The hottest restaurants in Pasay right now

Ranked by Manila's food community this week. Updated hourly — no paid placements.

Pasay occupies a strange and interesting position in Manila's dining landscape. On one side, the airport and the reclamation developments have brought in hotel restaurants and convention-adjacent dining that caters to travelers and event crowds. On the other, older residential and commercial streets — particularly around the Libertad and F.B. Harrison areas — carry the flavor of a working neighborhood that feeds itself without fanfare. The food here spans a wide range: classic Filipino plates, hawker-style street food, budget seafood, and the occasional surprise from a small shopfront that has earned a local following. Bay Area developments have added newer commercial dining into the mix, but the older parts of Pasay still feel connected to the city's longer culinary history, and eating there tends to feel genuinely local rather than staged for an outside audience.