We went there on a Friday under a reservation. It's cozy since it's in the back portion of a compound. The owner would visit his guest/s in every table and engaged them in small talks. The staff were accommodating too. Starters are served since it...takes a while for the main courses to be served. Food there taste great most esp the seafood pasta and the apple strudel. Prices are highly affordable as well.More

Not what l expected down a lane behind a building. Looks like an expat drinking establishment more than a restaurant. I tried the special being cod and it was pretty much frozen to the pan. It was really “just” edible with packet straw chips on...the side. Chef is obviously just going through the motion out the back. I was the only one in the restaurant eating and while it’s looks nice I perhaps picked the wrong meal. Still, you can normally judge the live in the food and there want any in this meal.More

Incredible, the Schnitzel and Cordon Bleu is better than in Austria! Amazing cooking, just delicious. This compensates entirely for the small breakfast portions of Ph. I want to go back there! Chef is from Netherlands.More

Oh my gosh.... just the best!!! We ordered so much food here and all of it was amazing!! So we had a long time in between the appetiser and the main course but it was well worth the wait! We had the chorizo sausage, the...Greek salad, the olives and the pate and the European salad. I loved all of them. I did find the dressing a little too sweet for my personal liking, on the salad, but everything was just delicious. And then we had pasta with meat balls, the ostrich steak, the meat stew, seafood paella and vegetable paella. Oh my, the vegetable paella was the best I have ever had... loved it! The ostrich steak was my first and it was amazing, the beef stew was another favourite. The meal here was incredible!! The service was fantastic and the overall atmosphere here was just very homey.... I loved it! I would go back in a heartbeat! I would highly recommend this spot!!!More

I ordered the pepper steak. When I spoke with the owner he explained the meat is Australian, which figures as it was excellent. I hadn't expected it to be so good at this price. The peppers were really nice. The fries were a let down....They were the kind of thing you get in a fast food place. The owner said there another kind, like Belgian fries, which I will try next time. Things like potato wedges, the vegetables with meals, will knock this restaurant up another notch.More

I went there last year for my birthday and repeated the visit 3 weeks ago for my birthday again, I had a superb meal as usual, I've been there regularly ever since and in my humble opinion it is definitely the best restaurant in Davao....The steaks are great, my wife loves the salads and the salmon, the staff are excellent especially Cherry in the kitchen who served me a fantastic steak today, I haven't got anything to complain about. You get excellent service, superb food at very affordable prices.More

I have eaten many times at De Bonte Koe, the “European” restaurant in Davao whenever I visit friends in the city. It has been operating for almost 20 years which I think is testament to it enduring quality and longevity in Davo. I’ve always visited...the resto and enjoyed its comfortable ambience, the quality of its wide-ranging menu selections—especially the excellent steaks—and the quiet efficiency of the service, and this last visit was no exception. What was different about this visit was the opportunity to sample a new menu item added just recently; Magret de Canard, or, to use the more familiar English expression, duck breast. I’ve enjoyed this dish in many restaurants throughout the world (eg Prague) and this is, without doubt, one of the best presentations of this classic dish that I’ve ever had the pleasure of eating. The resto serves an entire breast of duck, thinly sliced and slightly pink as is traditional. The sauce is a wonderful blend of a reduction of slightly sweet strawberries, bourbon and other somewhat tangy flavors that I could not quite identify. Suffice it to say that the slightly sweet, tangy taste of the sauce, combined with the somewhat rich, heavy and distinctive flavor of the duck was simply wonderful. As if that weren’t enough, the duck breast was accompanied by a gorgeous Portuguese salad of cold, cubed beets, feta cheese and fresh tomatoes topped with a homemade dressing that was delicious. Pan-fried potatoes, again perfectly prepared, were also one the plate. This was one of the tastiest, most creative dishes I’ve ever eaten in the Philippines (where a lot of the local food for me is tasteless and fatty) and I’m looking forward to eating it again as soon as I return to Davo. Well done everyone!More