The family had a big dinner here a few years ago and that was my first time at the Granary, which…read moreis located in the Richmonde hotel. I'll be honest, that dinner with the family was quite nice but I can't really point to anything memorable, other than I liked the table settings and presentation of the food. We were a party of 40?? And they were prepared. But in staying eight (8) nights at the Richmonde for a vacation to visit family, I'm so glad we opted to pay extra for the buffet breakfast. I know, I know - Anthony Bourdain states that we should grab a meal far away from the hotel, but I actually liked it here. If you're not seated in the main dining area, by the kitchen, you'll be seated in the bar area. That's what I call the Business Class section. You may have to walk a little farther for your food, but it's not as busy and you can have a quiet conversation. As for the food, I really loved the omelettes which are made to order - I usually just asked for everything. There is a wide variety of breads, rolls, cakes (calorie counting??, not anymore), jams, cereals, there's just a ton of carb choices. My favorite was the Champorado - which is a chocolate rice porridge. Yes, this was a childhood memory in a bowl, topped with condensed milk. For protein, there was a lot of that too - longanisa sausages, beef tapa, and pork Tocino. There was a lot of fresh fruit too, and unlimited bacon. One warning, the coffee was not strong enough so have the hot chocolate instead. It was a pleasure to come here every morning and I had extra family members join me and they don't charge it to your room, so bring your credit card with you.

We opted to add breakfast as part of our hotel booking. They have an extensive menu both Filipino…read moreand western food. The service is great, they remove our dirty dishes right away. The size of this place is not too big nor too small but I think for the amount of their clientele they could use a bigger space.

Amazing seafood cooked at your own preference..grilled, sizzling, fried, steamed or served as a…read moresoup sinigang. You pay for the meat/seafood then they will cook it for you. Interior is mostly indigenous. Wooden tables and chairs. Imagine a big old tree sliced like bread, that's sort of how it was shaped and made into use as tables ;-) Staff are friendly especially if they remember you as a good tipper. Price is mediocre. Cheap for foreigners/baligbayans! Steamed oysters is like $2 for a bucket, not a piece of this exotic delicacy. There is food for meat lovers and vegetarians. Not sure about vegans. Anyways, it's always a good idea to ask. No reservations needed. Come anytime, and come as you are Beer, fresh fruit shakes and water is served for refreshments. Loved the grilled or sinigang na blue marlin or tanigue! Cash or credit card is accepted. Come with a heavy appetite. Bon Appetit!

Food was good give it a 6 out of 10. Service was decent. Open restaurant so you do get the…read moreoutdoor temperature and animals.

This place is called Breakthrough Restaurant ( @breakthroughiloilo ), because their seafood breaks…read morethrough the ocean, into my bellayyy! I'll see myself out now! LOL The Breakthrough Restaurants, are a very long-running seafood institution, in the Iloilo City metro area, of the Philippines. My family had been going here, since I was a baby and, it's been tradition, to go at least once, whenever we visit! The seafood is always fresh and top notch, the service is so kind and helpful and.....you're views are literally oceanside! It's the best way, to enjoy a meal! Hope you go check them out! #BreakthroughRestaurants #IloiloCity #seafoodexperts #oceansideviews #familytradition #familyfavorite #vacationmode #supportlocal Instagram: @NelzLovesIt

Best tasting restaurant in ILOILO CITY philipines…read more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ¡!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .........

Great service yummy food traditional to Iloilo. Just love it. Stopped by for lunch & what a great…read morehomecoming for me. Brought backed fond memories of my childhood. Ordered Crispy Pata, Kare-Kare, Fresh Vegetarian Lumpia, Ube Sago (Boba). Crispy Pata is pork leg with skin & bones boiled till tender & deep fried, crispy, so tasty. Be careful of bones tough on your teeth. Kare-Kare is beef stew with peanut sauce, thick & creamy with Pechay, like Bokchoy. Fresh Vegetable Lumpia is veggies wrapped in crepe like wrapper & rolled. Lumpia is not fried a healthy option. It comes with tasty sauce. Ube sago is more like Ube ice cream shake with Boba tapioca pearls. Ube is purple yam, Also good as a dessert drink. It's so rich, creamy & delicious. Nice ending to a great meal. Needless to say I rolled out of the restaurant with leftovers for my next meal in tow. The restaurant is in Robinson shopping mall with parking available. Free WiFi is available. This is my family's favorite traditional ilongo restaurant. Anyone visiting Iloilo must come & try this restaurant.

Another place for authentic Filipino staple favorites and Visayan food as well. They have several…read moresavory fried chicken,crispy pasta, Kare-kare, pinakbet, apan -apan (Visayan sauteed kangkong--a vegetable side dish). They serve tons of refreshing juices like Kalamansi juice, mango juice, fresh coconut juice. They also have special menu that's good for a party of 4 posted all around for a fixed price-all good for sharing. Just ask what portions best suits your party. The crispy pata is very good that has some crunchy skin and that perfect umami saltiness. This is located in the province of Iloilo where my in-laws are from. A very nice, upscale resto and oh, you can bring your own liquor and drink there even if it's a black label. They allow it and will even provide ice if you like that. It's a trendy place, clean, wonderful staff. I liked this place and all the foods we had. If you know your Filipino food like i do? I highly recommend this for a nice special dinner. This is a good place.

Great food and ambiance! Free wifi, no minimum amount needed to avail the internet connection…read more It was my first time to visit the cafe. Who better to ask about the house specialty, but the owner herself, Aradelle . Suggested the fried and rolled lasagna...yes! Very interesting way of serving...delicious! Finished the whole plate! Also had the cafe latte. It's ok. I like my drink to be super sweet! It's kind of pricy for the pasta lasagna but its worth every cent. Overflowing meat sauce and melted cheese. Surprised to bite bacon, rolled in the pasta They also serve all day breakfast, cakes and sandwiches. The location is inside a building complex. Got lost the first time. Interior is inspired by nature and for beach lovers. Dine in a surf board‍ Haven't tried the cakes or homemade ice cream. I'm pretty sure to come back!

Unfortunately, my experience here was quite disappointing. The customer service was poor and staff…read moreclearly lack training in basic hospitality. The level of service felt more appropriate for a casual turo-turo stall in a public market than a proper dining establishment -- food was served with little care or presentation, and there was no sense of professionalism in how customers were attended to. Management would do well to invest in proper customer service training if they hope to meet the standards expected of a sit-down restaurant

Legendary food landmark in Iloilo. Great ambiance,awesome seafood and native lechon manok together…read morewith awesome company,perfect dinner! Would always visit if in the area.

This particular resto joined in for the food festival tonight part of the celebrations for the…read morenext 2 days. This happens every year around the same time. Anyway, the way this is set-up is like the public market, only you pick the restaurant that represents and order whatever you like. Tonight's specialty is everything grilled: pork that was marinated several ways of either sweet, the other might be sweet and tangy, same with the chicken, fresh seafoods that are lightly seasoned with just salt then straight to grilling, and last but not the least- roasted pig chopped in big mouthful pieces to enjoy. You may order beers and other cold soda pops once your food arrives after they are cooked. Every customer is assigned a table with number and they determine your orders by this number. Everything grilled as we all know are very yummy. This is an outdoor activity food eating. It means tables and chairs are lined up across the blocked roads that stretches up to at least 3 blocks of what we know it in the US. It is super fun bcs there are several Live bands line-up to entertain all while you eat and drink.

Yes, recommend ko gid ni siya. Nami man food nila, would like though if they had more ice cream…read moreflavors kay chocolate and strawberry lang ang available pero other from that goods naman. I went here last night for my birthday and very accomodating naman sila. Nami sang service. The servers were really nice. I called beforehand to reserve sana pero it's only walk-ins. The atmosphere/ambiance is depende man sa tap pero sa akon is okay man.

This place is about 3 minutes away from SM city, but because of Iloilo traffic, it could take as…read morelong as 20 frikkin minutes. They don't take reservations so if you have a big party coming, then you better come early to secure seats. This place is popular mainly because of their unlimited korean BBQ but they also have a lot of other dishes to choose from - sushi, several filipino dishes, chinese dishes and desserts. For around 600php per person, I'd say it's a really good deal. The place is clean, service is good but a little bit slow. We don't have a lot of buffet places in Iloilo . There's vikings in sm city but i prefer this one because it's less expensive and they have KBBQ - a must for carnivores like me!

One of the best bachoy in town. Conveniently located in the Atria district. You can also order puto…read moreto go along with your bachoy. I like this place because it's clean and not too crowded.

This is an iconic place and restaurant. The specialty is the authentic la paz batchoy…read more It is off the beaten path located inside La Paz public market. The batchoy is a beef broth with thick yellow ramen noodles, thin slices of beef nd some slices of liver topped with crushed pork cracklings. Very tasty and savory soup. If you like it's served with "puto" a steamed rice cake.

If there's ever a time you're craving American food and you want it to be as close to the real…read morething as possible - you can come here and get that need satisfied. In addition, the decor is quite upbeat and there was a live band the last evening that we came - the place is really cool for having a good time. Plus, my last visit was about one year ago and the food has remained consistent - which is very important for us, wouldn't you agree? As for the food, you could close your eyes and think that you're having thin crust pizza at some joint in Chicago. And no, they don't skimp on ingredients. Do have the BBQ ribs and chicken - savory and soft. I would skip the chicken pot pie soup, I grew up on Swanson's chicken pot pie and the fact that this is missing a crust is unfathomable. I should have ordered steak (the true measure of serving great American food while in the Philippines) again but I didn't - but this doesn't change my 4 stars. Lastly, if you're going to call something fish and chips (but served with rice instead) - that's borderline false advertising. But the fried cod was like what we have back home (Curragh in Skokie)...sigh...Salt, you have been forgiven. I'll be back for the steak (FYI- the best steak in the country is at Wolfgang at SMaison/Conrad).

The attractive decor at this venue promises much, but either delivers or is dragged down by the…read morefood, and horrid parking! Meals. The first visit rendered their fish and chips to be 2 stars and: 1. very little of everything = what? 2. the one small piece of deep-fried 'dory' came out so overcooked that it was mushy and tasteless inside an attractive-looking slightly-herbed thin-layered batter that also gave little umph! As well, it was far too hot: the fish repeatedly burned my mouth even 10 minutes after served. What a drag!. 3. short, fat and tasty, there were only 6-7 steak fries! 4. their cole slaw was good, but the red colour didn't seem to be paprika. Fake colouring as some strange twist from the kitchen? 5. no lemon for the fish, but only white vinegar? 6. for 295 pesos, surely they could put more on the plate! 7. the attractive-looking wood container has a paper insert that can disintegrate and become part of your meal if not careful... Separately, I ordered a side of baked beans. Pleasantly surprized, they were quite good. Real baked beans with onions, ham and nice consistency (4 stars). On our next visit, we enjoyed the meal much more (3.75 stars): 1. my wife's chicken steak was large and filling: pleasantly-flavoured with a few subtle-tasting herbs, it came with a separate medium-sized bowl of mashed potatoes, a side bowl of mushroom gravy that added little, and a medium bowl of lettuce, tomato wedges and orange pieces dipped in a somewhat tangy sauce. Overall quite good. 2. flavourful and tender, the bbq'd short ribs were limited in size, and their steak fries almost doubled up to 10 pieces. 3. the small quantity of baked beans were so welcome. 4. slightly disintegrated, almost ate some of that paper lining... 5. after ascertaining that the caesar salad was prepared from scratch, was quite good, but definitely on the small side.. 6. the service was very good: recognizing me from the lunch the day before, they treated us kindly, and for our anniversary offered a paired dessert of vanilla ice-cream with a shaved nut-sauce topping and a cream brulee that was nicely accented. A warm 'thank-you' to the hard-working staff! In general a good meal, but their portion control is not okay! Better to add 10-20 pesos than to scrimp on the main! My wife ran a good pizza and salad restaurant in Canada, and in time we found out that truly great restos are hard to find over there also. It's much harder here. Their well-designed durable menu offers several steak options, but I hold back from ordering one: as a decent cook myself, after having found it hard to get great choice or prime steak even in a big 'cow-country' Canadian city, and after reading another review of an overdone steak at Salt, I am not sure of the skill of the kitchen: as it's really hard to get good beef from a good butcher anywhere in the country, many qualified questions are easily raised. But beef from Bel Cris out of Bacolod will likely be good: a better than average frozen meat and cheese supplier, it's not a stand-alone butcher shop. On our third visit we ordered mushroom pizza and 'molo loko' burger on rice pilaf with fried egg, but unimpressive. Authentic beef a good start, but greasy pie with no mushrooms in sight and only okay flavours = only 2.5 stars for it all. One meal out 15 minutes before the other = lack of awareness on timing and finesse. Found out the 1350p rib-eye steak is only 1-/2 to 3/4 inch thick, not enough to get a good sear or medium rare, but likely only well done! Sheesh! Parking. Squished between the busy two-lane street and a flyway that, serving several unrelated other businesses, leaves very few parking spots for Salt. Patrons having to endure this dumb situation often double-park into the street, trapping properly-parked cars and bottle-necking traffic. In talking to a Salt shift leader, he agreed that it's very poor for business. As well, oddly enough, it can only be accessed through a separate coffee shop to the back of the building. Service. Given the place's shortcomings, the crew does a great job (5 stars)! I wish I could salute this nice-looking American-styled place with more enthusiasm and a higher rating. As great chefs in North America and truly-qualified chefs in the Phils are in desperately short supply, we can hardly fault places like Muelle, FTI, and Salt for putting out food and portions that often miss. As owners often make questionable decisions behind the scenes, hardly can we fault the crew for following them! Vibe. Using technology effectively, a two-man live band did a good job of some oldies. Nice touch. Although most tunes fit right in, too bad they insist on doing old Cat Stevens stuff. As an upper-middle class venue, Salt would be well-served with some cloth napkins? Better than going through so many cheap clingy tissues that hate any kind of moisture. Ever come back? Sadly, it's still better than most venues in the city.