The Chocolate Kiss Cafe

Rosel Bosi

4.0

I would say that the restaurant meets my average satisfaction rating, if there would be a 3.5 rating here in website that would probably be my rating for the restaurant. The ambiance is okay you can literally feel the UP vibe as there are so many students dining in the restaurant and also the ventilation of the restaurant is good since there's a lot of windows and the view outside is just perfect. When it comes with the food, I am impressed with the generous amount of serving on each dish. The hickory spareribs is delicious it has a rich savory taste. The bistek is also great it has the original filipino taste of bistek. Their brewed coffee is also one of the best I've ever tasted, strong and acceptable. What I didn't like here though is their serving time and the quesadilla we ordered tasted like it's already spoiled plus there's a single strand of hair in the chicken penne but I enjoyed its taste before I discovered the hair. Looking forward to visit this resto again soon and try their pastries. Maybe that would boost up the rating I gave them.

Ann Yamanaka

4.0

Another nostalgia food trip in the old campus. Great place for exchanging ideas while enjoying good food. Pleased with the salisbury steak serving that I think would go well whether you chose rice or mashed potatoes to go with it. The rest of our group also ordered other dishes which I would like go back to try again. Tempted to order some more but had to restrain myself. Looking forward to other bestsellers on the list.

Andrea Aranas

3.0

I first went to the UP Town Center branch and their Bistek Tagalog was perfect: it was tender and it had the right amount of calamansi and soy sauce (it's a Filipino dish that not many Filipinos can do right, myself included, and so I got attached when The Chocolate Kiss's version turned out to be really great). When I found out that that branch closed but there was another at UP Diliman, I got excited only to be disappointed at the lackluster execution of the dishes that the UP Town branch did well.  (The UP Diliman branch doesn't cook tender meat at all!) I think the kahlua butter cake is the best dessert they have, with the dayap chiffon cake coming in second.