Icebergs

Jillian Reyes

4.0

One of our all time favorites in SM Fairview. Their banana split, halo halo and mais con hielo are to beat. They use the creamiest ice cream for me. They had renovated their store and now the seats are all comfortable and the place is well lighted. Our favorite dishes here are: for my 11 year old, she loves their Tofu Steak, hubby loves their pork sisig, my personal favorite is their bangus/tilapia fillet while bunso will always order their sundae. They also serve moderately fast (meaning di naman kami naiinip). Minsan we prefer their beef steak but not often. Sometimes their beef isn't that tender, but still the sauce is a winner.

Jillian Reyes

2.0

I loved going with my mom to the old Magnolia ice creamery at Aurora Boulevard (now, reincarnated at Robinsons Magnolia - never been, but I have my eye on it) when she was still taking German classes at the now closed Goethe Institut across St. Paul's College, and as a kid growing up reading Archie comics, hanging out at a soda shoppe having some floats and sundaes seemed to be the most rad thing ever! (Yes I used "rad" - so 80's.)So Icebergs, when I first encountered it when SM City North was still the biggest mall around, was like a piece of good ole' Americana that indelibly conditioned me to associate it with the fuzzy wuzzy feelings of good times back in my childhood.Except, I don't remember the ice cream tasting this cheap, or the marshmallows being so small and the portions stingy. Whatever happened to the sprinkles and the oodles of syrup that oozed out as appetizingly as in the comic books?To their credit, ice cream in the Philippines has changed. Kids, you don't remember this, but Magnolia and Selecta didn't used to taste like how it tastes now. They used to be as creamy and thick as imported ice cream, or even better, because I have an uncle who would visit the Philippines and indulge on the three things that our country produced better than in Europe (and remember, they were the post war generation): beer (our San Mig Pale Pilsen, used to be world class - even Jet Li, who became an endorser, once said it was "the beer" in his youth), tobacco, and ice cream. All of which have sadly detoriated in quality.For the sad state of the ice cream in their sundaes, I'd say you'd get better quality getting a cone of Sbarro's gelato.

Mutiara Tiffany Al'jufrie

4.0

I ordered Tenderloin Salpicado with yellow corn rice,country fries with chili con carne and cheese,and Oreo cookie sundae.The meat was soft and the yellow corn rice goes well with the Tenderloin Salpicado and the meal has a large serving.