With the number of restaurants, bars, and cafés popping up around the city week after week, there’s no end to discovering new favorites. Here are the newest places you should visit and try out this month, before the summer season starts!
Medley Modern Mediterranean
Ground Floor, B6 Bonifacio High Street, Taguig City
Open every day from 10 A.M. to 10 P.M.
Medley Modern Mediterranean brings grab-and-go meals of traditional home-cooked Mediterranean meals. Each dish is made with the finest and high quality ingredients sourced from local farms. You can customize your order any way you want or according to your diet — whether you’re vegan, vegetarian, or just a straight up meat lover.
Choose among different salads, sandwiches, and pizzas that are all tummy-filling and free from guilt!
Slabber’s
BGC Stopover Pavilion, Rizal Drive Corner 31st Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City
(+63) 915 286 5877 | Facebook, Instagram
Open Monday to Saturday from 11 A.M. to 10 P.M.
Slabber’s is known best for its smoked ribs and chicken wings — the kind of food you’d indulge in with buddies on a weekend night over buckets of beer and good conversations. You’re sure to grow obsessed with their Garlic Parmesan Wings, Classic Buffalo, and Baby Back Ribs. Their newest branch at BGC Stopover Pavilion is currently on soft opening, and offers 1+1 on Food for Zomato Gold Members!
Eat Fresh Hong Kong Famous Street Food
48 President’s Avenue, BF Homes, Parañaque City
Open every day from 10 A.M. to 12 Midnight
Eat Fresh has now made its way to the South, opening its doors at BF Homes to anyone who has a constant hankering for Chinese food. They’ve got soups, noodles, dimsum, congee, short orders and rice toppings, fried food on sticks, and an assortment of drinks and gulaman! Go here for the HK Style Fried Noodles, Salt and Pepper Spareribs, and Beef Brisket Rice!
Katherine’s Café
2F, Glorietta 3, Ayala Center, Glorietta Complex, Makati City
(+63) 927 961 8365 | Facebook, Instagram
Open every day from 10 A.M. to 10 P.M.
Katherine’s Café will instantly catch your eye with its homey interiors and delicious aromas wafting through the air. This restaurant serves comfort food made for friends and family to indulge in. Try the Truffle Pasta, Waffle and Chicken, Stuffed Pork Chop, and so much more. Top it all off with a mouthwatering dessert of your choice!
Lampara
5883 Enriquez Street, Poblacion, Makati City
(+63) 917 173 5883 | Facebook, Instagram
Open Monday to Saturday from 6 P.M. to 2 A.M.
Another bar has opened in Poblacion, but it’s definitely more than “just another bar in Poblacion.” It serves Neo-Filipino cuisine, which means Filipino and all the influences embedded in its identity, presented in a unique style that’s Instagram-perfect and oh so satisfying to the stomach. The menu currently has five appetizers, five mains, and three desserts, all of which are worth coming back for. Try the Rice Cups, Dinuckduckan, Veal Steak, and Yema & Tsokolate. From 10:30 P.M. onwards, hang out by the bar for some refreshing cocktails!
Passenger Seat
GF, Riverbanks Mall, A. Bonifacio Avenue, Barangka, Marikina City
(+63) 917 837 3695 | Facebook, Instagram
Open Sunday to Thursday from 11 A.M. to 10 P.M., Friday to Saturday from 11 A.M. to 11 P.M.
Passenger Seat is a simple Pinoy restaurant providing a nice space for friends and family to enjoy well-loved local meals, as well as go on a trip around the world with global flavors. Must-tries are definitely the Tagaytay Bulalo, Ilocos Fried Kawali, Zambales Sinigang sa Miso, and New York Chicken Wings with Homemade Buffalo Sauce. You can even order boodle fights for special occasions!
Trellis Manila
2F, The Grandia Place, 143 Mother Ignacia Avenue, South Triangle, Quezon City
(+63) 906 557 5193 | Facebook, Instagram
Open Monday to Saturday from 11 A.M. to 12 Midnight
Trellis Manila is guaranteed to earn you pogi points from your date the moment you bring them here. With chic decor, a cozy ambience, and gorgeous food that taste just as good as they look, this café is all you’ll be talking about for days. Don’t leave without trying the Minute US Wagyu Striploin, Gamberetti Pasta, and any of the Aperitifs!
Ambassador’s Vegan Ice Cream
3F, Mega Fashion Hall, SM Megamall, Ortigas, Mandaluyong City
Open every day from 10 A.M. to 10 P.M.
This dessert shop makes our favorite cold treat accessible to everyone with or without special diets and free from guilt! It’s delightful, dairy-free, and organic. Check out its variety of unique flavors like Pili Coffee with activated charcoal, Pili Whiskey with Caramelized Bananas, Horchata, and Tsokolate Tablea.
Which among these restaurants and cafes have you tried? Sound off in the comments section below!
