5 Outdoor Restaurants in Manila Where You Can Feast at Ease with Their Dine-in Services

Location: 145 Ipil St corner Champaca, Marikina Heights, Marikina City

Operating Hours: Thursday to Sunday, 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM

Greg and Sally Tree Garden Café reopened its doors for al fresco dine-in service. This outdoor restaurant offers various Filipino comfort foods: sizzling pork sisig (minced and fried pig ears), sinigang (sour tamarind soup), and tocino with bagoong rice (sweet cured pork sausage with fermented shrimp rice).

This cozy outdoor restaurant in Manila sets dining tables at a proper distance from each other so there would be appropriate social distancing between diners.

Location: Nielson Tower, Ayala Triangle 1209 Makati

Operating Hours: Daily, 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM

One of Makati’s most sophisticated outdoor restaurants in Manila, Blackbird, fuses classics with contemporary Asian cooking. They prioritize the safety of their diners by cleaning and disinfecting their facilities. Along with the thorough disinfection, they redesigned their outdoor restaurant’s layout to ensure enough distance between tables. Blackbird also trained its staff to strictly implement the safety rules prescribed by the government. When dining in, customers have the choice to eat at their spacious al fresco terrace, grill room, or their upstairs dining room.

Location: 11 Isabelo Mendoza St. San Roque, Marikina City

Rustic Mornings by Isabelo implemented strict safety protocols when they reopened their dine-in services and charming outdoor restaurant garden dining area. For one, this outdoor restaurant in Manila requires diners to make table reservations. Once at the restaurant, guests must have their body temperature checked and fill out a health declaration form for contact tracing. Guests with fever and flu-like symptoms will not be allowed to enter. Wearing face masks will also be required at all times except when eating and drinking. Alcohol stations will also be installed within the establishment, and physical distancing will be observed in dining areas, queuing areas, and restrooms.

Location: 744 General Luna Street, Intramuros, Manila

Ilustrado Restaurant reopened for dine-in services. The old-style outdoor restaurant is known for its Spanish garden courtyard, cafe, and neo-classic main dining room. Along with its reduced capacity, this outdoor restaurant in Manila will also be limiting its menu options for the cafe and best sellers. Their specials include paella Ilustrado, callos Madrilena (stew with ox tripe, chorizo, pimientos, bacon slab, and garbanzos), and adobong bagnet with crab fat (marinated deep fried pork belly).

Location: 66 Esteban Abada Street, Loyola Heights, Quezon City

Operating Hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM

For everyone’s safety, NINYO Fusion Cuisine and Wine Lounge will be opening their dine-in services for reservations only. Guests who feel unwell and have flu-like symptoms are encouraged to stay in their homes. At the outdoor restaurant, foot baths will be installed at the entrance. Customers will also be required to wear face masks, fill out a health declaration form, and have their temperature checked. Alcohol dispensers will also be provided for disinfection.

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