Native Restaurants, Manila

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I always eat at Barrio Fiesta whenever I visit my Motherland - I just grew up with this restaurant where I eat its famous dishes like Crispy Pata and Kare-Kare...Actually, I have rented the whole restaurant several times for my friends, hehehe...

During my birthday in 2006, I just rented the Barrio Fiesta which was located at the SM Megamall for just about P25,000 (Philippine pesos - maybe about $500) so I can have my birthday there along with live music from 3 musicians (strings) and lots of food. It's a good deal because all my friends and family were satisfied - and so was I.

The ambiance is very Filipino and the food selection is as Filipino as you can get - nothing weird but just plain good. Barrio Fiesta is so famous that it has several branches in the Philippines and there are also several in the USA - like in Milpitas and Glendale, California and even here in Arizona.

I have included videos of my birthday at Barrio Fiesta here on VT at my Philippine and Manila Page. My cousin even sang with the string musicians to serenade me...

Barrio Fiesta Caloocan City (02) 364-450

Barrio Fiesta Malate (02) 521-7884

Barrio Fiesta U.N. Ave. (02) 524-4584

Barrio Fiesta Marcos Highway (02) 645-3733

Barrio Fiesta Makati Ave. (02) 899-4020 to 21

Favorite Dish: Crispy pata and Kare-Kare

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Filipinos Love Crispy Fried Chicken and this Restaurant Chain is A Testament to that timeless longing for it since the early American Occupation in the 1900's. Max's is known as "the house that chicken built." Its story dates to 1945, when U.S. occupation troops were befriended by Maximo Gimenez, whose house became a gathering place. The Stanford-educated teacher then decided to open a cafe where he could give the GIs a taste of home, serving chicken, steak and drinks. His niece Ruby managed the kitchen and cooked up fried chicken that attracted locals as well, and with more traffic and by popular demand, the menu expanded to include Filipino specialties such as Kare-Kare (oxtail stew), pancit (stir fry noodles), Crispy Pata (deep fried pork knuckles), lumpia ubod sariwa (fresh spring rolls with heart of palm), etc.

Favorite Dish: The Fried Chicken off course! it is fried to a crisp with no buttermik breadings like the Southern Fried Chicken of the American South but nonetheless, it is still crispy outside and soft inside and is paired with Jufran Banana Catsup ( a filipino invention). 2 piece meal with rice costs about 150 pesos. Kare-Kare costs about 400 pesos an order. The Cholesterol laden Favorite of mine Crispy Pata at 450 pesos an order. And the Buko-Pandan Claude's Dream at 70 pesos an order.

What are you waiting for! dash to the Nearest Max's!

This restaurant is conveniently located in Malate, on the corner of San Andres and Roxas Boulevard. It's a large, brightly lit establishment serving no frills Filipino cuisine. There are rather too many dishes featuring tripe, gizzards and entrails (I kid you not) for my liking, but if you want to get a taste for Filipino food, this is the place - and it is relatively inexpensive. There are lots of seafood dishes, and a good choice of grilled and BBQ specialities.
This is not a place to linger over a glass of wine, and it hasn't the ambience for a romantic date - there are paper placemats and a fast food atmosphere - but the service is quick and efficient.

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I heard a lot of good reviews about Good Earth, and its indeed true. Food is good, hmm.. surprisingly they also have a lot of vegetarian cuisines.. The tofu dish is the best. Dishes being offered are mostly Chinese fusion, but the way they serve and style the food is very good.

We went there on a Saturday 11am, we are the first client, im sure on the evening it would be full house. Service was excellent.

They have the most delicious halohalo I tried, people from all walks of life eat here because of there halohalo, imagine they have only few menu but still every time we visit that restaurant it is alway full.

Favorite Dish: The halohalo is so delicious the ice is so fined and the lecheplan is so mouth watering.

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Savory, one of the Oldies but Goodies restaurants in Manila, is known for its good-tasting fried chicken and gravy. A whole chicken goes for P300. The resto has a few branches in the city and this big one at the old Escolta Street downtown is the original, I was told.

Other local dishes are also available in the menu. Drinks are quite pricey. A fresh buko juice goes for P70.

Favorite Dish: Tried the following:
Fried Chicken Rice with Fried Egg -- P135
Camaron/ Chopsuey/ Beef Rice Toppings -- P130

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Fantastic Chicken Adodo, Sinigang and Lumpiang Ubod.
Also u add alittle of the Calamansi juice in it WOW, makes it taste incredible!!!

Plus many location to find but this one is in Roxas Blvd..

2 THUMBS UP...

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One of the French Baker restaurant they served a typical Filipino type of foods. Lets eat dinner together in this restaurant where they served more sweets and breads. You can order shrimps, crabs etc if you want too. Sky is the limit but you all gonna pay it..hehehe

Favorite Dish: ok as you can see am a filipina i eat lunch and dinner with rice. As am starving at this time already i order this food for my dinner and my sis ordered their favorite choco crepe again and cake.