1199 Wellness and Cafe- Tondo Manila

I'm so excited to share you guys another food review that will surely give you the full definition of fusion restaurant, not just basic fusion but a place all in one, literally. 1199 Wellness and Cafe is located in the busy street of Wagas St. Tondo, 1199 apparently got its name from their street number '1199', somewhat predictable but I never thought of it, just like the series 90210 which happened to be the zip code of B.H California where they had its setting, I just realized it on the latter (laughs), same in 1199, I just realized that when I saw the address, how could I even miss that?

It was my first time to review a restaurant in Tondo and I heard numerous selection of good food venues here that I badly want to try,   happy to make my first dip of my tondo food crawling here at 1199 Wellness and Cafe.

 

What I liked about 1199 Wellness and Cafe was its big option for food, it offers wide array of different food, they have Filipino, Japanese, American and I don't know what else they have, all I know was they seem to have everything we crave for, oh yeah have Korean, too. This is a three story house that they converted to a restaurant of different mix. On the first floor was the Asian Waffle, on the second was the cafe for refreshments like milktea, fruitea and coffee, also on the second floor was the ramen and burger station, and lastly on the third floor was samgyeopsal dining. As I entered the place I was welcomed by the buttery smell of their waffles, then we headed up to the second floor to give our orders. We ordered the best sellers and we also tried the samgyeopsal, we basically eat colossal of carbs that night that's one thing I know for sure.

I couldn't pick a favorite, I honestly loved all the food they served. I loved the Strawberry with Cream Waffle, we all shared to enjoy their burgers, the patty was thick and very savory smashed with lettuce, tomato and cheese, the burger was a surprising reveal for us, this something every customers should try.  Of course they also have milktea of different flavors, we just didn't it order after realizing we already ordered too much food. The ramen  and the takoyaki were amazing, too. Everything was great, but the burger for me was just the best. 

I have seen the post of my friend Travelust Ph, since we were just around the area we gave it a try, it's worth it. If you're bringing your car please advise them ahead of time so they can assist you where to park, they do not have a parking area (yet) but they can work it out for you like how they assisted us. I was happy and guilty at the same, I felt guilty that one of the staff had to go out and assist us when the restaurant was in pick hours and customers were lining up.

I enjoyed all the food here, no doubt customers were in full blast (with social distancing of course), even in a resindential location the restaurant is thriving, as seemed the pandemic was never a hindrance to their business. I would love to bring my friends here next time, I highly recommend this place for an absolute gastronomical pleasure. Thumbs up!

You may check more of their menus on their fb page: https://www.facebook.com/1199-Wellness-Cafe-103606954935737