Juanito's Bistro

Kia Nañadiego Baronia

3.0

An old mansion turned into a bistro, Juanito's is a perfect chilling place atFairview. It was one of my recent discoveries and I immediately set-up adinner with my colleagues, one of them is getting married this week and we wantto throw a mini party for her. Juanito's ambience fitted what we're looking for - alfresco, subdued lighting, white walls, homey, couches and throw pillows, andgreat music playlist. Ironically, none of us drinks but we all liked thephotos they've posted on website so we gave it a try. Since we were having thisso-called mini party, I asked the staff if we can stay on the 2nd floor of theal fresco area. I know that me and my colleagues were pretty crazy and loud so Iwant to stay away from other customers. I got on the venue earlier than ouragreed time. I was the one who was tasked to reserve a table for us and thestaff was helpful, even agreed to be an accomplice to the crime for the surprisewe had for our friend. My bad, I didn't get his name. I thought there was anongoing event because the place was adorned with balloons, the staff said thosewere because of last night's event they catered. Happily, I went ahead andreserved 3 tables for us.The place gave me a resort feels during day time, only there's no pool.Actually, there was. But they set up a wooden platform on top of it andmaximized the place for another set of tables and chairs. I recommend this placefor all types of functions. They also have an airconditioned function room whichyou can book for a fee. When the lights came on, the resort feels vanished andreplaced by a romantic mood.The Main EventCheese Sticks with garlic mayo dipBeef NachosOnion RingsLiempoBoneless BangusBeef with mixed vegetablesJuanito's Bistro offers Filipino dishes of pork, beef, chicken, seafood,pastas and grilled dishes. They have plenty of liquors and cocktails to choosefrom but sadly there's no mojito. The pica-pica were awesome - melted cheese oncheese sticks and the onion rings were fried just right! The liempo hasoverpowering barbecue sauce on it because it tasted sweet. The boneless banguswas their winning dish that night because we all love it - the plating wasunusual and it wasn't overdone. The mixed vegetables was not overcooked and hasthick sauce but just average. We had to order the viands in multiple because weall liked it! Actually, we didn't expect that they serve great foods. We justnoticed that the liempo they serve the second time was quite a lot than thefirst one. Also, the second batch of boneless bangus was a bit salty. Nocomplaints, just mere observations. We were billed around P2000, inclusive of service charge.Time of visit: 21 Dec 2014

Nurşah İlktürk

3.0

the place is nice really good they have this room for guest who don't like smokers,menu reasonable pricebut encountered after ordering nacho's after 15 mins. the server gave us our bill buy we don't even requested for it.once the place has been crowdedit starts to get warm

Craig Everett Jones

3.0

⭕ al fresco and air-conditioned area⭕ location is easy to find, not too far from the main road⭕ clean⭕ quiet and relaxing, homey feels-* idk if the area is just too big but we had a bit of a hard time calling the staff for our concerns* food is okay, a bit pricey for a small serving* no bucket orders for the beers Perfect for your "chill" moments.