neil's kitchen

good food. big serving. very creative in terms of concept. love the ambiance and atmosphere. staff are friendly and approachable. downside is they don't accept credit/debit card.

neil's kitchen is one of our favorite restaurant. food never fails. an order is served in big portions so you can share it. in our recent dine in, i suggest that they add a little flavor to the black palabok because it's kind of bland that time. by thr way, i hope that they'll be able to accept credit card alreadt.

loved their boneless chicken bbq, tapa and spaghetti. generous serving, good for 2 people. great ambiance and good service. staffs are attentive

we ordered paella valenciana, fresh lumpia in cilantro wrap, pad thai, chicken bbq, inihaw na liempo, fried chicken, beef caldereta, fried suman and puto bumbong. the servings were big. the caldereta and the desserts were amongst the most favorites. we reserved the black room which was cozy and can comfortably seat 24 pax.

their wait staff attended to all our needs and were all very courteous. ❤ would like to go back to try other dishes.

serving of the viand can be shared by 2 or 3. i like their grilled chicken and crispy pork dinuguan fondue and sinigang rice with grilled pork. staff are attentive. place is simple yet clean. would like to try their dessert next time.

we had our party here. ang ganda ng place! ang sarap ng food,yung kahit busy kakachika pero mapapatigil ka to appreciate their food! highly recommended!

very cozy and super delicious food! definitely will come back here together with my family and other friends. kudos to you! god bless you always.

their alabang style fried chicken comes in huge servings that one rice is not enough!

service is quick and table seating is more organized compared to other restaurants even during crowded weekends.

come to neil’s if you like filipino comfort food!

today is a celebration of friendship! the first lady i met in our village when we moved to alabang in 2010 just sold her house and said goodbye to her plans of retiring here. she and her husband are going back to the us.

for a fitting "fare well and see you there next year," we went to neil's kitchen. it's amazing that neil ramos does not have a formal culinary background. one thing sure, he knows flavor, how to mix, match and have it come alive in living color with familiarity and novelty. he started out as a caterer but his love for food, cooking, innovating and clamor from people who trusted his abilities led him to open his kitchen to the public at westgate, alabang.

the great thing about neil's kitchen (aside from the food) is the waitstaff. they make you feel you're important as they unobtrusively guide you thru the menu while making knowledgeable suggestions. today is no different as we had aaron handle our table.

there is a separate menu for zomato gold and we chose the crowd favorites; sinigang paella with grilled pork belly (p395) and bagoong paella with kare-kare (p395 and free with gold). from the regular menu, we got "triple t" tortang talong tower (p350) and my absolute favorite, fried suman, mangga and chocnut (p250), for dessert.

i super love the sinigang paella because all the sour notes you'll associate with sinigang is in the rice. combine this with the smoky, crispy and charred bite-sized pieces of grilled liempo and the crunch of crispy kangkong and it's party-party!

the kare-kare is rich with its peanut sauce enveloping morsels of tender beef and bits of tendon. so succulent it is, that when you mix in the bagoong flavored rice it's game over. no sauce or other seasoning needed.

the triple t is some sort of homage to omurice. instead of egg omelette wrapping rice, it's tortang talong encasing rice with beef, pork and shrimp. there's crabstick mayo on top to introduce another texture and taste dimension. if you want to be more traditional, there's a brushstroke of tomato ketchup to bring back childhood flavors.

the fried suman is a work of art. there is a cube of mango gelatin on top, that if you close your eyes,would taste and somehow feel like real mango that comes in a chunk of a block. drizzled with coconut cream, crushed chocnut and peanuts, it is the crowning glory to the tasty, sticky suman. i live for food like these. bravo!

awesome food and ambience, and westgate at night is pretty charming too.
tried out their zomato gold offers and though we were given a different menu (limited selections i guess?) the food we got were both awesome. my husband had chicken inasal with hainanese rice and i had calamari with paella negra. delicious!
service was good, the wait staff were all attentive and friendly.

i normally don't write reviews. however this place stands out. it is clean, friendly service. we ordered fried chicken w/ gravy rice and boneless chicken bbq w/ java rice and it's awesome and yummy.
this is a great place!

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the place was great! it was my first time trying the place and it definitely won’t be the last. ambiance was kinda homey and chill.

i used the zomato gold 1+1 on food. they have a separate menu for gold customers, but hey i’m not complaining. we ordered the bulalo and the bbq chicken, which was recommended by the server. both were awesome! serving size was a lot. the bulalo was garlicky (which i liked) and not that greasy. the chicken was served with java rice, atsara, and macaroni salad. both tasted just right, not too salty, not too strong.

i’ll bring any of my foreign friends here for an authentic filipino food!

im from the north but once in a while i find time to visit neil's kitchen because of the sinigang paella rice with pork belly! 👍👍👍👍 definitely will be back here for more! 👌👌👌

a must visit place in alabang. the place is good with the staffs taking care of you once you entered. order their specials then see, smell and taste the food magic. 👍🏻
dohc_mark off for now!

wow! finally ate here at long last. thanks in due to the zomato gold membership sale last friday.

all i can say is, why did in god’s name . i took so long to eat at neil’s kitchen. 😅

we celebrated our mom’s birthday here. was skeptical at first since we almost eat japanese or chinese often when we eat out. seldomly we as a family pick filipino themed restaurants.

appetizers:

tokwa and seafood 10/10 👍🏼💪🏼

a must have for appetizers, raving about the sauce and the kinilaw.

main dishes:

we had bbq chicken, bbq pork, wagyu beef sigang, adobo project, both chicken and porkchop of the south and the dinuguan.

trust me when i say, all the food was worth it!

10/10

my mom is hard to please when dining out, but she definitely enjoyed her birthday celebration here.

will we dine again? were most definitely looking to be regulars hehehe 👍🏼💪🏼😁