Places to eat in Iloilo City

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Like In typical Domestic and International Airports All over, The Iloilo International Airport has a designated Smoking Lounge and there are two of them located at both ends of the departure area. This Hot Hugz Cafe (is the designated smoking lounge) is located at the western End of the Departure area and is the designated smoking lounge but it also doubles as a cafe cum restaurant. It has quite a number of coffee selections ranging from Iced coffee to hot latte to hot cappucino and other assorted fruit juices like kalamansi juice or orange juice and a limited number of entrees for the really hungry. Ine can take a puff and have a cup of java and eat at the same time. They also offer free WIFI for customers with at least 120 pesos worth of Orders.

Opens: 8:00 am to 6:00 pm everyday

Favorite Dish: a small cup of hot latte costs 80 pesos and a large order of iced mocha at 120 pesos an order. they also have other drinks like fruit juices, local and international beers that costs 60 to 200 pesos and meals like sandwiches like tuna sandwich at 90 pesos per order.

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The Iloilo International Airport, like other typical domestic and International Airports have their share of Airport Restaurants and there is quite a number of Restaurants at the Departure area of the Airport but this The Front Restaurant is the only restaurant available before the baggage and security check of the airport. If you are craving for a last minute Batchoy Fix, this is the last area where you can order this Iloilo Specialty before your flight.

Opens: 8:00 am to 6:00 pm everyday

Favorite Dish: typical filipino and regional Illongo Cuisines like the Batchoy, Pancit Moli, Kansi, Kilawin Tanigue, Lechon, dinuguan and puto and more. you order the food turo turo (point point) style from the chaffing dishes in front of the order counter. Prices of the food is higher since this is an airport eatery with meals starting from 70 pesos to 200 pesos an order. A Bowl of Batchoy Costs 80 pesos for a regular bowl and 100 pesos for a special bowl.

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The Breakfast Area of the Smallville 21 hotel is located at the second floor of the hotel and is conducted at the assorted function rooms in the second floor. If you bought your room with a breakfast, they will give you breakfast coupon upon check in and you can have your breakfast from 7:00 am to 10:00 am everyday. For those without breakfast rooms, they charge 300 pesos for a breakfast buffett of which the food is filipino with limited choices (5 to 6 food choices) with powdered juices and brewed hot tea or coffee.

Favorite Dish: the breakfast items are changed everyday but are usuallylocal filipino breakfast items like beef tapa, longganisa, daing na bangus, pork tocino, sunnyside eggs, american loaf bread, some fruits like wintermelon, pine apple, watermelons and brewed coffee and tea.

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This is the assorted views of the Smallville Complex in Mandurriao District Iloilo City.

The Smallville Complex is a recent addition to the active and vibrant night scene of Iloilo City. This commercial cum business complex hosts a number of bars, restaurants, coffee shops, chill out lounges, Dance Clubs, live bands, Call Centers, business offices and more. The term Smallville originally refers to the row of restaurants, bars, and clubs beside Iloilo Business Hotel but due to several expansions in the area, it now refers to the whole complex. It is located at the Mandurriao District of Iloilo, just a stone's throw away from SM City Iloilo. The Center of activity in the Comples is located at the Glicerio Pison Street corner Benigno Aquino Avenue areas.

Hours (estimated)
Mon: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Tue: 4:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Wed - Sat: 6:00 pm - 2:00 am
Sun: 6:00 pm - 1:00 am

Dress Code: casual. you can come on a casual attire at the restaurants and bars but you must be dressed in smart casual if you are entering the discotheques and the lounges and the chill out lounges.

Favorite Dish: Dance Lounges: Aura and Flow cater to the more upscale crowd, while MO2 Ice attracts the biggest crowd of party goers.

Bars: MO2 Resto-bar, Club21, Shipwreck/Pirates, Picanto, Go Mart, Tuki, Rooftop Brewery and more

restaurants include: Maki, Freska, Krua Thai, Afriques, Mohave Grill and Steakhouse, Mang Inasal and more.

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Part two of my Breakthrough Restaurant Tips with more pictures

This Seafood Restuarant is one of the two popular sea food restaurants in Iloilo City, the other one is at Tatoy's. Located among the arrays of seafood restaurants along Villa Beach in Arevalo District, Breakthrough Seafood Restaurant offers local seafoods that are freshly caught and even 'live" seafoods which you can just point at the aquariums and they will cook them accordingly, which they say is “better than fresh LIVE”. This restuarant can be packed with locals and tourists everyday and is located beside a beach facing guimaras island. They offer regional Illongo seafood delicacies and other Filipino dishes ranging from crabmeats, grilled pantat, kinilaw nga tanige to lechon baboy and Kansi (ilonngo bulalo).

Hours (estimated)
Mon: 6:00 am - 7:00 am, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm,
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Tue: 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Wed: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, 5:00 pm - 12:00 am
Thu - Fri: 10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Sat: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm,
2:00 am - 3:00 am
Sun: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Favorite Dish: the assorted fresh sea foods are to die for and their Tanigue (spanish mackerel) Kilawin (ceviche) is soft and chewy with a tangy and spicy taste. The fresh diced crabmeat is also very good. You can also order live seafood at the different aquarium tanks which you can then tell your waiter on the kind of meal you want it done. Orders costs from 70 pesos for a grilled squid to 120 pesos for a kilawin tanigue and crabmeat at 150 pesos an order.

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This Seafood Restuarant is one of the two popular sea food restaurants in Iloilo City, the other one is at Tatoy's. Located among the arrays of seafood restaurants along Villa Beach in Arevalo District, Breakthrough Seafood Restaurant offers local seafoods that are freshly caught and even 'live" seafoods which you can just point at the aquariums and they will cook them accordingly, which they say is “better than fresh LIVE”. This restuarant can be packed with locals and tourists everyday and is located beside a beach facing guimaras island. They offer regional Illongo seafood delicacies and other Filipino dishes ranging from crabmeats, grilled pantat, kinilaw nga tanige to lechon baboy and Kansi (ilonngo bulalo).

Hours (estimated)
Mon: 6:00 am - 7:00 am, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm,
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Tue: 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Wed: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, 5:00 pm - 12:00 am
Thu - Fri: 10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Sat: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm,
2:00 am - 3:00 am
Sun: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Favorite Dish: the assorted fresh sea foods are to die for and their Tanigue (spanish mackerel) Kilawin (ceviche) is soft and chewy with a tangy and spicy taste. The fresh diced crabmeat is also very good. You can also order live seafood at the different aquarium tanks which you can then tell your waiter on the kind of meal you want it done. Orders costs from 70 pesos for a grilled squid to 120 pesos for a kilawin tanigue and carbmeat at 150 pesos an order.

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Since we were not familiar with the restaurants in the city yet, we decided to go to Robinson's mall on our first day to look for any restaurant that will fancy our hungry tummies. We saw Hongkong Kitchen and the pictures of their Chinese cuisine instantly appealed to us.

Once inside the restaurant, I instantly felt the Chinese atmosphere. The interior was very attractive, with the red-painted walls and big pictures of Chinese food. Their black and red Chinese lamps as well as the red-cushioned chairs contrasted well with the bright walls.

I looked over their menu while waiting for our order. Hongkong Kitchen has something to offer for you no matter how much your budget is. They serve noodles, dimsum, congee, yang chow, rice toppings and other Chinese specialties. Hongkong Kitchen became popular to health buffs because it promises to serve only Chinese foods without too much oil and monosodium glutamate (MSG).

The food we ordered were served after a long time, but I was in a forgiving mood because it was the Dinagyang season, that's why there were so many diners that time.

We ate twice at this restaurant so that's an indication that we liked their foods there.

Favorite Dish: I loved their dimsums especially the chicken feet, and I also liked their roasted duck.

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We wanted to try Ilonggo dishes, but we didn't want to eat in the stalls outside during the Dinagyang Food Festival. We saw Dapli Restaurant which is owned by the owner of Breakthrough, a popular restaurant in Villa. Since we ate at Tatoy's instead of Breakthrough, we thought we'd give Daplis Restaurant a try. The restaurant serves native food, and specializes in seafoods and Ilonggo dishes. We peeped inside first to see their entrees which are on display in foodwarmers and serving plates laid out in a food showcase (ala "turo-turo" or fastfood style). They all looked good, so we decided to line up...but the queue moved at a snail's pace and I noticed diners with food trays standing up for a long time, waiting for tables to be cleared. We were so hungry already so we decided to give up, considering we were almost at the end of the line outside the restaurant.

Tip: Go there early before meal time to be sure you get seats.