Dumaguete

Allegre

A large restaurant offering mainly Italian and Filipino dishes. Highest prices in town for pasta. Pool table downstairs, table is in better shape than at the one at Why Not? and there are usually fewer players competing for it.

Ayla's Breakfast Restaurant

Red tables

A good variety of breakfast dishes, including some less common ones like eggs benedict or biscuits & gravy, plus a few other things like chile con carne. They rent the space from the municipality which sets limits on their prices, so they have the cheapest beer in the region at PHP 40.

Bo's Coffee

A national chain with several locations in Dumaguete, serving mainly coffee & baked goods. Prices are high by local standards.

Cafe Antonio

Fantastic wide-ranging menu, very reasonable prices, lovely chilled out studenty vibe and a great building to host it. Quite honestly a breath of fresh air in the Philippines. Wonderful coffee too!

Cafe Mafioso

Another Italian place, good quality and cheaper than most of the others, with pasta dishes around PHP 140.

Cafe Racer

A diner in the style of mid-20th century America. Decor includes some old cars and a gorgeous motorcycle; the bar is built inside an old VW van. Menu to match; decent burgers, small but excellent milkshakes, etc. Live music sometimes.

Casablanca

European food, elegant décor, and a good wine list. Their patio is above street level and has a wall, so customers here are not bothered by beggars or street vendors as often as at other establishments. There are several breakfast options starting at PHP 230, all including unlimited coffee and a glass of juice. The American breakfast at PHP 295 is bacon, two eggs, bread, and some fried tomatoes and onions. The Austrian owner/chef sold the place to Filipinos in 2021 and some say it has gone downhill since then.

open for breakfast at 6:30AM

Chin Loong

Good Chinese (Cantonese) food, with reasonable service and prices. Large covered patio.

Chow King

A chain offering moderately-priced Chinese (mainly Cantonese) food. Pork or beef fried rice, with four shui mai (small noodle-wrapped pork items) and a soft drink, PHP 99.

Fish153

Korean restaurant and grocery store. Neighborhood has a few other restaurants and some guesthouses.

Flip-Flops Restobar

Large shaded patio, big TV with sports, live band Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Open mic on Tuesdays, acoustic performances or karaoke other nights.

Food Net

Food Net are a chain with several locations around town. They have cafeteria-style service, Filipino food, moderate prices and a largely student crowd. A basic meal — meat dish, veggie dish, rice, soft drink — is about PHP 90.

GameOn Sportsbar

Small and plain compared to other places, with no a/c but many fans, big-screen TVs for sports, sometimes live music.

Gerry's Bar and Grill

A fine old house renovated in 2018 to become a large restaurant. Part of a large chain with reasonable quality but some unreasonable prices.

Gyro Monsters

Cheap and tasty shawarma; the best seller is beef or chicken shawarma wrapped in pita at PHP 30, or 35 with cheese. The most expensive thing on the menu is shawarma rice for PHP 50; two of the sandwiches are a better buy.If you expect shawarma as you would find it in the Middle East, you will be disappointed here. For that, at slightly higher prices, walk a block north to Mediterranean Food (Turkish, listed at ) or go to Tarbush (Lebanese, ).

Mon-Sat 10AM to 9PM

Halang Halang

Excellent Sichuan food, authentic so much of it is very spicy.

Happy Jack's Restobar

Restobar serving cold drinks and both Asian and Western food. Full meals plus a mix and match bar snack menu. Billiard and poker tables plus live music on a couple of nights.

11AM-10PM

Harbour City Dim Sum

Many types of dim sum, plus various soups and rice or noodle dishes.

PHP 40-90 per dish

Hayahay Bar

Large and popular. Often has live music, reggae every Wednesday. There are several separate places selling food within the complex; one has good pizza and another offers fine Jamaican food.

Jo's Chicken Inato

Part of a chain specializing in barbeque chicken. Favorite among locals and tourists.

La Cocina by Beth

Run by a Filipino chef who trained in Mexico. If you like flavorful food, there are Mexican dishes. Cold drinks and margaritas, fresh lemonades, the only air conditioned restaurant in the town with a perfect view.

closed on Mon

Lantaw

A large place with upmarket Filipino food, much of it seafood. Popular with prosperous locals and with seafood-loving foreigners. Possibly the best place in town to take a Filipina out to dinner; she will probably both like the food and be impressed by the decor.

MELs Cafe

This place serves and advocates healthy food, has a certified nutritionist supervising the food. It is small and a bit difficult to find, but worth the trouble. Serves great four season themed salads, a variety of scrumptious sandwiches and unique rice meals like CoFFeeCHoP (pork chop marinated in coffee) or their cheesy delightful fish dish called 'cheesy dory' a favorite among the locals. You can also try their Butter beer in variety of flavors, including vanilla and banana. It is the only place in town that serves beer (non-alcoholic) to minors.

PHP 30-100

Mediterranean Food

Good Turkish kebabs and donair. They have distinctly unexciting hamburgs for PHP 30.

9AM-10PM·most dishes PHP 80-140

Mifune

Japanese restaurant. All-you-can eat buffet PHP 333, Tu & Sa evenings.

Mooon Cafe

The 3rd 'o' in the name is deliberate

Part of a chain that advertises "Mexican-inspired" food. They offer that, various pizza and pasta dishes, and other western dishes; most of it is done competently. Good soups PHP 59, burrito PHP 139 (quite good, provided you tell them not to put lettuce in it!), pizza from PHP 165, small but good steak PHP 300. The best-buy drink is bottomless iced tea at PHP 58. Other dishes, such as the "nachos" (overpriced chips & salsa) or the "enchiladas" (a salad served in a tortilla), are distinctly unimpressive. Senior's discount 20% but you may need the Philippines senior's ID to claim it; sometimes they will take an ACR card, but not always.

Octagon Sports Bar

Big-screen TV mostly showing sports. Live music and PHP 250 all-you-can-eat BBQ on weekend evenings.

Panda Ice Cream House

Locally-produced fresh fruit ice cream. Try the fried ice cream! This is a chain with several locations in Dumaguete and a few in nearby towns.

Paseo Perdices

A building with two floors, built on the location of the Perdices family home; one family member was the provincial governor and has one of the town's main streets named for him. There are two levels, and the lower level has a large shaded central courtyard.

Pasta King

Pizza and many pasta dishes, done very well. Pasta in two serving sizes, around PHP 179 or 319. The small one will be enough for most people, perhaps with a soup or salad if you are quite hungry.

Mon-Sat 11AM-9PM, Sun 4-9PM