A summary of all the hottest new restaurants that opened the past week, featuring a Filipino pop-culture themed restaurant in QC, the newest Fil-Mex stall to open in Hole in the Wall, a new Cebu Lechon player and more. Scroll down a little bit more to find out the latest buzz on what’s opening soon.
The Shrimp Bucket – Il Terrazzo
The Shrimp Bucket is a casual seafood restaurant that specializes in bags by the pound of shrimps, mussels or crabs combined and served with your choice of special sauce.
Reservations are accepted
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2/F Il Terrazo, 305 Tomas Morato Ave. cor. Sct. Madriñan St., Quezon City
+63 2 374-4095
Pedro ‘N Coi – Fisher Mall
A casual Filipino restaurant featuring classic Filipino dishes and Philippine pop culture, memorabilia and murals. It is owned by entrepreneur Lloyd Lee and wife, beauty queen Shamcey Supsup-Lee.
Reservations are accepted
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3/F Fisher Mall, Quezon Ave., Quezon City
+63 2 931-5693
Kaiku Restorante – Malingap Street
Home of modern spanish and filipino cuisine, their extensive menu features dishes such as paella, lengua estofado, inihaw na liempo in Bicol express sauce and their popular famous crispy pork binagoongan. The same group also caters through a sister company, Lola Nithangs Catering.
No reservations accepted
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24 Malingap Street, Teacher’s Village East, Quezon City
+63 2 441-0858
Detoxify Bar – Alabang
A family-owned healthy juice bar that aims to reset the Filipino lifestyle and diet without sacrificing nutrition and health. Offers healthy juices and full meals for take out or dine in. This is their 3rd branch.
No reservations accepted
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Westgate Center, Alabang-Zapote Road, Alabang, Muntinlupa
+63 916 289-2132
Planet Grapes – Alabang / Shangri-la Mall
A wine and tapas bar and restaurant that showcases enjoyable, affordable wines and street food pairings. Guests are offered flexible options to try a sip, a half glass, or full glass of wine.
Alabang
Reservations are accepted
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Lvl 1 Unit D River Park, Festival Supermall, Alabang, Muntinlupa
+63 2 831-9438
Shangri-la Mall
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North Wing, Shangri-la Plaza Mall, EDSA cor. Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong
+63 2 531-8207
Hot Star Fried Chicken – SM Manila
Hot Star is a Taiwan street food most popular for its specially-marinated and perfectly cut XXL fried chicken. It was an instant hit for locals and tourists alike since it opened as a little kiosk in Shi Lin Night Market Taiwan in 1992. This is the group’s 8th branch. Hot Star Cubao also just opened a few weeks ago.
No reservations accepted
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Upper G/F, SM Manila, Ermita, Manila
+63 2 354-9115
Tapenade – Discovery Primea Makati
The bold, light and summery flavors of Spain, Italy, France, Greece, Turkey and Morocco are served in this smart casual all-day dining restaurant. ‘Tapenade’ is a French paste or dip made from black olives, capers, and anchovies.
Reservations are accepted
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G/F Discovery Primea, 6749 Ayala Ave., Makati
+63 2 955-8888
Posporo – Century City Mall
Posporo is the newest stall to open at Century City Mall’s Hole in the Wall offering Fil-Mex comfort food. Their menu includes Mexican street tacos, burritos and tostadas paired with Filipino toppings like Tocino, Chicken Inasal, Sisig and more.
No reservations accepted
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4/F Hole in the Wall, Century City Mall, Kalayaan Ave., Poblacion, Makati
+63 2 519-7364
MB Cebu Lechon – Aurora Blvd.
MB Cebu Lechon offers Cebu-style and spiced lechon belly, lechon manok de Cebu and other Filipino favorites like lato salad, chopsuey and kinilaw na tanigue. MB Cebu Lechon is named after Maico and Ben, 2 of the partners that conceptualized the restaurant.
Reservations are accepted
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Wharf Plaza 1010, Aurora Blvd., Cubao, Quezon City
+63 916 356-6370
Zark’s Burgers – SM Fairview
Zark’s Burgers was once a little hole-in-the-wall burger joint only familiar to DLSU students and Taft crowd. Now on its 7th branch, it has become one of the most popular local burger chains in the metro. It is most known for its triple and quadruple-stacked burgers and burger-eating challenges.
No reservations accepted
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SM Fairview Annex (beside Hypermarket), Quezon City
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8 Cuts Burger Blends – Salcedo Village
8 Cuts Burger Blends is a make-your-own burger joint, where ‘8 Cuts’ is a reference to the eight cuts of beef used in the five custom blends that only they offer. This will be the group’s 6th branch in the metro. Check out how it fared on our Top 10 Most Loved Restaurants in Mandaluyong & San Juan list this month.
Charaptor BBQ – SM by the Bay
A casual and affordable charcoal barbecue buffet featuring char-grilled juicy meat, street food and fresh seafood. This will be their 2nd branch, their first location is in San Antonio Village, Makati here.
Detoxify Bar – Shangri-la Mall
A family-owned healthy juice bar that aims to reset the Filipino lifestyle and diet without sacrificing nutrition and health. Offers healthy juices and full meals for take out or dine in. This will be their 4th branch.
Sabao Filipino Soup Bar – Salcedo Village
A create-your-own soup bar featuring 5 Filipino basic signature soups: Bulalo, Tinola, Sinigang, Molo and Binakol. Sabao offers ‘not just your ordinary soup bowl.’ This is the newest addition to the Mothership Group which brought us Hatch 22, Pink Panda, Niner Ichi Nana and the recently opened Bait’s Seafood Kitchen and Sprout.
CoCo Ichibanya Curry House – Estancia Mall
Japan’s #1 curry house has finally arrived to the Philippines thanks to the UCC Group. Guests will enjoy customizing their own plates from the amount of rice, spiciness of the curry and toppings. They are set to open to the public on Sunday, March 1. Watch out for branches around the metro soon, including Rockwell, Greenhills, BGC, Malate, and The Grove.
No reservations accepted
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L/G Estancia Mall, Capitol Commons, Kapitolyo, Pasig
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