Airspace Magsaysay
Good Food, Small Servings, Failed Concept
I may have expected too much from the new
Airspace restaurant in Magsaysay Avenue,
…so it came as a disappointment when
I visited the restaurant for the first time.
Being an aeronautical themed restaurant, I was
expecting a hangar- like dining area, with aviation
related decors, similar to some grand aero/space
inspired restaurants abroad with the same concept.
Link: TRIPADVISOR
The restaurant looked bare.
Except for the awesome name and impressive signages,
...there was nothing to remind the diners
that this is an aviation themed restaurant.
The multicolored paper planes
hanging by the glass walls,
…and the aviator’s map carelessly
pasted on the wall did not help,
…and made the place appear like
an antiseptic kindergarten classroom.
We ordered our all time favorite Fish and Chips.
It was served in a wax paper topped wooden tray
with the fries and a small bowl of aoli in the side.
The fish was a little bit oily and needed some more time
to drain. The crust was perfectly crispy and very juicy
inside, but had a slightly bitter raw flour- like aftertaste.
It had one of the best tasting fries we ever had though.
The Clubhouse Sandwich was also an overstatement.
It was in reality, a very delicious, oversized ham and cheese
sandwich but too small to be tagged as a club house variety.
It was great tasting healthy whole wheat bread sandwich,
served with generous amount of fresh and crunchy veggies.
The sandwich must be renamed to avoid over- expectation.
The Pork Short Plate was also very delicious.
It was made tasty grilled thick cut bacon strips
served with generous mound of fried rice.
The Chicken Short Plate that had perfectly
grilled, very delicious, tender bite size skinless
chicken nuggets was also served the same way.
The letdown in what they call short plate dishes
is not because it is short of flavor, but they seemed
to have run short of meat as the servings are small
and appeared like the food is being rationed.
We loved the perfectly grilled Wright Pork Belly as it was chewy,
yet tender and very tasty. Dedicating the dish to famous aviation icons
like the Wright Brothers, I expected a least one or two huge slabs
of pork chop, and for such distinguished names in aviation, they
deserve much more than an undersized thinly sliced piece of meat
Being an aviation themed American restaurant, I was
expecting huge food servings befitting the illustrious theme.
The restaurant serves good food, but because of the rather
small food servings, it fails to live up to its grand trade mark.
A daunting brand that is Airspace deserves a competent interior
designer to update the bare interiors to something appropriate
with the grand aviation theme. If not possible, a less pretentious
branding and a more diffident marketing would do the trick.
Good Food, Small Servings, Failed Concept
I may have expected too much from the new
Airspace restaurant in Magsaysay Avenue,
…so it came as a disappointment when
I visited the restaurant for the first time.
Being an aeronautical themed restaurant, I was
expecting a hangar- like dining area, with aviation
related decors, similar to some grand aero/space
inspired restaurants abroad with the same concept.
Link: TRIPADVISOR
The restaurant looked bare.
Except for the awesome name and impressive signages,
...there was nothing to remind the diners
that this is an aviation themed restaurant.
The multicolored paper planes
hanging by the glass walls,
…and the aviator’s map carelessly
pasted on the wall did not help,
…and made the place appear like
an antiseptic kindergarten classroom.
We ordered our all time favorite Fish and Chips.
It was served in a wax paper topped wooden tray
with the fries and a small bowl of aoli in the side.
The fish was a little bit oily and needed some more time
to drain. The crust was perfectly crispy and very juicy
inside, but had a slightly bitter raw flour- like aftertaste.
It had one of the best tasting fries we ever had though.
The Clubhouse Sandwich was also an overstatement.
It was in reality, a very delicious, oversized ham and cheese
sandwich but too small to be tagged as a club house variety.
It was great tasting healthy whole wheat bread sandwich,
served with generous amount of fresh and crunchy veggies.
The sandwich must be renamed to avoid over- expectation.
The Pork Short Plate was also very delicious.
It was made tasty grilled thick cut bacon strips
served with generous mound of fried rice.
The Chicken Short Plate that had perfectly
grilled, very delicious, tender bite size skinless
chicken nuggets was also served the same way.
The letdown in what they call short plate dishes
is not because it is short of flavor, but they seemed
to have run short of meat as the servings are small
and appeared like the food is being rationed.
We loved the perfectly grilled Wright Pork Belly as it was chewy,
yet tender and very tasty. Dedicating the dish to famous aviation icons
like the Wright Brothers, I expected a least one or two huge slabs
of pork chop, and for such distinguished names in aviation, they
deserve much more than an undersized thinly sliced piece of meat
Being an aviation themed American restaurant, I was
expecting huge food servings befitting the illustrious theme.
The restaurant serves good food, but because of the rather
small food servings, it fails to live up to its grand trade mark.
A daunting brand that is Airspace deserves a competent interior
designer to update the bare interiors to something appropriate
with the grand aviation theme. If not possible, a less pretentious
branding and a more diffident marketing would do the trick.
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