🌿 Top 10 Modern Filipino in the Philippines (2026)

The best modern filipino in the Philippines in 2026, by our editorial score, are Manam at the Triangle, Lampara and Kása Palma. Last updated November 5, 2026 · Methodology

Chefs reworking regional dishes with native ingredients, heirloom rice and foraged produce.

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   Manam at the Triangle

   📍 Ayala Triangle Gardens, Makati, Metro Manila · ₱₱

   The Ayala Triangle branch of Manam holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for Filipino comfort dishes.

   Order this: Tagalog beef cheeks with calamansi and spatchcock chicken inasal

   ★ 4.8 (1,500 Google)
   99
2. 2

   Lampara

   📍 Poblacion, Makati, Metro Manila · ₱₱

   A Poblacion restaurant with a Michelin Bib Gourmand whose ingredient-led dishes use classic French technique with Filipino touches.

   Order this: Octopus, soft shell crab and tofu rice cups

   ★ 4.7 (360 Google)
   93
3. 3

   Kása Palma

   📍 Poblacion, Makati, Metro Manila · ₱₱₱₱

   A one-Michelin-star Filipino restaurant in Makati built around open-fire cooking, listed at the guide's top price tier.

   Order this: Tasting menu and à la carte dishes cooked over wood fire

   ★ 4.3 (137 Google)
   90
4. 4

   Inatô

   📍 Karrivin Plaza, Chino Roces, Makati, Metro Manila · ₱₱₱

   A one-Michelin-star Filipino restaurant in Makati, listed by the guide at a ₱₱₱ price tier, lower than most of the starred set.

   Order this: Seasonal Filipino tasting menu

   ★ 4.6 (54 Google)
   87
5. 5

   Linamnam

   📍 Marcelo Green Village, Parañaque, Metro Manila · ₱₱₱₱

   The only one-Michelin-star restaurant in Parañaque, a small Filipino tasting-menu room listed at the guide's top price tier.

   Order this: Tasting menu with lamb dumplings in pork broth and blue marlin in fish head stock

   ★ 4.7 (52 Google)
   86
6. 6

   Toyo Eatery

   📍 Karrivin Plaza, Chino Roces, Makati, Metro Manila · ₱₱₱₱ · Since 2016

   A one-Michelin-star restaurant that sources everything from the Philippines and ferments and preserves in-house, known for a vegetable dish built around the folk song Bahay Kubo.

   Order this: Bahay Kubo (18-vegetable dish) and the kamayan banana-leaf course
   71
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   Hapag

   📍 Rockwell Center, Makati, Metro Manila · ₱₱₱₱ · Since 2018

   One-Michelin-star restaurant that reworks regional Filipino dishes with local ingredients and traditional techniques, now housed on the 7th floor of The Balmori Suites in Rockwell.

   Order this: Seasonal Filipino tasting menu
   70
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   Helm

   📍 Ayala Triangle Gardens, Makati, Metro Manila · ₱₱₱₱

   Chef Josh Boutwood's counter-seating tasting-menu restaurant holds two Michelin stars, the only two-star award in the inaugural Michelin Guide Manila & Environs.

   Order this: Seasonal themed tasting menu
   70
9. 9

   Azela (Manila)

   📍 Ermita, Manila, Metro Manila · ₱₱

   Plant-filled Filipino restaurant in Robinsons Place Manila that holds a Bib Gourmand in the Michelin Guide 2026 for home-style and street-food dishes such as its batwan-soured kansi.

   Order this: Kansi, with puto and house-made sorbetes

   ★ Michelin Guide 2026: Bib Gourmandⓘ details pending verification
   68
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    Digámo

    📍 Marikina Heights, Marikina, Metro Manila · ₱₱₱

    Tasting-menu restaurant in Marikina Heights that traces Philippine history through reimagined street food and home cooking, listed as a Selected restaurant in the Michelin Guide 2026.

    Order this: Inihaw na tenga and kulawo

    ★ Michelin Guide 2026: Selectedⓘ details pending verification
    68

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