It has become our habit to eat out every time our parents or one of them come and visit us here in Manila. To change the ambiance a bit, I decided to look for for a restaurant that serves lip smacking ribs. Now I don't know what came to my mind as to why I chose that specific food but I vaguely recalled or has read somewhere that there is such a place in Tomas Morato. With the help of my old friend, Google, I chanced upon Rub Ribs BBQ. Reading other people's blog about them made me hungry. The photos are reaching out to me. I mentally took note of the place and since it's a Friday, I told myself to book a reservation because I read the place is relatively small. My family needed no convincing and as I was calling them to book for a reservation, I was informed that they do not accept reservations during weekends. Asking what time they get most of their customers, the guy I was talking to told me that customers come and go every hour especially during weekends. Tough luck! At that time, I was thinking we better get there a bit early to secure seats. Come weekend we rode a cab to Sct. Rallos in search of this much talked about rib place. I was all eyes at the restaurants we would pass by so as not to miss the place. I immediately spotted the place when we took a right turn from Tomas Morato to Sct. Rallos. It's just beside H Cuisine. Unfortunately, when we came there are no seats available.We had to wait for another 30 minutes or so before we're seated.
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| Manong Guard checking if there's still available seats for us |
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| Love their framed walls |
Good thing we weren't that hungry when we came there. We decided to order while waiting.We decided on their Family Brunch with our choice of three sides which is already good for four people. I took the liberty of choosing their Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Garlic Spinach and Mushroom and their Sprice (spiced rice). I had to order three additional rice for them, a basket of Buffalo Wings with Bleu cheese dip, their fried Oreos and their Houseblend iced tea in a pitcher. Once we were escorted to our seats upstairs, we were immediately served our drinks. My brother didn't like the taste of their Houseblend tea saying it tasted more tea. I mean, it does say Houseblend TEA right? I, on the other hand loved it. Very refreshing and light to the taste. A few more minutes and our Family Brunch came.
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| Ribs!!! (L-R Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Garlic Spinach and Mushroom and their Sprice) |
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| My sister took this photo. I believe she's already famished and was in a hurry before we grab all the wings to ourselves. :p |
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| Fried Oreos <3 |
At first I thought it would only be two huge servings of ribs with our choice of three sides but they served us three. Which is great by the way and I am not complaining because we were hungry by then. We took photos first (for my blog of course) before we ravaged the set. I love the fact that the meat is really tender and the rub is not bad either. The sauce really compliments the meat and paired with Sprice, it is a winning combo. I had to ditch my utensils when grabbing the meat because it is best eaten using my hands. My brother consumed three cups of their rice. I devoured most of their mashed potatoes and part of the spinach. It was indeed a very wonderful and hearty dinner spent with my family. The staff attending us upstairs were also quick to aid our needs. The staff were also accomodating and greeted us as we entered and made our exit. Although, our basket of buffalo chicken came quite late, the Bleu Cheese dip made all the difference. At the end of our meal, we were rubbing our bellies full lol. We had one teenie tiny space left for our dessert, Fried Oreos and our night was made. All in all we spent about 1,700 php. For a meal as satisfyingly cheap as this, I can go every week! Highly recommended.
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| Good meal shared with the fambam |
RUB Ribs and Barbecue
64 Scout Rallos,
Tomas Morato, Quezon City
(632) 501 2799
Operating HoursMonday to Sunday11:00am to 12:00am
