Bob's Diner - Lungsod ng Pagad

The restaurant is very impressive as it compits the star studded hotel a d restaurant in terms of food and services.

This restaurant serves both western style and Filipino food and I visited it a few times in early April, 2015. One of the better restaurants in Pagadian. I had a roast chicken dinner for less than 200 Pesos. The roast chicken was good and not too over cooked as is the practice in the Philippines. The chicken came with rice and mushrooms and gravy. The mushrooms were from a can and I did not try the gravy. They also serve fresh brewed coffee from a press which is unusual for the Philippines, especially in the provinces, where it is almost invariably instant coffee. The coffee was served with real cream, also a rarity in the Philippines where coffee is usually accompanied by powdered coffee whitener. One of my friends had grilled fish. I tasted the white flesh fish and it tasted very good with a mild lemon taste. The fish was overcooked for me, but, as I mentioned earlier, that is common in the Philippines. Substituting garlic rice for plain rice cost an extra ten pesos. Another friend had the baby back ribs which he also said was delicious although I did not taste it myself. Before dinner we shared a “cesar” salad which is, arguably, misnamed. The salad had tomatoes, boiled egg, ham/bacon slivers and wilted lettuce. The dressing was cesar. The ‘Greek’ salad is also different. It has chopped pineapple, watermelon slices, tomato, cucumber, lettuce and chopped olives. No bell peppers and no onion. The cheese was cubed chedder like white cheese and not feta. Nonetheless, the ‘Greek’ salad was good. The restaurant, with a semi-diner décor, was very clean and the staff attentive. The restaurant c.r. (restroom) is better than most in the provinces and was clean although, as is often the case in parts of Asia, one of the toilets in the men’s room was missing the seat. The building is easy to find with silver/chrome trim on the front of the building. It may look closed as the windows are tinted dark but watch for the open sign on the front. DO NOT confuse Bob’s Diner with a small open air restaurant in the same building. Bob’s is inside. Open for lunch and dinner but closed in the mid-afternoon. Average lunch is 150 to 250 pesos. A tricycle (motor bike taxi) should set you back 20 to 30 pesos from the Gaisano Mall area of downtown. Have no hesitation recommending the restaurant although I would pass on the cesar salad.

Spacious, clean diner. Lots of fresh food to choose from. Definitely lutong-bahay. There's plenty of dessert options too. I just think that the serving is too small and so making it expensive.

The place is super clean, food is perfect lutong bahay, sanitation and ambiance is fabulous!!! I highly recommend them...

Spacious, clean diner. many fresh foods to choose from. definitiw lutong-bahay. there are also many dessert options. I just think the portion is too small and so expensive.