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The 99 Best Restaurants in the Philippines

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The best restaurants in the Philippines, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide and The 50 have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Toyo Eatery comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Manila.

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Celera and Helm hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with The 50 next.

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  1. Rank 1. Toyo Eatery

    Contemporary Filipino

    Pork barbecue skewers made from three cuts and finished in bone broth land here as a philosophical statement about Filipino street food. Toyo Eatery is a contemporary Filipino restaurant where Jordy Navarra, who came up at The Fat Duck and Bo Innovation, builds tasting menus around local terroir and folk culture. A Michelin star sits comfortably alongside dishes that nod to childhood songs and sari-sari snacks, which is a harder trick than it sounds.


  2. Rank 2. Celera

    Contemporary Pan-Asian

    Wicker chairs, woven light fittings, and hand-painted ceramics set the mood before a single dish arrives. Celera is a fine dining restaurant on the third floor of a Makati building, making a case for modern Filipino cuisine through fermentation, local sourcing, and old preservation methods reframed as something quietly thrilling. It holds a Michelin star and a spot on Asia's 50 Best list. Dress like you mean it.


  3. Rank 3. Helm

    Modern Filipino

    An eight-course tasting menu in Makati that holds two Michelin stars and resists easy categorization. Chef Josh Boutwood, who trained under Raymond Blanc and did time at Noma, builds around Filipino seasonal ingredients without ever landing on a single continent. Crab fat broth arrives in a shell; colourful powders finish plates that are as precise as they are personal. The cooking is formally ambitious, the biography behind it genuinely hard to summarize, which is probably the point.


  4. Rank 4. Asador Alfonso

    Contemporary Spanish

    About 80 kilometers from Manila, this Michelin-starred contemporary Spanish restaurant sits on nine hectares of open fields, its minimalist design nodding quietly to Taal Volcano on the horizon. A Spanish chef runs the kitchen, flying in ingredients from Spain to anchor dishes like house-aged Wagyu ham and roasted suckling pig. The drive alone is a commitment, which seems to put everyone inside in a remarkably agreeable mood.


  5. Chele González trained at El Bulli and El Celler de Can Roca, which explains why a Filipino fine dining room in Bonifacio Global City feels like it has something to prove and the technique to prove it. The team tours the archipelago collecting regional inspiration, then translates it into a tasting menu format that holds a Michelin star. The setting reads more relaxed than the pedigree suggests, which either puts you at ease or makes you overdressed.


  6. Rank 4. Hapag

    Modern Filipino

    Eight courses built from a cuisine that usually feeds a hundred people at once is the central tension at Hapag, a fine dining tasting-menu restaurant in Rockwell holding a Michelin star. The kitchen distills whole roasts, braises, and communal feasts into something intimate and precisely plated, tracing the Philippines' tropical regions through the collective memory of a team of local chefs. Reservation-only, dress accordingly.


  7. Rank 4. Inatô

    Contemporary Filipino

    Tucked inside Karrivin Plaza, Inatô has the hush of a cave and the warmth of somewhere you weren't meant to find. It's an intimate tasting-menu restaurant built around "bahala na," a Filipino phrase that roughly means leave it to fate, which here translates to surrendering the menu choices entirely to the team. Seasonal Filipino ingredients anchor the progression, with chicken, fish, and pork doing most of the work. It holds a Michelin star.


  8. Rank 4. Kása Palma

    Contemporary Filipino

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  9. Rank 4. Linamnam

    Contemporary Filipino

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  11. Rank 10. Bolero

    Spanish

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  12. Rank 10. Brick Corner

    North Indian

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  13. Rank 10. Cabel

    Filipino

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  14. Rank 10. COCHI

    Filipino

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  15. Rank 10. CUR8

    Modern Pan-Asian

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  16. Rank 10. Em Hà Nội

    Vietnamese

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  18. Rank 10. Hálong

    Pan-Asian

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  19. Rank 10. Kumba

    Creative Pan-Asian

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  20. Rank 10. La Pita (Poblacion)

    Middle Eastern

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  21. Rank 10. Lampara

    Filipino

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  22. Rank 10. Lasa

    Contemporary Filipino

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  23. Rank 10. Los Tacos

    Mexican

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  26. Rank 10. Palm Grill (Diliman)

    Southern Mindanao Filipino

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  29. Rank 10. Sarsa

    Filipino

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  31. Rank 10. Taquería Franco

    French-inflected Mexican

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  34. Rank 34. 12/10

    Contemporary Japanese

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  35. Rank 34. Abli

    Contemporary Filipino

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  38. Rank 34. ATO-AH

    Filipino

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  40. Rank 34. Automat

    Filipino

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  41. Rank 34. Ayà

    Contemporary Filipino

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  46. Rank 34. Canton Road

    Cantonese

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  48. Rank 34. China Blue

    Cantonese

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  49. Rank 34. Cirkulo

    Spanish

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  52. Rank 34. DIP

    Nikkei

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  54. Rank 34. Ember

    Contemporary European

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  57. Rank 34. Fong Wei Wu

    Taiwanese

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  58. Rank 34. Fresca Trattoria

    Contemporary Italian

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  59. Rank 34. Goxo

    Basque

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  61. Rank 34. Iai

    Japanese


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  63. Rank 34. Kei

    Japanese

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  66. Rank 34. Locavore (Taguig)

    Modern Filipino

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  67. Rank 34. Lola Helen

    Filipino

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  68. Rank 34. Lore

    Filipino

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  69. Rank 34. Lusso (Legazpi)

    Classic European

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  70. Rank 34. Mamacita

    Mexican

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  71. Rank 34. Man Ho

    Cantonese

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  72. Rank 34. Maya

    Mexican

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  73. Rank 34. Metiz

    Contemporary Filipino

    An eight-course tasting menu built around fermentation and the lesser-known corners of the Philippine larder, filtered through a French sensibility. The name nods to "mestizo," which tells you everything about the chef's approach: half-French, half-Filipino, and not especially apologetic about either. It's a quiet, considered room in Karrivin Plaza where the cooking does the explaining, ingredient by unfamiliar ingredient.


  74. Rank 34. Mirèio

    French

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  75. Rank 34. MŌDAN

    Japanese

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  76. Rank 34. Now Now

    Contemporary Pan-Asian

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  77. Rank 34. Offbeat

    Filipino

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  79. Rank 34. Origine

    Spanish

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  80. Rank 34. Osteria Antica

    Contemporary Italian

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  81. Rank 34. Pablo

    Spanish

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  82. Rank 34. Papillon

    Southeast Asian

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  85. Rank 34. Sala

    Modern European

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  87. Rank 34. Sialo

    Contemporary Filipino

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  88. Rank 34. Socarrat

    Spanish

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  89. Rank 34. Spices

    Southeast Asian

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  90. Rank 34. Summer Palace

    Cantonese

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  92. A 20-seat contemporary tasting menu restaurant in Legazpi Village where the kitchen runs on a zero-waste, plant-forward philosophy without ever feeling preachy about it. The menu shifts constantly, pulling from local produce and whatever the chefs are currently obsessed with. Minimalist room, focused cooking, the kind of dinner where you eat things you couldn't have predicted ordering. The Michelin Guide has it on their radar.

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  93. Rank 34. Taupe

    Modern Filipino

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  96. Rank 34. Txanton

    Spanish

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  97. Rank 34. Uma Nota

    Japanese

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  98. Rank 34. Umu

    Japanese

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  99. Rank 34. Yamazato

    Japanese

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