Josephine’s Restaurant Tagaytay

Tagaytay is one tumbling away from our home (well, mga 3 tumblings pala haha).  But this is more than an hour away from Laguna.  Neo’s Angkong (my Tito) celebrated his birthday early with a Tagaytay getaway.

We came home from Cagayan first Thursday of the year.  I went back to work first Friday of 2014.  Come Saturday, we got rid of all Christmas decors and off to Laguna we go.  We were so tired but we couldn't miss Angkong’s birthday celebration.

Tita Kim was so into celebrating Angkong’s birthday at Josephine’s Restaurant at Tagaytay.  Don’t ask me why, because I don’t know the reason too.  LOL Tita Bevs has a board exam review so she missed all the fun L

Josephine’s has a big area with a very good view of the Taal Volcano.  They offer ala carte menu but we went there for the buffet.  They offer breakfast and lunch buffets during weekends and holidays.  The prices and hours are as follows:

Breakfast from 7:00am to 10:00am

Php410 + 10% service charge per person

Php310 + 10% service charge for children below 4ft

Php100 discount for no left over

Lunch from 11:00am to 2:30pm

Php495 + 10% service charge per person

Php395 + 10% service charge for children below 4ft

Php100 discount for no left over

We arrived at Josephine’s around 1230pm.  We are 4^th in the waiting list.  So while waiting we grabbed the chance for some photos.

This big garden pavilion is where we ate.  I think this is also the area where they offer garden reception.

The buffet area. 

The good:

·         Buffet price is reasonable.

·         They offer lots of food choices from viands (Kare-kare, Grilled Liempo, Grilled Tilapia, Pork Binagoongan, Pininyahang Manok, Steamed Veggies, etc.) to soup (Clam soup and Bulalo) to salad (veggie salad) and desserts (Leche Flan, Gelatin, and lots of fruits in season).  They cooked it deliciously too.

·         They offer drinks (iced tea, orange juice, and gulaman).  This is something new to me as to all the buffets I’ve been to, you have to pay for the drinks separately.

·         After the time allotted for the buffet, since Josephine’s has a very big area, you won’t be obliged to go home as soon as you finished.  You are allowed to roam around and savor the view.  (Which we did for more than an hour).

·         Tagaytay view and weather at its finest! J

The bad:

·         They have a lot of guests that they frequently ran out of dinnerware.  There are always shortage of plates and saucers and drinking glasses (well, I have to admit, there were no shortage of utensils though :P)

·         They have limited number of staffs – though they are all courteous and nice.

·         Since they have a disclaimer that you will have Php100 discount for no left over, every one of us is very conscious in our foods.  I know they put this to avoid wasting of food – but this note is something you want to just tell the customers when they pay, like “you don’t have leftovers, so we’ll give you discount”.  Not during the time they are eating. L

For someone who is very easy to please, I recommend this place. You can’t go wrong with a nice view and delicious foods J

And, I couldn't help sharing this beautiful Tagaytay view