barako grill

it's my 1st time to visit their restaurant to eat one of the best dishes they have the grilled squid. myfriendswould always bring me grilled squid everytime they would drop by in umm al quwain. so i went there today to have our dinner so i can dine in and have my favorite dish. sadly, after 1hr and 30min drive to their restaurant the much a waited dish that i have been waiting for was served and i was so disappointed, fist of all there was a big size of wax paper or plastic like texture in the squid don't know where it came from how it end up in my squid, secondly taste was not the same as i've remembered and lastly how the manager insisted it was an onion skin just to resolve the issue and everything's alright so after that i complained to the staff and manager and have a huge doubt how clean and how attentive the kitchen staff are in the dishes or food that they prepare and food that they serve. i lost my appetite after this and end up leaving their restaurant disappointed and i felt that safety and hygiene wise my rating for this restaurant is beyond poor rating to me. but i would like to say the staff tried their best to resolve the issue but i just don't trust anything that's coming out from their kitchen anymore. and manager was so unprofessional for insisting that it was an onion skin, for the love of god, trying to convince us its onion skin which i know and he knows it's not. but still paid for my bill.

we got into a fight in this restaurant because of those arrogant drunk locals drinking haram alcoholic drinks in their restaurant. the local guy gave a small paper (pls see attached) to my 11 year old sister and he almost touched her but the good thing my friend saw it and when he approached the guy, the localfriendsattacked myfriendsand the employees were scared to help coz those people are their regular costumer. one employee ripped the paper that the local guy gave to my little sister but we took it from him. i have proof that myfriendsare in bad shape because of those local guys. the employees did not help us (only one lady told us to have a complain in the security, thank you) but the rest of them doesn’t care!! they let those local people eat their food after the fight while we were outside waiting for the police but even the police did not help us coz the people involved are locals! i am very frustrated on how the management handled the situation knowing that they are offering an acoholic drinks. they did not help us, good thing the security guys in the hotel helped us but not the barako grill management. (not even a word from them) not safe here..

one of my to-go-to filipino restaurant in uae. i’ve been here in barako a couple of times and have not been disappointed. a place for family andfriendsto enjoy while having good food. if you love bands, billiards, and karaoke this is the place you should visit in the north area.

as for the food, they serve filipino dishes. everything here is great. we tried bihon guisado, pork sisig, lechon kawali, buffalo wings, crispy pata, pork dinuguan, beef bulalo, pork bbq. we enjoyed all of the dishes and they come in big servings too.

their staff attended to all our needs and were all very courteous. two thumbs up!

will definitely come back to try other food in their menu 👌