Las Paellas

While in the area of BF Homes with my family one Sunday, we opted to have some Spanish cuisine for our late lunch and ended up in Las Paellas Cafe - renovated a few months back on Aguirre Avenue.

Appearance-wise, the exteriors are simple and straightforward while the interiors, even more so. The place is well-lit, clean and can seat several big groups as most of their food seems to be family-style or for sharing.

Service-wise, the staff were kind, courteous and efficient. The only awkward thing was that they had about three staff members sitting in one table near the counter (on break I assume) who wouldn't even acknowledge us even if we had a difficult time calling someone over.

Food-wise, we thoroughly enjoyed everything that was ordered:

Oysters Rockfeller (P295)
Our starter was a plate of six oysters, baked in bechamel sauce with mozarella and bacon. Considering that only three out of the five in our group wanted this - it was a good side-dish. 

Clam chowder soup (P175/cup)
There is an option to get this in a bread bowl, but from prior experiences we opted to get a cup to taste instead. It was a hearty serving and very tasty as well. 

Chorizo Sisig (P335)
Probably the best thing we got, the pork sisig mixed with Spanish chorizo and egg on a sizzling plate had great flavour and texture. We scraped it clean! 

Marinara (P545) | Negra (P545)
One order was good for 2-3 people, so we got two types of paella. The red - saffron rice with clams, mussels, shrimps and fish and the black - squid ink paella with grilled squid and garlic mayonnaise. The red was really good with just the right amount of protein to rice, while the black actually seemed a but underwhelming as it had almost a soup-like texture to it and the taste of alcohol was slightly evident. Still, we ate finished them up. 

Over-all, I am giving this restaurant a 4.0 for the quality of their food was definitely worth the price. The service could use some improvement but was far from disappointing. I do look forward to possibly coming back and would definitely recommend this place to Spanish-loving foodies.

Their paellas were good, initially we wanted Negra but it wasn't available. Frozen Bravo was also great. Nice staff but, yeah not much to rave about.

The ambiance of this new Las Paellas branch here in BF Paranaque is very nice and cozy. Of course they have our all time favorites Paellas, Gambas and Salpiicao. I want to order the Frozen Bravo dessert but I think there's no more room for it, maybe that's a reason for me to come back. I'd also like to commend the manager who's very friendly. 😀

Love the food here especially the paella and churro's. But need to make reservation ahead and advance orders so they can prepare ahead. A very nice venue for a family get together.