Fort Mckinley

continuation of peninsula filipino lunch buffet finds...$ten at fort mckinley?...random buffet carts pushed near walls...tight walking space for even the thin...odd lines forming and traffic congestion...elderly man carefully taking only the crispy pork skin and leaving the rest....trays running out quick and refilled slow...making way to table...quite a large space, but only one buffet food station?...private banquet area back...nice space and a filipino buffet not fitting...trays turned to slop quickly from mass picking and taking...sausages sweet...noodles fine...pork missing the crisp...soups bland...enough and done...ready to leave...waiter asking for drink orders nearly forty-five minutes after seating?...quick laugh and requesting a check to pay...

This review is for the bar area: we received terrible service while waiting for a waitress who said she'd be right with us but never came back.  We had to call a manager to come and fix the situation.  Bad experience.

I would've given this place 0... ZERO stars if I could, but that wasn't an option.

Have only been here 2 times. The first time I came, my family and I had dinner. I was a little impressed with the classy-ness of the joint given that it's only filipino food. Ordered our food. There was one dish I ordered, Guinataang Kalabasa (Butternut Squash, Pork and String Beans in Coconut Cream Sauce). I SPECIFICALLY asked the waiter if there was shrimp paste in the dish and SPECIFICALLY TOLD him I DID NOT WANT SHRIMP PASTE!!!! He stated that there wasn't any and not to worry, so I ordered it. We get the food. I tasted what I had ordered and it tasted shrimpy. Tasted like there was shrimp paste. I flagged down the waiter and inquired about the dish. He said he would go and ask the cooks, but before that he asks if anyone was allergic. I said no, I just don't like shrimp paste. He comes back a couple of minutes later and says there was no shrimp paste in the dish. I called bs but he insisted. So I dropped it since obviously this place didn't care to make the customer happy and just remake the dish. Towards the end of the meal the waiter comes back and asks if we wanted dessert. At this point I was already pissed so we said no. Sat around for a bit (5 minutes) with our party then changed our minds about dessert. We flagged down another waitress since our waiter seemed to have disappeared. Asked her if we could get the dessert menu and stated that we wanted to order dessert. She said sorry we're closed. Which we thought was interesting since we were just sitting there and were offered the menu 5 minutes ago.

Came back to this place yesterday, because the hubby wanted to see how their lunch buffet would be. So I said OK. Give this place another shot, besides $10 for all you can eat Filipino food isn't bad. Their poster says lunch buffet 11:30 am - 3:00 pm. Got to the restaurant a little after 2:00 pm. The restaurant was empty. No hostess to be found, but the buffet bar was still set up. Went to go see what they had to offer and a waiter comes out. Told him we were looking or a table for 4. The waiter apologized and said the buffet ended at 2pm. Wtf?!? The poster says 3pm?!?! He just stood dumbfounded and speechless.

With both of my experiences here being negative I have determined that I will never.... NEVER come to this establishment EVER again!!! Horrible!!