Love ni Nanay. What a let-down is the Carabao Mango pate de fruit which is quite pricey for such a small dessert that tastes like the ordinary mangorind. But as I said, we had an awesome experience.
    

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