Food: **** Service: *** Ambiance: **** First timer. The restaurant location is large. The location has small huts (bahay Kubo) on top of a large fish pond. The small huts have a ceiling fan to keep you cool also if you want a server, each hut is equipped with a red light switch. Turn it on and they come over to help you. You can order your food and walk around to pass the time. Food preparation is long but the food is so flavorful and delicious. As a tourist this was a great place to have a meal at. It is an outdoor restaurant with a lot to look at and activities. There is absolutely must need to do as an activity. Tacsiyapo Wall (release your anger) which you throw cups or dishes at a wall and break them. There is a fee but so much fun to throw at the wall. Food was so good. Warning that it does take time but hot and freshly cooked to satisfy your hunger. We ordered a package good for 4 -5 people. It contained the following dishes - Bangkang sisig Tinupig with side of veggies, Kare Kare, BBq Chicken and rice. We also ordered a pitcher of freshly squeezed watermelon, It was more than expected we had leftovers to take home. read more

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Good environment and food! It's a great spot to stop if you're coming or going to Manila. Service can be on the slower but other than that everything was great on our last visit. read more

Perfect place to meet up with ild friends. The atmosphere was calm and inviting. The restaurant is literally on fish pond. The food was reasonably priced and cook to order (because it did take awhile but was worth it) so my piece of advice is order right away. The servers were accommodating and friendly. The only thing I didn't like was a guy was offering hand or back massage while you wait which I found a bit different. Maybe it's a culture thing. However, everybody enjoyed the food and atmosphere, will certainly return to this peaceful place. read more

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waiting for table accommodation took forever despite that there were available kubos already (no one seems to care in cleaning the tables) and when there were available seats already, coming of the waiter also took forever!!! they are quite understaffed! will definitely not come back to this place ever!!!! read more

January 9th was our last night of our Philippines Family Vacation and what a great place to have our going away dinner. Thank you to our family for taking us here and for making our last evening in the Philippines a memorable one. Isdaan is a sight to behold and is definitely a destination restaurant if you're in the Tarlac area. This type of restaurant would be a success in the United States because social media conscious Americans would love the many aspects of Isdaan. Isdaan in Tagalog, the Philippines national language, means aquarium. Immediately as we parked our van, I got the impression that this restaurant had a seafood theme. Isdaan is a manmade fish related themed restaurant with its ponds filled with koi fish, large fish sculptures, bamboo huts where diners sit, bamboo bridges throughout, and fish poles exhibited as decor. As you enter the outdoor restaurant, you're able to put on leis, which lends to the islander theme. Although this restaurant presents itself with the seafood theme, that is not all it has as attractions. As I was exploring the restaurant, there was so much to see and do that I had sensory overload. Isdaan is truly a place where you cannot forget your camera because you'll be taking pictures left and right. There's Disney sculptures, Filipino actors statues, animal statues, a huge Asian themed statue, and an American First Couple, President and Mrs. Obama. One popular attraction that my family got a kick out of was the stress wall. At this stress wall, you can purchase ceramic cups and plates in order to relieve stress by throwing them at this wall painted with examples of what stress you're trying to relieve. Lastly, two popular things that Isdaan offers are singers who will serenade to your party and inexpensive massages. If I hadn't consumed so much Filipino food during our family vacation prior to our visit to Isdaan, I would have enjoyed the scrumptious food that came out in droves. We were a party of 16, but we ordered enough food to feed an army, enough so that we had a lot of takeout. The Isdaan menu consists of typical Filipino fare such as pancit, sisig, shanghai lumpia, fresh lumpia, fried rice, pork belly, shrimp, and calamari, all of which we ordered. The highlights for me were the sisig and pork belly. With Isdaan being a seafood themed restaurant, I don't remember seeing that much seafood on the menu. As I said earlier, I was done with Filipino food because of how much Filipino food we ate during our entire trip. If this had been my first day in the Philippines, I would have went to town eating the delicious and well prepared food. Everytime our servers brought a dish to our table, it seriously was like a culinary work of art. Not only did it look appetizing, what I ate was very tasty. Before you venture to Isdaan, you have to keep in mind that it is an outdoor restaurant. The humidity can be discomforting, there will be insects attracted to the water, and we got acquainted with some lizards that hovered on the roof of the hut we were eating in. I would highly recommend Isdaan for all the fun things you'll see and for the delectable food you'll consume. To thoroughly enjoy the food, I recommend that you visit Isdaan in the beginning of your trip instead of the end. read more

This place was recommended by one of our travel companions and we were passing through from Ilocos to Manila. Imagine 15 adults and six children driving for hours, we were all tired, uncomfortable, and hungry. We were the first customers to arrive that evening. The sun was still out, the fountains were off, and they seemed to be waiting on more staff to arrive. It took them almost an hour and a half to set up our table and begin bringing our hand-eaten feast. During that time, we entertained ourselves by exploring the grounds. Apparently, if you cross this really deep and disgusting looking pool of water by balancing on a cement beam that rose out of the water, you could get free something. We weren't sure if it would be worth falling in and possibly contracting leptospirosis or some man eating bacterial infection. Yes, the water is disgusting. Oh sorry, I forgot to mention, this place is all about their "floating" dinner rooms. Floating in quotations because they don't look like they're floating at all. The pools of water are man made, dirty and deep. The markings say 6-9 ft deep I think. There are fish in the water, the place allows you to buy fish food and feed the fish. They're not all koi fish, they looked like gold cichlids. If you plan on coming here with someone who needs wheelchair assistance, please consider that the place is not ADA accessible...the floors are lined with bamboo, so the floors are uneven which makes it hard for small children to navigate. Oh right, about small children-the staff will insist that you put a filthy, sometimes broken child's life vest on your little ones. Nice effort on their part for insurance purposes, but they need to either replace the broken ones or not offer them at all, and make a decent effort to clean them. As we explored further, there were random statues of famous people. Someone we recognized was Michelle and Barack Obama. There are also ride-on children's toys, which were poorly kept and some even seemed dangerous. One thing we did enjoy was the giant statues of the monkeys. We did take part in a paid activity where you can buy some ceramic item or even a small television set to smash onto a cement wall. I thought that was cool in fact. Finally, the food came...it was mediocre and I half expected there to be more types of seafood but I guess we had to order it as an add on. We had a good time eating, a group of folk singers came into our dining room and sang for us, we even requested a couple songs that our grandmother used to sing for us! The staff was pretty attentive, there was even someone banging on drums who watched us the entire time, he also served as an attendant. They gifted little bottles of blowing bubbles and a balloon to each of our children. So why two stars? The pools of dirty water was disgusting, and the hundreds of mosquitos made it hard to really relax and enjoy ourselves, the broken and dirty life vests, and I forgot to mention that they ran out of hand soap. I'd probably opt not to visit this place again only to avoid the mosquitos and seeing the dirty pools of water. Something interesting, Isdaan had a bad case of social media insults from a previous customer who had personal belongings stolen from her vehicle in the parking lot and although the customer had issued an apology to the establishment, they have the articles printed and posted on some of the pillars in the dining room. read more

Pricey for food that's meh at best. Decided to go there bc of all the hype. Husband and I weren't impressed. Dirty water, the ponds are basically mosquito breeding ground. The place needs a major upgrade. Mukhang napabayaan yung place. It wasn't worth the time and money spent. Better go to Gerry's Grill. read more

We came here so excited because it's our first time. The view and environment was definitely good in taking a picture. But then right when we get in and ready to dine in, no one come to us because they was all busy in one thing although they have plenty of workers there should be at least one who must stay in the reception to welcome the guest. Because of that they don't know who comes first so they entertained the last arrival than us which make me more upset. Also Food took forrrrreverrrr.. More than one hour, and the place was empty.. Also food quality and taste was just okay.. Therefore I can say this place must be good in a person who had lot of patience. And the workers must have cooperation too because all I can see is competition. read more

Isdaan - Filipino Near Me - Gerona, TAR

The wait for your food can be a while, but you can kill time by walking around the theme restaurant and look at their interesting statue and a maze of some sort on top of a large pond. The food had a good proportion for a big group. read more

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This spot is good for celebrating your special event. The tables were set in the middle of a 6-9 ft deep pond full of fish. Children had to wear life vests just in case. There was live music when we were there. We had the sigsig party group special for four people with our six person party, and we had leftovers! The final prep was performed in front of us. They even gave us complementary fish food while we were waiting for our order. What a great eating experience! read more

I don't post reviews often. But when i do, it's either good or VERY BAD. For isdaan, my experience was VERY BAD. Had to wait almost an hour to get seated only to find out later that the kitchen is no longer taking orders(STOP ORDER). First time I've heard of the word STOP ORDER. Better option is Gerry's grill in tarlac. Half the price compared to isdaan. Pwe! read more