Vigan
This home-grown craft brewery doubles as Vigan's best restaurant. It's a smokehouse – pick your meat and a couple of sides, and wash it down with home…
Must-see restaurants in North Luzon
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Sagada
One of Sagada’s many wonderful surprises is this aptly named restaurant that feels like a cosy ski lodge, with a roaring log fire and a fleece-clad…
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Baguio
The clean white, vaguely colonial decor makes one of North Luzon's best meals taste even swankier. Local specialities such as carabao (water buffalo)…
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Baguio
Rising from the ashes after burning down in 2017, Baguio’s most beloved restaurant is back and better than ever. The new space is a more contemporary,…
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Vigan
Nestled at the heart of lush gardens crossed with a nature trail, this thatched-roofed, plant-festooned restaurant is a great bet for Ilocano dishes such…
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North Luzon
Laoag’s best-loved restaurant is highly recommended for its large portions of delicious Ilocano specialities such as pinakbét (mixed vegetable stew),…
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Batanes
This thatched little oasis is, hands down, the best place in town to sample Batanes' specialities – from coconut crab and kinilaw (ceviche) to uved balls …
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North Luzon
This groovy place is a surfing fashion boutique combined with a book exchange (you're welcome to chill out and read), a hip gallery, coffee counter and…
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Sagada
All clean lines, floor-to-ceiling glass and blond-wood furnishings, Sagada Brew strives to be the most sophisticated cafe in the village, which it does…
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Sagada
Gaia serves locally sourced vegan fare (plus a few egg dishes) amid pine trees and with a view of rice terraces through strategically placed glass windows…
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Baguio
Baguio's best Japanese restaurant feels like a cosy living room, with its handful of tables close together between wood-panelled walls decorated with…
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Vigan
Head to this popular place for Vigan longganisa (the local sausage) and very fatty bagnet. If you're feeling more adventurous, go for the 'seasonal…
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Baguio
The casual Session Rd branch of a venerable Baguio institution provides a belt-loosening course in Filipino classics. Choose from beef kare-kare (meat…
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Baguio
Step into an enchanted, multi-level garden, with wooden carvings, plants, bridges, water features and little nooks to hide in. The delicious vegetarian…
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Baguio
The menu at this refined restaurant reads like a fantasy tour of the world: mutton Berbere (lamb stew), Australian tenderloin steak, and smoked paprika…
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Batanes
Opens reliably and has a great menu of basic Ivatan specialties to try; it easily becomes a regular haunt when in Basco. Try the paco (fern) salad,…
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North Luzon
An outdoor food court, this is a great place to sample local fare such as bagnet (crispy-fried pork belly); bright-orange empanadas filled with green…
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Baguio
Get to this homey, simple and very popular place early for a table. If you've been pining for mainland Southeast Asian flavours, you'll love the tom yum…
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North Luzon
Perfect for filling hungry bellies post-surf, Good Food dishes up soulful fish tacos, burgers, burritos and plates of tasty pork or freshlycaught fish…
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Vigan
For quick, cheap Ilocano fare, check out the collection of street stalls that lines Florentino St along Plaza Burgos. These specialise in local empanadas…
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North Luzon
Surrounded by the owner's antique collection, you can sample the superlative pinakbét and poqui-poqui (roasted eggplant) pizza (which we suppose can be…
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Sagada
Enjoy your banana pancake out on the balcony at breakfast; get some of the great oatmeal cookies to go; or linger over pasta and chunky sandwiches on…
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Baguio
A local institution for decades, the Rose Bowl serves the best Chinese food in town. Its extensive menu runs the gamut from chop suey to expensive…
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North Luzon
This thatched roof restaurant in Baler town elicits wide-eyed hyperbole from all who have eaten here. An Indian chef on the scene means flavours are…
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Sagada
Oriented towards trekkers, Bana's specialises in coffee, omelettes and delicious home-made yoghurt. Its narrow balcony overlooks a gorge and catches the…
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North Luzon
Gerry's place is famous for its buffet, which is particularly seafood-heavy, with touches of Chinese cuisine and a welcome bit of spice.
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Vigan
This popular, air-conditioned eatery spills out onto Crisologo St. It tries to be all things to all people with its eclectic menu of Italian, Chinese,…
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North Luzon
The breezy sea-view seafood restaurant is the best, albeit priciest around; steer clear of the overly ambitious dishes and go for the signature squid and…
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Batanes
Basic little eatery on the corner of National and Lopez. The mother-and-daughter team cooks up classics such as lechón kawali (deep-fried pork belly) and…
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North Luzon
Mommy Phoebe can stuff you full of her delicious pansit, bagnet and whatever else she's got cooking that day; cool you off with fresh, icy juice shakes;…
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Baguio
Catering to night owls, revellers with postdrinking munchies and a loyal lunchtime crowd, this informal spot serves surprisingly good pizza, fried chicken…
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Sagada
Filipino standards are well represented here, and there are brave stabs at international dishes, but the eponymous lemon pie is where this place really…
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