Dencio's

Patricia Agrippina Amaya

4.0

Since the 90's Dencio's has been a staple Filipino restaurant to most Filipino families. As they celebrate their 26th year, we revisit their classic dishes that made them the go-to restaurant for sisig and beer. Appetizers: Calamares - Crispy and tender with a side of tartar sauce perfect for pulutan.Crispy Embotido with Shrimp- perfectly crispy on the outside but moist and full of flavor inside, eat this with their sweet and sour sauce Main Courses:Bulalo- A good mix of meat and utak with a decent broth Crispy Sisig - Been going here for this sisig since I was in highschool. Still delicious with a squeeze of calamansi a bit of knorr and hot sauce. Best partnered with beerSinugba - The chicken, liempo, squid, and tuna are marinated in a soy calamansi sugar sauce. It's tasty and sweet. Kare Kare - Beef and tripe that are stewed in a peanut sauce. Dessert: I highly suggest having all three. They revamped their desserts to be even better and adding new elements to each dish. Halo Halo - classic Maiz con yelo - I love how they added cereal for an added crunch Buko Pandan - Creamy taste with pearls There's a reason why Dencio's has been a staple restaurant for more than two decades and still thriving. With innovation to their menu, they keep us excited of how they can elevate their classic dishes. Thank you to Dencio's and to website PH.

Jodi Tio

4.0

Dencio before has a lot of designs included with their interior. Now that they have renovations making it more modernized, it is more neat and spacious to look at.Now for the food. Their menu 'House Favorites' has few of my favorites that I would like to recommend to all of you.😁😍😆😄😅😃🙂😐😑KARE KARE was good and a lot of vegetables in it. But ive tasted other karekare with richer flavor than this.🙂SIZZLING BISTEK TAGALOG was great! The meat was tender and the flavors are well balanced.😆EMBUTIDO is different to what I usually see and eat. The prawn inside of it will surprise you as you bite it! And the fried molo strips covering it giving it a good crunch is just perfect. The sauce also compliments this food well.😍PINAPUTOK NA PANCIT has a presentation I've never seen before in other pancits I have eaten. And its taste is unique knowing that it is not that salty and the noodle combination gives you different textures in your mouth.😄DENCIOS CRISPY SISIG is your usual sisig paired with beers that you will surely enjoy.😃MANGO CHILI was very surprising! The taste of sour mangoes that slowly changes into a spicy sensation in your mouth makes you confused what to feel. But surely for me its refreshing and a bit addicting even its super spicy at the end.😅Great experience eating here knowing that they have live bands here sometimes. Good place to chill with your friends and also will try to comeback here to try other foods. Dencios did a good job in turning their old setup into something more inviting to different age brackets. And they also have function rooms upstairs for events so check them out or contact for more details! 😁

Mehmet Ergen

4.0

Dencios is a restaurant institution for the longest time, serving a wide variety of Filipino food for the masses. And now under a new restaurant group, they are focused on renovating it to be more of a resto bar that would cater the modern tastes, as well as most of the millenials. In line with this, they made some changes with some of the items in the menu and I am sure interested to try it out. Here are some of the items that I would highly recommend:Crispy Embutido Hipon - This was one of the items that I wasn't really expecting to hit but just gave me a home runner. The texture of the molo strips and the shrimp filling just gave a different approach to my pallete. A definite must-try.Pinaputok na Pancit - Now this is something that will catch your attention. It's basically Guisadong Pancit with Coconut milk, finished off binalot-style. Tastes good as well!Dencio's Krispy Sisig - An old school item in the menu, still pleasing the masses up until now. Great with beer if I may add.Bistek Tagalog - Well-seasoned dish that is something that you should consider ordering with rice. A great meal is insured with this.Mango Chili - The mango shake with a hidden kick. Not for the non-spice afficionados as this gives you a hint of spice after drinking.I like what they did with the interiors as it became spaceous and cozy for diners. They also had large monitors inside for sporting events. I just hope they can open earlier so that I could watch the NBA Finals at their place. But all in all, I'm looking forward towards Dencio's further evolution as I'm definitely going back for my beer buckets and sisig. 😊