{"id":67764,"date":"2025-07-07T09:33:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T01:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/?p=67764"},"modified":"2026-07-07T09:57:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T01:57:04","slug":"love-burgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/location\/philippines\/makati\/love-burgers\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Burgers in Makati: Garage-Based Burger Restaurant Serving Dry-Aged Wagyu Burgers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Love Burgers<\/strong> is a garage-based burger restaurant<\/strong> in Makati<\/strong>, serving handcrafted burgers made with locally raised dry-aged Wagyu beef and house-made ingredients.<\/p>\n

Founded by Chef Christopher Manalo<\/strong>, the restaurant opened in 2022<\/strong> and continues to operate from a converted family garage, where it has built a loyal following through word of mouth.<\/p>\n

Every burger begins with locally raised dry-aged Wagyu beef<\/strong>, freshly ground in-house and hand-portioned into 125-gram patties<\/strong>. Rather than making ultra-thin smash burgers, the patties are smashed just enough to develop a caramelized crust while remaining thick, juicy, and tender.<\/p>\n

The restaurant prepares its ingredients fresh every day, including potato buns, Love Sauce, caramelized onions, pickles, and fresh-cut fries. The buns are butter-toasted to order, while each burger is assembled according to the restaurant’s in-house standards to ensure consistency.<\/p>\n

One of the Love Burgers’ signature offerings is The OG (Php 420)<\/strong>, made with a 125-gram dry-aged Wagyu patty, American cheese, romaine lettuce, tomatoes, slow-caramelized white onions, crispy bacon, and house-made Love Sauce on a butter-toasted potato bun.<\/p>\n

\"\"The OG (Php 420)\/IMAGE from Love Burgers<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Another highlight is the Cheeseburger (Php 420)<\/strong>, featuring a dry-aged Wagyu patty with American cheese, house-made bread and butter pickles, fresh red onions, mustard, and ketchup on a butter-toasted potato bun.<\/p>\n

\"\"Cheeseburger (Php 420)\/IMAGE from Love Burgers<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

For sides, guests can order the Fresh-Cut Fries (Php 175)<\/strong>, prepared daily from fresh potatoes, or the Copycat Fries (Php 340)<\/strong>, made with fresh-cut fries and topped with Love Sauce, warm cheese sauce, caramelized red onions, and pickled chilies. Inspired by In-N-Out\u2019s iconic Animal Style Fries, Copycat Fries add bright acidity and gentle heat from the pickled chilies for a flavor that is distinctly their own.<\/p>\n

\"\"Copycat Fries (Php 340)\/IMAGE from Love Burgers<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The restaurant is led by Chef Christopher Manalo<\/strong>, who studied pastry in New York<\/strong> before training in Michelin-starred restaurants in the United States<\/strong>. He later attended MAD Academy’s Business & Leadership Program<\/strong> in Copenhagen. Although his background is rooted in fine dining, he established Love Burgers to apply the same discipline and attention to detail to classic comfort food.<\/p>\n

Love Burgers offers limited garage-style dine-in seating<\/strong> and operates on a first-come, first-served<\/strong> basis, with no reservations accepted. Parking is limited to a small number of street-side spaces and may be unavailable during peak hours<\/strong>, so guests are encouraged to use ride-hailing services <\/strong>or order for pickup or delivery instead<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Orders may be placed through Instagram<\/a><\/strong>, by calling 0977-616-5985<\/strong>, or via GrabFood<\/strong> by searching “Love Burgers \u2013 Makati”<\/em><\/strong>. <\/em>Additionally, cookies from its sister brand, Bake Scout<\/strong>, may also be added to the same order for delivery.<\/p>\n

With its focus on fresh-ground Wagyu beef, toasted potato buns, and classic burger combinations, Love Burgers has built its menu around straightforward ingredients and made-to-order preparation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Love Burgers is a garage-based burger joint founded by Christopher Manalo, serving fresh-ground Wagyu beef burgers, toasted potato buns, and house-made fries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":68199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112,132],"tags":[1342,8986,8988,8989,8990,8987,8984,8985],"class_list":["post-67764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-makati","category-burger","tag-burger","tag-burger-joints-philippines","tag-burgers-manila","tag-comfort-food-manila","tag-garage-based-restaurant","tag-local-wagyu-beef","tag-love-burgers","tag-wagyu-burgers-philippines"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67764","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=67764"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68256,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67764\/revisions\/68256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}