Restaurants

Baguio's nightly street-food-and-thrift market along Harrison Road beside Burnham Park, open 9 PM–2 AM. Dozens of stalls sell cheap Filipino street food — isaw, betamax, kwek-kwek, grilled balut, sisig and bulalo noodle soup — next to a sprawling ukay-ukay (thrift) bazaar.

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Baguio's iconic open-air garden café in Camp John Hay's Igorot Garden (est. 1996) — thick, hand-whisked traditional tsokolate de batirol from Philippine cacao in a dozen flavors, with bibingka, turon de langka, palabok, and Filipino classics under the pines.

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Baguio's beloved 50-year Filipino-Chinese institution on Rajah Matanda St — famous for generous, dirt-cheap family-style platters, garlic buttered chicken and the signature Good Taste Rice. The smaller original, back of Center Mall by the Dangwa terminal.

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Baguio's iconic 1988 cafe-restaurant founded by artists (including National Artist BenCab), set among historic WWII garden-theater ruins across City Hall — farm-to-table Cordilleran cooking, house-baked breads with signature spreads, Ruins coffee, and pinikpikan.

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One of Baguio's most beloved pizzerias — a 24-hour institution on Session Road, in the old Theatre Building. Across cozy, nostalgic floors it serves generously topped pizzas (including the local Smoked Pork Etag), pasta, steaks, all-day breakfast and desserts, plus a full bar, at affordable prices.

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Authentic Greek taverna (est. 2016), led by Athens-born Chef Takis — souvlaki, gyros, moussaka, charcoal lamb chops, saganaki, and baklava served in a whitewashed, rustic-Mediterranean space with a pine-view veranda. Generous, shareable portions and a full Greek breakfast on weekends.

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Rose Bowl is a Baguio institution (since 1969) serving Cantonese Chinese and American dishes lauriat-style on lazy-susan tables, in family-sized portions. A two-storey building with big windows and a city view — a nostalgic, group-friendly spot for sweet-and-sour pork, chop suey and pata tim.

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Baguio's most popular unli Korean BBQ buffets — unlimited samgyeopsal and 20+ side dishes, grilled at your own table in a cozy house-turned-restaurant on South Drive near Camp John Hay. Free hanbok costumes for photos, al fresco seating in the cool air, and a casual family-and-barkada vibe.

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Baguio's beloved family-owned Italian restaurant, now in a historic mansion on Outlook Drive — wood-fired Neapolitan pizzas, handmade pasta, steaks, and inventive local creations like Ube and Strawberry pizza, with garden terrace seating and mountain views.

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Miele Guide-awarded fine-dining room on the ground floor of historic 1909 Casa Vallejo. Chef-owner Mitos Benitez-Yñiguez's globe-spanning hill-station cuisine (paella, lamb tagine, crispy duck flakes with laing, Death by Chocolate) in a romantic, old-world wooden-house setting with live piano.

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Baguio's first craft brewery (est. 2014) on Marcos Highway — 18+ rotating taps of handcrafted beer named after Ifugao mythology, a plant-filled "beer garden" with mountain views, live bands, and hearty beer-chow like ribs, nachos, and stout isaw.

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The original Grumpy Joe — a converted old mansion on Gibraltar Road near Mines View serving the brand's hearty US and Italian comfort food: the Hawaiian-style Grumpy Joe pizza, 5-cheese pizza, spicy seafood pesto, fried chicken, and flavored wings, in big shareable portions.

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A beloved third-wave specialty coffee café in a quiet Manzanillo subdivision (est. 2019) — a converted house with a lush garden lawn, famous for melty grilled-cheese sandwiches (try the ube), the signature Dirty Horchata, pour-overs, and a relaxed, pet- and kid-friendly hideaway vibe.

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Baguio's pioneering vegetarian restaurant and art space, on the top (5th) floor of the La Azotea Building on Session Road (no elevator), with eclectic handmade decor — a half-galleon over a koi pond, a performance stage, and a panoramic city view — and an all-vegetarian menu of witty.

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Baguio's only purely Cordilleran restaurant, in a rustic Igorot-style hut beside Tam-awan Village. Smoked-meat kinuday, pinikpikan in a coconut shell, pinuneg and dinakdakan — authentic highland cooking at pocket-friendly prices.

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Baguio's most beloved Japanese restaurant — a stone-and-wood old-Baguio home on Legarda Road run by a Japanese husband-and-wife team, serving exceptionally fresh sashimi, sukiyaki, ramen, and yakitori with complimentary appetizers and matcha ice cream. Reserve ahead.

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Baguio's beloved homegrown comfort-food joint (est. 2008), in a bright white space on Kisad Road across Burnham Park — famous for fall-off-the-bone Lomo Ribs, an all-day brunch line, local craft beer, and a FOOD x MUSIC x ART community spirit.

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Family-run Filipino institution beside Burnham Lake since 1972, named for the Ibaloi drum. Home-cooked Cordilleran-Filipino fare — kare-kare, palabok and puto bumbong served all year — best enjoyed al fresco by the water.

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The Baguio institution for strawberry shortcake — fresh-strawberry layered cakes since 2004 — on Session Road, plus Western mains, thin-crust pizzas and famously strong coffee.

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Smoke-free Japanese charcoal yakiniku on Military Cutoff Road — grill premium Angus, pork belly, salmon belly and seafood at your table, à la carte or all-you-can-eat (₱745–799). The lone Baguio branch of the Tajimaya chain.

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Luisa's Cafe is an old Chinese-Filipino restaurant on Session Road, in business since 1957. Simple cafeteria-style seating with lazy Susans, and a dated, no-frills interior — known for handmade-noodle mami, siopao, brewed coffee, large portions, and low prices.

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Spanish-Filipino-Italian "House of Paella" in a homey converted house on Outlook Drive, near The Mansion. Known for burnt-bottom paella, callos, crispy pata and rice coffee milled by the owner's own family.

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Heritage Filipino restaurant at the Igorot Stairs (the old Barrio Fiesta site, beside Casa Vallejo), from chef Happy Ongpauco-Tiu's Barrio Fiesta family. Heirloom classics — kare-kare, crispy pata, bagnet, bulalo — plus a Tsokolateria cacao café and Hawaiian BBQ at the same table.

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Widely called Baguio's best dim sum — the local branch of the Manila Cantonese group King Chef . Authentic dim sum (hakaw, siomai, xiao long bao, King's Fin dumplings), congee, noodles, and HK-style roasts via traditional cart service and al fresco seating in the cool Baguio air.

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Baguio's first and oldest Korean restaurant, on Military Cutoff Rd — an unlimited KBBQ buffet (₱499 adult / ₱299 child) of samgyeopsal and banchan, plus authentic cooked dishes like samgyetang, gamjatang and tangsuyuk, with hanbok photo corners.

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Art-filled Mediterranean restaurant and craft brewery/distillery above the L'Atelier bakery on Military Cutoff Rd. Steaks, lamb, kabsa and truffle pasta paired with house-made Witchcraft beer, gin and whiskey. Premium, and worth it.

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The flagship fine-dining restaurant of culinary pioneer Chef Billy King, inside the historic Manor at Camp John Hay. French-Mediterranean cuisine meets Filipino, Asian and international flavors in a warm log-cabin setting — known for prime US steaks, foie gras, soufflés, and lavish buffets.

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The original branch of a family-owned Spanish-bistro-and-steakhouse group founded in 1971 with indoor and outdoor seating, private rooms, and live piano. Known for its tableside-prepared Caesar Salad, steaks, Spanish paella, and flambéed desserts, and a long-standing choice for celebrations.

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Acclaimed chef Waya Araos-Wijangco's intimate, art-filled restaurant "travel the world on your plate" with globe-spanning dishes (beef rendang, salted egg pork belly, octopus ceviche, black pasta palabok) built on local Cordilleran ingredients, plus strawberry panna cotta and Benguet forest cake.

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A 1950s Baguio heritage house on Outlook Drive South serving authentic Spanish food from Casa Marcos' 1945 recipes alongside 11 craft beers on tap — five paellas, four gambas, in-house keg-aged sangria, free tasting flights, ₱120 beers every Thursday, and zero service charge.

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Long-running, affordable halal eatery on Upper Bonifacio Street run by a Pakistani owner — known for authentic chicken biryani, beef masala, dirt-cheap crispy samosa, shawarma, and famous red & white sauces.

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Artsy three-story house-turned-café, museum, and mini-library on Ambuklao Road near Mines View — Filipino comfort food, freshly baked pies, Benguet coffee, and Cloud Tea, with a balcony overlooking the Cordillera mountains.

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The flagship of Baguio's top-rated ramen bar, on scenic South Drive — izakaya-inspired, serving authentic Japanese ramen (chuka soba, tsukemen, tantanmen), Hirata buns, gyoza, mochi, and Japanese cocktails.

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The 1993 Session Road original of the beloved Don Hen — the homegrown Baguio Italian-American chain famous for BIG plates: the meaty Don Henrico's Supreme pizza (up to 18 inches), buffalo wings with house ranch, tacos, pastas, and hand-tossed made-to-order crusts.

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Mahii Indian Cuisine is an Indian restaurant on Gaerlan Street in Campo Filipino, Baguio, widely regarded as the city's most popular Indian spot. It opened around 2021, You order, pay, and collect at a counter window. Known for chicken biryani, samosas, butter chicken, and other North Indian dishes.

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A long-running, upscale Cantonese seafood restaurant in downtown Baguio (since 1996) — authentic Hong Kong-style dishes in big, shareable portions: baked crabs in ginger and onion, Yang Chow fried rice, Thai chili shrimp, sweet-and-sour pork, cold cuts, and the famous mango-filled snowballs.

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Ramen Nagi is a popular Japanese tonkotsu-ramen chain (from Japan), on the 2nd floor of SM City Baguio's Main Building. Known for richly flavored, fully customizable King ramen bowls and al fresco terrace seating with a city view — pricey but well-loved. Expect long lines at peak, so go early.

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The SM City Baguio branch of Wood Nymph — a Korean BBQ spot on the mall's 2nd floor with an al fresco view of Sky Ranch, serving samgyeopsal, hotpots, rice bowls, dosirak and meat sets. Same name as the Military Cutoff original but separately run.

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The cozy in-house café of Bloomfield Hotel on Leonard Wood Road, a 3-minute walk from Session Road and SM City Baguio. Opened in 2014, an artsy space stitching together patches of old and modern Baguio — all-day breakfast, comfort food, pizzas, pasta, rice bowls, coffee and in-house-baked pastries.

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Silantro Fil-Mex Cantina is a Filipino-Mexican restaurant inside Summer Pines Residences on Marcos Highway, known for generous nachos, meaty burritos, quesadillas, tacos and paella with unlimited sauces. The Baguio branch adds a panoramic view that makes it a popular sunset spot, with free parking.

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Authentic boulangerie-patisserie run by veteran French pastry chef Didier, turning out exceptional croissants, kouign-amann, brioche, madeleines, fruit and cheesecake tarts, and sourdough, all made from scratch in small batches through the day.

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Red Rustikz is a charcoal-fired brick-oven pizza and fresh-pasta spot on Upper General Luna Road, with an open kitchen — watch pizzas baked in an 800°F oven and pasta cut to order. Italian-inspired but Korean-run, it also serves 100% beef burgers, ribs, Korean dishes and an unlimited samgyup buffet.

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A homegrown Filipino casual-dining chain founded in 1970. It serves signature pancakes and waffles all day alongside Classic Pan Chicken, spaghetti, tacos, omelettes and Filipino breakfasts in a cozy, family-friendly diner setting. Known for fast service and generous, well-priced comfort food.

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The compact second Baguio branch of Amare La Cucina — beside the Victory Liner terminal and connected to Microtel hotel, with on-site parking. The same wood-fired Neapolitan pizzas, handmade pasta, and steaks, ideal as a stopover.

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The BenCab Museum's farm-to-table café, named after the National Artist's muse — Filipino comfort food and BenCab's own recipes made with produce from the on-site organic farm, on a terrace overlooking a duck pond, gardens, and the Cordillera mountains.

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Raquel's Cuisine by Forest House is the reborn Forest House, now in a log-cabin setting at Venus Garden, Suello Village. Tucked into a high-altitude spot with garden, valley and sunset views, it serves hearty Filipino and Continental food — bagnet specials, fresh lumpia, quesadillas and course sets.

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A homey, affordable Korean BBQ and samgyupsal house on Abanao Extension near Legarda Road — unlimited samgyupsal from ₱299 with 8 refillable side dishes, plus beloved kimchi jjigae, spicy seafood hotpot, à la carte BBQ and Chinese-leaning noodles. Cash only.

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The mall branch of Baguio's most beloved Japanese restaurant — the same Japanese-owned kitchen standards and daily-fresh sashimi as the Legarda original, in a spacious SM City Baguio space with a Sunset Terraces veranda overlooking the city, ~₱400 set meals, and cashless payments.

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Specialty coffee shop, roastery, and microbakery tucked on the 4th floor of Porta Vaga Mall — celebrated for pour-overs, its signature Dirty Horchata, oat/soy/almond milk options, and locally roasted beans for sale.

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The Session Road branch of Baguio's family-run Solibao (est. 1972), tucked into Porta Vaga near the Cathedral. Same home-cooked Filipino menu and year-round puto bumbong as the Burnham flagship, in a compact indoor merienda spot.

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Kisad branch of L'Atelier Du Grain, Baguio's acclaimed French bakery by chef Didier — the same from-scratch croissants, kouign-amann, brioche, madeleines, and fruit/cheesecake tarts in a small, cute counter-seating nook along Bauang–Baguio Road, with an open kitchen you can watch and friendly staff

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The SM City Baguio outlet of the famous Camp John Hay garden café — the same hand-whisked traditional tsokolate de batirol in its many flavors, served as a drinks-and-merienda stop on Level 2 by the mall's Sunset Terraces view deck.

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Home of the nationally famous BCC Raisin Bread — soft, moist, raisin-studded — plus its beloved Banana Bread, Cheese Bread, cakes, pastries, gourmet sandwiches, BCC chocolates, and home-made gelato, served with great coffee in a cozy club setting. Inside the private club.

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The central, walkable branch of Baguio's top-rated ramen bar — just off Legarda Road near Burnham Park and Session Road. Authentic Japanese ramen (chuka soba, tsukemen, tantanmen), Hirata buns, gyoza, mochi, and Japanese cocktails in a cozy, open-kitchen space.

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Cozy second-floor café-bistro inside Session Road's City Center Hotel — Filipino and Western comfort food, all-day coffee, craft cocktails, and a famous moist carrot cake, with balcony views over busy Session Road.

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The SM City Baguio outlet of Baguio's homegrown "Don Hen" — the same big shareable plates as the 1993 Session Road original (Supreme pizza, buffalo wings with house ranch, baked pastas, calzones) on the mall's Lower Ground Sunset Terraces level, with GrabFood delivery and Eatigo discounts.

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The original Foam Coffee — a 24-hour specialty café near Burnham Park, serving signature foam lattes, freshly roasted coffee, artisan donuts, and Korean-leaning Asian-fusion meals around the clock.

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Aesthetic two-story coffee roastery in Baguio's Legarda area — signature foam lattes, freshly roasted beans, art toys, fluffy artisan donuts, and Korean-leaning Asian-fusion meals, with a Japanese-inspired Zen ground floor.

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One of Baguio's most-loved comfort-food restaurants — hearty US and Italian fare in big shareable portions: the Hawaiian-style Grumpy Joe pizza, melty 5-cheese pizza, spicy seafood pesto pasta, fried chicken, and flavored wings. This is the bigger, newer flagship near SM — cash only, expect a queue.

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The compact, central second branch of beloved Hatch Coffee — a short walk from Session Road and SM, with the same third-wave coffee and famous grilled-cheese sandwiches plus the rice bowls (bistek!) the original dropped. A quiet, pet-friendly, work-friendly spot with WiFi and plenty of sockets.

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The 24/7 grab-and-go arm of beloved Hatch Coffee — a counter inside the StopShop convenience store at the Caltex Kisad-BGH rotunda, serving Hatch's signature coffee (the Orange Long Black is a must), wraps, and pastries any hour. Perfect for a last-minute Hatch run before leaving Baguio.

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The Camp John Hay bistro of Hill Station group — set CJH's pine forest, serving the brand's globe-spanning comfort cooking (slow-roast beef, beef kaldereta, baby back ribs, beef tenderloin, sans rival) in a cozy old-world setting, with generous sharing-size plates and all-day breakfast.

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The casual mall-bistro outlet, on Level 2 of SM City Baguio's Sunset Terraces — Hill Station cooking (slow-roast beef, kare-kare, adlai champorado, Australian tenderloin, Death by Chocolate) in a relaxed bistro with an al fresco terrace overlooking Baguio (blankets provided). Delivery available.

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Leonard Wood Road branch of L'Atelier Du Grain, Baguio's acclaimed French bakery by chef Didier — the same from-scratch croissants, kouign-amann, madeleines and fruit/cheesecake tarts (plus savories), inside The Marketplace supermarket. A takeaway detour for a quick French-pastry fix.

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L'Atelier Du Grain's 4th branch and its first mall location — inside SM City Baguio — bringing the acclaimed from-scratch French pastries (croissants, kouign-amann, brioche, madeleines, fruit and cheesecake tarts) of the So family's bakery with chef Didier Derouet to the city's biggest mall.

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The reincarnation of the beloved Cafe Yagam — a small specialty-coffee bar and roastery at the Calle Uno Food Hub serving top-tier Cordillera single-origin coffee, brewed your way (pour-over, Aeropress, or siphon), with Yagam beans to take home.

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The Camp John Hay branch of Pizza Volante, inside the Baguio-AyalaLand Technohub. A spacious, 24-hour outlet with indoor and al fresco seating in the cool pine air, serving the same brand-wide pizzas, pastas and comfort food — a relaxed spot for families, groups and the area's BPO workers.

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The SM City Baguio branch of Pizza Volante, on the 2nd floor of the city's main mall atop Luneta Hill. Same brand-wide pizzas, pastas and comfort food as the Session Road original at reasonable prices, in a convenient, family-friendly mall setting — with view seating some diners.

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The Wright Park branch of Pizza Volante, Baguio's beloved home-grown pizzeria, on Romulo Drive across from the park. Its main draw is the setting — al fresco tables with views of Wright Park and the cool mountain air — plus the same pizzas, pastas and comfort food as the Session Road original.

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Point & Grill is an affordable home-style Kapampangan and Filipino restaurant , built on a point-and-grill concept — Ituro mo, Ihaw ko (You point, I'll grill). Spread over multiple floors, it serves big, budget-friendly rice meals from family recipes: barbecue, sinigang, kare-kare, sisig and more.

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The original Sinner or Saint — a Cordilleran-Filipino café just past the La Trinidad arch near Bell Church, famous for its Camote Cake and for kini-ing (smoked-meat) dishes. The menu splits into "Sinner" (indulgent) and "Saint" (healthy).

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Beloved Cordilleran café famous as the "home of camote cake" — now with al fresco dining inside a scenic seminary compound of pine trees and old-Baguio calm. Local cakes, shawarma, rice meals, and tapuy ice cream.

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Downtown take-out branch of Solibao in the Cedar Peak Building (Upper Mabini corner General Luna, near Session Road). Same all-Filipino menu and year-round puto bumbong, in a quick, no-frills setup. Formerly known as Cafe Solibao.

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Highway-stop café branch of Baguio's Farmer's Daughter, perched along Marcos Highway near the Badiwan Viaduct in Tuba. Same Cordilleran smoked-meat menu — kinuday, pinikpikan, pinuneg, mix-mix — with a scenic valley view.

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Solibao's sister restaurant at Burnham Park's North Football Grounds, serving highland Filipino home cooking. Known for binalot (banana-leaf-wrapped) rice meals, fried ukoy and palabok, with al fresco park-side seating.

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Artisanal chocolate café on the Igorot Stairs known for "everything cacao" — thick Filipino hot chocolate (tsokolate de batirol) served in metal pitchers, churros waffles, and cacao-infused Filipino dishes, with cozy city-view seating.

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