Why waste money and calories on food that won’t make you happy? The Coconuts Critic’s Table is all about telling the restaurant experiences of our writers and our freelancer friends, as they are — no hype and no fluff. All the reviews are done unannounced and all meals are paid for by the Coconuts Manila team, so you can expect us to be one hundred percent honest and authentic. We’ll tell you what you need to know about a specific restaurant — from decor, service, price points and of course, food. Are the servers clueless about the difference between sushi and sashimi? Is the newest “deconstructed cake” an obvious baking mistake or a stroke of genius? Is the newest rockstar chef more than just a pretty face? We tell the bad and the ugly. Don’t worry, we tell the good stuff too. While we don’t often use superlatives to describe a poke rice bowl or a new lechon dish, we’re don’t scrimp on praises for restaurants, which deserve them. When we give a place our two thumbs up, it means that we genuinely enjoyed the food and the entire experience.