Tenya (Paseo de Magallanes, Makati City)

HannahPlates

Local Guide

8.0

The service as usual. We entered and quickly placed our order and proceeded to wait. As we waited we watched 3 different families walk in and place their orders. And oddly received thier orders before ours which makes absolutely no sense and was extremely frustrating. The rice that came with the tan tan set was an overcooked glob. The tempura was average. The spicy salmon salad was actually pretty delicious. The tan tan which is supposed to be their best seller wasn't really worth it. It was bland and needed additional spices from the table to even make it edible. I only happened to stumbl…

CantaloupeCraze

Local Guide

7.0

Tendon is average, agedashi tofu is not bad but needs more dipping sauce. Salmon salad was good, the only dish I liked. This place is loud, similar to a school cafeteria. Might want to eat and go when you dine here. Value is just right given the small portions of their dishes.

FryFeast

Local Guide

7.0

We still have hangover from Japan. We craved for some soba and tempura. So we ended up here at Tenya.

PomegranatePower

Local Guide

5.0

Serve Japanese food. Nothing spectacular. Majority of the items are tempura type cooking.

WhippedCreamCheese

Local Guide

1.0

I visited this branch on a Sunday at noon, and it was quite busy with around 30 guests where all tables are ordering at the same time. I noticed they had about 9 to 10 staff working, and only 2 were attending to customers. The rest were helping out in the kitchen. The manager himself was also juggling between dispatching food and handling cashier duties. Some staff like this one comes in late (probably her schedule) and just taking her sweet time while the others were rushing. This led to some service and quality issues like tables getting their orders out of turn, wrong orders, long waits, …