Best restaurants outside Metro Manila (2026)

The top-scoring places to eat in Cebu, Pampanga, Iloilo, Bacolod, Davao, Baguio and beyond. The top picks are Lantaw Native Restaurant (Compostela), Aling Lucing Sisig and Asador Alfonso.

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   Lantaw Native Restaurant (Compostela)

   🍽️ Seafood · 📍 Guiwanon, Compostela, Cebu · ₱

   A seaside restaurant in Compostela, north of Cebu City, included as a Michelin Selected restaurant for grilled dishes and seafood.

   Order this: Chicken bacolod, tuna belly and sizzling squid

   ★ 4.8 (743 Google)
   99
2. 2

   Aling Lucing Sisig

   🍽️ Sisig · 📍 Glaciano Valdez Street, Angeles, Pampanga · ₱ · Since 1974

   An Angeles City restaurant on Glaciano Valdez Street carrying the name of Lucía "Aling Lucing" Cunanan, who established Aling Lucing's in 1974 and is credited with reinventing sisig.

   Order this: Sisig

   ★ 4 (2,151 Google)ⓘ details pending verification
   99
3. 3

   Asador Alfonso

   🍽️ Fine dining · 📍 Esperanza Ilaya, Alfonso, Cavite · ₱₱₱₱

   A Spanish contemporary restaurant on nine hectares of grounds in Alfonso, Cavite, that holds one Michelin star.

   Order this: Cochinillo (roast suckling pig) and house-aged Jamon de Wagyu

   ★ 4.6 (202 Google)
   91
4. 4

   Esmen

   🍽️ Seafood · 📍 Pasil, Cebu City · ₱

   A Pasil fish-market-district eatery with a Michelin Bib Gourmand for larang, the sour Cebuano fish stew, served with corn grits.

   Order this: Linarang (sour porcupine fish soup) with rice or mais

   ★ 4.6 (140 Google)
   89
5. 5

   Calea Pastries & Coffee

   🍽️ Bakeries & kakanin · 📍 15th Street, Bacolod, Negros Occidental · ₱₱

   A Bacolod pastry shop and café on 15th Street.

   Order this: Pastries and coffee

   ★ 4.6 (1,961 Google)ⓘ details pending verification
   99
6. 6

   Kalui Seafood Restaurant

   🍽️ Seafood · 📍 Rizal Avenue, Puerto Princesa, Palawan · ₱₱

   A seafood restaurant at 369 Rizal Avenue in Puerto Princesa.

   Order this: Seafood

   ★ 4.6 (2,000 Google)ⓘ details pending verification
   88
7. 7

   Marinatuna Seafood Restaurant

   🍽️ Seafood · 📍 Km 8, Bo. Pampanga, Davao City · ₱₱

   A Davao City seafood restaurant at Km 8 in Bo. Pampanga; a separate MarinaTuna outlet operates on Quimpo Boulevard.

   ★ 4.5 (981 Google)ⓘ details pending verification
   87
8. 8

   Café by the Ruins

   🍽️ Coffee & cafés · 📍 Shuntug Road, Baguio, Benguet · ₱₱

   A Baguio restaurant on Shuntug Road known for its kamote bread.

   Order this: Kamote bread

   ★ 4.1 (2,260 Google)ⓘ details pending verification
   95
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   Rose and Grace Restaurant

   🍽️ Bulalo & soups · 📍 Santo Tomas, Santo Tomas, Batangas · ₱₱

   A Filipino restaurant in Santo Tomas, Batangas, known for bulalo.

   Order this: Bulalo (beef shank and bone-marrow soup)

   ★ 4.2 (1,345 Google)ⓘ details pending verification
   91
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    Luz Kinilaw Inihaw Place

    🍽️ Seafood · 📍 Salmonan, Quezon Boulevard, Davao City · ₱

    A Davao City eatery on Quezon Boulevard known for kinilaw and grilled tuna.

    Order this: Tuna kinilaw and grilled panga

    ★ 4.2 (631 Google)ⓘ details pending verification
    84