Urban Review: Jollibee
Taste 
Style
Vibes
Price
Parking
Staff
Moose: Long gone are the days when Jollibee was our ultimate treat as highschool kids. I remember in 1995 when Qays and I had its coupons, and we stuffed our faces with two family meals- each – followed by a one-on-one full-court basketball game. Of course, the result was a tremendous amount of puke in the school’s sink.
That’s exactly the feeling I got when we walked into Jollybee 12 years later.
Roba: It was 10:30 PM on a weekday. We got a great idea. Let’s go to Jollibee. Jollibee? I haven’t been to Jollibee in over 13 years, and I felt a dose of nostalgia that rendered the idea fantastic. The boys all agreed to tag along, as they were hungry (like usual).
When we walked in, the whole place reeked like old engine oil, and everything from the staircase to the floors was coated with a layer of grease. Surprisingly, the place was crowded for 11:00 PM on a weekday, and it had a lot more families and single guys than the Burger King across the street. Even more surprisingly, Jollibee is more expensive than Burger King, with the average meal costing around 5 JDs.
The interior of the place was crazy. Nothing has changed since I was last there- the same yellow and purple seating, the same wall murals, the same arcades. Yeah, everything was beat and greasy, but not a thing was moved out of place, not even the Arby’s tables and the Wendy’s posters with a cut-out Jollibee logo glued on in place of that of Wendy’s.
Although I’m usually gutsy with food, I decided to skip it and just rely on the boys’ tastebuds, and I was very thankful that I did when I saw the boys’ meals. The boys though claim the food wasn’t bad at all, but I’m not sure if we can rely on their them… they are teenage boys afterall.
Location: Shmesani, across from the police hut at the end of Thaqafeh Street.
Reservations: no
Phone: 568-8006
Recommended Item: Not the fries.
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Ahmad Al-Sholi
January 20, 2008 @ 10:33 pm
fun to read, though I do not think that jollibee qualifies for real to a review.. If I would recommend, silly expensive places shall be reviewed to fight the trend of an expensive for shit, fancy decors for a non identity places…
Hal
January 21, 2008 @ 12:37 am
RECOMMENDED ITEM IS COCOA SOUP!!??!?!
U have to be kidding me
7aki fadi
January 21, 2008 @ 2:28 am
LMAO at the Arbys poster, it’s really really really funny!
Hareega
January 21, 2008 @ 3:17 am
I remember their ad on TV: Jollibeeeeee… I wanna take you there,
they should have added at the end :I wanna take you there if I absolutely hate you
nasimjo
January 21, 2008 @ 9:03 am
The place is put on sale by the way :P
Muhammad Arrabi
January 21, 2008 @ 1:13 pm
I bet Jollibee never changed in these years. It’s just that you’re judging it with a post-high-school-got-a-monthly-salary mentality now ;-)
imad
January 29, 2008 @ 1:14 am
definitely going there Thursday after midnight.
did you know Jollibee is a Philippino franchise?
Anyway.
Anyone remember the TV ad for:
“Roy’s, Roy’s, Roy’s! I’m lookin’ for the good time!”
Was that the Jollibee of the 80s?
imad
January 29, 2008 @ 2:45 pm
Yes Filipino!!!
“The history of Jollibee dates back to 1975, when a Filipino entrepreneur Tony Tan Caktiong set up a two-outlet ice cream parlor business in the city of Manila.”
zid
March 2, 2008 @ 4:45 pm
if those things stays for months or weeks, blame managers >_