Cuisines

Arafu Cafe

Arafu Cafe

This is a café restaurant ran by a Japanese couple. Arafu Café serves tonkatsu that tastes very homey. It will remind you of a mother’s home cooked meal. Arufa Café has opened their first branch in Fort Bonifacio and has been the favourite place of Japanese housewives and expatriates because of the homey ambiance. They do not offer the usual Japanese food like sashimi or tempura but instead, they offer a variety of authentic Japanese cuisines. One of the most popular dish is the Hamburger Steak and Fried Chicken Dish. Another popular dish from the menu is the Tahara Hamburger. The beef is so tender and juicy. You have to […]
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  • Taguig
  • Bonifacio Global City
  • Japanese
  • Tonkatsu
    • Go-En

    Go-En

    Go-en is one of the most popular ramen shops in Manila. From the classic soy sauce to miso soup, their dishes are, without a doubt, delicious and distinct. The most popular dish is the Tantanmen, a thick soup of white sesame with seasoned eggs that firmly floats on the soup. Fall in love with their chicken ramen Kara-age Kare topped with a generous amount of cheese. This joint does not only serve delectable ramen, but also has an eye-catching interior decorated with Japanese artworks and traditional toys such as kendama, daruma otoshi, koma (or tops in English), and yoyo. In addition, otakus will greatly appreciate Go-en’s manga rack, which has […]
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  • Quezon City
  • Japanese
  • Ramen
    • Mercado

    Mercado

    Mercado is a restaurant buffet within the Resorts World Manila Casino. A lot of their customers are patrons and casino-goers. Mercado offers not only common Filipino dishes but also a variety of Asian and Western cuisines. Unlike other restaurant buffet, Mercado offers limited food choices but everything is, without a doubt, delicious. If you want to eat in a buffet restaurant and leave with a satisfied stomach and wallet, then Mercado is one of the best choices for you.
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  • Pasay
  • Buffet
  • Filipino
  • Buffet
    • Lola Cafe

    Lola Cafe

      Lola Cafe is a stylish restaurant along the street of Sct. Lozano in Quezon City. It is an old house renovated to a modern restaurant, but it hasn’t lost its homey atmosphere. One of their best-sellers is the Kimchi Kaldereta and longganisa sausages. Another must-try is the Tartufo Pasta made with truffle oil.      
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  • Quezon City
  • Cafe
  • Filipino
  • Cafe
    • Swagat Indian Cuisine

    Swagat Indian Cuisine

    Swagat Indian restaurant is located approximately in the middle of Rada Street. Authentic Indian food restaurant with an affordable price. Owner and chef Ms. Komal manages the restaurant hands-on. She has been cooking Indian cuisines for more than 10 years. Everything is authentic, from the preparation to the spices used, to the interior of the restaurant. One-fourth of the customers are Indians. The level of spiciness ranges from mild, medium, hot and extra hot. Vegetarian dishes are also available. Try the taste of lamb, Sangam Biryani (P225) and Chicken Tikka (P200). They also have healthy vegetable plates like Navrattan Korma (P140). Swagat Indian cuisine accepts delivery and catering for those […]
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  • Legazpi Village
  • Makati
  • Indian
    • Ramen Santouka in Glorietta: A taste of Hokkaido in the Philippines

    Ramen Santouka in Glorietta: A taste of Hokkaido in the Philippines

    Ramen Santouka is a ramen restaurant that originated from the north of Japan, Hokkaido. It now has a few outlets around the world. They have three branches here in the Philippines as of the moment.
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  • Greenbelt
  • Makati
  • Greenhills
  • Mall of Asia
  • Japanese
  • Ramen
  • Tonkatsu
    • Mitsuyado Seimen

    Mitsuyado Seimen

    Mitsuyado Seimen is known for introducing the ‘Dipping Noodle’ or ‘Tsuke-men’ in Japanese. This ramen joint, which has now a growing fan base, is serving homemade noodles with excellent quality.    
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  • Jupiter Street
  • Makati
  • Japanese
  • Ramen
    • Tonkotsu Ramen Menya Genki

    Tonkotsu Ramen Menya Genki

    Tonkotsu Ramen Menya Genki is a well-known restaurant that specializes in ‘tonkotsu.’ With an earnest commitment in making a high-quality stock, this restaurant has created a flavor that will make you reminisce of your good old days. PRIVATE ROOM: Has 50 seats
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  • Pasay
  • Japanese
  • Ramen
    • Kitchitora

    Kitchitora

    The chicken version of Paitan Ramen. It is a great homemade noodle with a very condensed chicken flavor. Left: Paintan Zenbu no Se (P420) Right: Tantan Mien (P395) Kitchitora is a distinguished ramen restaurant that already has a number of regulars, mainly because of its homemade noodles that go well with its mouth-watering soup that is stewed for a whole day. Customers with a big appetite will be very much elated with Kitchitora’s because of its bountiful serving. Aside from ramen, this restaurant also serves a variety of great food such as fried rice, chicken karaage rice, and gyoza.
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  • Glorietta
  • Makati
  • Mandaluyong
  • Japanese
  • Ramen
    • Shinjuku Ramen

    Shinjuku Ramen

    Shinjuku Ramen is a well established restaurant that has been serving as many as 50 kinds of noodles, ramen, udon, and chow mein. Among of that selection is the ‘Soy Sauce Ramen,’ which has toppings ranging from kimchi, salt, mabo tofu, and curry. This ramen joint’s popular dish is a soy sauce-based ramen with crab, shrimp, squid, pork, and vegetables that is tangled with a thick and flavorful soup which you will surely sip down to the last drop. Shinjuku Ramen is open until midnight.
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  • Little Tokyo
  • Makati
  • Little Tokyo 2017
  • Japanese
  • Little Tokyo 2017
    • Shitamachi

    Shitamachi

    Shitamachi Japanese Chashu House provides authentic Japanese cuisine. It serves a plentiful of pork ramen that will surely captivate its visitors. To season its food, high quality ingredients and natural sea salt are used by this restaurant. It also does not use any additives, making health conscious customers at ease. Shitamachi also makes its own soy sauce, which takes a lot of years to create. The pork they used is braised in this for a long period. The Shitamachi Japanese Chashu House continues to protect the taste of tradition that is passed by its predecessor. Shitamachi lets you enjoy the full the taste of Japan.
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  • Mandaluyong
  • The Podium
  • Japanese
  • Ramen
    • Hanamaruken Ramen Serves Happiness in a Bowl

    Hanamaruken Ramen Serves Happiness in a Bowl

    Taste the happiness from the marriage of pork and noodles from this ramen place!
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  • Quezon City
  • Japanese
  • Ramen
    • Jumong in Makati: Healthy Korean Classics 24/7

    Jumong in Makati: Healthy Korean Classics 24/7

    Jumong is a casual dining Korean restaurant in Poblacion, Makati that's open 24/7
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  • Makati
  • Korean 2018
  • Korean
  • Korean 2018
    • Tokyo Café

    Tokyo Café

    A Japanese-style family restaurant that offers delicious Japanese and western dishes. The place is designed to make customers feel as if they are back home in Japan. The ambiance is homey and friendly. It is a perfect place to dine with your family and friends. The menu is in English, but is also available in Japanese. A lot of customers here are Japanese. The service is like being in a family restaurant in Japan. Their budget meal is P300.    
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  • Pasay
  • Cafe
  • Mall of Asia
  • Japanese
  • Cafe
    • Café Breton

    Café Breton

    Café Breton is always filled with Filipinos and foreigners day and night. It’s one of the most popular shops in Greenbelt due to its cute and cozy ambiance. It is a French café and is home of amazing crepes and galette, a flat, round pastry popular Brittany, France. Some of the menu items are in French. If you have a hard time choosing what to order, you can always ask assistance for their friendly staff. They allow you to explore your creavity by creating your own version of crepes or galettes. It starts at P50 then you can add your votre choix d’ingredients, the fillings of your choice. Enjoy dinner […]
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  • Greenbelt
  • Makati
  • Cafe
  • French
  • Cafe
    • Café Leona

    Café Leona

    In Vigan, the city of cobble stones, is the humble restaurant in Calle Crisologo, Café Leona. Named after the famous Ilocana poet, satirist and playwright Leona Florentino, Café Leona is well-known for offering the best Ilocano cuisines in town. You must try their longganisa. Unlike the ones that can be bought in Metro Manila, the longganisas here are not sweet but actually garlicky.    
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  • Ilocos Norte
  • Cafe
  • Filipino
  • Cafe
    • Gaudi

    Gaudi

    Gaudi is a well-established Spanish restaurant located on the 4th floor of Greenbelt 3 and at Serendra in Fort Bonifacio. This restaurant offers Spanish cuisine that is deeply rooted in tradition. The name of this restaurant is actually from the famous Spanish architect, Antoni Gaudi. This establishment does not only bear an artistic name but also a creative ambiance, which will enchant you. In Gaudi, it offers food that is good for 2-3 people so it is advisable to come into groups. One of its dishes that have a bountiful volume is its ‘salad.’ In addition, this restaurant also serves ‘Paella,’ which has a mouth-watering fragrance that will excite you […]
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  • Taguig
  • Serendra
  • Spanish
    • Don Juan BBQ

    Don Juan BBQ

    Don Juan Barbeque offers Filipino dishes, such as yellow ginger adobo (P 120) and ihaw-ihaw (grilled chicken stick for P35, pig’s knuckles for P75, rear end for P80). This store is located at the right side of the Taal Market. You’ll feel refreshed from the Philippines’ hot weather once you step inside this restaurant. You’ll experience a comfortable ambiance, just like when visiting your neighbour’s house. The restaurant’s interior reminds you of the old houses of the Spanish era. With its brick roof and windows made from Capiz shell, Don Juan BBQ irrefutably gives off a chic and warm ambiance.  
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  • Batangas
  • Filipino
    • Golden Cowrie Native Restaurant

    Golden Cowrie Native Restaurant

    There are 5 branches of this popular Filipino restaurant around Cebu. Crispy Pork Kare-kare (P 250) is the Golden Cowrie’s featured dish. It has also been chosen as Cebu’s best Kare-kare. This dish uses a sumptuous peanut paste, and once you start eating the vegetables with bagoong, you’ll never stop.
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  • Cebu
  • Filipino
    • Romulo Café

    Romulo Café

    “Is Filipino cuisine delicious and does it have stylish presentation?” At first, our editor K thought that Filipino food tastes simple and lacks in variety. However, K’s opinion changed dramatically when he encountered the Romulo Café. The restaurant’s sumptuous Chicken Relleno (P 615) is a stuffed chicken dish that has a lot of ingredients in it. Also, Romulo’s original dessert, Crispy Suman (P 65), is a traditional fried rice cake. The dishes in Romulo Café are quite surprising because of their delicate presentation and deep flavour. Black and white photographs are hung around the store, narrating the history of the Philippines. This design gives a very chic feeling to the […]
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  • Jupiter Street
  • Makati
  • Filipino
    • Bistro Coron

    Bistro Coron

    Bistro Coron is a restaurant that has been serving both Filipino and French cuisine for 9 years. The Double Herb Meat Fillet served with Butter Sauce (P215) is the restaurant’s star dish which has 5 side dish choices: boiled potatoes, sautéed potatoes, French fries, rice, and spaghetti. In addition, the meat fillet in this dish can be beef, chicken or pork. At night, this restaurant transforms into a bar where you can enjoy a drink or two. ‘Bistro’ means “a small restaurant that can be used with ease” in French. The Bistro Coron is exactly as its name suggests. This restaurant is well-liked by  tourists and local people.
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  • Palawan
  • Filipino
  • French
    • La Preciosa Restaurant

    La Preciosa Restaurant

    The restaurant’s stylish ceiling, which has paintings of the San Augustine Church and the Sinking Bell, makes its patrons look up to admire its beauty. Just looking at every single accessory, such as the clock and electric lights, is actually quite enjoyable. In La Preciosa, customers can feel very comfortable because it’s very spacious. It also has a cafe and a function room on the second floor. There are a lot of delicious food in Ilocos Norte, and Crispy Bagnet is one of them. Aside from its fragrant aroma, this juicy pork dish has a sweet taste that spreads in your mouth.
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  • Ilocos Norte
  • Filipino
    • Marina Tuna Seafood Market and Restaurant

    Marina Tuna Seafood Market and Restaurant

    Now in its 11th year, Marina Tuna is still popular with its patrons. This well-know seafood restaurant has not changed much since its early years. Based on its name, the main dishes of this restaurant are usually made with tuna. During lunchtime, there are no vacant seats in this restaurant most of the time because of its overflowing Filipino customers. This restaurant is therefore fondly called “the restaurant loved by the locals.” Their Grilled Tuna Jaw (Tuna Jaw, P600-/ kg) is roasted until it becomes golden brown.The large size of this tuna surprises many of its customers. When you eat the restaurant’s tuna, you will taste its juiciness and its […]
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  • Davao
  • Filipino
    • Nanay Bebeng Restaurant

    Nanay Bebeng Restaurant

    Nanay Bebeng is famous for its eat-all-you-can buffet. It also amazes its customers because of its low prices and great quantity. Plus, they can choose from 9 kinds of main dishes, 7 appetizers, 5 kinds of desserts and soup for only P320! The fresh tuna, which is cut into chunks, is especially remarkable because it doesn’t have a foul smell. This dish is served with Japanese soy sauce. Nanay Bebeng is always full of Filipino and tourist customers because of its fresh dishes such as Teriyaki Swordfish and Stir-fried Crab in Oyster sauce.
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  • Davao
  • Filipino
    • Luz Kinilaw

    Luz Kinilaw

      If you want to feel the local atmosphere here, visit Luz Kinilaw! This restaurant has been cooking skewered tuna fillet over charcoal fire for 43 years. This dish is very popular among locals and travelers alike. Luz Kinilaw gets their fresh tuna from the harbour of General Santos City.  
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  • Davao
  • Filipino
    • Davao Dencia’s Restaurant

    Davao Dencia’s Restaurant

    Davao Dencia’s Restaurant is a prestigious restaurant that offers Chinese and Filipino cuisine. It is also an establishment that has been well-loved by the locals of Davao for 50 years. It is said that the current store was opened in 1999, while the first store located in Manila began its operation in 1950s. Since the prices are low and the food tastes wonderful, Dencia’s name became known throughout Davao. The lugaw (Chinese rice porridge) and tokwa’t baboy, which are also included in Dencia’s menu, have a lot of fans in the entire Philippines. Their chop suey is another dish that you should also try out. Japanese customers might like Davao […]
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  • Davao
  • Chinese
  • Filipino
    • Chinatown and Magsaysay Fruit Vendor Association

    Chinatown and Magsaysay Fruit Vendor Association

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  • Davao
  • Filipino
    • Tambayan sa Kanto

    Tambayan sa Kanto

    Filipino food is amusing because each district has different characteristics. The menu of Tambayan sa Kanto is centred on Ilocano cuisine. This restaurant uses ingredients that came directly from Ilocos region and the origin of its homey recipes are from the owner’s grandmother who resides in Ilocos. Its hipon (P358), which is this restaurant’s recommended dish, is a healthy soup that has onion, whitebait (Japanese anchovy), tomato, and ginger. Ensaladang gamet (photo 2), a seaweed and tomato salad, and bagnet (P430), crispy fried pork that is cut into small pieces, are just some of the typical Ilocano cuisine that Tambayan sa Kanto serves.  
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  • Mandaluyong
  • The Podium
  • Filipino
    • Café de Bonifacio

    Café de Bonifacio

    “Revolutionizing Filipino Cuisine” is the strong statement that Cafe de Bonifacio released which focuses on innovation in Filipino food. This café’s original recipe added a delicate twist to the Filipino dishes it offers, which is something worth boasting about. Its dishes have incorporated the cooking principles of Asian countries such as Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Cafe de Bonifacio’s Lumpia (photo 1) is similar to a spring roll that is then cut and arranged beautifully, making it easy to eat. This restaurant’s Tilapia (photo 2), which looks like it’s going to swim at any moment, is a dish that is very tasty up to its tail!
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  • Mandaluyong
  • The Podium
  • Filipino
    • Mesa Filipino Moderne in Makati Serves Innovative Filipino Flavors

    Mesa Filipino Moderne in Makati Serves Innovative Filipino Flavors

    Mesa Filipino Moderne serves innovate Filipino dishes that will surely delight any palate.
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  • Greenbelt
  • Makati
  • Filipino