San Juan’s best-kept secrets!
It’s never too late to try something new and there’s nothing wrong with going back to classics. For those who haven’t been to San Juan lately, here’s a run-down on some of the city’s most essential restaurants.
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Wildflour Café + Bakery – O Square Building
Wildflour Café + Bakery offers international fare and specialty pastries, famous for being the first purveyor of the wildly popular cronuts in Manila.
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O Square Building, Ortigas Ave cor Wilson, Greenhills, San Juan
(02) 946-2005
FETA Mediterranean – Annapolis St.
FETA serves Mediterranean cuisine by Chef Beyto Koc. It’s not uncommon to see Lebanese, Iranian, or other groups of Middle Eastern ethnicities dining here – a tell-tale sign of its authenticity!
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G/F Intrawest, 33 Annapolis St, Greenhills, San Juan
(02) 705-7238
Cafe Sanso – Little Baguio
Cafe Sanso is a small cafe serving Spanish specialties such as chorizo platters, paella, callos and churros. It serves as an ode to Juvenal Sanso, the internationally acclaimed artist, master painter and printmaker. Check out the Sanso Museum next door!
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32 V Cruz St. Little Baguio, San Juan
(0922) 894-6144
Tori Tori Kushiyaki Bar – Addition Hills
Tori Tori Kushiyaki Bar is an affordable Japanese place that is mostly known for their yakitori and kushiyaki – skewered meat and vegetables. They’re all about simplicity and authenticity for they want customers to experience a taste of real Japan. Read more here.
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197 Wilson St, Addition Hills, San Juan
(0977) 795-0010
Fukujin Izakaya – Little Baguio
Fukujin Izakaya serves progressive Japanese cuisine from appetizers to salads, sushi, maki, kushiyaki, wagyu steaks, and desserts using only the best Japanese ingredients. It’s an izakaya so drinking is inevitable. The roasted bone marrow is the perfect pulutan to go with their wide selection of Japanese whiskey and sake. Kampai!
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2/F TNA Building, #17 J. Abad Santos St, Little Baguio, San Juan
(0917) 103-1313
Wee Nam Kee – Promenade
Wee Nam Kee is one of the most popular and most loved Singaporean restaurants here in the Philippines. It’s popular for their Hainanese chicken that comes in steamed or roasted; you can even do a half and half order to try both! Read our feature here.
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G/F New Promenade, Greenhills Shopping Center, Greenhills, San Juan
(02) 531-8191
Dohtonbori – 8 Missouri
All the way from Tokyo, Dohtonbori is Japan’s #1 okonomiyaki restaurant chain that offers the first cook-your-own okonomiyaki experience in Manila.
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Cullinan Prime Bldg., 8 Missouri St., Greenhills, San Juan
(02) 570-2765
Hai Chix & Steaks – Missouri St.
Hai Chix & Steaks is a dining concept where East meets West. It is an Asian fusion restaurant specializing in steaks and Hainanese chicken.
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2/F #6 Missouri St, Northeast Greenhills, San Juan
(02) 696-3358
Mann Hann – Little Baguio
Mann Hann is a casual dining restaurant with modern interiors that serves quality and reasonably-priced Chinese cuisine with their signature dishes such as Yang Chow Fried Rice, Sweet and Sour Pork, and Oyster Cake.
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233 J Abad Santos St, Little Baguio, San Juan
(02) 727-7160
Home of Wagyu Stone Grill – McKinley Arcade
For those lovers who will never settle for less, Home of Wagyu Stone Grill is the ultimate steak place to be. Serving premium and graded Wagyu steaks imported from Australia, what truly sets this steakhouse apart is their hot stone grill experience where guests can personally cook their steak to their liking.
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McKinley Arcade, 105 Club Filipino Ave. cor Ortigas, Greenhills, San Juan
(0917) 857-1248
Flavors of Taiwan – Little Baguio
Flavors of Taiwanspecializes in Taiwanese favorites like xiao long bao and deep fried pork chop. With a comfortable setup that reminds you of home, they put a modern take on the average Chinese restaurant, maintaining traditional decors like red lanterns and an oriental mural, but still keeping it simple to let the food shine.
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20 General Vicente Lim St cor General de Jesus St, Little Baguio, San Juan
(02) 547-8593
Refinery – Promenade
Refinery is a third wave cafe that serves all-day breakfast and brunch items, international comfort dishes, light meals and specialty coffee – but what sets it apart is that it also serves wine and cocktails.
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G/F Promenade, Greenhills Shopping Center, Greenhills, San Juan
(0917) 636-1474
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