Inasal At Iba Pa

Last week, my wife and I ended up in a new chicken inasal restaurant along Timog corner Tomas Morato. We were originally planning on eating at a Mang Inasal branch but were too lazy and hungry to look for one. Then we stumbled upon a less popular chicken inasal restaurant called Inasal at Iba Pa and it wasn't half bad.

Located next to David’s Tea House along the Timog (Tomas Morato rotonda), Inasal at Iba Pa is a cozy little restaurant where people can both eat and drink (beer) at. They serve pale and light beer (P35) and cigarettes. But what they serve the most of is chicken inasal (duh?). My wife and I each ordered a basic meal- paa (P85), plain rice (bottomless at P12.50) and bottomless iced tea (P30), which comes with a bowl of hot broth/ soup. So for less than P130 you get hella full!

The menu provided cheap combo meals (P50 each) but they looked pretty lame, for example: a cup of rice, one BBQ stick and an iced tea. Not bad, but nothing special. The chicken, on the other hand, was OK. It was crispy but not as juicy/ meaty as the chicken from Mang Inasal. But if crispy and crunchy is your type of chicken, then there’s no problemo here.

my order: paa w/ bottomless rice, bottomless iced tea & soup

My wife and I were also delighted to find out that the very next day, November 1st, the restaurant would be offering a new promo of UNLIMITED PAA at just P150 until the end of the month! Daym. You can also add bottomless rice (P12.50) and bottomless iced tea (P30) to your meal. So for less than P195, you get bottomless everything- chicken, rice and iced tea. This promo was very hard to ignore, so after finishing our meal, we returned just four days later to enjoy the promo.

Here’s the clincher though, folks. They didn’t have any Paa! WTF? How can you have UNLIMITED PAA but not have paa? It turned out the delivery that day hadn’t arrived yet. What a let down. The management was apologetic and, like the last time we were there, very polite.

A week later, I returned and doubted they’d make the same mistake again, but they did! It was a good restaurant but to be so unreliable is a real let down. I honestly don't plan on returning there again. Their foul up kind of speaks of their quality, organization, and reliability.

Don't get me wrong, the place was good- affordable, filling, and customer-friendly. Aside from the fuck-ups with the promos, it was pretty okay.