Reviews for Pondahan Restaurant in West Covina, CA
It?s Saturday night and we are looking to a good dinner at my wife?s native food. Unexpectedly the food were not up to par with... our usual Filipino taste. Added to this the chicken soup was not fresh at all! We should have stuck to the today?s menu.Needless to say we were disappointed with the taste of the food. Perhaps it is just a different version of what we were used to.The service was ok. But to spend fifty for two and leaving the place unsatisfied is not what we came here for. Read more
Disappointing! We've been visiting Pondahan Restaurant for several years now because of the "first impression" we had the first... time we visited. The quality of service and of course, the food was very good. Every time we pass by LA, it's a must stop atthis restaurant. This time though it's different. It felt like a whole new staff and chef took over the place. The quality offood wasn't the same and the portion was less. My wife ordered her usual favorite Kare-Kare, but when the dish came, the qualitywas subpar. The quality of meat and taste was far below our usual expectations. It was disappointing. Same with the rest of ourorders. Now the service. Besides our table, there was only one other group sitting nearby us. The server welcomed us and gaveeveryone water then he said he'll be back for our orders, That was the last time we saw him. He (short stature with long hair)was gone for at least 20 min until we asked the other server that we were ready to order. When our server came back, there wasno apologies as to why he was gone and even seemed irritated when he took our orders. It was disappointing to get that kind ofservice after 5 hours of long driving. As for the price; we felt it was too much for the quality and portions of each dish. Iunderstand that gratuity can be added when there are more than 6 people in the table, but because of the high price of eachorder, along with automatic 20 percent gratuity, we felt like we were robbed. Because of this experience, our expectations forthis restaurant is now very low. It is time to check out other restaurants and maybe we'll find the same good place we felt thefirst time we visited Pondahan Restaurant. Visited 10/06/19 between 4:30 to 6:30pm. Read more
Delicious food and awesome service. I have been blessed to frequent this restaurant with my in laws after Sunday mass. Makes for... a great lunch spot and the food is always out in minutes. Top notch service. I love this place. The atmosphere of the restaurantis very family oriented. Read more
Good delicious food, friendly staff very clean cozy and romantic, only problem seems to be hidden but a must to visit... restaurant. AAA+ Read more
Loved this place. Went with my Filipino friend.. She claimed the place is very authentic. So it must be. Overall, very good.
The beefsteak is probably the best I've ever had it's a must try
The food is good, and tastes homemade with good ingredients. The only downside is the portions are small, and it's a little... pricey. Apart from that it's very nice restaurant, good service, and perfect setting for a date or when eating with a largefamily/friends. Read more
What I like about this place is that portion sizes are very generous. We got served by a younger man who was a little gruff, to... be honest. Also, when he gave us the check, he put the receipts on top of the credit card so it was hidden. The lady who ran therestaurant was very nice, she ran out after us because I forgot my credit card! Read more