Manalo Lounge

Reviews

• JW

  James Weinstock

  Aug 12, 2026
  4.0
  Beachfront dining with excellent service, unbeatable lagoon views, and decent food. Overall, the food was very nice plated and great flavors, but in my opinion every dish was slightly salty, not a deal breaker but certainly could be a little less heavy handed. I would definitely come back again but hope everything would be a little bit more dialed in to make it 5/5 stars. Kambucha squash with miso caramel: great flavor and great texture but sauce was again very seasoned. 8/10 NY strip steak: perfectly cooked medium rare with nice crunchy bits on top and very tender. It was served with a few sauces that while indeed salty again, in this case it worked and the salt let the beef flavor shine. 9/10 would definitely come back again for this. KFC cauliflower: korean fried iteration of cauliflower it was spicy, sticky, crunchy, sweet and definitely was one of the table favorites. 9/10 Sunset roll: standard sushi roll with crab and fish on top. It was good and fresh. 8.5/10 Beef, pork, mushroom skewers: the pork belly was great and the sauce was tasty and not overly salty, my favorite of the three. The beef was decent but did not really compare to the steak we had so having them side by side made it kind of underwhelming. The mushrooms were good but kind of small for the price compared to the others. 7.5/10 Shoyu eggplant: eggplant was plump and tasty with a definite soy sauce taste. Kind of verged on the salty side but considering shoyu was in the name it definitely delivered on that front. 8/10 Shrimp toast: fried Japanese milk bread with shrimp and a tangy sauce and salad on top. Great crunch and flavorful shrimp but again the sauce was verging on overly salty. That said, we all did enjoy this dish and would order it again. 8.5/10 Fresh caught fish with crispy skin over rice with consumme: this dish was the only dish that was not overly salty and I thought was delicious, well balanced and had nice delicate flavors. My one nitpick was the skin did not come out crispy as advertised. 8/10 Scallops: Three scallops served over a cream sauce with rice cakes and salmon eggs. The scallops and sauce were the star and very tasty on its own, however, when eaten with the ikura, again it followed the trend of overly salty so I kind of avoided it. The rice cakes were kind of just there and was surprisingly bland considering the aforementioned saltiness. Overall, while the scallops and sauce were nice, the dish was a little underwhelming for the high price and small amounts of scallops ($16 per scallop). 7/10 In summary, most dishes had high and lows, but with the great service and views this place still offers a lot of value, I just think it has some kinks to work out.
• JC

  Jose Cruz

  Jul 18, 2026
  1.0
  I don't like post bad reviews but I don't like when the people do poor job or non been nice The host was seating a lot over people before us Then she came to us to say the manager doesn't want to seating us because we do not stay at the hotel so no smart manager We walk at the restaurant at the front Minas fish house they give us the table right away The two restaurants running under four seasons Easy to understand one manager that's better job then the other
• RT

  RT Tablecloth

  Jun 2, 2026
  1.0
  Food sucked. The price of the food does not match the quality of the food. They try to mask the atmosphere and service with the quality. The food I ordered sometimes you can feel it’s microwaved. If I could get my money back I would.
• MB

  Michael Barr

  May 26, 2026
  2.0
  I do not normally leave reviews to start. The views and setting are spectacular but the food and service levels do not meet Four Seaons usual quality. We were seated next to an influencer who was doing personal ratings of the restaurant who had a tripod on his table, the clearly took away from the overall experience and why does the Four Seasons even allow this during a 7pm dinner sitting? At the end of the evening one of the servers reached over another table and shoulder of my wife (who’s birthday we we’re celebrating) to get the credit card it was super unprofessional. Simply a poor evening with underwhelming food and service wouldn’t recommend this as other restaurants in the area do a much better job creating value for their guests.
• EE

  Emmett Elizondo

  May 23, 2026
  5.0
  Incredible ocean front dining, great staff and great food! Bluefin sashimi platter was delightful.

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