A'Toda Madre

Hazel Romero-Garcia

4.0

Hidden between hotels and hostels in the Red Light District is A’toda Madre, a bar with mexican flair serving classic mexican dishes like soft shell tacos, nachos, and elotes with high quality alcoholic beverages. Their space was quite small compared to the other pubs and bars that i visited but they made up for it with ample indoor and outdoor seating. They also filled up the place with colorful latin decor including murals and other decorations like sugar skulls so there was always something interesting to look at.As the third stop in website’s Poblacion Pub Crawl in partnership with NutriAsia, A’toda Madre brought out their best dishes that were the perfect pair with their own signature cocktails blended with “Locally” fruit juices. All the dishes and beverages were complimentary as part of this tour. •The first dish i tried was their elotes, popular in Mexico as a street food this dish was a simple but delicious appetizer. The light char brought a nice smokiness to the buttery sweetcorn while the bits of Mozzarella cheese and light dusting of paprika powder added a hint of spice and made the disg more exciting and complex compared to your typical buttered corn appetizer. •Their Nachos was next in line and i would say that it is excellent as well. Nachos are simple in theory and what really makes it special is the quality of the chips and the choice of fillings. A’Toda Madres’ nachos were splendid, their chips were nice and crisp yet different from the usual generic nacho chips served in other places. It was also topped with barbacoa meat, cheese, tomatoes, and mozzarella all of these were top notch and complimented each other well. Bringing savory, salty, tangy, and truly mexican flavors in a dish that everyone will love. •They also served calamari, another popular bar chow. Their calamari was cooked perfectly and the squid bits were not chewy at all, my only complaint about this dish is that the seasoning was inconsistent as some bits of squid had more seasoning than others. •They served several variants of their soft shell tacos with different meat filling and toppings. I was able to try their Chili Verde Tacos, Chicken Chipotle Tacos, and the Barbacoa Taco. As a lover of tacos, i was in heaven!. Soft shell tacos are not as popular as their commercialized hard shell taco cousins and a lot of people are missing out. •Their tacos were perfectly bite sized (for those who can eat it in one go like me) and 3 tacos per plate was enough for a person and for sharing as well. •The meat filling in all three tacos were flavorful on their own, both the Chicken, and Barbacoa we’re nicely seasoned and was marinated well that you can classic mexican flavor in every strand of meat. • Their salsa and other vegetable toppings like onions and tomatoes tasted fresh and complimented the deep flavor of the meat filling with a nice herb-y tanginess. •I also loved their gratuitous use of Cilantro in their salsa verde, a polarizing ingredient for many but arguably my personal favorite herb of them all. •• My only complaint would be the pickled onions on top of the Barbacoa tacos which was a little bit too overpoweringly sour especially when you try to eat in all at once but all in all they were all delicious and unique.BeveragesAs part of website’s Pub Crawl in partnership with “Locally” Juices, A’toda Madre was tasked to create their own signature concoctions using “Locally” Juices which range from Calamansi to Tamarind. A’toda’s bartenders were well prepared for this challenge with a bar stocked with more than a hundred varieties of Tequila and other alcohols. • I personally liked the Tamarita Guyabano, a complex but interesting mix of Tamarind Juice, Guyabano Juice, and Tequila. • The sweet and sour Kamias was also delicious and refreshing, perfectly paired with the Elotes which were sweet and savory.• I really liked that their cocktail shots were a lot stronger than the other drinks that i’ve already tried from other pubs in this tour. Their beverages also paired well with the food that they served.Overall, A’toda Madre brings authentic mexican fare to Makati’s red light District. Their food was simple but done extremely well, their signature Locally cocktails were just as good.Food: 4Drinks: 3.5

Aykan Kızılkaya

5.0

This is a really nice place to hang out with friends. If you want to purge all the things inside you with alcohol this is where you can go to. 🤣 The elotes callejeros were simply delicious! I also love how it has this heat in it that makes it all the more yummy. The quesadillas are definitely a favorite too for me. They're not too thick or too thin and the meat and the cheese inside are so so good! 😍 The tacos were good too! Go for the lengua. :) we had the chocolate flan for dessert and it was really good! It was thick and full of chocolate goodness. :) I really like this place. It's such a good hang out place. :) at 5-7pm they have a promo that involves buy 1 take 1 Corona and margaritas for 195. :)

Susanthirani

4.0

good place for tequila and some mexican food. :) The quesadillas and the tacos are awesome! Not to mention the corn. :) love the murals and the overall ambiance of the place.