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 Traveller's Tales: Restaurants and eating places in Manila, Philippines
Look for the best places to eat in Manila, Philippines. You may read about recommended restaurants and food. Find out about local food and local dining customs. Also, you might want to read our
Baguio city guide,
Bohol city guide,
Boracay city guide,
Cebu city guide,
El Nido city guide,
Manila city guide,
and Puerto Galera city guide.
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| K Bumgarner |
07 August 2005 |
Stayed at Copacabana Apartment Hotel - Manila, Philippines.
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Restaurant: Harbour View on the Pier!!!! Outstanding food - a different experience (and we went three times!!!!) Fed 9 people for the equivalent of $100.00 USD!!!!! And everyone was stuffed like a Christmas goose with everything from Female Crab (and I never knew that there was any 'significant' difference (more meat on the female) to Steaks to Veggie favorites. It is not a fancy place and it is somewhat slow for service... But the price, the food and the experience - it can not be beat in Manila for family dining!!!
Unless you are under 5 feet, stay away from the Jeepneys and the trikes...Metered taxis (or if you stay at the Copa, the associated taxi/limos) are the way to go. It is actually much nicer and not all that more expensive to take the taxi/limo from the Copa to your destination and HAVE THE DRIVER WAIT for you for other destinations or the return to the hotel. 9/10 times, picking up a cab at the location and trying to get back to the hotel can be hair-raising and expensive not to mention time consuming while the driver tries to find the hotel. ( You will see some interesting things though!!!)
CAUTION: The best drug store in Manila is the chain Mercury... BUT - they require a prescription for EVERYTHING including what is an over-the-counter item anywhere else in the world. And - they sell by the tablet - not by the bottle or box. You can find some smaller drug stores that will sell w/o but they do not always have what your are looking for. BEST: BRING ENOUGH OF YOUR PRESCRIPTION and non-prescription items with you for your stay. It is best not to have to rely on the local outlets for your needs.
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| C Gundayao |
04 July 2005 |
Stayed at Prince Plaza II - Manila, Philippines.
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In Makati at Glorietta--try the Cabalen restaurant--filipino buffet for only 260 pesos--good food. In Boracay, there's Jona's shake. And while in Boracay, stay at Escondido, though not a beachfront hotel, is one of the best kept secrets in the island...Find out for yourself why.
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| T Niess |
30 May 2005 |
Stayed at Atrium Hotel - Manila, Philippines.
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Jeepney is most economical means of transportation. Negotiate taxi rates in advance,else you may be taken for a ride. I actually ate cooked food at corner stands without a problem. I liked it, even after I found out I was eating pig intestine.
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| J Yu |
05 May 2005 |
Stayed at Pan Pacific Hotel Manila - Manila, Philippines.
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Since the hotel doesn't have interesting food choices (international rest. on the top floor), try Bistro Remedios on Adriatico - a pleasant, 5 minutes walk from hotel. Bistro serves Filipino food at its best, with wonderful musicians making the meal even more pleasurable.
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| A Deocares |
16 April 2005 |
Stayed at BSA TOWER - Manila, Philippines.
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Verify which banks offer you the appropriate ATM access, some ATMS in malls much more dificult to obtain money. Easier at Benak branches. Changing travellers checks much more complicated and long drawn process (1.5 hrs) and with each bank you need to verify which checks go with what bank, my Visa Checks thru AAA had to be done thru a Visa affiliated bank.
SM in Baguio one of the best SM malls I visited. A more open floor plan and not a boxed-style mall. Wonderful restaurants. Discovered a vegetarian resturant with funky setting, an art gallery/coffeeshop/restaurant called "O My Gulay" It is on the penthouse level of a building beside the PCI-Equitable Bank Building on Session Road. Excellent take on vegetarian-style dishes. Also non-vegetarian dishes available. Menu not extensive but what they have is excellent. Cash only payment. Golden Pine Hotel/Restaurant cor Legarda and Carino St. in Baguio. I have stayed here for a number of years. I love their facilities, their restaurant, their friendly and personal service and its proximity to the city center. Very good value also. Interenet access 24 hours near the lobby. Le Souffle restaurant at Camp John Hay, Baguio excellent food the Filling Station at Camp John Hay, Baguio excellent burgers.
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| R Hoenig |
16 March 2005 |
Stayed at Oakwood Premier Ayala Centre - Manila, Philippines.
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A short walk to Greenbelt 2 where many great restaurants are located. Italiannis is a staple when you want Italian food. Sugi is very good Japanese and Kai is very good pan-asian. Power Plant in Rockwell is where I love to bowl and shop. Very high end and not so crowded. Shopping at the Fort is a great experience and Greenhills is expanding, that is one of the best places to shop and eat. The Ayala museum is a must see and Casa De Manila is also a good tourist spot as the St. Augustine church and Fort Santiago oh, don't forget the Manila Hotel for a nice buffet lunch and the Champange roon for an elegant dinner.
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| M O'connor |
13 March 2005 |
Stayed at Citadel Inn Makati - Manila, Philippines.
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I enjoyed the Harbor View Restaurant which is on a pier over the harbor. The shopping in Glorietta was pleasant. The restaurants in the Greenbelt Mall are pleasant. As an American I truly enjoyed Fort Bonifacio. The tour of Intramuros was extremely interesting.
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| G Fowles |
25 February 2005 |
Stayed at Asian Mansion II - Manila, Philippines.
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I arranged with the hotel for a transfer from/to the airport. Don't, because a taxi is cheaper. But when using a taxi make sure the driver starts the meter. We struck one that didn't until we asked. My fiancee is from Mindanao and preferred using a taxi with a driver that spoke Bisaya. On the third day we found one who was very friendly so we used him for the rest of my stay. Easy with cellphones & texting. But beware if you text "come now" he starts the meter immediately if he has no passengers. So we planned our trips and made bookings the previous day to avoid the extra expense. We avoided using buses on the advice of my government which was timely as there was a bus bombing a few blocks away at the Ayala bus terminal when I was there. We only went to two restaurants, Hard Rock Cafe and Tony Romas, both in Glorietta. Tony Romas was expensive, poor value. I sponsored a family lunch at Hard Rock Cafe for my fiancee's family where we announced our engagement. 10 adults and 5 children. It cost me 10,123.70PHP or $185US including drinks. Good value for me.
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| A Rigby |
20 February 2005 |
Stayed at Dusit Hotel Nikko - Manila, Philippines.
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Manila is a difficult place to get decent food. It's either unpalatable Filipino food or American-style ribs 'n' fries. Two restaurants that I go regularly in Greenbelt 3 (2nd level) in Makati are Cascada and Pasha (Mediterranean). Prices are reasonable too.
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| A Ho |
29 January 2005 |
Stayed at Pearl Manila, The - Manila, Philippines.
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Shopping & eating out at Robinson Plaza nearby while in Manila; I like "Mario's Kitchen" at "Taste Buds" one floor above National Bookstore, inside that mall. I found better USD to Pesos rate offered by the foreign exchange counter inside Robinson Department Store than "Robinson Bank" branch inside the same mall. If you like open air diner w/loud music bands, go to one of those restaurants at Manila Bay sea-side; the other option is "Ratsky" at Tomas Morato Ave. in Quezon City, a little bit faraway by taxi but music band w/ filipino (dirty??) jokes, I found it crowded but my filipino friends like that place very much.
For inexpensive seafood, I went to DAMPA (wet marked), beyond the int'l airport in Paranaque; you buy your own seafood from the market & take it to one of those existing restaurants nearby & they cooked it the way you want. Always went around by taxi as I found the fare not expensive by my benchmark, but be prepared to tell the driver by which route you want to arrive at your destination as most of the time taxi drivers will make a long detour in order to have a bigger fare. My solution was to tell the driver once inside that I'm in a hurry & that I will give a tips when the trip is quite long.
Always lock both rear-doors once you are inside a taxi & beware of cellphone snatcher when you talk with or when your cellphone is visible while walking on the street/road. Don't let your wife/girlfriend/daughter dangle the cellphone by a lanyard. Keep in mind that your USD150 valuable is more or less equal to one month salary for the majority of the locals. If you use Philippines SIM card for your calls, GLOBE is ok for major cities, but use SMART at places in the provinces as the latter network coverage is much better.
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