Bars

Makati, Metro Manila

12/10 Bar in Legazpi Village Makati is one of the most acclaimed craft cocktail bars in the Philippines — a sophisticated destination consistently recognized for its outstanding cocktail program and its role in developing Filipino cocktail culture. The bar's extraordinary contribution to Philippine bartending standards and its remarkable ability to compete with regional Asian cocktail destinations create a bar of genuine Philippine hospitality significance.

Legazpi Village, Makati, Metro Manila 1229

Makati, Metro Manila

Poblacion in Makati is the Philippines' most exciting and rapidly evolving nightlife neighborhood — a dense urban grid of short streets where dozens of outstanding independent bars, quirky restaurants, and creative entertainment venues have transformed a former low-income residential area into Manila's most celebrated alternative entertainment district. Poblacion's remarkable ability to sustain authentic, affordable independent bar culture while rapidly gentrifying and its extraordinary concentration of creative establishments create bars of considerable Philippine urban culture significance.

Poblacion, Makati, Metro Manila 1210

Makati, Metro Manila

Niner Ichi Nana (917) is one of Makati Poblacion's most celebrated cocktail bars — a small neighborhood bar that has built an extraordinary reputation for outstanding cocktails using Filipino ingredients and regional flavors in a country whose extraordinarily diverse archipelago produces remarkable botanical ingredients. The bar's remarkable use of Philippine ingredients and its contribution to Filipino cocktail identity create a bar of genuine Philippine mixology significance.

Poblacion, Makati, Metro Manila 1210

Makati, Metro Manila

The Curator Coffee and Cocktails is one of Manila's most innovative and award-winning bars — a pioneering venue that combines exceptional specialty coffee culture with outstanding craft cocktails in a single space, representing the most creative face of the Philippine hospitality renaissance. The bar's remarkable concept and its extraordinary contribution to Manila's development as a serious cocktail city create a bar of considerable Philippine mixology significance.

Legazpi Village, Makati, Metro Manila 1229

Mandaluyong, Metro Manila

Manila's Ortigas Center craft cocktail bar scene serves one of Southeast Asia's most rapidly growing economies — a Philippines that has been one of Asia's fastest-growing economies with annual GDP growth rates of 6-7% driven by remarkable OFW remittances (Overseas Filipino Workers send home $37 billion annually, more per capita than any other major economy) and an extraordinary BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) industry. The Philippines' remarkable English-speaking advantage and its vibrant service economy create bars of considerable Philippine economic significance.

Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila 1550

Quezon City, Metro Manila

Alamat Filipino Pub is one of the most culturally distinctive bars in the Philippines — a craft beer bar dedicated to Filipino-made craft beers, traditional lambanog (coconut wine), tapuy (rice wine), and spirits that represent the extraordinary diversity of Filipino fermentation traditions across the country's 7,641 islands. The bar's remarkable celebration of Filipino beverage culture and its outstanding curation of Philippine craft beverages create a bar of genuine Philippine cultural heritage significance.

Scout Tuason, Quezon City 1103

Quezon City, Metro Manila

Cafe Romulo is one of Manila's most culturally significant restaurants and bars — named after General Carlos P. Romulo (Philippine diplomat, journalist, and the only Asian ever to serve as President of the United Nations General Assembly), serving outstanding traditional Filipino cuisine that celebrates the extraordinary diversity of Philippine culinary heritage across the country's 7,641 islands. The restaurant's remarkable celebration of Filipino cultural heritage and its outstanding traditional Filipino food and drinks create a bar of genuine Philippine cultural significance.

Tomas Morato Ave, Quezon City 1103

Quezon City, Metro Manila

Route 196 in Katipunan is the most important university-area live music bar in the Philippines — a venue near the Ateneo de Manila, UP Diliman, and Miriam College that has launched the careers of countless Filipino indie bands and continues to present the most vibrant scene of original Filipino music in Quezon City. The bar's extraordinary role in the Philippine indie music ecosystem and its remarkable contribution to nurturing young Filipino musical talent create a bar of genuine Philippine music culture significance.

196 Katipunan Ave, Quezon City 1108

Taguig, Metro Manila

Bonifacio Global City's craft cocktail bar scene represents the most internationally sophisticated bar culture in the Philippines — a former US military base redeveloped into Manila's most cosmopolitan district where outstanding independent cocktail bars, international restaurant brands, and the Philippines' most affluent young professionals create a bar environment of remarkable quality. BGC's extraordinary transformation and its outstanding hospitality infrastructure create bars of considerable Philippine contemporary significance.

BGC, Taguig, Metro Manila 1634

Taguig, Metro Manila

The Grid Food Market at Power Plant Mall Rockwell Center is one of Manila's most outstanding food hall and bar destinations — a beautifully curated collection of the Philippines' finest small restaurant and bar concepts in one of Manila's most prestigious residential and commercial developments. Rockwell's extraordinary community of Manila's most affluent and internationally minded residents and the Grid's outstanding Philippine culinary curation create a bar destination of considerable Philippine food culture significance.

Power Plant Mall, Rockwell, Makati 1210