Went there for lunch with my girlfriend. We shared an excellent beef carpaccio as an appetizer. The rest of the lunch was very average. The cheese on my pizza didn't tasted at all like real mozarella. The pork chop of my gf was average, it had a bad oil taste. For this lunch, 1 appetizers, 2 mains, 1 bottleof wine... More

Acqua is a solid italian restaurant in a great setting. Food is solid, albeit a bit plain. But still probably the best Italian in Mactan.

On my last night at the Shangri-la Mactan last Feb.17, I had dinner at this restaurant. At first I came here for lunch on the same day but it was closed for an exclusive function, i.e.there was an Indian couple who reserved the whole place for their wedding guests. At that time, the restaurant was serving Indian food buffet. When... More

In addition to having breakfast at Acqua a few mornings during our recent stay at Shangri-la, we dined there for dinner one evening. It was late, we were hungry and we did not want to leave the resort or order room service (cold food). Acqua looks out over one of the resort's two swimming pools. It's a quieter atmosphere than... More

Maybe it was because of the late hours (an hour before closing)...but while the service was impeccable, the food was quite bad. My husband and I both ordered different soups- minestrone and I had potato soup. But both were bad tasting. No amount of salt and pepper could fix it. The main course was just okay. When asked how our... More