Cebu City
The cosmopolitan Ayala Center does not have many options for good local food, but highly popular Cafe Laguna is an exception. Excellent, relatively…
Must-see restaurants in Eastern Visayas
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Bohol
A simple, artistically decorated cafe-resto famous for delicious coco burgers, though great vegie burgers and couscous are also available, and homemade…
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Cebu City
Cebu is the place to eat that signature Filipino delicacy, lechón (spit-roasted suckling pig), and Rico's has the best in town. It's cooked every morning…
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Malapascua Island
The eponymous chef at Angelina cooks up heavenly creations that will have you craving Italian food for weeks. The homemade tagliatelle asparagi is al…
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Cebu City
Enter through heavy carved wooden doors to this classy, candlelit restaurant with arguably the best Mexican food in the country. Authentic dishes include…
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Cebu City
One of the best fine-dining restaurants in the Visayas, classy Anzani is the perfect location for a special meal with sweeping views of the city from its…
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Cebu City
This quirky, inexpensive little place is a haven for vegetarians, with tasty tofu and vegan dishes (most costing P30 to P40). For really cheap eats you…
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Panglao Island
One of the Visayas' best Italians, with choice antipasti, divine pizza (from P300), mouthwatering pasta and a daily specials board. It's cool and classy…
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Eastern Visayas
Popular cafe-restaurant serving filling breakfasts, Filipino dishes, sandwiches and burgers and pasta. There's one of the best cake selections in all the…
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Bantayan Island
What's this? A British-owned Tex-Mex restaurant on a remote Visayan island? Works for us. Satisfy all your burrito and taco cravings at this simple place…
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Bantayan Island
This open-air food bazaar is lined with restaurants, mainly serving inexpensive Filipino food, but there are some surprises including a fine Mexican joint…
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Panglao Island
One of the best places in Alona for breakfast, with fresh croissants, Filipino (P155) and French (from P135) sets, plus lots of à la carte options. Also…
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Cebu City
Superstylish cafe where you can dine overlooking the Terraces or in the air-con interior. Great for breakfast with healthy and not-so-healthy options –…
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Bantayan Island
For a taste of the Italian motherland look no further, Caffe del Mar serves up fine imported antipasto, gnocchi, seafood and grilled meats, homemade pasta…
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Cebu City
This bakery and cafe-bar offers light bites (baguettes start at P160) in a stunning garden setting, with cool sofas, oversized bean bags and hip lighting…
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Leyte
This buzzing place has seafood (shrimps, crabs, lobster, scallops) and fish so fresh it's actually alive – just make a selection from the bubbling display…
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Moalboal
An enjoyable little restaurant with efficient service (though with street views rather than ocean vistas). Famous for its energy-boosting breakfasts,…
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STK ta Bay! Sa Paolito's Seafood House
Cebu City
Ask a Cebuano where to dine and many will point you to this large ancestral-home-turned-restaurant chock full of family heirlooms. Jerry's crab curry is a…
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Cebu City
An authentic Basque–Spanish restaurant where the cosy front room is all gingham tablecloths and Spanish memorabilia (check out those pistols on the wall)…
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Panglao Island
A great spot for a healthy lunch or light meal, this organic farm makes for a lovely excursion, 7km from Alona. Try the farm-fresh salads and soups, stir…
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Bohol
In a historic family house with antiques, scuffed-wood floors and sparkling cutlery, sophisticated Gerarda's does fabulous Filipino food. Highlights…
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Bohol
A cowboy-themed restaurant that employs deaf waiters and chefs. The menu – which includes a beginner's guide to sign language – is chock-full of good ol'…
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Cebu City
This modish Chinese joint is justifiably popular for its dim-sum deal (P399, all-you-can-eat from the conveyor belt) but there are other tempting choices…
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Panglao Island
This large resort has an unexpectedly good restaurant, with tables overlooking the pool. The German owner is a chef, and it's perfect for hearty Western…
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Panglao Island
In a rectory, on the southern side of Borja bridge next to Our Lady of the Assumption church, this healthy waterside cafe serves up tasty meals (panini,…
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Cebu City
A smart modern vegan place with a short menu that includes salads, soups, pasta (try the pumpkin spinach lasagna) and Asian fusion dishes such as sisag …
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Bohol
This hotel restaurant offers accomplished cooking right by the waves, with grilled fish, salads and Filipino dishes presented beautifully on giant white…
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Cebu City
Something of a local institution, Golden Cowie serves authentic Filipino flavours at pretty modest prices. It has mouthwatering fish and seafood – try the…
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Moalboal
Everything is prepared with love and attention at this simple place run by two friendly local women; there's always a daily special and vegans and…
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Cebu City
Patrons flock to this fantastic food park in Cebu IT Park to gnaw on a dizzying array of Filipino and Southeast Asian specialties to the sound of live…
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Malapascua Island
In an elevated position overlooking Logon Beach, Amihan is a very classy restaurant, with beautiful contemporary furnishings and stunning bay vistas. It's…
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Cebu City
A little slice of France in the middle of Cebu, La Maison offers fine dining in a pale-pink, colonial-style building reminiscent of a French Indochine…
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Cebu City
Occupying a leafy compound just blocks from the Ayala Center, La Buona is for those looking to enjoy la dolce vita in Cebu. The likes of Italian-style…
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Malapascua Island
Head to this wet market just inland from Bounty Beach for affordable, fresh seafood including squid, shrimp, mussels and fish ranging from red snapper to…
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Bohol
In a renovated Spanish-era home with a few quirky additions, this restaurant scores for Filipino food including sizzling gambas (prawns) and adobo. Round…
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Leyte
On the waterfront a kilometre northwest of the centre, this friendly locally owned restaurant serves tasty Asian food including Filipino-style curries,…
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Panglao Island
The Alona Beach branch of Panglao institution Bohol Bee Farm has a healthy lineup of (largely) organic dishes with many options for vegetarians as well as…
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Cebu City
This Cebu institution is famous for its thin-crust pizzas – try the mildly spicy Pizza Cebuana topped with the local chorizo. Pasta, chilli wings, salads…
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Cebu City
A popular pick for a lechón fix, with several branches around the city. This place in the heart of town offers a platter of classic or boneless lechón for…
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Bantayan Island
Lively spot on a corner plot that's deservedly popular for its food – a mixture of Asian dishes and Scandinavian specialities: try the Swedish meatballs …
