Welcome to my Food Blog! My First Post - Review on Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
- Mr C
- Apr 23, 2016
- 2 min read
Welcome to my Blog! Being the food lover I am I thought It was about time I started documenting my food adventures on my travels. I am currently in Manila and thought I'd start off with a review on my experience at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. as it was one of the first restaurants I dined in.
After arriving in Manila I was particularly hungry and of course on the look out for some good quality food. After doing a search on TripAdvisor I came across Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. (Greenbelt 3) which had a 4/5 Star rating. Being a themed restaurant based on the movie Forest Gump (a movie I particularly enjoy), I looked forward to dining there. I arrived at the restaurant at around 9pm with my companions and surprisingly it wasn't as busy as the surrounding restaurants. We were greeted and seated and that is were the service ended.
We were given the menu and were left for about 10 - 15 minutes. The service was basically non-existent. As we were browsing through the menu we were not offered any drinks and had to wave the waitress over to take our full order. We were starving at this point and were looking forward to our meals. My partner had the Grilled Salmon and Creamed Spinach, my friend had the Shrimp Kebabs and I had the BBQ Cheeseburger.
The grilled salmon was dry, the creamed spinach was un-enjoyable and the overall dish was flavorless. My friend enjoyed the shrimp kebabs and the corn however was disgusted by the mashed potato. The mashed potato was lumpy, dry and was covered in unpleasant onions chunks. There was a sauce/gravy on the side that was awful and had the consistency of rubber. The burger was average and the meat was flavorless & oily. The onion rings were very crunchy however the onion inside had a plastic like texture and was hard to chew through.The fries were nice and crunchy but unfortunately under seasoned.
Overall I wouldn't recommend this particular restaurant. The overall fit-out and concept was great. Having the Forrest Gump paraphernalia and references made me want to watch the movie again however I was very disappointed in the service and the food. The staff seemed to be focused on socializing with each other rather than looking after the few customers that were dining at the time.
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