Black Fork Bistro

Food is muy super delicioso! Owners are super friendly. Ambience is not "stuffy." Mashed Potato is heavenly! Lengua Estofado what a gastronomic delight! Hope to be back for more! Mangan tayon! Naimas daytoy! Namit namit gid! I wrote a comprehensive review of this wonderful restaurant in Trip Advisor.

Overall: Great food, cozy interiors, and friendly hosts! 

Ambience (Rating 5/5)
Great music, the place was clean and inviting. Great place to work or meet with friends and family!

Staff and Service (Rating 5/5)
Polite, friendly, and always at the ready. They served our food promptly.

Food
(Overall Rating 4.5/5)

Grilled Chops (Rating 5/5) - picture below
They asked for our preferred doneness, to which we chose medium. They served the pork cooked perfectly, just very slightly pinkish and not the least bit overcooked. They had a smoky grilled flavor, were juicy and succulent, and went perfect along with the sweet and salty rice. Plus, the best part of the dish was the small apple slices cooked in an herb sauce. These went perfect with the pork. A match made in heaven! 

Prawn Aglio Olio (Rating 4/5)
Good tasting pasta, slightly bland but they provide Parmesan cheese and chili bits which enhance the flavor marvelously. The prawns were delicious. They were fresh, large, and peeled, which makes it easier for people like me who are lazy to remove the shell.

Black Fork Benedict Burger (Rating 4/5)
Great tasting burger, the beef is very rich in flavor. The homemade bun is a little too dense for my liking, but the hollandaise sauce tied it nicely with the burger patty. The beef was slightly overcooked and charred at the bottom but the taste was great. It made it obvious that the beef cut used to make the burger was of premium quality as you can really taste the beef instead of just the seasoning (which is the con of the usual burger joints).

Great place to go back, again and again with friends and family!

The first thing I noticed here is their elegant interiors. They also have alfresco dining which is unique along Maginhawa street. Kudos to their designers. :) Now with the food, I was able to try their specialties, Chicken Magnum (has three sauces: Marinara, Lime, & Garlic Parmesan), and their Truffled Carbonara. The dishes went well with the red wine (yes, they serve alcoholic beverages here). Staff were nice, too. They also have a display of different cakes for people who have sweet tooth.

As of 2019, they’re open from Wednesday to Sunday, though.

Walked in without any idea what this place had to offer. Sampled their new dishes, the 3-cheese spinach penne and the crispy pork, both were delicious! We also ordered the 3-cheese spinach dip (was in a cheese-spinach kind of mood) and it was also good, but the chicken ranch salad can be improved. Nice interiors, courteous staff. Food prices are very reasonable. Will definitely come back to sample their lunch specials!

Ambience - One of the nicest restaurants in Maginhawa! The interiors were so beautiful, I kept telling my sister that the design looked classy and homey at the same time. The place was clean & their comfort room was clean. Ambience is 10/10 for me.

Food - serving size depends on if you’re eating the meal solo or for sharing. Serving size was okay for me but I don’t think the paella is enough for 4-6 people. All the food tasted good. My only concern is that the potatoes were not cooked enough cause they were a bit hard and the sauce of the salmon was too salty. However, everything else tasted amazing! I loved their carrots. I hate carrots but i finished the carrots because it was cooked perfectly as well as the Norwegian Salmon, baby back ribs, & paella.

Service - AMAZING SERVICE. The staff were very attentive and nice. The waiter gladly took our photo (unlike other waiters who seem annoyed when customers ask for their pictures to be taken). And the owners were there too. They were so nice and friendly. They made us feel comfortable and at home.

Would I come back? Yes! And I suggest you take a visit too. I think this place is underrated and deserves more attention.

The place drew me in!
Its sooooo cooool and picture worthy HAHAHAHA 😊
I tried the desserts first and it was so-so, the chocolate dot the churros seams "cheap", sorry for the term and the other in the picture kinda disappointed the hype but I recommend the meals though, its pricey but all worth it!( couldnt take a pic though of the meals cause again I forgot 😭). Kung hindi namin triny yung meals and only based it on desserts malamang mababa yung ratings nito pero dahil nga masarap yung meals I gave it a 4.
Masasabi na chef talaga yung nagluto nung meals and honestly ang instagram worthy nung mga course meal.
Sobrang linis nung place ang dito ko nahanap yung pinakamababait na staff sa Maginhawa 😂