Reviews The Community Kitchen

Been around Eastwood since I'm working around the place then I wasn't so sure why does it lead me into this hidden place inside Metropoli Residenza, cozy,and romantic,the food was good and i want to emphasize the beyond the expectation service that the staff and i think he was the supervisor they have shown us,it exceeded the usual service i can say it is more like with a personal touch,accommodating and super friendly....cant wait to be back with my family some other time.

I can't see any reason to NOT love this resto. On my visit, I was welcomed by their very friendly staff. Its cozy yet edgy interiors made it even more inviting.

The food was definitely amazing. They outsource their ingredients from local produce and elevate them into quality cuisine dishes.

I love the resto's advocacy of supporting local. From there, I saw how they wanted to give back in their own way to the local workers that provide products.

As for the food, I really loved the scampi and white clam pizza (if I remember its name correctly). They are not the typical ones that you can order from other restos. These taste very refreshing! All the flavors complement each other to melt your taste buds. I also love how tender the entree was.

It's actually hard to say what my favorite was because all of the dishes were prepared and cooked into perfection. It all tastes rich yet feels light when eaten!

Just wanna say that I will definitely go back to this resto especially for its KOUIGN AMAN! MY GOD, I had one set of rolls and swear, I finished them in one seating. They taste that good!

Kudos to the chefs! 💕

The food is amazing, the ambience is great! I love the extremely generous serving size, delicious fusion of food and the cozy interior. Really wonderful place to bond with friends, take someone out on a date and even spend special occasions with those special people in your life. My favorites would have to be the Kouign Aman, extremely tender Baked Pork Ribs, and the Beef Shank Ragu pasta!!! Excited to be back with special people in my life 🥰



Anything under the sun...

11/10/2019

The Community Kitchen



Bonjour! Are you looking for a fine dining where in you can gather your circle of friends and loved ones to a place for sharing ideas, unforgetable moments and experiences over a heart food. Well, The Community Kitchen is a perfect place for it. Just recently, I discovered this place located in Metropoli, Libis, Quezon City.

Excellent food and nice ambiance, that's what The Community Kitchen has to offer. It has a cozy place, nice and instagramable interior where in you can chill in dig in to their sumptuous food...a French-Italian cuisine, freshly baked bread and pastries and indulging home made ice cream.







Here are their delectable dishes that you must try.



Grandpa's Favorite Soup. You can really taste the fresh tomato in the soup and the pasta is aldente.





Shrimp in Sesame Dressing and Sesame Salad. Very generous toppings and overloaded of veggies, herbs and seasoning. perfect for health conscious.











Sourdough Pizzas. A generous amount of toppings and the dough is really tasteful. For a vegetarian, seafood lover and carnivore, you can choose your prefered flavor.





Pasta. Beef Shank Ragu, a chunky beef that is so tender plus flavorful red wine marina is really good. While Scampi has a fresh shrimps added, my favorite in the menu.





Baked Pork Ribs and Roasted Chicken. Very flavorful herbs and spices added and the meat is tender.



Kouign Aman Sourdough. I love the softness and sweetness of this, it reminds me of a cinnamon roll but this one is sooo good. Also my favorite.







Papa Diddi's Handcrafted Ice Cream. Fell in love in this Ice Cream bar! They offer a very unique flavor that is so creamy and genwrous flavor. My favorites are their beat seller, Tres Leches, Malagos, and Forbidden.

My verdict: I love the food they offered. As if you dine in a 5 star Hotel but here in The Community Kitchen, they serve a generous amount of food, the price is very reasonable. They have a variety of food to choose from Pasta, Pizza, Salad, Bread and Pastries and Dessert, they all have it. Recommended and I will definitely go back here.





Bonapetit! 🍽️🍷

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The Best Continental Restaurant in Libis!

The Community Kitchen is one of the hottest and popular Continental Restaurants here in Manila .

A Bistro,Bakery and Creamery in one ! A casual ding that serve freshly baked breads and homemade gelato everyday .

The Community Kitchen is named after the building . A place meant to reconnect with family and friends .

Last November 8, went to Community Kitchen and invited some foodie friends to come with me .

I’m so happy to be back and Christmas is in the air already at The Community Kitchen and they were so ready for Christmas with their lovely Christmas decors , songs and their offer for this Holiday season “The Community Feast”.

This Degustation Menu was prepared by their Chef.

Soup
Grandpa’s Favorite Soup.
- the owners have a special relationship with their grandpas that’s why they have it name with this soup which is Community Kitchen version of Minestrone.

Salad
Shrimp in Sesame Dressing
- mixed greens topped with shrimp, slices of ripe mangoes, grapes ,raisins,nuts drizzled with sesame dressing

Or

Caesar Salad
Romaine anchovy dressing , sourdough Parmesan crouton

Sourdough Pizzas

* All Meat - Ham , Bacon , Sausage
* White Clam - Clams , Aragula , White Wine sauce
* Four Cheese- Mozarella, Parmesan, Cheddar and Blue Cheese.

Pastas
Beef Shank Ragu - Beef , Red Wine Marinara
Or
Scampi- Shrimp, White Wine Garlic, Anchovy

Entree
Baked Pork Ribs or Chicken

From their Bakery
Kouign Aman and Sourdough

From their Creamery
Paoa Diddi’s Handcrafted Ice Cream

From their Bar
White Wine, Coffee and TSAA LAYA TEA

The ingredients are local products but with an International taste and presentation. Price vary from 7,500 - 12,000 pesos . This Community feast is good for 12 pax . The menu will be available until New Year. You may also book the whole space 4 hours consumable (25k) for 52 pax.

Overall experience
It was a delighted dining experience from their hearty Italian soup made with tomato broth , it’s absolutely delicious and paired it with sourdough or this sweet and savory French pastry , the Kouign Aman is a must try here ! I enjoyed it’s caramelized flaky crust thats baked to the nearest perfection from their kitchen . Tastes as perfectly good as it looks .You may have it on the start of your day or even in the afternoon with a coffee or tea . Their sourdough pizzas has extraordinary crust . Freshly made, hand stretched with special toppings . For the pasta , the scampi was rich in flavor while the Beef Shank Ragu was savor and tangy . If you want a one of a kind pasta experience, this is a must try here at the Community Kitchen. The Baked Pork Ribs and Roasted Chicken was tender , and has generous serving so its perfect for sharing . Last but not the least is they have the best creamery here as they have my #1 favorite ice cream brand , Papa Diddi’s Handcrafted Ice Cream. Making your fine days brighter with and much happier with homemade carabao milk gelato. All the food was incredibly unique and delicious !

They also have Cakes per Slice :
Moist Chocolate- 110
Choconut-120
Blueberry- 120

Then they have this interesting cookies that is exquisite, delightful and scrumptious. Give a gift of indulgence . Quezo De Bola ( Small 300/ Large 450). It’s so special so please order in advance. They need few days to prepare it and has a beautiful Christmas packaging so you can have this a giveaway too.

You can order freshly baked breads and homemade gelato in a pint and other food items in the menu via Food Panda and Booky . They have a promo with Booky that for 1,000 worth of purchase you’ll have a 500 pesos off. They can arrange your delivery also for you through Grab Express and Lalamove.

The Community Kitchen can also be a space for spontaneous meetings, they have a quiet and spacious place where you can work with your laptops and has fast WIFI.



If you still aren’t sure where to bring your family and friends , Get together this Season at the Community Kitchen🎄


They were open from Monday to Sunday from
Brunch to Dinner. Monday to Saturday ( 10:00 am to 8:30pm) and Sunday (10:00 am to 9:00 pm).


So if you want an intimate or private party,bring them to Community Kitchen and the Community celebrates with you .

Credits to the hardworking cook and staffs as we don’t only enjoy the food , the place but most of all the smile on their faces as they assist us is something that we will never forget. Great service . They also accept credit cards and they have parking space. You can find them on WAZE

Reserve a table now 🍽

📲 02- 4205593
📩thecommunitykitchenmetropoli@gmail.com
📍 G/F The Community Building, Metropoli Drive, Metropoli Residenza Bagumbayan Libis Quezon City

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Found this new cafe around metropoli and i just fell inlove with it. The interior was cozy perfect for meeting, date or just a simple me time. The food was amazing! Specially the meat was tender and savory plus the servers are always smiling and very accommodating. Will surely comeback again!

Arriving at Metropoli Drive at two in the afternoon and coming from the traffic-prone street of Libis, one gets a tad disoriented. Metropoli Drive is a quiet street the absence of loud human activities adds to the laid back feel as he enters The Community Kitchen.

The restaurant is laid back (that much has been established). It’s so beautifully laid back that I caught myself whispering to the male server as I entered the establishment for fear that I might initiate unwanted disorder. Everything went back to normal when they started serving the food.

Of all the three pizzas they served, it was the White Clam (clams and arugula) I enjoyed the most. The arugula was a nice touch giving a crunch at every bite. The Capricciosa came next which had so many flavors coming from different ingredients like artichoke, ham and a sunny side up egg. Equally-good was the Seafood Pizza with a blend of strong flavors coming from prawns, capers and salmon.

We were, likewise, served Kouign-amman, a round and multi-layered pastry that’s rich in butter and caramelized sugar. Another buttery bread was the Pull Apart. Sweet, a bit flaky, reminded me of soft dinner roll I used to love many moons back.

As of the pasta choices, the Beef Shank Ragu was on top. The sauce was bursting with beef flavor and the noodles were perfectly al dente.

And finally, we ended our fun food journey with different hand-crafted ice cream flavors by Papa Diddi with Malagos Choco and Cheese topping my list.

My very first restaurant I've dined in around Eastwood area, and was worth the extra mile!

For the pastas, we had the Shrimp Scampi, Salmon & Lemon, and Beef Shank Ragu. My forever fave is the Shrimp Scampi, that's why I was so excited to try their version of it! Their scampi is a bit spicy, but has a good balance of flavors! Also, the Salmon & Lemon is as light as whenever I eat a pesto pasta. The Beef Shank Ragu has a generous amount of sauce on top, and tasted like Kaldereta to me (in a good way!).

For the pizzas, we tried the Capricciosa, White Clam, and Seafood. My personal favorite was the Cappricciosa-- it was the cheeziest on my tastebuds. I find the Seafood Pizza odd (maybe because I'm not fond of olives), while the White Clam is also good.

For the breads, I loooooove their bread that's glazed with cinnamon goodness-- idk if it's the pull-apart or monkey bread. And for the dessert, they serve homemade gelato fresh from Papa Diddi's! Gotta love their Tres Leches.

The ambiance of the restaurant is cozy, the staffs are attentive to our requests too. Though in their Al Fresco area around 5pm onwards, it might get a little.... they need candle lights. Hehe.

The location is kinda hard to find (if you're not a MM daily commuter/explorer like me) since I took three jeeps and 1 MRT ride just to get here (from Makati). Even though there are other transpo options, I picked the cheapest ones so... feel free to judge. Lol.

We ordered the corn chowder, pizza and vongole and everything was delicious! Worth all the carbs and the trip from Alabang! Will definitely go back.

Have you ever uttered the phrase, ‘It’s so good, it’s bad?’ This is what I shared to the group today after having so much of The Community Kitchen’s freshly baked bread, pizza, and bowls of pasta. It was an overwhelming feast of excellent carbs!

If you’re visiting here for the first time, I highly recommend ordering any of this bakery’s bread first as a starter. Everything is made with utmost detail, producing only quality items. I’m sure you’ll even bring some home.

Must have is the Kouign Amman, a puffy and dense pastry that’s a staple in France and other parts of Europe. This cake is a round, delectable, multi-layered treat of mostly yeast, flour, butter, and caramelized sugar. It’s like a large croissant but not that flaky.

I also loved this place’s version of Monkey Bread, a texturized and grainy loaf filled with fragrant cinnamon and brown sugar. It reminded me of raisin bread, only so much better!

The Community Kitchen served us Sourdough as well made from scratch; it is a side in the pasta and the crust of their savory pizzas. They cultivate their own yeast here with proper monitoring, enabling the bread to find its optimum chewy texture.

On pasta, my top picks were the meaty Beef Shank Ragu and Scampi with its lovely combination of firm noodles, shrimp, white wine, garlic and hints of salty anchovies.

The pizzas were all excellent. We had three kinds that were all distinctly special- Capricciosa (ham, artichoke, mushrooms, topped with a sunny side up egg), Seafood (prawns, tuna, snapper, capers, olive tapenade) and our favorite, the no tomato sauce, White Clam (clams, arugula, white wine sauce).

For dessert, they partnered with artisanal ice cream brand, Papa Diddi’s. I loved my addicting scoops of Tsokolate and bittersweet, Dark Espresso.

I got a bit confused about locating this cafe and restaurant. I suggest using Waze to detect them. They are located in between Jollibee and Shell Station in Libis, before you hit Eastwood. It’s on a small road, called Metropoli Drive.

Good food, cozy ambiance, welcoming staff! Ordered seafood pizza, the salmon dish, beef brisket, beef shank pasta, and chicken and sausage pasta. There was a good contrast between the crispy crust and the chewy inside of the sourdough. Their gelato was creamy, perfect for ending the meal. Would recommend serving chili infused honey with the pizza. :)

Papa Didi’s welcomes summer with 7 new flavors at The Community Kitchen.

A smoother texture would be better for me. Flavor-wise it’s good except for the Roasted strawberry which I really didn’t appreciate. By the way they make their ice creams 100% local.

My Favorites were the Manguavo and Honey Sunflower Seeds.

🍦 Honey Sunflower Seeds; Combination of the sunflower seeds' nutty flavor and sweetness of honey
🍦 Manguavo; Mango-Guava Fusion
🍦 Squash Bloom; Squash flesh and flower and cinnamon
🍦 Roselle' Embrace; Roselle is a Hibiscus Flower popularly known as a very comforting tea drink
🍦 Blue Butterfly; Butterfly pea/Pukingan tea
🍦 White Summer Lei; Infuses sampaguita with white chocolate to create a tropical twist to otherwise, rich and creamy treat
🍦 Roasted Strawberry with Tarragon; Strawberry and Tarragon

📍 Location: 168 Maginhawa St., Sikatuna Village, Quezon City
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📍 The Community Kitchen, G/F The Community Bldg., Metropoli Drive, Bagumbayan, Quezon City
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For a Chef of her caliber, it was indeed a pleasure being at the receiving end of  her creative passion. This gem of a place in Eastwood  is certainly a destination restaurant. One seeks the restaurant out for their beef bourguignon , sourdough pizza, beef ragu pasta, kouign amann to name a few...

I've lived in NYC prior to coming to the Philippines and have eaten at a lot of restaurants. I love food and am always excited to find good places to eat here.

Community Kitchen's food is incredibly delicious. The salmon was tender. The mashed potatoes were creamy but with texture. I could distinctly taste the garlic that the greens were cooked in.
The sourdough bread that is served here is one of the best that I have eaten in Manila. Unlike the dense sweet bread that can be common, this bread is more Western-like, with a nice crunchy crust (but not rock hard) and a spongy, porous middle. With the softened butter, I could eat the whole loaf! The dulce de leche gelato was tasty (homemade with carabao milk)  and the red velvet cake is so good. The cake is moist with a cream cheese frosting.

The only "negatives" from our experience is that when we arrived (about 20-30 minutes after opening hours), the place was not quite ready. We did come first thing on a Sunday morning, so that might explain it. In addition, the sourdough for the pizza wasn't available so we couldn't order that. However, they are currently still in their soft opening, so hopefully issues like that will be ironed out. 

All in all, if you like good food, I'd highly recommend the Community Kitchen as a place to try. It is delicious and worth it.