Davids Tea House - Hotpot Restaurant (Tomas Mapua, Manila)

juicygem

Foodie

10.0

Classic. It's still good even after a few decades.

yummyyummy

Foodie

8.5

𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥'𝘴 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘢. 𝘊𝘳𝘶𝘻 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘶 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘶-𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘶, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦.

cupcakecharm

Foodie

8.0

Went there for a date with my mom and while I dined with their other branches I figured dining in one of the "oldest Chinatown in the world" would make it more authentic. Well, it kinda was. Never a fan of eating rice so I just went with the Dimsum sampler, their David Noodle set and Cold cuts. All of them taste great, just like what you would expect in any decently run Chinese resto. This particular branch has a hotpot menu if you fancy going for that. I didn't choose that route since I'm not feeling hotpot at that time. While I did mention that the food taste like what you would expect fo…

josh

No Mayo Please

8.0

I said it before and i’ll say it again, david’s will always be a classic! There’s nothing much to say, honestly. The spicy beef fried rice had the perfect amount of kick. On the other hand, the black pepper beef was so tender. As for the lemon chicken and century egg, forget about it! 👌🏻👌🏻 Verdict: babalik! gusto ko na nga bumalik ulit eh 😅

milkywaymango

Foodie

5.5

So after a few years, I decide to update my review in David’s Tea House in Binondo. We went to lunch on Chinese New Year and this place was just jampacked! We had to wait in line for our turn and we were number 29. And so my family and I ordered the usual - Polonchay seafood soup, yangchow, pata tim, salted spicy spareribs and squid calamares. You could actually spot the difference of the photo of polonchay soup in (old collaged photo) and the new photo of polonchay soup - see the texture and color? It tastes soooo different from before. You could no longer taste the authentic Chinese feel…