Grilled chicken
The grilled chicken, especially chicken inasal, is the clearest repeat favourite and is compared with the flavour of chicken in the Philippines.
Al Karama
Luneta Restaurant is a Filipino restaurant in Al Karama, with reviews highlighting its grilled chicken and pancit. It has a relaxed dining-room atmosphere, generous portions, takeaway service and occasional value-focused combos.
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The grilled chicken, especially chicken inasal, is the clearest repeat favourite and is compared with the flavour of chicken in the Philippines.
Pancit is a reliable standout for some diners, with one review calling it especially good and worth trying.
Several diners describe the portions and pricing as good value, including a review praising the serving size for the money.
Takeaway is available, and one customer said food was cooked while they waited so it arrived hot and fresh.
Some reviews describe staff as attentive and accommodating, including a professionally handled complaint about grilled chicken.
Foods and drinks mentioned in reviews of Luneta Restaurant - Al Karama, ranked by positive reviews minus negative reviews. Zero-score items have no net positive feedback; their labels distinguish neutral-only from mixed feedback.
“Been here several times, food still tasty 😋 staff are accommodating and welcoming. Hubby loves the Filipino food as well specially the chicken sisig. He ate here for the first time and went to Philippines and look for the same menu 🤣😍. highly recommended”
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“Been here several times, food still tasty 😋 staff are accommodating and welcoming. Hubby loves the Filipino food as well specially the chicken sisig. He ate here for the first time and went to Philippines and look for the same menu 🤣😍. highly recommended”June 2025
“Loved the chicken with its gravy sauce which reminded us of Andoks in Philippines.”
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“Loved the chicken with its gravy sauce which reminded us of Andoks in Philippines.”March 2025
“Foods are delicious. Service also very good. Waitress leah serves as very accommodating and attentive. All staff are smiling.atmosphere has a good ambience. Chicken inasal is the best. And Combo package boodle is affordable”
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“Foods are delicious. Service also very good. Waitress leah serves as very accommodating and attentive. All staff are smiling.atmosphere has a good ambience. Chicken inasal is the best. And Combo package boodle is affordable”April 2025
“Every dish we tried was flavorful and satisfying, but my personal favorite was the Ginataang Kalabasa it was truly the best.The taste reminded me of home cooked Filipino food, rich and comforting.”
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“Every dish we tried was flavorful and satisfying, but my personal favorite was the Ginataang Kalabasa it was truly the best.The taste reminded me of home cooked Filipino food, rich and comforting.”September 2025
“Absolutely like their kare kare - creamy and flavored.”
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“Absolutely like their kare kare - creamy and flavored.”May 2026
“The really catching the attention is the 10 dirham lechon manok. The unbeatable price in dubai.”
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“The really catching the attention is the 10 dirham lechon manok. The unbeatable price in dubai.”March 2025
“Value of money. Just need a consistency in the food. Lomi tastes good but the meet is not tender.”
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“Value of money. Just need a consistency in the food. Lomi tastes good but the meet is not tender.”May 2026
“The pancit was especially good and definitely a must-try.”
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“The pancit was especially good and definitely a must-try.”May 2026
Mixed feedback
“All I can say is the inasal chicken never disappoint us.”
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“All I can say is the inasal chicken never disappoint us.”July 2024
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“2. Ampalaya con Carne – The taste was there, but the ampalaya seemed overripe. It also had too much sauce, almost like a soup. A drier stir-fry style would suit this dish better.”
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“4. Binagoongang baka - taste is okay.”
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“Fried rice was okay too.”
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“Food not good...adobo not taste adobo ..sinigang na tanigue...fish is raw...beef tapa too much fats....we spend almost 100 for foods not good ...let Pinoys cook the pinoy foods!”
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“Food not good...adobo not taste adobo ..sinigang na tanigue...fish is raw...beef tapa too much fats....we spend almost 100 for foods not good ...let Pinoys cook the pinoy foods!”April 2026
“Banana con yelo was a big joke.”
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“Banana con yelo was a big joke.”August 2025
“Food not good...adobo not taste adobo ..sinigang na tanigue...fish is raw...beef tapa too much fats....we spend almost 100 for foods not good ...let Pinoys cook the pinoy foods!”
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“Food not good...adobo not taste adobo ..sinigang na tanigue...fish is raw...beef tapa too much fats....we spend almost 100 for foods not good ...let Pinoys cook the pinoy foods!”April 2026
“2. Bulalo Pares - Hit or miss again, our first order was delicious but on our succeeding 2nd and 3rd order was not good, their cooks are very inconsistent with their recipe, 2nd order taste sour(pares is supposed to be sweet and salty), our 3rd order it was bland.”
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“2. Bulalo Pares - Hit or miss again, our first order was delicious but on our succeeding 2nd and 3rd order was not good, their cooks are very inconsistent with their recipe, 2nd order taste sour(pares is supposed to be sweet and salty), our 3rd order it was bland.”February 2025
“Last night at around 10PM, they served us Bulalo Sinigang with worm on the food. 🤮 NOBODY, not even the manager of the restaurant approached us to apologize or compensate us for this. THIS IS VERY UNHYGIENIC.”
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“Last night at around 10PM, they served us Bulalo Sinigang with worm on the food. 🤮 NOBODY, not even the manager of the restaurant approached us to apologize or compensate us for this. THIS IS VERY UNHYGIENIC.”May 2026
“Chopsuey drowned in Oyster sauce. The taste is metalic like a raw Oyster sauce poured in vegetables mixed and served. Since weve been here one time and we liked it, We tried some of it ready to give a chance. but the taste is not acceptable at all.”
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“Chopsuey drowned in Oyster sauce. The taste is metalic like a raw Oyster sauce poured in vegetables mixed and served. Since weve been here one time and we liked it, We tried some of it ready to give a chance. but the taste is not acceptable at all.”January 2026
“We ordered Daingsilog, Beef Pares, strawberry juice, and cold water. There were only two servers on duty even though it was dinner time (around 7–8 p.m.). Our food arrived after about 20 minutes—which wasn’t too bad—but the Daingsilog was served with nearly a third of the fish hanging off the plate.”
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“We ordered Daingsilog, Beef Pares, strawberry juice, and cold water. There were only two servers on duty even though it was dinner time (around 7–8 p.m.). Our food arrived after about 20 minutes—which wasn’t too bad—but the Daingsilog was served with nearly a third of the fish hanging off the plate.”November 2025
“Garlic Rice with shawarma and egg , the garlic was tried and had no flavors of garlic at all and the egg was of a bad quality. The garnish tomato and cucumber had a bad smell and taste of raw fish .”
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“Garlic Rice with shawarma and egg , the garlic was tried and had no flavors of garlic at all and the egg was of a bad quality. The garnish tomato and cucumber had a bad smell and taste of raw fish .”November 2024
“I ordered the Inasal Na Manok Whole Grilled Chicken, but what I received was far from a “whole” portion. The chicken was extremely small—barely the size of half a regular dispo spoon. For the price, this is a total mismatch in value. The expectation from the menu and description was clearly not met. It felt misleading and not worth the money at all. I would not recommend ordering this unless they improve consistency and portion standards.”
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“I ordered the Inasal Na Manok Whole Grilled Chicken, but what I received was far from a “whole” portion. The chicken was extremely small—barely the size of half a regular dispo spoon. For the price, this is a total mismatch in value. The expectation from the menu and description was clearly not met. It felt misleading and not worth the money at all. I would not recommend ordering this unless they improve consistency and portion standards.”April 2026
“3. Kalderetang baka -first and last order ever,vegetables were undercooked, beef chunks were not fresh and very chewy(we didn't bother to finish the food because it was so inedible).”
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“3. Kalderetang baka -first and last order ever,vegetables were undercooked, beef chunks were not fresh and very chewy(we didn't bother to finish the food because it was so inedible).”February 2025
“We always eat here the foods is good specially pancit bihon, but last Saturday 15 feb. 2025 i ordered a takeaway pancit bihon but unfortunately me and my wife got food poison😡 the taste and looks of pancit are different they use a left over chicken and some seafoods...”
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“We always eat here the foods is good specially pancit bihon, but last Saturday 15 feb. 2025 i ordered a takeaway pancit bihon but unfortunately me and my wife got food poison😡 the taste and looks of pancit are different they use a left over chicken and some seafoods...”February 2025
“I visited them last weekend and I was really disappointed with the scrambled egg here. They were overcooked, dry, and lacked flavor. For such a simple dish, I expected better preparation. Unfortunately, it didn’t meet the standard I was hoping for.”
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“I visited them last weekend and I was really disappointed with the scrambled egg here. They were overcooked, dry, and lacked flavor. For such a simple dish, I expected better preparation. Unfortunately, it didn’t meet the standard I was hoping for.”September 2025
“Food not good...adobo not taste adobo ..sinigang na tanigue...fish is raw...beef tapa too much fats....we spend almost 100 for foods not good ...let Pinoys cook the pinoy foods!”
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“Food not good...adobo not taste adobo ..sinigang na tanigue...fish is raw...beef tapa too much fats....we spend almost 100 for foods not good ...let Pinoys cook the pinoy foods!”April 2026
“It doesn’t look like sotanghon.”
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“It doesn’t look like sotanghon.”August 2025
“I placed an order 1 spaghetti and 1 shawarma roll after cashier asked me thru whatsApp if i would like to take 3 shawarma for 10 aed then i go for it then after 15mins they told me no spaghetti then i change it to pritong lumpia then after 25mins they told me cannot replace coz already punched well i am trying to understand the situation and say okay but when the my order arrived OMG we did not enjoy our food coz the spaghetti that we expected as a real spaghetti is so oily and so bad coz we did not finished our food and we’re wasting a value of our money 👎😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡very disappointed with the service and food 😡😡😡😡😡”
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“I placed an order 1 spaghetti and 1 shawarma roll after cashier asked me thru whatsApp if i would like to take 3 shawarma for 10 aed then i go for it then after 15mins they told me no spaghetti then i change it to pritong lumpia then after 25mins they told me cannot replace coz already punched well i am trying to understand the situation and say okay but when the my order arrived OMG we did not enjoy our food coz the spaghetti that we expected as a real spaghetti is so oily and so bad coz we did not finished our food and we’re wasting a value of our money 👎😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡very disappointed with the service and food 😡😡😡😡😡”October 2024
“The one mistake we did is ordering the Kwek Kwek which were old and about to expire that we did not finish it.”
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“The one mistake we did is ordering the Kwek Kwek which were old and about to expire that we did not finish it.”March 2025
“1. Kwekwek - it's either a hit or miss thing, are you gonna receive a newly cooked egg or an old recycled food from yesterday? Test your luck, we once received a kwekkwek with old and spoiled taste.”February 2025
Check chicken. If ordering chicken, check that it is fully cooked before eating; several reviews reported raw or very dry portions.
Confirm price. Ask whether the advertised chicken price is for takeaway or dine-in before ordering, as one diner was quoted 15 AED at the table.
Allow time. Build in extra time at dinner, especially for drinks or separate dishes; one table waited around 20 minutes, then longer for the rest.
Start simply. For a first order, grilled chicken is the most consistently praised choice, while several regulars found other dishes hit-or-miss.
Consider takeaway. Takeaway may offer better value on the chicken, but confirm the portion and price first because dine-in and delivery experiences differed in reviews.
Plan the visit
| Mon | 12:00 AM – 12:00 PM |
| Tue | 12:00 AM – 12:00 PM |
| Wed | 12:00 AM – 12:00 PM |
| Thu | 12:00 AM – 12:00 PM |
| Fri | 12:00 AM – 12:00 PM |
| Sat | 12:00 AM – 12:00 PM |
| Sun | 12:00 AM – 12:00 PM |
Reviews include serious food-safety complaints, including a reported worm in Bulalo Sinigang and raw fish and chicken.
Multiple diners reported undercooked or raw chicken, including one case where the chicken was reportedly microwaved rather than properly replaced.
Dish quality varies sharply between visits: reviewers mention dry chicken, tough meat, overcooked vegetables and recipes that change from one order to the next.
Dinner service can struggle when busy; one table waited for missing drinks and had to follow up repeatedly.
These are customer-reported mentions, not a current price list. Prices may have changed.
3 shawarma combo
“They properly informed me their combos which i could try from and i selected 3 SHAWARMA for 10 AED Combo under their suggestion”Google review · September 2025
Full chicken grill
“They have a sign outside advertising a full chicken grill for 10 AED, but what they don’t mention is that this price is only for takeout”Google review · August 2024
The Bottom Line
Luneta Restaurant is a Filipino dining spot in Al Karama where the clearest reasons to visit are grilled chicken, pancit and budget-minded combos. Chicken inasal is praised by several diners, while pancit bihon and kare kare also receive specific compliments. The room is described as relaxed and inviting, with enough seating for casual meals and small gatherings.
Value can be strong: one review describes generous portions, while another highlights a 10-dirham lechon manok and a three-shawarma combo for 10 AED. Takeaway is available, and one customer appreciated food being cooked while they waited. Still, check the price before ordering; reviews describe advertised chicken pricing that differed between takeaway and dine-in, as well as a disputed charge for a Mountain Dew bottle.
The main caution is consistency. Alongside very positive meals, customers report dry or undersized chicken, tough meat, overcooked vegetables, delayed drinks and dishes that did not taste as expected. More seriously, several reviews allege raw chicken or other hygiene problems, including a reported worm in Bulalo Sinigang.
If you visit, confirm the chicken is cooked through and allow extra time during busy dinner periods. The restaurant can be rewarding for familiar Filipino favourites, but recent experiences are uneven enough to warrant checking your order before leaving.