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People's Palace: good Thai food in Green Belt 3

Alongside (or actually in) Green Belt (3), you'll find People's Palace, offering a trendy and/but tasteful environment with good cocktails and great Thai / Vietnamese food.

121 - relaxed place for beer and good food

Kitchen is a mix of local and an international. Pastas, sizzlers, hamburgers, etc.

Chinatown is quite good. There's a blink-and-you-miss-it place called Dong Bei Dumpling at the back of Binondo church. Worth the trip. If you want a place in a mall setting, go to Greenbelt in Makati.

Greenbelt 5 is now open and has a good selection if your in the Makati area.

Dong Bei Dumpling at the back of Binondo church, I just went there for lunch today, good choice.

Café Juanita, great Filipino food, décor is very interesting.

United Street corner West Capitol Drive, Barrio Kapitolyo 21 Pasig, Rizal 1603, Philippines 02 632 0357

Unfortuntely, i couldn't get to explore local places at all, a rare occurence, when i travel. Stayed at Sofitel Plaza and got to eat the huge lavish buffet breakfasts and lunches there (though i did try to pick on their local dishes - just to get a feel). Evenings were spent in Intramurous..at some socials that were organized, where they did have a local selection. And guess what - thanks to some compatriots hankering for home food, i went to an Indian place, called Kashmir, in Makati. If you want Indian food, the food seemed reasonably good and was okay on the price too. Price mostly matched what one would pay in a restaurant in Delhi for similar food.

Don't miss Cafe Adriatico in Adriatico Avenue, Ermita! Healthy Kitchen served only healthy food in Serendra, The Fort, Makati. and also Conti's served Filipino's food in Serendra, The Fort, Makati.

Go a lil bit to the south in Tagaytay you'll find Buon Giorro's Restaurant, Antonio's Breakfast, and Sonya's Secret Garden. They all lovely!! Lovely food. Lovely place!

Try Sunday brunch at Ayala museum cafe/restaurant between Greenbelt 5 &4. Great place!

La Cafe is perhaps the biggest "Go-Go Bar" in Manila and its open 24hours a day. L.A. Cafe has nine (9) billiard tables, a minishop and offers free wireless internet acces. International cuisine is served daily. Filipino Breakfast, Chinese, Indian, Thai, Korean and Italian cuisines, American Breakfast, Mexican Nachos, Italian Pastas and Pizzas, British Roast Beefs and English Fish & Chips, Australian Outback Steaks, Korean BBQ's, Norwegian Salmons and German Sausages are among the favorites.

Excellent resto. Chef and proprietor chef Antonio Escalante whips up superb fusion dishes. This gorgeous restaurant has made it to the best restaurants in Asia several times as compiled by the Miele best restaurants guide to Asian cuisine. The garden restaurant is situated in a different location than the breakfast restaurant. It has beautifully maintained gardens.

Zuni is a consistent restaurant. Ask for the vegetarian menu. The chef is open to requests.