{"id":15595,"date":"2017-02-24T11:10:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T03:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/?p=15595"},"modified":"2026-04-13T17:40:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:40:27","slug":"abaca-restaurant-in-cebu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/location\/philippines\/cebu\/abaca-restaurant-in-cebu\/","title":{"rendered":"(TEMPORARILY CLOSED) Abaca Restaurant in Cebu: Simple, Fresh, and Flavorful California-Mediterranean Cuisine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Abaca Restaurant<\/strong>, the in-house bar and restaurant of <strong>Abaca Resort<\/strong> provides a full service California-Mediterranean inspired menu to both its guests and walk-in customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Owned by <strong>Chef Jason Hyatt<\/strong>, Abaca Restaurant has been around for the past 10 years before the resort. The restaurant uses only the finest local and imported ingredients which are mostly sourced locally in support of the local farmers of Cebu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"631\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15598\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/02\/abaca-Restaurant-1024x631.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/02\/abaca-Restaurant-1024x631.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/02\/abaca-Restaurant-290x179.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/02\/abaca-Restaurant-900x554.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/02\/abaca-Restaurant-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/02\/abaca-Restaurant.jpg 1450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Trying to keep things as fresh and uncomplicated as possible, the menu is just straightforward; nothing too complicated, nothing too fancy, but what Abaca does best is preparing things with integrity. They take pride in the artisanal aspect of the cuisine, making their staff from scratch, serving the best quality of food for the customers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Their pastas and bread are made fresh daily. While the food and the place itself may seem like a real money drainer at a glance, the prices are actually reasonable for the quality that you\u2019ll get. You get what you pay for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"871\" height=\"580\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15596\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/02\/1-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/02\/1-4.jpg 871w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/02\/1-4-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/02\/1-4-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 871px) 100vw, 871px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>WOODFIRED FLATBREAD Mushroom Pizza<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15597\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/02\/2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>6-HOUR PORK BELLY. Champ mash, French Beans, curry, garlic\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The bill of fare used to be extensive, but Chef Jayson chose to stay true to his philosophy: \u201cKeep it short and simple, but do it with care and integrity.\u201d Currently, the menu includes wood fired oven roasted meats and seafood, homemade pizzas and pastas, freshly baked breads, tapas, and an array of salads and appetizers. They also serve top quality wines and beer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The whole restaurant can accommodate around 70 to 80 guests. The award winning restaurant is open to the public and can also be rented as an events place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Temporary Closure<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Abaca Resort Mactan is still currently under development led by Cebu Landmasters, Inc. and CLI Premier Hotels, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>The new and re-imagined Abaca Resort Mactan will be operated by The Abaca Group, who brings close to 20 years of experience in Cebu\u2019s Hospitality scene to the table<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abaca Restaurant, the in-house bar and restaurant of Abaca Resort provides a full service California-Mediterranean inspired menu to both its guests and walk-in customers. Owned by Chef Jason Hyatt, Abaca Restaurant has been around for the past 10 years before the resort. The restaurant uses only the finest local and imported ingredients which are mostly sourced locally in support of the local farmers of Cebu. Trying to keep things as fresh and uncomplicated as possible, the menu is just straightforward; nothing too complicated, nothing too fancy, but what Abaca does best is preparing things with integrity. They take pride in the artisanal aspect of the cuisine, making their staff from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,96,63,839],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american","category-greek_mediterranean","category-cebu","category-cebu-part-1"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15595"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66135,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15595\/revisions\/66135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}