In the past month, much has been said about the nuances when a restaurant calls itself 'pet-friendly-'.  If you are not chronically online and may not be familiar with where this issue stems from, just look for 'Balay Dako Issue' on Facebook and you will pretty much have a sense of what's happened. But in summary, Balay Dako, one of the well-known restaurants in Tagaytay labels their themselves as 'pet-friendly' except when it comes to Aspins (or local dogs aka Asong Pinoys as they're coloquially known). There was a whole discussion saying the Aspin was considered a large dog and therefore not allowed to come in, but at most he was medium, and to add to that--Labradors and Golden retrievers were actually allowed. So at the end of the day, it came to the discussion of discriminating between dogs with breeds and Aspins which the restaurant received heavvy flak about. So there's the downlow, but today I wanted to focus on the opposite and go with a restaurant that is completely the opposite--Steak To One PH. 

I haven't blogged in a while and for me to come on here and vouch for this restaurant may not mean anything to you, but it means a lot to me. The Philippines is such a horrible place for strays and dogs in general--for some reason we have a general disregard for snything that's not human. Actually with the recent drug war, you can also say a lot of people in here have even less regard for human life but that's a topic for another time. So when I see restaursnts like Steak To One, I would do my part and spread the word about the business.

Majority of restaurants in Maginhawa are not as spacious as regular retaurants given the density of establishments in the area and this is no different, however they have a loft which makes it roomier. If you have your furbaby with you upon entrance, they just ask that you make sure they're in a diaper. If the place is not busy, you can get seated immediately but we were a party of 8 so we had to wait for about 9-10mins before we got seated. They also have a small nook dedicated to their advocacy of supporting strays, rescuing abandoned dogs etc. You can buy stickers and other pet products to support the strays they're taking care of at the moment. 

During our visit, the local steaks were all not availablle so it was a pretty limited menu for us. Majority of us got the USDA Choice Ribeye (P699.00) and you can have your choice of sides and gravy. Some sids are premium which emans you have to add an extra P50, and for the premium gravy you have to add an extra P80. I also got an extra bone marrow (P120.00) on the side which I think is priced very reasonably. The other only steal option we tried was the Filet Mignon (P650.00) which my sister had with creamy pesto pasta and a side of bone marrow as well. For the parentals we ordered Wagyu cubes salpicao (P290.00), Double Fried Chicken Tenders (P350.00), Truffle Parmesan Fries (P250.00), Mozarella Sticks (P150.00) and Chicken Skin (P145.00). For the size, the steaks were reasonably priced although the quality could've been more consistent. I always have my steak medium rare and the piece that I got had too much "litid". It took me a while to chew on some pieces because if it's medium rare you can imagine what the the texture would be like. 

However, the highlight of our visit was the pet menu. It's not extensive but what a treat to have a menu specifically for our furbabies, am I right? We got Chewy a Pawrger Steak (P250.00)--it had rice, mixed veggies and ground beef patty, everything without seasoning so really perfect for our furbabies! My beagle is extremely food driven and we don't feed her rice, but once in a while is okay I think. She thoroughly enjoyed the meal and finished every bit of it. The human food wasn't the best but would I come back? DEFINITELY. I know bringing pets into restaurants can be annoying to some people, but having a place inclusive to is is rare so I;m keeping this gem!