Essen Cafe & Restaurant

My experience at Filoz has always been amazing. I have dine here many times, together with friends and family. The staff at Filoz has always been very accommodating and super friendly. The food were delicious and in big servings as well. The Halo-Halo is the BEST dessert and my old time favourite!

They might be good as a regular restaurant, but for a place catering for a party, they’re disappointing. My family went here for a 50th birthday. There were about 60-60 guests. The event started at 6:30pm. We pre ordered our selection about two weeks before. I walked out at 8pm. No food! The other tables had so much food that they couldn’t find a place on the table to put it, whilst our tables stayed empty! Why not cook different dishes for each table and bring them out staggered so that we can all start eating instead of watching everyone else eat. Oh and thanks for the Carafe of water but I don’t know how we are going to drink the water without being issued cups.

Overall a nice experience, but I am not sure I will come again. Unfortunately a party was being hosted upstairs which may have affected the quality of the food and service. The restaurant seems to be family friendly and bright. The decor is worn from use, with many booth seats held together with tape. People must come back for the food, which was okay on the night we dinned. Very loud atmosphere which may offend those looking for a more relaxed evening. The Overloaded cheese fries were okay. They use liquid cheese which was unexpected and didn't add any flavour to the chips. There was some cheese in the fries which really added flavour to the dish, but overall the fries were underwhelming. The Buffalo Wings were great, very moist with a good balance of sweet and spicey. It was such a shame that this appetiser was the highlight of the meal. Pork mobo. The pork was dry, and a bit tought, although edible. Otherwise, the sauce it was served in was well balanced and filled with flavour. Really let down by the dryness of the meat. The chicken inasal suffered from the same problem. Great flavours but let down by overcooked meat. The sago't gulaman was sweet and refreshing with a slight bitter after taste. I really liked this drink. A little bit like a very sweet bubble tea. Leche flan was disappointing and really had no flavour except the bitter syrup. Halo halo was a very cool dessert, lots of different flavours and textures. It reminded me of Hawaiian shave ice.