- ★★★ ½
Ever wonder where those open air, top of the building, socialite restaurants we see in the movies? Well, there’s one in the Queen City called Sky Lounge by Blue Elephant.
Located at the 19th floor of Apple One building, Cebu Business Park just across the Ayala Center Cebu mall.
Ayala Center Cebu bird’s eye view at Apple One.
Sky Lounge is a high class dining experience literally and metaphorically. Metaphorically, the experience makes you feel like one of the Alta Sociedad having an elegant dinner together with the people you like, or a business dinner; and Literally because it’s on top of a classy building… really, really high, made me drowsy, capturing the city view due to the fact that I have Acrophobia.
The Panoramic City View at Apple One
Talking about the view; it’s best to capture the moment in a night sky where you can see the city lights all around the 180 degrees view on their Al Fresco (open air seating), and inside their glass windowed V.I.P. rooms.
The Al Fresco or the outside seating at Sky Lounge
Prior in going to Sky Lounge, you have to make reservations ahead of time due to the fact that in its very exclusive and few table seating space, also famous dining spot; plenty of people visit to have that top of the city dining experience. Also, there’s a P300.00, consumable on both food and drink, table fee.
The V.I.P. room at Sky Lounge
The food is in Thai cuisine, perfect for those who want extreme flavorful foods, like me. Try their best-seller Seafood Curry in Coconut Shell that costs P280.00 that culminates seafood experience. I loved every bit of it, even though I was worried that it comes with shrimps which could kill me (haha), thank God, it didn’t include shrimps with it.
Seafood Curry in Coconut Shell
Also, try their huge Barbecue Ribs which is also in P280.00 that tastes good to the bones. And try their Bangkok Express which costs P180.00, similar to Philippines’ Monggo or Monggos but rich in flavor and my favorite of all. All the foods are well cooked and are good for 2-3 people already, which compensate the price range of P180.00 – P380.00.
Bangkok Express
Barbecue Ribs
Although the place seems to be a perfect place to dine; we had a couple of troubles faced throughout our dining course. First was the dinner reservation that wasn’t in the list. I did a reservation four days before the date and unfortunately we weren’t in it. We had to wait for a couple of minutes for them to get a seat for us (luckily). Then when we seated there but we had to call the attention of the waiters to give us the menu who seems to be profoundly deaf at that time, making them hard to call; and isn’t that protocol? Then the waiting time for our order to arrive reached for about 40 minutes, and that’s really, really long.
I remembered our time at Bucket Shrimps which the waiting time was really that long but the food wasn’t fantastic and unfortunately had a low score for me, and I’m not planning to go back there any time soon to have another review.
To culminate it all up, the place is great, food is great but the service did not compensate for all the good things I experience there, and it’s not just me who’s complaining; I’ve read lots and lots of it on some websites, and I was this close to losing it. And they have to REALLY fix it, because unlike Bucket Shrimps; I’m planning on going back there for another review maybe sometime in the future.
My Tip? Don’t go there really hungry.
Check out Sky Lounge by Blue Elephant.
Sky Lounge by Blue Elephant at Apple One
CONTACT
Tel. No. – 262-9088 or 511-7600
Facebook – Sky Lounge by Blue Elephant
RATINGS
Place – 4
Seafood Curry in Coconut Shell – 4
Barbecue Ribs – 4
Bangkok Express – 5
Service – 1
Value for money – 3
OVERALL – 3.5
