House of Minis @ Shoppesville Arcade

Dinner. Greenhills. And I distinctly remember coming to House of Minis for a sumptuous lunch years ago when I was still at my former place of work. The prices then were, I thought, affordable for steaks, and quite reasonable. Today, nothing much has changed. At least for this branch. Entering the door and scanning the dark room where people are noisily downing what they have ordered, you'll quickly realize what I mean when I say you could have just heard a little voice in your head shout, "Time space warp!"The waiters are old. The cashier lady is just as old. Maybe in their fifty's? I can just imagine thirty or so years ago when I had just been born and House of Minis had just opened their first branch- these waiters and cashier lady now were their young selves excitedly applying for a job at this restaurant. The Christmas lights on the walls looked old as well as the lanterns that adorn the side walls and that hand from the low ceiling. There may have actually been a theme to the design- western? Rustic? And the music was another thing- 60's or 50's ballads? Soothing? To try help their customers wait for their meals? Could be. But there's no need for that. Sure, your steak might get to you after at least 15 minutes, but if you've ordered any of their "complete" meals whose prices range from PHP180 to P300, depending on whether you're ordering the junior meal or a full-sized steak meal, you'd be happy to find out that it includes dinner rolls, soup, salad, and even ice cream for dessert. You could also opt for coffee, if you want.Now you would notice that there are no pictures of the food we ate- we ordered grilled pork chops (2 pieces) and boneless chicken. That's because when it was served, the waiter poured gravy on the sizzling meat and we had to use the old-looking table-top napkins to shield ourselves from the smoke that emanated from the hotplate. After which we just dove into our dinner, pausing occasionally to remark that the pork chops were not tough to slice into, the chicken was pretty good, and overall a pretty ok place to take your significant other to for a date. Try the other branches(Click on the title to go to a site sponsored by Click the City)- they might not be as dark.