Tsinoy's Pares and Mami House Review - Slow Service but Tasty and Affordable Food

I've been to this restaurant twice and I would gladly come back if it weren't for one problem: their cooking takes waaaay too long. But if you're willing to wait for more than an hour during peak times, then you'll be satisfied by their tasty Chinese/Filipino food and the affordable prices that they charge. You can also call them in advance so that they could cook your food ahead of time. We did this but we still had to wait for around 10-15 minutes for our food.

The waiters there could benefit from more training since they're not too attentive. They don't serve water automatically and calling their attention takes so much time and effort. We actually saw some other diners get fed up calling waiters and decided to just stand up and go to the counter to order. Be prepared of this difficulty especially if you chose a table in the airconditioned section at the back of the restaurant.

Despite those two major cons regarding their service, we visited this place a second time because they offer tasty and affordable food. From what I know about the restaurants here in CDO, Tsinoy's is the only Chinese/Fil restaurant at this price level. So there's no mystery why it's always full (too full actually since they really can't handle all the orders). I really hope they improve their service since my family and I would love to eat here more frequently. Also, they should really start accepting credit card as payment method soon as that's really basic for a restaurant this size to have.

(L) Scallops in Black Bean Sauce, (R) Steamed Lapu-Lapu
and Yang Chow, (B) Ripe Mango Shake

So for the two visits here, we ordered pretty much the same things: Steamed Lapu-Lapu in Soy Sauce (259 php), Scallops in Black Bean Sauce (189 php) and Yang Chow Fried Rice (149 php). We also ordered during separate occasions these: Ripe Mango Shake (49 php), Avocado Shake (49 php) and Pork Siomai (59 php). We actually tried ordering Hakaw during those 2 visits but it was always sold out. I'm not even sure if they're actually still making Hakaw or not.

You can find the full menu of Tsinoy's Pares and Mami House below. These were taken from their Facebook page.

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Tsinoy's Pares and Mami House
Tiano-Mabini St., Cagayan de Oro City
Tel. No.: (08822) 745800

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

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