Max's Restaurant - Taytay

On the way home from work and with our tummies grumbling, the hubby and I decided to stop by one of our favorite restaurants to grab a quick bite. Max's Restaurant is an institution in the Filipino dining scene. They've been around since 1945, serving their signature Fried Chicken and other local delights.  Having said that, it's a no-brainer for us to get the house special, Max's Fried Chicken Regular, and its perfect partner, Pancit Canton (Tossed Noodles).  The chicken is as good as we have always remembered it - tender, flavorful, with its thin, crispy skin. One whole order is enough for 4 people, but we hungrily devoured it nonetheless, leaving only the bones. Yes, it's that good! :) The pancit, while delicious, seemed to have shrunk in size. That is the only bone (no pun intended) we have to pick about it. Otherwise, we're happy with the food.  It will always be one of our default restaurants to go back to when we're hankering for a filling meal. :)

Not all Max's Restaurant locations are the same, and this place is living proof! The service is LIGHTNING QUICK, and my all time favorites like the Sizzling Tofu (No other branch can get this right) is just wickedly perfect. On item that this place gets right is their Sinigang with lechon kawali. I mean, are you frickin kidding me?? Some other "boutique" restaurants can offer the same thing, but I can most definitely say that THE Best sinigang can be found at Max's restaurant, or should I say, a THIS branch.

Lola wanted to have dinner out on a Friday night and it was Max's or Hap Chan. We went with Max's since we just ate at Hap Chan recently. The moment lola saw the Lumpiang Shanghai, she said she wanted that. We got the Thanksgiving meal which was good for 4 people. The skin of the Fried Chicken was great. Some of the meat were dry so I smothered them in the banana catsup and Lea & Perrins mix. The chicken was chopped but nit totally cut through. They were still attached somehow. The Pancit Canton was bland and we didn't bother finishing it. Lola was happy with her Lumpiang Shanghai. It was tasty. I liked it better with my banana catsup and Lea & Perrins mix. The diluted dipping sauce that cane with the Shanghai wasn't that good. The P999 meal came with rice which we upgraded to Garlic Rice and Iced Tea. We shared a Dessert Sampler. Ube Creme Decadence was a light and creamy dessert filled with Ube Halaya and sprinkled with ube cake crumbs. They liked this the most. The Leche Flan was creamy but we've had better. The Cream Cheese Brownie a la mode was good. The brownie was rich and moist but I could not detect the cream cheese. The vanilla ice cream was creamy. They said the Buko Pandan was ok. The servers seemed preoccupied and inattentive. We were very clear about the Garlic Rice upgrade but we were initially served plain rice. We kept on asking what the soup was made of since mom and lola didn't like cream/milk based soup because of tummy issues. We ordered the soup of the day but they served us Cream of Mushroom because they ran out. They didn't inform us or ask us. We didn't want to argue so we just got the soup. A pet peeve is when they start clearing the table when someone is still eating. They apologized and stopped when we pointed that out. The whole time we were there it felt like all of the seasoned servers were on vacation and the trainees were practicing on us. The good thing is they smiled a lot and were pleasant. They need to improve on product knowledge too as they could answer or describe the dessert sampler and the whole cakes that were for sale. Max's is an old favorite and I really hope they improve on their service before our next visit.

Lola wanted to have dinner out on a Friday night and it was Max's or Hap Chan. We went with Max's since we just ate at Hap Chan recently. The moment lola saw the Lumpiang Shanghai, she said she wanted that. We got the Thanksgiving meal which was good for 4 people. The skin of the Fried Chicken was great. Some of the meat were dry so I smothered them in the banana catsup and Lea & Perrins mix. The chicken was chopped but nit totally cut through. They were still attached somehow. The Pancit Canton was bland and we didn't bother finishing it. Lola was happy with her Lumpiang Shanghai. It was tasty. I liked it better with my banana catsup and Lea & Perrins mix. The diluted dipping sauce that cane with the Shanghai wasn't that good. The P999 meal came with rice which we upgraded to Garlic Rice and Iced Tea. We shared a Dessert Sampler. Ube Creme Decadence was a light and creamy dessert filled with Ube Halaya and sprinkled with ube cake crumbs. They... read more

Always the classic good family friendly restaurant love the classic chicken and the sizzling tofu Yummy always end my meals in this resto with ube decadence Yummy yummy! Service is also good in this branch