Riviera Cafe - The Heritage Hotel

Nicole G. Genito

3.0

Had lunch at The Heritage Hotel’s Riviera Cafe a couple of weeks ago. This was before my sick streak, where I could barely eat without feeling like hell… The calm before the storm.I seldom set foot in this hotel, since it’s not really near places of interest to me and I don’t hang out in casinos. However, the meal was because of a coupon that set the buffet price back 50%. Nice.I liked the variety of food they had there. It was a mixture of Chinese, French, Indian, Filipino, and Japanese. The serving platters weren’t big gastronorms, so it really gives the impression of a small cafe set-up.The salad station at the front of the buffet. Cheese station is somewhere on the right side.I always start off with the cheese platter, which makes me feel so un-French. I don’t usually have cheese with wine. Rather, I treat it like an appetizer… Something I have it in lieu of a salad.An assortment of cheese, a breadstick, and some cold prawn and mango salad.Then I eat my way through the buffet, degustation style, which means that I get the smallest possible serving of each and every dish there is. After tasting everything (and if there’s still room for more food), I come back for seconds of what I really like.Clockwise from Left: Make-My-Own "Taco", Fresh Oysters with Cocktail/Dill sauce on side, Duck meat something, Terrine of something with Duck (eggs, I think).The oyster didn’t go with the cocktail sauce and the dill. It’s still the best with a few drops of lemon. There was also an assortment of cold shrimp and crab, so I get the cocktail sauce. But I don’t understand what the dill is supposed to complement. (Er… Unless I ask the sushi station for some salmon sashimi and ask the griller guys to fire it up.)Salad, Potato something, Steamed Fish in Spinach, Chinese-style Chicken (can't remember the exact name though), Caldereta (the old-school kind)Part of the Chinese dishes there was a Dim Sum cart. No labels though, so I couldn’t distinguish between the lotus siopao and the asado one. I decided to throw caution to the wind and pick a random one: The lotus siopao tasted nice.Creme Brulee (

Marissandina

1.0

Definitely not coming back!!! By far one of the worst hotel breakfast buffet I ever had in Manila. Food is so so! The place smells kinda rusty and utensils/napkins are not clean. In fact the napkin I had looked like someone had spill their mascara on it (guess someone forget to thoroughly run the washing maching LOL) anyway not the best food. 1.5 at least a few waiters are pretty accommodating but not all. We paid 877 per person plus tax and service charge, You always get what you paid for, eyyy!!!!

Angelica Fernandez

4.0

Long before food porn is a thing before any meal, Riviera Cafe is already a place to go to for something sumptuous. It made fine dining accessible to people like me. You see, in the ol' days, hotel dinings were kind of daunting, especially to beginners like me, but this place will give you the confidence to walk in there and eat :). I know the place is old but it suits the ambiance of Riviera. The most important things are still there, the reasons why we still patronize the place: good food and good service. I think those keep the business going up to this day. When you're planning to eat here, try checking up metro deal if they have vouchers that would make it cheaper for you to enjoy dining😊. When booking, try to inquire also if they have promos, it wouldn't hurt to ask, you're talking to them anyway 😉

Nikita

1.0

Horrible Lunch:01 No staff is attending us.02 Service staff Princess forgot to serve my ordered drink.03 Food were delayed.04 Food were expensive.05 Untrained staff.06 Staff argued in front of the guests.07 Food doesn't taste good.08 Furniture needs refurbished.Though the restaurant and cutleries were clean but it's not worth coming back.

P.Light

1.0

Never coming back. Their staff look like they had a really bad day. Variety of food offered was not worth the price. Service is so slow. Normally, I do not mind the staff's appearance so long as their neat but this is an exceptional case. They literally look unhappy and unwilling to service their customers. The place even lacks lighting. It was a total waste of time and money.