Promdi Kitchen Bar
Promdi Kitchen Bar
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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How my ratings work:
5 star – loved everything about it
4 star – very good and will be returning
3 star – not incredibly good but you decide
2 star – one or more things bother me here
1 star – never come
Decor
This place's decor is better than most Filipino restaurants I've been too. Large space, clean and somewhat modern. That's if you exclude the wood panel designs on mirrors that look like a 5 year old cut out.
Singing
I heard in many Filipino restaurants in the Philippines have live singing outdoors. That's lively and entertaining. However, when you are in a enclosed space trying to have a conversation with friends — it becomes annoying. Especially when they are shouting more than they are singing.
Food
It wasn't terrible but it wasn't really that great. Grilled chicken was more like an oven baked chicken drowned in sweet soy. I thought grilled chicken was just a BBQ chicken breast on a grill.
Kare Kare I've never been a fan of but correct me if I'm wrong — it's suppose to be ox tail and not big chunks of fried pork belly or pig trotter right?
Sisig was okay. Nothing to complain about although this version has a spicy kick.
My friend invited me to have dinner and I was brought here. The decor was nice and there a lot of tables. On a Saturday night, we came into the restaurant to hear a live band playing. So much for having a nice convo. But the music was nice and the band was entertaining nonetheless. The waitress gave us our menus. But took forever to take our orders even our drink order. My friend had to flag her down a lot of times. But looks like this is customary because he wasnt too annoyed. Ha. Finally our drink order came in. Then my friends food came in. Waiting waiting and more waiting for mine. The waitress finally said she apologized and that the chef was working on the order. Sheesh. So when the order finally came in, I was surprised to see how flavorful the dish was. It was very good. I ordered a egg noodle dish with fried pork. We finished our meal but stayed longer to listen to the live band. The service was terrible, but the food and music made up for it. This was my first time having Philippino cuisine and it wont be my last. However, I might think twice about coming back to this particular establishment.
You don't throw the baby out with the bath water. Credit to the restaurateurs behind Promdi for keeping the decor of the former inhabitant, SizzleMe Steakhouse, largely intact, as that was SizzleMe's strongest feature.
As such, Promdi likely enjoys the distinction of having the most upscale environment of any Queens-based Filipino restaurant (I'll accept arguments for Tito Rad's), which makes it a place to think of if you have out-of-town guests with a craving for Filipino.
But the setting alone shouldn't be what you come for, and Promdi's food delivers the goods. We tried the Sisig because, well, we love Sisig. And because it makes for a good way for us to compare restaurants. It came out sizzling (as it should be), and a tad burnt and crispy (also as it should be). As far as Sisig goes, this is the best I've had on this side of the planet, and it reminded me of my first time trying Sisig while in the Philippines, in a bar where your chances of getting drunk and getting stabbed were about equal. Ah, the good times!
For those unfamiliar with Sisig, it is made out of pork bits and stuff you probably don't really want to know about. So like a good hot dog or sausage, think happy thoughts, start chewing, and enjoy.
Also tried their chicken adobo, and again as a comparison point. What can I say? I like my own and my mom's adobo better than anyone else's, and everyone makes theirs somewhat different. Promdi's adobo was satisfying, but I'm biased towards my own homecooked versions.
I ordered Tocino/Langonisa (Promdi's version of Longanisa) from the Almusal section of the menu – this is what most Filipino restaurants list as their breakfast menu with the Tocilog/Longsilog etc. format (To = "tocino," Si = "garlic fried rice," Log = "Egg"). You can mix and match meats from the menu, so I got half tocino and half langonisa. The tocino was very similar to what you will find in other Filipino restaurants, but the Langonisa is quite different: it is a sausage patty, as opposed to the traditional sausage links. It was okay, but I prefer the longanisa I grew up with.
Lastly, I ordered a drink called Pipi-nyo: fresh cucumber, pineapple juice, and cream I believe were the main ingredients. Very tasty and refreshing!
I enjoyed my first visit to Promdi, and I hope to return many more times. Best of luck to the new establishment. And thank you to our server, who was quite attentive and did a great job of explaining some of the nuances of the menu items.
The buffet is overpriced. We spent 40, including tips, for two. They have only 8 selections. The food is Okay, but too many pork. There are only one chicken and one fish dishes.
Their regular menu seems interesting though but I can only rate their buffet.