When you search on-line for the finest Boracay eating places, you’ll in all probability be bombarded by a gazillion lists, every with its personal picks and rankings. That’s not stunning given the sheer variety of eating institutions within the island. But you’ll additionally discover that the majority of those eating places vary from considerably costly to, properly, undoubtedly costly.
It’s true. Boracay’s meals scene has been dominated by upscale eating places. But that’s to not say that the island has nothing to supply to finances vacationers. Sure, they’re tougher to seek out, however they’re there — tucked inconspicuously in internal alleys or in between larger names.
In this text, we’ll share with you a few of the meals spots in Boracay that might provide you with plenty of bang in your buck. But first, some disclaimers. First, please handle your expectations. Don’t anticipate five-star elements at these value factors. Second, you might discover a few of these institutions nonetheless not low-cost sufficient, however prices within the island are usually greater throughout the board. What we’ll characteristic are these comparatively inexpensive, particularly in comparison with the favored eating places.
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Kolai Mangyan is a Filipino restaurant advertising and marketing itself because the “home of the authentic and famous bulasing and budbud!”
What are bulasing and budbud, you ask? Bulasing is a portmanteau, a fusion of two of the preferred Filipino dishes: bulalo and siningang. Budbud, alternatively, is its model of rice toppings. And these are a few of the least expensive dishes you’ll discover wherever within the island!
Budbud is accessible in lots of variations: budbud pork (P75), budbud beef (P80), budbud all-mix (P90), budbud particular (P100). Each order comes with two skinny items of fried lumpia. The meat’s serving dimension, understandably, will not be a lot however it’s very tasty and well-seasoned. It additionally serves all-day silog meals for P70-95 apiece. Another bestseller is sisig rice (P75), topped with egg and drizzled with mayo, served on a scorching plate.
Kolai Mangyan has two branches in Boracay. The predominant retailer is in Station 2, in entrance of Henann Park Resort, whereas the opposite is in Station 1. We dined on the Station 2 department. It was a humble eatery, non-airconditioned, however full of clients. There was a discover posted asking for understanding as a result of it was understaffed (on the time), however the fact is, we didn’t actually really feel that in any respect. Every workers member was useful, pleasant, attentive, and well mannered.
The menu additionally covers all-day silog meals, scorching meals, combo meals, group meals, pasta and noodles, and desserts. Pinoy favorites like crispy pata and fried entire hen are additionally bought right here.
Opening Hours:
Station 1: Monday – Sunday, 10:30 AM – 10:30 PM
Station 2: Monday – Sunday, 7:00 AM – 1:00 AM
Address: Station 1 & Station 2, White Beach Main Road, Barangay Balabag, Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan
Price Range: Single Meals, P60 – P130; Group Meals, P100 – P450
No. 6 Barbeque is a newly opened institution serving largely Pinoy-style grilled meat. Although it’s alongside the primary street, it’s simple to stroll previous it as a result of its brand is sort of small and is totally upstaged by Food Court Noodles Mala Tang, with which it shares the constructing. Just search for a banner showcasing varied grilled dishes.
The bestsellers listed here are hen inasal (P140 with single rice, 160 unli rice) and grilled pork liempo (P160 with single rice, P180 unli rice). These are massive cuts, however they’re nonetheless cheaper than most inasal and barbeque locations round.
When our order arrived, we had been delighted by the smoky scent that got here with it. The soy-sauce-based marinade was well-absorbed by the meat, complemented by the candy glaze that was painted on it because it cooked on the grill.
Cheaper choices can be found. We ordered isaw (P15/stick) and pork barbeque (P30/stick), which had been each very pleasant. The pork wasn’t robust and the isaw didn’t have any disagreeable scent or style. We additionally had longganisa (P50/stick). Each order had two items of those native sausages.
Location: Along Balabag Main Road (Station 2), simply beside Shabu Khan Boracay and throughout Jasper’s Tapsilog.
Whether as a breakfast deal with or a hangover remedy, a bowl of scorching pares is likely one of the go-to dishes for Pinoys. Given the sheer variety of pubs and bars in Boracay, it’s additionally anticipated that it has its fair proportion of pares locations. One of them is Sensi’s Pares Hilton.
Never thoughts the punny identify, it serves what I believe is the perfect inexpensive bowl of pares within the island. Its completely seasoned beef pares with unli-rice (P175) was full of umami. The meat was in all probability braised for hours as a result of it was extremely tender. It was additionally topped with beneficiant helpings of spring onions and fried garlic and served with a cup of limitless garlic rice. Yes, unli rice!
Sensi’s Pares Hilton additionally gives different traditional Filipino breakfast meals all day like silog meals (tapsilog, chicksilog, adobosilog, and so forth.) and rice meals (tokwa’t baboy, candy and bitter pork, pork steak, burger steak, and so forth.). It operates on a “pay as you order” coverage. The restaurant is situated beside Calypso Beach and Dive Resort in Station 3 space.
The better part? You get to absorb the scenic view of White Beach whereas consuming.
Opening Hours: Monday – Sunday, 7:00 AM – 1:00 AM. Note that the opening hours may change, so it’s finest to examine the most recent schedule earlier than going.
Address: Station 3, White Beach, Barangay Manoc-Manoc, Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan
Main Dish Price Range: P100 – P200
We didn’t plan on giving this unassuming eatery a attempt. We had been simply having a stroll when our consideration was stolen by a tarpaulin that learn “Lovers in Pares.” And under the letters was a scrumptious-looking bowl of noodles with pares. Yep, at Zach Eatery, as a substitute of rice, pares is served with egg noodles! We received so tempted and curious that we had been seated at a desk very quickly.
Pares mami (P100), as it’s known as, is an ingenious tackle the pares. At the primary forkful, my first thought was: “They probably was a bit too heavy-handed with the salt.” It was then that I seen the calamansi on the plate it was standing on. A fast squeeze and it made every part proper. The citrus tempered the saltiness and stored the flavors balanced. I additionally tried it with chili oil, served in a small saucer on the facet, and every part on this planet was proper once more. Every slurp carried a few of the thick, wealthy soy-based broth. And it had a great variety of beef chunks, too!
This was the one dish we tried at Zach Eatery. Looking round, we noticed that it was extra of a scorching “hot plate” place, providing ubiquitous native faves like sisig, hen, and pork barbeque, normally at P149 per order. The eatery additionally supply turo-turo type dishes, which modifications every day. But we will’t say something about ’em as a result of we didn’t get to attempt any of them. We solely ordered pares mami.
‼️ UPDATE: A bowl of pares mami now prices P110 as of this writing.
Opening Hours: Monday – Saturday, from round 8:00 AM till provides final; Sundays, CLOSED.
Address: Station 2, White Beach Main Road, Barangay Balabag, Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan
Main Dish Price Range: P65 – P150
If you all of the sudden end up aching for lutong bahay and also you’re on a shoestring finances, one place you may need to take a look at is Jasper’s Tapsilog & Restaurant. It has been stuffing hungry bellies with inexpensive Filipino fare since 1995. This two-level unassuming restaurant alongside the primary street close to D’Mall attracts native and overseas vacationers alike.
It capabilities like your typical turo-turo or carinderia. A variety of pre-cooked dishes are on show inside a glass casing. Just level at one thing you need to attempt to the workers will hand a plate of it to you. Here, your little finances can go a great distance.
Vegetable dishes like laing and ginisang monggo value solely P50, whereas meat plates like humba, adobo, and caldereta had been between P60 and P75 per order. A stick of hen inasal was at P120, and a cup of rice at P20.
Specials embrace crispy pata, batchoy, bulalo, sisig, dinakdakan, and hen wings. Other objects on the menu embrace its signature silog meals, lugaw (rice porridge), sandwiches and burgers, noodles and pastas, and the scorching meals.
The bilao-size serving of noodles and pasta in addition to bilao combo with completely different mixture of predominant dishes cater to massive teams.
Opening Hours: Monday – Sunday, 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM.
Address: Station 2, White Beach Main Road, Barangay Balabag, Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan
Main Dish Price Range: Single Serving, P75 – P150; Group Serving, P150-P500; Bilao Serving, P450 – P900; Bilao Combo, P1500 – P3000
Pinoy avenue meals scene received’t be full with out ihaw-ihaw, and Boracay isn’t any exception. Here within the island, you’ll discover them in lots of corners, grilling staples like pork barbeque, isaw manok (hen intestines), isaw baboy (pork gut), balun-balunan (gizzard), atay (liver), tenga ng baboy (pig’s ears), balat ng baboy (pig’s pores and skin), and scorching canine, amongst others. These value P10-15 apiece.
Several BBQ stands dot the busy White Beach space — from Station 1 to three. We’ve tried Rel’s close to D’Mall space, however maybe essentially the most well-known is Merly’s BBQ, situated alongside the seashore between White Beach’s Station 1 and a pair of.
Founded in 1988, Merly’s is known as it’s extensively credited as the primary to serve chori burger, which has change into certainly one of Boracay’s most sought-after avenue grubs. You may discover eating places and stalls promoting chori burgers however Merly’s is the place it began!
But don’t anticipate a lot. It might have an iconic standing, however it’s nonetheless a humble BBQ stand in any case. Chori burger is fairly easy, actually: two slices of native chorizo, grilled, sandwiched, and squirted with ketchup. That’s it. For avenue meals lovers like me, it’s satisfying particularly for P50. But if you happen to’re anticipating extra, you might be higher off sinking your enamel into extra elaborate variations served at eating places.
Hours open: From 2:00 PM till provides final.
Location: Station 1 (between Bans Beach Resort and Sandbar Beach Club), White Beach, Brgy. Balabag
If you’re Pinoy, you’re in all probability used to the Andok’s. If not, let me clarify it a little bit. Andok’s is finest recognized for its charcoal-roasted lemongrass-stuffed entire hen (known as lechon manok), bought at pocket-friendly charges. It is so profitable that it has change into ubiquitous, present in most locations within the nation. And sure, there’s a variety of Andok’s branches in Boracay, too.
But Andok’s at D’Mall is further particular. It has change into a ceremony of passage, if you’ll, amongst finances vacationers. Compared to different branches, there actually isn’t something completely different about its hen. It’s not the style, as a result of it’s precisely the identical. It’s not the correct sit-down set-up, both. Yes, Andok’s is finest often known as a take-out joint, however it’s not distinctive to the island, as there are numerous different dine-in branches elsewhere. But for some purpose, it’s particularly pricey to vacationers.
My principle is, it’s in all probability psychological. It’s the perceived affordability. It’s not the value per se. If something, the costs listed here are a lot greater than at different Andok’s shops. But in comparison with different institutions surrounding it, it’s like an oasis in the midst of a expensive desert.
As of our final go to, a litson manok (entire) prices P405, which is costlier than exterior Boracay (which performs between P365 and P385). But provided that it will possibly feed 6-8 individuals (relying on the group’s urge for food), it’s nonetheless a steal.
Another crowd-pleaser is Dokito meal (P112), which is fried hen with rice, gravy, and drink. My favourite, although, is kawali royale (P391).
For single orders, the most affordable objects on the menu are the rice toppings at P65-75 every. It’s obtainable in adobo, chopseuy, and pork bistek variants.
Opening Hours: The opening schedule depends upon the department. Some are open 24/7, whereas others open at 7:00 AM and closes at 9:00 PM.
Branches: There are kind of seven of them, however essentially the most accessible from White Beach are these situated at D’Mall, Station 3 beachfront, and Station 2 predominant street.
Price Range: Rice Toppings, P65 – P75; Rice Meal, P100 – P200; For Sharing, P100 – P650
This wasn’t a part of our authentic itinerary. But after we posted on Instagram that we had been again in Boracay, Joana, certainly one of our followers, invited us for a chat at her cafe — Mr. D La Bettola Boracay. The identify offers it away, however it’s an Italian-inspired cafe alongside an alley stemming from Road 1-A. Nope, it’s not beachfront, however it’s an amazing factor as a result of it means the costs usually are not by the roof.
Mr. D’s quaint and comfy spot is sort of instagrammable, carrying a combination of Filipino and Mediterranean types. The menu can also be largely Italian, dominated by brick oven pizzas and pastas. But as a result of we visited in mid-afternoon, we opted for a drink. Vins had latte (P160) whereas I had matcha latte (P180). But they’re sufficient for us to place them on this record. These are a few of the higher cups we’ve had within the island, at far more accessible costs!
Operating hours: Daily, 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM.
Location: Near Road 1A (internal lane), Brgy. Balabag
Boracay’s map is dotted with eating places providing paluto providers. What units them aside from the others is that they help you “shop” for seafood elements per kilo after which you may have them cooked by their workers. Most of them was once concentrated within the D’ Talipapa space, which is now closed, so some institutions moved elsewhere. One of them is Plato D’ Boracay, which claims to be the “Home of Pinoy-Style Paluto on the Island”.
PLato D’ Boracay is now on the border of Station 1 and a pair of, beside Astoria Boracay and Royal Park. However, on our most up-to-date go to, we didn’t see the precise seafood for paluto. There additionally was once a turo-turo type nook for less expensive pre-cooked meals, however we didn’t see that, both. What greeted us was the standard order-menu setup. We got a menu and a waiter collected our order. I’m undecided if paluto and turo-turo providers are nonetheless obtainable right this moment.
Anyway, its present menu consists of largely seafood dishes: chili crabs, buttered prawns, scorching gambas, and recent oysters, to call a couple of. Prices vary from P400 for prawns and P800 for crabs. Other ordinary Pinoy favorites like pork sinigang, lechon kawali, hen tinola, chopseuy, and pinakbet are additionally obtainable. Meat dishes value P350 per order, whereas greens dishes P200. These are all for sharing.
You can also order particular person silog orders if you happen to’re solo. It prices round P150.
Like most institutions within the island, costs at Plato D’ Boracay might have gone up, too. But it’s nonetheless comparatively cheaper, no less than in comparison with different common eating places alongside White Beach.
The administration closed its department close to D’Mall and transferred to a a lot larger location in Station 1 beside . We noticed one other department on the bottom stage of Station X.
Opening Hours: Monday – Sunday, 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM.
Address: Station 1, White Beach Main Road, Barangay Balabag, Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan
OK, wait, put down these tomatoes. Before you begin complaining, “What!? You’re recommending fast food in Boracay?!” Calm down. We’re not encouraging you to stuff your face with quick meals.
But if, for no matter purpose you’re in search of it — whether or not you’re craving it otherwise you need to introduce it to an uninitiated overseas pal — we’re simply saying yow will discover them within the island. And there are plenty of them, too: Jollibee, McDonald’s, Chowking, KFC, and Mang Inasal. Most of them are situated in Station 2, across the D’ Mall space.
Mang Inasal will get a particular shoutout from us as a result of it serves hen inasal, and I like grilled issues normally. Other bestsellers are pork liempo, barbecue, bangus sisig, palabok, and halo-halo. It additionally has a retailer inside MetropolisMall.
I lately entered the McDo retailer right here to examine the costs and I discovered that the massive mac is pricier right here, so maybe the remainder of the dishes are too. And possibly the opposite quick meals, too? But unsurprisingy, it’s nonetheless cheaper than Boracay’s hottest homegrown eating places.
By the way in which, whereas it is a finances journey information, if you wish to attempt costlier meals spots and you’ll afford it, go forward. Enjoy your journey totally particularly if you happen to don’t get to journey usually. It’s additionally an effective way to assist the native financial system!
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First uploaded: 2023 04 23
Written by: Yosh Dimen
Photos by: Yosh Dimen
Additional phrases by: Asta Alvarez
