Sear Steak Scullery

Lyndliz Jann

2.0

We loved the ambience. There were a few occupied tables on a Saturday night. We ordered Striploin & T-bone steaks and a Ceasar salad. Unfortunately salads were not available, so we ordered Onion Rings instead. It was very salty, and the dip very sweet. The soup and bread that came with the steaks were delicious, but the herb butter was salty (again); perhaps they can use unsalted butter with the pimiento that they added. The steaks were cooked well, but again they were very salty that I had to drink a lot of water that filled me up easily. Same goes with the mashed potato and cilantro rice. There was supposedly free tea with the T-bone steak but it did not arrive. During dinner they were also serving free coffee (I think as part of a taste testing for a coffee place in front of the restaurant), but the coffee wasn’t able to remove the salty taste that lingered in our mouths. I would have given a 5 if the steaks weren’t over the top salty, and if the salad was available.

AchwtJ

3.0

I’ve heard about this place before but haven’t gotten the chance to try it, so I was glad when I recently got to dine here with my mom and sister. I reserved a table via Booky to avail a P300 discount if you reach or exceed P1,000. Based on my experience, here are my two cents:Ambience It was a Monday night when we came over, so it was no surprise when the place was mostly empty with about only two other customers dining. I personally didn’t mind since I prefer uncrowded places and we got to sit in a large table that could accommodate about 6 people. Overall, it was cozy dining here.ServiceAll staff members were extremely courteous so it was such a pleasant dining experience. We were given complementary soup (mushroom soup for that day) and bread with dip, and our food was served very quickly. We were told that we were entitled to a free dessert due to the booky reservation, but since they were out of ice cream, they offered iced tea instead. I chose green apple iced tea and they gave us 2 servings, but it came when we were already finished with our meal. FoodI found both complementary sides to be soso in taste. The mushroom soup was good but on the salty side (personally am not a fan of salty food) while the bread had that sweet taste with a salty type of dip, so I opted to eat the bread without a dip. We then ordered 3 main dishes: Beef Potroast, Roast Lamb, and Lengua con Ceta.Beef Potroast (Php 380) - This was my personal order. I chose mashed potato as my side though I wasn’t a fan of it since it was quite milky (my sister did like it however). The beef itself was tender and it came with a mushroom sauce that complemented the dish well. Vegetables were nothing special and just buttered.Roast Lamb (Php 389) - This was my sister’s order. Immediately, the first thing she noted was the fact that the sauce was already placed on the meat. It would have been preferable if they had come separately. The lamb itself was delicious but had a slightly gamy taste. The sauce, however, had a very peppery and curry-like taste that was just too salty (almost ruined the dish, to be honest). Lengua con Ceta (Php 380) - If you are a fan of lengua, you may like this dish, as my mom and I did. It came with a sauce very similar to that of the beef dish, so it was nothing extraordinary, and the cilantro rice was not very flavorful—tasted like normal rice. Green Apple Iced Tea - This came so late that I thought the taste would make up for it. WRONG! It tasted like an EXTREMELY concentrated Nestea iced tea with green apples sliced on top. I was so disappointed but relieved that I didn’t have to pay for it (since I was thinking about getting it at first).ConclusionOverall, all 3 dishes looked so identical that at one point, I couldn’t even tell them apart. Dining experience was not bad; it was actually pretty enjoyable given the peaceful ambience, though I think the food can still be improved.