GABBY’S BISTRO: A must try beanery in Dumaguete City 

What would you think the best way to beat the coldness brought by the unending rain like as if comfortably pouring it’s anger the whole day? The dark is filling the whole space as it marks another sign to fill my famished stomach. What else you can do when your little adopted kiddos inside your stomach is demanding for food? It’s like they don’t beg for it, but it is their plea that I should conform to.

Arnold of wanderingsoulscamper carefully holding his phone while using a GPS and look for Gabby’s Bistro as this was a suggested restaurant for us to visit in our itinerary. I didn’t know that there’s a disadvantage of relying so much for the internet. Since we are not familiar with Gabby’s Bistro we were anticipating that maybe the tricycle driver might able to know where is Gabby’s Bistro located.

We were confidently asking the tricycle driver to take us to Gabby’s Bistro, but unfortunately he’s not familiar of the place, we thought it was a bit near and would only take a few minutes to get us there. Good thing Arnold is smart enough to use his GPS and it truly brought us to a place. There’s actually another branch located just very close to where we have stayed and just along Dumaguete boulevard where we supposed to dine in, but we weren’t able to make it due to an over relying to the internet.

What captured my attention when we arrived at the place was the comforting and welcoming ambiance of the place. From the lights in the exterior design of the restaurant and the relaxing interior design of the place, it was really a wow experience. I was really expecting that this must be an expensive restaurant just by considering the whole concept of the place.

We waited for a while until we have noticed that there wasn’t any crew who would render us a menu, so I went to the counter and asked for the menu. (I was just too small and so as Arnold that they didn’t even recognize of our arrival, they might as well didn’t see us entering into their beanery).

Everything in their restaurant is unique, as I was expecting the food as well. Their menu has a marker of Gabby’s Bistro on the left side that stands for, it is their specialty and their best seller food. I ordered for Oriental fish and shrimps and Arnold ordered for Golden Fried Chicken marinated with mixed spices and deep fried until crispy.

What I had on my plate was eventually a good choice that fits to the coldness of the weather and just perfectly rhyme to what I truly crave for. The oriental fish and shrimps is a grilled Tarugho basted with Cajun spices topped with sauteed shrimps and clothed with fresh and spicy oriental sauce. I genuinely like the texture of the fish and the shrimps is perfectly cooked. Their main menu holds a complimentary smashed potato with gravy and a sesame seeds on top. I was also captured with their drinks, they have mixed ice tea and lemonade that became a Teamonade and that was what we have ordered for our drinks.

They served a quality food with a unique twist and delectable to satisfy every taste buds of their customers. They also serve, Burgers, Pizza, Pasta, Dessert and a boat load of their entrees to choose from. The serving is big where it can truly fill your hungry stomach. The prices are ranging from Php 150-Php 250 for their entree and for the drinks they have a bottomless ice tea, lemonade and teamonade for Php 50. The Gabby’s Bistro is a perfect place if you desire to spend a quality time with your love ones, family, friends, schoolmates over the palatable food and a good place for a business meeting as well.

I find the place welcoming and friendly because of the amazing wall painting decors, the colors and the complete set up and the exterior design of the place. It’s actually like you are on the other side of the world where your eyes can play with all their beautiful decors. Everything is merely a place where everyone would love to end their day before going to sleep. Gabby’s Bistro also serves breakfast from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM and offers Filipino Silogs and American Platters. Their breakfast is ranging from Php 150-Php 200.

They have also a branch in Paseo Perdices just along the Rizal Boulevard in Dumaguete City proper. For more updates and exciting surprises for their customers, you can follow their Facebook page at Gabby’s Bistro.

HOW TO GET THERE

There are actually tricycle drivers who can get you to this place, but some are not familiar of this beanery. When you go there, tell the driver to take you to Gabby’s Bistro and don’t forget to mention Florentina Homes at Cimafranca Subdivision. The fare is around 20PHP. I’m not that sure since we ride twice going there.

SPECIAL THANKS 

I would wish to thank the Province of Negros Oriental Tourism Office and NOCCI for sponsoring this trip as part of the celebration of Buglasan Festival 2016. The Buglasan Festival will run from October 14-23,2016. For more updates regarding their colorful festival, you can visit their Facebook page at Buglasan Festival. My greatest gratitude for Arnold M Jerodiaz of wanderingsoulscamper for bringing me here and become part of this event.