A summary of all the new restaurants that opened this past week, featuring fresh seafood, a Japanese bakery, famous pork buns and Vietnamese coffee plus some sneak peeks on what’s opening soon.
OPENED THIS WEEK:
ArroZeria – Century City Mall
ArroZeria is a tapas bar and restaurant that serves authentic Spanish paellas. It is run by Spanish Chef Roberto Hernandez of VASK Modern Tapas & Gastronomic Cuisine in BGC. ArroZeria is, as they deem themselves, ‘where rice is the hero’.
Reservations are accepted
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4/F Century City Mall, Kalayaan Ave., Makati
+63 2 217-6563
Long John Silver’s – SM Manila
Long John Silver’s is ‘America’s largest seafood’ restaurant, a fish and chips fast food concept store serving affordable seafood, snacks and desserts.
No reservations accepted
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G/F SM Manila, Ermita, Manila
St. Marc Café – Greenbelt 3
St. Marc Café is a well-known specialty bakery and patisserie from Japan, which serves freshly baked breads, pastries, desserts, coffees, and other specialty beverages but is most popularly known for its ‘Chococro‘ or chocolate croissants.
No reservations accepted
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Greenbelt 3, Ayala Center, Makati
Bà Nội’s – Estancia Mall
Bà Nội’s used to be a little hole-in-the wall in Makati offering the fresh and authentic flavors of Vietnam but has now turned into one of people’s go-to places for a bowl of Pho or fresh spring rolls. This is their 4th branch opening.
Reservations are accepted
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Estancia Mall, Capitol Commons, Kapitolyo, Pasig
+63 2 654-5582
Bà Nội’s Càphê – Kapitolyo
Bà Nội’s Kapitolyo branch was converted into the group’s newest venture, the Bà Nội’s Càphê. It is an extension of the original Bà Nội’s restaurant featuring their famous Vietnamese drip coffee, Bahn Mi sandwiches and quick value meals.
No reservations accepted
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12 East Capitol Dr., Kapitolyo, Pasig
+63 2 477-9761
Tim Ho Wan – SM North EDSA
HK’s most popular dim sum house, which entered Manila’s food scene last year has opened its 3rd branch.
No reservations accepted
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UG/F Main Bldg. SM North EDSA, Quezon City
Bait’s Seafood Restaurant – Valero St.
Bait’s is a market-driven seafood restaurant that will soon be serving the freshest seafood in town from Chef Joseph Margate, who is 100% Filipino, by the way. His family flew to the US when he was 8 and, fast forward, actually had quite a studded culinary career there before he decided to move back to the Philippines. Bait’s is the newest addition to the Mothership F&B Group, same group that brought us Crisp on 28th, Pink Panda, and Hatch 22.
No reservations accepted
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G/F Robinsons Designer Residences, Valero St., Makati
+63 917 860-4764
Wangfu Chinese Cafe – UP Town Center
Wangfu Chinese Cafe is a more casual spin-off of Wangfu Chinese Bistro, a Chinese-Singaporean specialty restaurant co-owned by actor/endorser Richard Yap a.k.a. Sir Chief. This is the restaurant’s 3rd branch opening.
Reservations are accepted
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UP Town Center, Katipunan Ave, Quezon City
SBarro Philippines – UP Town Center
This Brooklyn-based fast food pizzeria opened its first branch in the Philippines in 1990 at the SM North EDSA Annex. It is well known for serving superior, fresh, quality Italian food prepared from authentic family recipes. To date, the company has almost 40 branches across malls nationwide.
No reservations accepted
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2/F UP Town Center, Katipunan Ave., Quezon City
OPENING SOON:
Baskin Robbins – Greenbelt 5 & Glorietta 5
Baskin-Robbins is the world’s largest chain of ice cream specialty shops. It creates and markets innovative, premium ice cream, specialty frozen desserts and beverages at nearly 7,300 retail shops in nearly 50 countries. The ’31’ in the logo represents the company’s 31 special and unique ice cream flavours for each day of the month. The upcoming Greenbelt and Glorietta branches will be their 4th and 5th branches, respectively.
Go! Salads – Strata 2000
Go! Salads is a healthy salad bar concept that aims to promote a healthy lifestyle for anyone and everyone through the consumption of naturally grown greens that are nutrient rich and free from harmful chemicals and pesticides. This would be the company’s 3rd branch.
Red Baron Ribs & Steaks – Manila
Red Baron is an American steakhouse serving burgers, sandwiches, ribs and steaks at an affordable price. Banking on the same carwash eatery concept as Charlie’s Grind and Grill, Red Baron is able to establish its presence in the D. Tuazon area in Quezon City. After just over a year of operations, they are now opening their 2nd branch in Sta. Cruz, Manila.
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