Panglao Island Restaurants

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Just came back from my trip to Bohol, went to the small island of Panglao to the touristic spot of Alona Beach for some good diving (I recommend Genesis Divers, nice and friendly) and after having more or less the same food everywhere I found a real pearl, L'ELEPHANT BLEU Restaurant. Although it's not on the beach front (200m from on the right side of the crossing from the main road and the small one leading to the beach itself when you arrive) you'll find yourself in a real nice quiet place, superb garden lounge where the time just flies away.
Great music, mostly lounge style and electro but not limited to that (they even have classical in the morning) which is a good rest from all the crap heard around here (my taste...) and the best coffee on the island.
But the best is the food, french-inspired with some very traditional dishes and some others that will take your palate to new heights of taste :P (like their dory fish on shallots reduction and its tingling tomato butter) and all at very affordable prices considering the quality of the food.
And it's the only place I found apart from Manila where you can have quality wines per glass (they have an impressive French wines list, above 30 I think, with half of it available by the glass), which is great so you don't have to buy a whole bottle and can have different wines with the different parts of your meal.

They also have 2 budget rooms upstairs, simple but clean and comfortable.

I was so thrilled by my first visit there that I simply ate all my meals at that resto for the remaining days of my stay and didn't regret it, quite the opposite :D

Cheers and safe trips

ps. the pictures here are taken from their website

Favorite Dish: Cream Dory filet on shallots reduction with its tingling tomato butter because of the original mix and the explosion of savors in your mouth

Food and service were both subpar... Price wasn't the most expensive, but up there.

They didn't have our first menu choices in stock, and food had to be reordered.
Pizza was cooked on a small/thin tortilla shell instead of dough. Tasted ok, but sure wasn't worth the price, and not filling. Two people leaving a restaurant hungry after ordering three menu items is not good...

Wasn't impressed with this place at all. Neither were the scuba patrons, from the sounds of their complaining we overheard.

Hayahay is a restaurant/scuba/guesthouse. They should stick to one operation or the other...
'Jack of all trades, but master of none'?

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Opens around dinnertime, at the end of the afternoon.

Most food is the same as other restaurants in the area, but prices are a bit cheaper as it's located off the beach.
They offer many different pastas in comparison to the other places, as well, and offer wine to go with it.

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Food was really good, but overpriced compared to both local restaurants and the other "resorts" at Alona beach.

No breakfast buffet served. Breakfast to be ordered individually from the menu, and it may or may not be included with your room. Do check...

Given that this place is the most expensive restaurant on the beach and the beach is covered with really good places to eat, it would certainly explain the quiet and uncrowded ambience of this locale.

was just in trudi's place in alona beach yesterday for lunch along with 6 family members. i chose the place based on what i read in this website. Well, the dining experience was nothing special. we ordered chopsuey with seafood (good - veggies were crunchy and order is good for 3 people), sinigang na hipon ( P150 per order, 5 pcs of shrimp which probably spent their first birthday in the freezer) and spicy chicken with coconut milk. the girl attending to us didnt say that the dish (a few pieces of diced chicken and sayote would come swimming in 2 feet of coconut milk ! otherwise, i would have opted for another "dry" dish instead of having two soupy viands. it was ok price wise, P1045 for 3 dishes, 8 cups of rice and two red horse beers. my companions brought their own bottled water and didnt order the resto drinks. its just that seafood could have been fresher and the attendant more helpful in giving good advice on what to order.

I think it's one of it's kind in Panglao Island or rather Bohol.

If you want healthy and/or organic dining, this place is the place to be. They have varied selection of international and local dishes.

Favorite Dish: I love their tea concoctions and muffins. Those are highly recommended for merienda and for a meal, if you're a vegetarian like me, you can try their inun-on... Oh, I just love that dish!

Though am not a meat-eater, I do suggest to try their ala carte dishes with spareribs, or whatever meat. It comes with organic rice, organic salad with you'll never believe it, gumamelas, buogainvillas and marigolds!

I had no idead those flowers are edible till I come to this place. I grew up planting those in our flower garden and I never knew you could include it in your salad. And, they tasted good!

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Alona Beach at night time is dotted with restaurants al fresco. Most of them serve your favorite grilles fish of the day, and other seafoods.

Favorite Dish: anything grilled... u can be sure these are fresh and cooked on open grills.

Oops Bar is not only a great place to hang out and have a cocktail, it also offers a wide variety of Local and International cuisine.
The price is good and so are the portions.

Favorite Dish: Try the Cordon Bleu or the Thai-Curry, or enjoy a fresh Fish from the grill.