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This place has undergone many hands - from a different resto to Kitchen 56, now to Happy Garden. :) The interiors are relaxing and you seem to be tran…
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The place is cozy and very conducive for meetings, dates and catch-up conversations. Their menu is vegan and vegetarian-friendly, there are a lot of g…
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Happy Garden is a pleasant and pleasing place with warm lighting and lots of faux greenery.The food is expensive — the menu is peppered with prices up…
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6 Reviews on “Happy Garden Cafe”
This place has undergone many hands – from a different resto to Kitchen 56, now to Happy Garden. 🙂 The interiors are relaxing and you seem to be transported to another area altogether. The food is very healthy and offers salads, pasta and other good stuff. 🙂 food is a little expensive though but is understandable, given that it is not your usual fare. how they present it, offers a unique and interesting take. the taste is amazing! 🙂
The place is cozy and very conducive for meetings, dates and catch-up conversations. Their menu is vegan and vegetarian-friendly, there are a lot of good options that do not overwhelm. I appreciate that they serve herbed popcorn while you wait for your order. Serving time didn’t take that long, they were pretty quick, considering that we came in late into the evening. We ordered their Quinoa Salad, which was very filling and tasty; and the Spinach Ravioli Pomodoro which was big enough to be shared by two. I’d say the prices are understandable considering the location, ambiance and service. If you’d like to enjoy the same kind of healthy food options though, there are other restaurants that offer similar dishes for a lesser price.
Happy Garden is a pleasant and pleasing place with warm lighting and lots of faux greenery.The food is expensive — the menu is peppered with prices upwards of 400 pesos from appetizers to pizzas, salads and entrees. There are a lot of organic, gluten free, sugar free choices which I guess helps them justify the high prices.My friend and I shared a salad which was not bad and a pad thai, one of the most tasteless that I have ever had. Then the sans rival for dessert was probably butter or dairy free because it was dry and sweet but seemed more like a cashew tart than anything else.The cafe is located at the ground floor of the Sunshine Place, where Makati’s senior citizens from the nearby villages of Bel Air, San Lorenzo, et al congregate. This probably explains the cafe’s senior friendly food offerings plus their high end price point.
Healthy, gluten-free, organic, and clean ingredients are some of the things you can associate Happy Garden Cafe with. Vegans and vegetarians also find comfort in dining here. I dined here tonight with the owner and brains behind this concept, Annabel Tanco. She shares that some of the dishes they offer here were longtime recipes of hers. Anabel is also behind the successful brand, Bizu.The feast commenced with Happy Garden’s refreshing bowl of Watercress Soup. I’ve never heard of such soup made mostly from water plants, and I’m glad I did. It was really delicious, especially with its addition of organic white egg. Next stop was an unexpected favorite, Annie’s Cauliflower Rice. It gave me the impression that I was downing carbs, but it was actually all vegetable. It’s a complete meal in itself as it also has shrimps, spinach egg and flavors of smoked fish. I paired my ‘rice’ with two of their premium items, USDA Choice Rib-Eye with Truffle Mushroom Sauce and Thai Shrimp Cakes. The former was meat all mighty and tender, while the latter was shrimp air-fried to perfection. Don’t forget to dip it with loads of sweet and spicy, agave chili sauce. I highly recommend having Happy Garden’s collection of beverages as well while you indulge in their food. I enjoyed their Green Juice tremendously, a concoction made up of kale, parsley, apple, celery, and lemon. This juice can boost one’s immune system and is anti-cancer. Finally, we had sweets. Our table welcomed two ice desserts, one is traditional Thai Halo Halo made sugar-free and the other, their very own wow version of our local Halo Halo. I am surely visiting again. There is absolutely no reason why I shouldn’t. Happy Garden has all the pieces from beautiful ambiance to a quality, well-designed menu. alwayshungry.ph
I have gluten intolerance and finding a restaurant which serves gluten-free is very rare in our country. Their food and desserts are all yummy plus they’re reasonably priced. Must try!
I’ve been meaning to visit and dine here for the longest time. They’re under Bizu so I was confident that the food, service, and interiors would be lovely – and they are indeed!We tried their OMG Pasta, which was like a fancy palabok with angel hair pasta and seafood; Margherita Pizza which was okay, tasted like how margherita should be; Truffle Pizza which was SO GOOD, and cupcakes in banana and carrot flavors which tasted okay but were creatively designed as flower pots, though the ‘pot’ was made from silicone and wasn’t edible – it would have been better if that itself was edible.The ambiance was really warm and cozy framed by greens and lights, perfect for small gatherings.