Bantayan Island Restaurants

Also near from Hard Kock Kafe and Portuguese. Their specialty here are fresh sea food. Just point what you like and they will cook it for you on a large grilling station at the Center. The crowd is good and the ambiance is great.

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Lots of foreigners hang on this place to converge with their fellow foreigners. They said their Pizza and burgers are delicious so I want to taste it myself. They were right, the taste is comparable to some pizza houses in the metro. Their bacon and cheese burger is meaty like Brother’s burger and the taste makes you bite bigger. The pizza costs me 300 pesos and the burger 160 pesos.

They also serve value sizzling meals like sisig, gambas, mushroom, squid etc that comes with 1 cup of rice and a glass of ice tea for only 150 pesos. I like their sizzling squid more.

There is also a big flat screen TV where you can watch the scheduled movie or cable channel requested by their guest.
The place is near the road and to all other resto bars in the town proper.

The only thing thing made me uncomfortable is the preparation that took forever to finish

By the way they also have affordable locally inspired accommodations but for me it's far from the beach.

Favorite Dish: Seafood Pizza, Bacon and Cheese Burger and Sizzling Squid

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If you want a cheap but okay grilled pork and seafood, try this eatery. The place is like a common Carideria very small and not furnished.
Just watch out their pet wandering around above your head. They have 2 domesticated fruit bats. If you want to experience eating knowing that some rat-faced flying creature might touch your hair, try this one. Don’t worry they are harmless.

Favorite Dish: Grilled Liempo

D'Jungle offers buffet every friday night at the cost of P245/head. Right across the street, there is also a Portuguese restaurant that offers the same promo every friday night, so u can just imagine the tight competition as employees try to get more customers into coming. we tried to check what both restaurants offer for the buffet before making a decision. the Portuguese restaurant offered more variety, but since most of it were more Filipino cuisine, so my guy wasnt interested. so when we went to see what d'jungle has, upon entering, the french owner warmly welcomed us into the place and introduced us to the buffet which was mostly composed of fish. i think there were just about 20 dishes (inspite of the " 50+" dishes the owner mentioned), some of it were even just a duplicate of the other dishes displayed. we also noticed that some of the dishes was almost empty, even though it was just around 7pm. but the owner promised that the dishes were to be replenished. because my boyfriend loves french fries, (there wasnt any at the portuguese restaurant), we decided to eat at D'Jungle. however, when we came back for more food after sampling, most dishes we liked were already gone, when asking for the replenishment, the owner then said that there are already too much food. we really felt deceived. he didnt even bother apologizing or anything. it was a complete ripoff. the food wasnt even great. it was mainly composed of sweet and sour fish(which i hate), food was too oily and salty, not to mention that it was cold. i really regretted coming here. we shouldve eaten at the portuguese restaurant which had warm food and freshly grilled meat and seafood. they even had shrimps and crabs among other seafoods they offered!!dont ever go to D'Jungle. The experience would only ruin your Bantayan island vacation.

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Though it says Mongolian Buffet, it isn't the Mongolian buffet we know where you pile all these raw meat, vegetables, rice , sauces and condiments into a bowl and then have them fry it all up before giving it back to you. This is just a regular buffet , extensive selection of dishes, but where everything is grilled atop a huge coal grill behind the bar.

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This place serves various kinds of food, from Portuguese to Filipino to Thai. The restaurant itself is decorated with lots of flags on the ceiling, shirts on the walls, old money framed on the wall, and lights scattered around. We ordered the Paella, which was ok, although it was not served in the cast iron pan paella is traditionally cooked/served in (I love the burnt parts at the bottom!) Oh, the coffee here is supposed to be good, it's really from Italy. Overall, although it's not spectacular, I'd go back to this place. hahahaha Warning though, as with all other restaurants in Bantayan I've tried, don't expect lightning speed service.

Favorite Dish: The pizza! The crust was nicely crunchy all around, not just the top part like most other pizzas in the world. It was generously covered in mozzarella too, just what I love most in pizzas! The morning before we left I found myself craving for more, but unfortunately I woke up too late to satisfy my craving.

The best restaurant in Bantayan is White Sands. The place is owned and run by Robert a Frenchguy.

The food is fantastic I loved eating breakfast at this restaurant. Price is reasonable

At night this is the best place to dine, you can get a table by the shore. You have seashells, candle light and bougainvilla on your table. Although the music in the background isnt always nice. The food is superb. There is no menu and you get whatever is available in the day's catch.

Robert knows his food real well, I onlywish he can choose better music next time, but allin all its great.

Favorite Dish: ohh grilled Katambak, and sinigang

Loooove eating a big hearty pinoy breakfast here! I always order danggit with rice and two eggs, juice and hot chocolate. I know it's 100% cardiac-delight but when you are on vacation, one's diet is left at home.

Favorite Dish: Any filipino breakfast meal. Best is danggit but they say longsilog or longganisa with sinangag is to-die-for as well.

One meal will cost you about PhP200 or $4.00 per person.