Sharifa Mae Carreon-Caja
+5
My friend recommended me to try, so we went on our last day before flying back to Hong Kong. My husband and myself got seated without waiting (Yay!) The servers here are just wonderful, good ambience and the menu offers a wide selection. We ordered small portions of watermelon sinigang, grilled king prawn, laing, chicken skewers, sizzling bangus belly, crispy chicken wings in caramelized patis sauce, small bowl of rice which is also good for sharing, ube pandan with sago and mango pomelo with sago shake. Everything we ordered are so good. Sadly we have to skip dessert as we are so full already that we decided to do a quick hike returning to our hotel. Manam is now our absolute favorite place to go. #MMcookingdiva
Most of the time, we need to wait in line for dinner. A small rice serves 1 person according to the menu, but for us, 2 people can share it with an order of soup, sisig, etc. You'll definitely need more rice if you get 2 or more viands, but this is how we usually order here: Quick Bite-style. We prefer Pork Sisig over Corned Beef Sisig because we seek crunchy fun! The beef in our soup (with the watermelon) is soft with a very satisfying serving size.
Service and food was beyond excellence. This is so far the best filipino cuisine I have had. I will have to find one in the U.S. but it might be a shot in the dark.
Was initially disappointed with the service but I would like to commend their attending manager, Adrian, for making up for it big time. I really felt his genuine concern for the customers. What he did convinced me to patronize the restaurant more. Their crispy sisig by the way is my new favorite. :D
Great food and amazing service.
Will frequent this place to try everything from their menu.
Epitome of comfort Filipino food! Crispy sisig is just THE BEST.
Best Batchoy I've ever tasted. Also, it's the first time I've eaten a Goto with the right temperature.
One of best places for breakfast here in Makati.
The place has a good modern interior but is lack of comfortable spaces, not a friendly place to conduct meeting. Also, the room temperature was not as convenient as it may be. Other than these, I would say that this a such a wonderful place!
Manam is always a good idea! One of the best places to get Filipino food. Last week though, we waited to be seated for almost an hour. They said that wait was due to the room temp of the second floor. But that is time wasted on our side. For the food, I really dont have anything bad to say but their service specially in branch could be improved. Upon claiming the receipts, we were charged with food that we didn’t even order.
Really liked the food, just really hard to get tables
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TLDR: Amazing Watermelon Sinigang, Awesome Pork Sisig, 5 star Hotel level service.
Amazing lunch at Manam GB2! That explains the mob of people waiting in line after we left.
It was our first time to try out Manam anybranch and we somehow wanted to find out what the hype was all about, half expecting to be disappointed. And we we're not.
Food:
Watermelon sinigang was what everyone was raving about. I almost didn't order it because I was thinking the combination might not taste great.
Pork sisig was exactly what people were raving about it. Just don't get carried away over-ordering it.
Kare-kare and Crispy Pata were also good but nothing to go out of your way out for.
The only let down was the Crispy Pansit Palabok. We were carried away by the hype and the spectacle. I'm glad I just ordered the medium size which we didn't finish (well because we were full also).
We would've ordered dessert but there was just absolutely no more space in our tummies.
Tip: The portion sizes can be tricky as the large sizes are good for six people you really should order large, but only if your only ordering 1 or 2 dishes. But if you're ordering 3-4 dishes, just order the half sizes and then just order more if you like any of the dishes.
Service: I like the attitude of the wait staff, they seem to be genuinely eager to please and are confident about the restaurant they are working for. Don't forget to tip them even though there is already service charge, but also thank and praise them personally for the excellent service.
Tip: Service would be faster if you have a prepared order already and they bring every order to the table at once. What made the service a little slow for us was because we had a lot of additional orders and order changes (that I think slows the service down).
The Manam fever has not subsided yet. It's still always packed with diners. This is so because they offer good Filipino dishes. My favorite is their sisig. I literally clapped my hands in excitement when our server placed the sisig on our table. One thing new that I tried this time is their Bibingka de Leche. It's bibingka with leche flan on top. It's not too sweet. I like it!
I would have given a 4.5 but the rating doesn't allow it. I like to give them wrong to be awesome.
Don't get me wrong, the food is superb. Manam is one of the Filipino themed restaurant that offers unique twist to traditional well known pinoy comfort food making sure the customers have a wholesome gastronominal experience.
Service quality and speed is acceptable per standard and the guys are super responsive.
The only downside sometimes is that you have to wait in line since they are at most full.
Good service esp their crew roxanne and nathan
Food Quality & Service. Impecable overall dining experience.
NEVER EVER FORGET to order that plate of Sisig, a bowl of Kare kare, and a drink called Ube-sago - just a cherry on top
Margaux Andrea Constantino Morales
+5
Manam's sisig is the best sisig I've ever tried! I also love their caramelized patis wings & crispy palabok. They offer unique food options that you can't find in other filipino restos.
As usual, the food is amaaaazing! On top of that, the service crew are very attentive (shout-out to Roxanne, Gino and Joshua)! They were super nice and they even sang happy birthday for our friend😊
Rhea Mae Cosmod Lumanog
+5
Totally awesome first time dining in Manam. Food was superb! Shout out to Roxanne and Ralph for accommodating all our requests and being so attentive to our needs. We'll be back definitely!
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Been here twice and I must say that it's now tied with Le Petit Soufflé as my favorite restaurant. So far, my favorite of them all is the sizzling beef belly kansi. That tender and succulent beef in sizzling, creamy, rich, sour broth just hits home everytime. I like it way better than their sinigang na short rib in watermelon. The sinigang tastes good but it's rather sweet because of the watermelon so, c'mon', sinigang is not sinigang without the fruity sour taste. Am I right?! I also LOVE their butterfly plapla that tastes heavenly paired with their authentic Kapampangan buro. I'm glad my boyfriend doesn't eat buro so I always have it all to myself. House crispy sisig is such a classic and is TDF. We also have tried gising gising, their suman and their crispy pata. Nothing tasted substandard. Everything was just excellent.
I have yet to try their crispy (?) palabok and calamansi tart the next time I go. Actually I wanna try everything. I promise to tick off every food in ther menu hahaha. I haven't had anything from Manam that did not please my tastebuds. 🤤
Loved our experience. Our server, Roxanne, is superlative. Attentive, went beyond the call of duty to make us happy, despite the shortage of shrimp on our palabok. Also served what we thought was hands down the best leche flan ever
There are quite a lot of people waiting in line. The smallest portion of the dish is the same as that of one person, so it is recommended to divide the dishes in the middle.
Always a great time at Manam!
We arrived at around 11:30 at got a seat after 15 mins. I didn't know that they open at 7am so the place was already jampacked even before mall hours in Greenbelt.
We ordered their Sinigang na Beef, Squid Calamares, Ube Bibingka (TDF!!!), pinaputok na Pla Pla.
Here's my verdict:
Sinigang na Beef (Medium) - too yummy!! worth every sabaw and higop!
Crispy Squid Calamares - not too overpowering! Just the way I like it. Good for sharing!
Ube Bibingka (TDF!!!) - best things in life have ube! Good for sharing!
Pinaputok na Pla Pla - 1 fish/pax. I hope that this comes with mango salsa instead of the white salsa.
I forgot the name of the server, i think it was Alexa/Marie? She was very attentive.
Don't forget to use your Moment Group card to get discounts!
Very frendly ang mga crew specially si ms. VI, masarap ang food sarap balikbalikan. Highly recommended this place, super nice place and very clean. Pop na pop 🥰🥰🥰
We had family dinner today, super nice ng place, super frendly ng mga crew specially to ms. VI, thank you ms. VI for the good service, nagenjoy family ko, and sympre masarap ang food tlga nice!!! i highly recommended this place for everyone specially if you have family gathering.
Excellent service from Roxanne. Very attentive and accommodating. Always asking how the food is and always making small talk. Keep up the good work. 👍🏼
Another amazing Filipino restaurant. The food was really great! You'll get to have the best taste and happy with what you have paid for. We ordered a lot considering were just a group of 3 adult and 2kids. Will definitely coming back to try more.
I've heard and seen Manam so many times but they always have long lines so i never really bothered. But then my Singapore Colleagues asked me to bring them to a nice Filipino restaurant and i figured this is worth a try. We reserved a seat an hour before we needed to dine, as always the place is packed. It is extra hard to get a table for more than 8 people. Nonetheless, we ordered in advance so they can serve us immediately. The staff were so accommodating and helpful. I ordered Kare-Kare, sizzling sisig,
My cousin’s favorite place haha Her favorite dish is the Sinigang with Watermelon. You should also order Crispy Sisig, Gising Gising, Laing, Crispy Pancit Palabok and the Ube drink!!👍🏻
We were 13th in the line on a Tuesday evening which shows how famous Manam is.
We ordered 2 serving of their bestselling sisig and its still bitin!!
The overloaded chicken and pork adobo was no long hot when served to us.
Bicol express lumpia is also great with a bit of spiciness.
The crispy pancit palabok is cool but I'm not really a fan of palabok.
I like the sourness of the sizzling corned beef kansi.
Caramelized chicken wings were crispy but the chicken cuts were a bit weird.
The service wasn't really great last night.
Utensils and water were served after the third follow-up.
We also waited for another 10 minutes to get the receipt.
Worth the wait, we enjoyed all of the dishes we ordered especially the Ensalada so yummy. Thanks Gino for the service. Kudos Team and the Moment Group. Thanks a lot.
Service 5 stars
Food 5 stars.
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Manam is so good and popular, you will be able to find them almost all over the Metro. The one that we went to was at Greenbelt Makati. The restaurant is quite small, ceiling was low and you feel a little bit crammed inside. We needed to wait a good hour before we were offered to be seated inside the restaurant. This wasn’t an issue as we were also still waiting for our friends to come although it is a little bit inconvenient due to the weather, it was quite hot and humid at that time.
Their food? I am speechless! The ones that we ordered were very good and delicious. We had kansi, salt and pepper squid, crispy pata pares, sisig, turon and puto bumbong for dessert. My no-comment review says it all. What I regret here, really, is not having to order the rest in the menu. You get the utmost quality of food for what you paid for. In Tagalog, sulit!
The restaurant was busy because it was at the peak of dinner time however their staff stayed in focus and were very prompt and accommodating. Impressive service!
To end this review – I said it already, definitely will go back to try the rest of their food. There’s still so much in the list that I wish I ordered and I will order for sure on our next visit!
PS: accidentally deleted few other photos 😞
The only bad thing about Manam is the wait, there are so many people all the time! I guess it’s the best choice for pinoy food around the Metro
Probably one of my most favorite restaurant in the Philippines! I am from Indonesia and I found that all the dishes we ordered were delicious and suitable to our palates.
Everything we had was great. Especially the Baby squids, I was looking forward to have that. I do not like garlic but with this one it’s not overcooked or burnt.
Just a little confusion on our orders and the bill. But overall, the food and ambience was great.
Loved everything we ordered: watermelon sinigang, crispy sisig, gising-gising and calamansi patis wings. Did not expect to like sisig as much as I did but it had great texture and was so flavorful. Sinigang was sweet and sour at the same time, which I enjoyed. Will come back definitely, but hope they clean their floors better as I almost slipped twice just going to our table.
Best Filipino resto for me! All time favorite is their sisig and sinigang sa watermelon! The best talaga! Mouth watering everytime na maalala ko..
Everything tastes delicious here I think. Been here twice and i really enjoyed. Some samples. Perfect sisig. Ube sago. Garlic chicken and pork. Pancit sisig. Gising gising. Chicken with patis. The rest of their food has a twist and that makes them unique. They have small order if you'd like to taste just a bit of every choice.
Great catch-up again with a friend over great food!!! Great Filipino Food indeed!!!
We ordered:
Sinigang sa Watermelon
Braised Adobo
A bowl of Garlic Rice (You can't Filipino Food w/o rice)
Sisig
Ube Sago
You can never go out of Manam not having their famous house crispy sisig, which always steals the show accompanied by soy sauce, chili and calamansi while you soothe it down with a glass of their dessert drink of the Ube Sago,
Damn, I'm salivating again
Service can definitely improve with a couple of shortcomings on requests and bill, but overall nice experience as always.
Enjoyed all dishes! The bibingka dessert is to die for. Love that there are sizes to choose from and the price, for the quality, is unbeatable.
It was our first time to try Manam. We ordered overloaded garlic bangus belly, bangus sisig, sinigang na baboy, gising-gising, ube shake, mango-pomelo shake and halo-halo. Our favorites were gising-gising, sinigang na baboy, halo-halo and ube shake.
Overloaded garlic bangus belly was just okay, it was too bland for me. Bangus sisig had a coffee smell. Idk y.
Staffs were very attentive, accommodating and hands-on. They kept asking how was the food and I felt really taken care of.
Halo-halo was the bomb! It was so delicious! One of the best halo-halo I've ever tasted!
Their sinigang na baboy was wonderful! It has that great balance of sourness to it!
We'll be back to try their other dishes!!!
Keep up the good work!
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First timer here. My friend recommended this one and I don't regret trying this place.
I REALLY RECOMMEND THIS ONE. It's now part of my top fave restos.
When we arrived, the place is occuppied and so we have to wait for like 15-20 minutes for us to be seated. And I'm telling you, it's really worth the wait.
We ordered
- Garlikcy Chicken and Pork Belly Adobo
- Caramelized Wings
- Crispy Palabok
On their menu, they have the column for classic menu and the menue with twists. Of course, when trying something, always go for their best sellers so you would be able to know if their BEST sellers are really that good. The dishes we tried are under the "twist" column. Their food are all really food. 😭 It's not that pricey as well compared to other restos. Their medium sized dish were shared among 3 of us. Our bill is only 1400++ and so we shared roughly around 500 per head only. And yeah, you can say it's really sulit.
Oh just for your information, Manam means Malinamnam or so I was told.
You need to try this out! 🧡 I'd definitely come back and bring my friends here.
Amazing service & food! I brought my family that we’re visiting the Philippines for the first time to try some Filipino food and Manam did not disappoint! Everything was absolutely delicious, and the service from our waitress Roxanne was impeccable. We had a Vegetarian with us and Roxanne recommended subs and dishes to suit veggies.
Perfect service & amazing food. Would highly recommend!!
Great food and serving size! My favorite is the crispy sisig. Great place for your pinoy comfort food. Not a fan of the watermelon sinigang, though. It's just a bit cramped inside.
Been here last year during December so given with the month it is jam packed with customers but even though the waiting time for getting a table is kinda long, they still managed to give us (me and my friends) the best seats in the house. ❤❤❤ Excellent service and of course food is always the bomb that is why i keep coming back in this resto.
Kaye Ederadan-Bautista
+5
One of the best filipino restaurants in manila! everything that we ordered were so great tasting. i also like it that they have serving sizes that you could choose from (small, medium, large). The servers were attentive and friendly. Looking forward to my next visit!
Mylene Lugada Collantes
+5
We love the food so much! We dine in last Thursday with my friends and we really love the food and their service. The staff are very accomodating specially Alters and Quenie and to the manager Ms Jelai. Good job everyone!👏👏👏
Quality filipino food! Though I was a bit disappointed with the hype surrounding their sisig, I still enjoyed eating here and everything was delicious!
Ordered the sisig as it has been claimed by many as the best ever. It was definitely tasty and on the higher tier of sisigs but claiming it to be the best is a bit of a reach. Still, taste depends per person. Also ordered the Bulaklak ng Kalabasa which I found to be tasty on its own and can be partnered with the rice.
Place is small and being a local favorite, can get quite busy. It will be hard to get a table at peak hours unless you wait or reserve ahead of time. The staff are great at catering the busy crowd though as I didn't feel left out or ignored.
Price is pretty fair. Serving size is just right but may be lacking for heavy eaters.
Definite recommend when looking for Filipino food in Greenbelt
Melissa Mayor-Casupanan
+5
Always delicious the best sisig and gising-gising.. had baby squid in olive oil and cripsy palabok it was delicious.. not a fan of watermelon sinigang but the beef short ribs was excellent..
My guests were looking for Filipino kind of breakfast and I did not regret bringing them here this morning. We were the first customer at 7 AM.
Service was great - the waiter (sorry I did not get his name) was so accommodating that when we asked for beer to get cold, he made that extra effort of dipping it in ice for us until it gets cold. And was able to provide all our requests.
Food - we had sisig, palabok, bangus, lomi, puto bumbong, and mango turon. They were all hit. Worth every penny.
First time to dine here together with my family. We decided to stay despite being queued around 8 more diners before us. Service was ok but can be better. Food were as usual superb and value for money is gopd.
Been to Manam at least 2x i think, with the most recent visit being last night. Took a friend there to welcome his palate to Filipino food; Manam did not disappoint!
The gising gising and chicharon bulaklak were the stars of the night. The service was the perfect accompaniment to their delicious food; this was really comforting as we just came from another resto where the service was so bad we fled away from it. Good that Manam showed how true Filipino hospitality is translated to dining service. Props to our server Jay-R.
p.s. they also provide lemon water and popcorn to diners waiting for their tables outside 🥰
Alyssa Medenilla Veluz
+4
My top restaurant in makati, their sisig and sinigang in watermelon was the best! Will surely comeback!
Tumbs up to ate cathy for her excellent and fun service!
The sisig and dinuguan is a must try! We also tried the sinigang with watermelon. It was sweet and sour at the same time which is weird for a sinigang but it was still nice.
Very good food. Was treated to an authentic Filipino dining experience by our excellent server Jomari.
Will definitely recommend this place
A unique take on Filipino food that offers childhood favorites and creative takes on classic dishes. Ordered their Lumpiang Bicol Express, Gising-gising, Singiang na Beef and Watermelon, and their Palitaw na may Yema.
Everything was great, but my goodness that Palitaw na may Yema was something else. If a dish can make me laugh, that means it's reeeaaally good. Do yourself a favor and order that on your next visit.
always busy but the staff do their best. staple orders are the chicken inasal skewers, ensaladang namnam, gising gising and their leche flan. (the leche flan is my best find)
🌟 4.5 / 5 STARS 🌟
Incredible Food!
I have been here twice in 2 days now and absolutely love the food!
The crowds can get a bit crazy and if you need to wait a few minutes for a table, it’s worth the wait, so don’t run off.
The staff are super lovely and the service is quick!
If I was staying in Makati longer, I’d probably go again!
This branch is always full near lunch and dinner time so better drop by around 3pm so you can get guaranteed seating. My usual orders are crispy sisig and puto bumbong. So good! :)
Manam has perfected sisig and i have always invited both local and foreigner friends for this. We also liked the crispy pata, karekare and gising gising... we are not a fan of their ensaladang salad and chicharon bulaklak. Oh their halo halo also tastes good!
Good place to bring your foreigner friends and introduce yummy Filipino food-- sisig is always a staple, good crunch, greasy but not too masebo if you know what I mean. palabok presentation was the bomb, but surprisingly it wasn't our guests favorite. beef shortribs sinigang in watermelon was my personal fave. pako salad was a good neutralizer to balance out all the meat dishes. reasonably priced too!
Brought my relatives here for lunch because my cousins loves to eat sisig - and Manam’s Crispy House Sisig, as always, did not disappoint. We usually dine here with friends and family.
What we ordered:
Crispy House Sisig
Watermelon Sinigang
Crunchy Salt and Pepper Squid Rings
Sinigang na Baboy sa Sampaloc
Braised then Fried Chicken & Pork Adobo with Flakes
I would also recommend Crispy Pancit Palabok, and Bibingkang Galapong of Salted Duck Egg. 👌🏻
Food is scrumptious 😋 ; servers are very nice, our server, Roxanne, is friendly, polite and attentive; ambiance is nice, and restaurant is clean.
I hope Manam continues to provide good service and food. 👌🏻😋❤️
Had lunch here today and ordered Laksa Style Halaan, Crispy Pork Sisig, and Ensaladang Kamatis with Basil and Kesong Puti. The price was worth it! Everything that we ordered tasted magnificently, especially the Laksa Style Halaan! Will definitely recommend and come back for it!
This place is incredible and highly reccomend. Delicious is an understatement for the food. Serving is pretty decent and priced fairly. All the staff and managers are very accommodating.
I definitely be back for more. Sorry I have no decent picture. Just see it for yourself when you visit.
とてもおいしいフィリピン料理です。ハズレ無し！フィリピン料理が苦手な人も1度来てみてください！フィリピン料理に対するイメージが変わります。
料理のサイズも、SMLとあるため、少人数でもOKです。
予約ができませんので、少し早めに、ランチなら11時、ディナーなら5時頃をおすすめします。
Very good food.Good place.
Excellent service Roxanne .
Great food, cozy ambiance, superb service, staffs are all friendy and polite. Special thanks to Ms. Cristina for serving us well. We will visit again soon!
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