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• Average Fare; Horrible Service

Because most vegetarian options in Metro Manila are expensive, bland and extremely niche, Greens provides one of the more reliable options in this carnivorous town. So if you're here for a few days, with no cooking facilities, you might want to dine here for some basic vegetarian fare in a moderate price range. *HOWEVER* for those with time constraints, or dietary requirements, be warned: the resentment-peppered, lacklustre service engenders not only having to instigate one's own counter service every step of the way (e.g. hunting down the waitress in an empty restaurant to ask for water; to ask to order; to ask to order dessert; to request the bill; and to ask for change), and meals arriving at varying intervals (e.g. one diner finishing their meal before their dining companion's has even arrived, despite four kitchen staff working in an empty restaurant), but some highly dubious, deceitful and negligent practices. Last time I dined at Greens I ordered a sisig ('veganised' version of a local dish), which tasted overwhelmingly of cream and butter. I enquired as to its dairy content, but the lead waitress - an elderly matron who pervades the premises on a daily basis - utterly denied that it contained any dairy products (after numerous years as a vegan, I'm fairly confident of my ability to discern animal from non-animal products). But today was the corker. After I went to find the same lead waitress to ask for water, I heard the tap running for some time before she returned with two glasses. A strong aroma of chlorine emanated from the glass. I asked her if it was filtered water, which she insisted it was. My dining companion and I later became ill, for the first time since arriving in the Philippines. Bad service is one thing, but deliberately contaminating anyone's food (let alone those who pay top dollar to dine at allegedly 'ethical' eateries) is on a whole other level. I would never, ever set foot in this place again. Updated from previous review on 2016-10-04