Upper East

It was supposed to be Day 1 of our serious diet when my boyfriend asked me out for lunch. We were thinking of places near school with decent, home cooked meals. Fast food is a big no-no since we were both on a "diet". I even went to the gym that morning! haha Anyway, we decided to try out this place - Upper East.

 It turns out that Upper East  is the teaching restaurant of the American Hospitality Academy (AHA) which to our surprise such institution exists (Sorry, we're both law students and you can just imagine how limited our world is =)) Upon entering the restaurant, I was in awe of how beautiful the place was. I'm not super familiar with rating restaurants but man, the ambiance was to die for! The place was sooo pretty and quaint that you would think you were in a showroom of some sort. I must say, the place was perfect for a having a baby shower! (Sorry, first event that came to my mind haha)

See their food in pictures!

Menu (I love how they describe the food that you'll know what to expect from what you'll be ordering)

YUM! Meal prices range from 130 - 400. A bit pricey though for students like us.

Wall decor- i love the concept of hanging frames

panira to the concept the round silver clock

table set up

too small though for their plates 

i love this sort of chandelier/hanging light or whatever

with 2nd floor

free muffins - after we finished the first one, they gave us another one while waiting for our food to be served. we were so tempted to ask if these were unlimited haha jologs lang!

 I had their lunch special which was composed of mushroom soup, pork schnitzel and eclair - Php199.00

mushroom soup - I'm a big fan of mushrooms and i liked their soup since its not your ordinary campbell's soup in a can. 

pork schnitzel- comes with rice and ceasar salad

I really didn't know what pork schnitzel was when i ordered the lunch special. Turns our it's just like cordon bleu minus the cheese haha! fancy name! their ceasar salad was good btw! My boyfriend ordered their pot roast - comes with mashed potatoes and ceasar salad. The beef was a bit hard to chew/slice though=(

I super love the plate they used for serving our meal. It was long though so it seemed like our table was really crowded

Eclair - I was disappointed though on how they served their dessert. Everything was so fancy that I didn't expect my dessert to be served this plain

Our overall rating (10 being the highest):

Food: 7 out of 10 -- we think the pot roast needed more boiling to be easier to chew. Presentation was ok, except for the manner they served the eclair

Ambience - 10 out of 10 -- If only I had girlfriends with me and a decent camera, I'm sure to have taken lots of pictures. Everything was so pretty!

Service -  9 out of 10 -- they were just students but they were attentive to out needs, A bit awkward though knowing we're making utos to people younger than us haha

Price: 6 out of 10 -- too pricey for our budget and their servings are not that big for sharing

Upper East is located at 116 Tordesillas St, Makati City- Philippine International Trading Corporation