My husband and I dined at La Filipiniana two Fridays ago, on the recommendation of friends. This is a summary of our experience. First of all, the restaurant was kinda hard to find. Anyway, we got there finally. The waitress was courteous and when she came to take our drink order, I wanted to clarify that they take credit cards (since the In Pittsburgh had them listed as a credit card accepting restaurant). She told us that the machine was broken and so they dont' take any. My husband reluctantly agreed to walk 6 blocks to withdraw money from the mac machine, while I would go ahead an place our orders. We both decided to get the sampler dinners, which looked pretty scrumptious from the menu. Anyway, so I sat at the restaurant, waiting for someone to come by to take the order, but no sign of the waitress, until about 10 minutes after my husband returned. By this time, I was somewhat disgruntled with the service. Finally, the waitress shows up and we place our orders. Basically, it was a choice of 1 appetizer from a selection of 3, 3 entrees from the selection of about 6, and 1 desert from a selction of 3. We first ordered our appetizers and entrees, atleast that is all the waitress asked us for and so I figured she would get our desert selections later. For the appetizer, I had the mini-egg roll with chicken and mushroom and plum sauce, while my husband had a dumpling filled with chicken. both were good. For entrees we had Chicken adobo, chicken curry and shrimp curry. They were also good. We were served 2 cups of warm ginger tea with our meal. I was looking forward to desert at this time. The choices looked interesting, since they were mostly prepared with exotic tropical fruits (based on the menu) The waitress came back to pick up our plates and said she would be back with desert. I then asked for the choices to which she replied that the chef had forgotten to bring the deserts with her and none of the menu choices were available. We were given flan (a desert that I don't particularly care for). My husband ate my portion. For $40 (our total bill), I was quite dissatisfied, especially with the poor service, not only was it slow but very disorganized and of course the desert was a big disappointment. I would be very hesitant to return, even though the food was alright. At this point I cannot recommend La Filipiniana.
Pittsburgh, PA