Best Restaurants in Boracay
We get this question constantly, usually with a menu already in hand: where's actually good to eat on this island? Here's our answer, station by station, from the team behind Nonie's. We put ourselves on the list — and a dozen places we have no stake in, because the island has more good food than any one restaurant's own website usually lets on.
Eating at Station 1 and Diniwid Beach
True Home Hotel & Bistro
An Asian-and-Italian menu, a few steps off White Beach: satay and nasi goreng alongside hand-tossed pizza and pasta. The combination shouldn’t work, and does.
The Pig Out Bistro
Wood-fired seafood and burgers, including a crab-and-bone-marrow patty that’s the only one of its kind on the island. Sauces and bread made in-house, no exceptions.
Muchos
The island’s biggest tequila and mezcal bar, with a menu that ranges from Peru to Colombia by way of Cuba and Mexico. Order the birria tacos.
Lanterna Hotel & Restaurant
A garden hideaway near Bulabog run by Chef Luigi Barbolla, one of the first Italians to settle on the island. Pasta and focaccia made fresh every day.
Smooth Cafe
Beachfront brunch near Willy’s Rock. Mango cream crepes, waffles, and on weekends, live saxophone from the rooftop deck at sunset.
DiniBeach Bar & Restaurant
A bamboo treehouse on the cliffside at Diniwid Beach, a short walk north past Station 1. Craft cocktails, fresh seafood, and a sunset DJ set most weekends from around 3pm.
Eating at Station 2
Jammers Beach Shack
A White Beach institution since 2002, relaunched in 2023 right on the sand. Burgers, chili cheese fries, and a wraparound ocean view from the second floor.
Little Taj
Modern Indian street food in a colorful, communal-table space in D’Mall. Regulars order the papdi chaat and butter chicken without looking at the menu.
Aidalicious Boracay
Bacolod-style chicken inasal, grilled the way it’s done back home. Their own branding ties them to the original Aida’s in Bacolod’s Manokan Country, running since 1972.
Eating at Station 3
Everrich Boutique Resort
A pet-friendly stay in Angol. Its café, Loveshack Bistro, does good coffee and all-day breakfast, with dogs wandering the grounds while you eat.
Villa Caemilla Beach Boutique Hotel
An award-winning beachfront hotel (World Boutique Awards, World Luxury Hotel Awards) with sunset cocktails and dinner service on the sand.
Giuseppe Pizzeria & Sicilian Roast
Stone-oven pizza and Sicilian-style roasts from an Italian-run kitchen on the same street as Nonie’s. Regulars split between the Quattro Formaggi and the Spaghetti Marinara.
TGH The Grillhouse Sportsbar
A sports bar a few steps from Nonie’s. Steaks share the menu with German and Swiss staples — sausages, schnitzel, imported beer — and NBA or NHL is usually on the screens.
The Sunny Side Café
Boracay’s original Sunny Side location, open since 2014 on the Boracay Sands Hotel beachfront. All-day breakfast, pastries, and an unobstructed view.
Nonie's
Filipino-inspired, all-scratch cooking on the Station 3 beachfront inside Ondus Hotel. Breakfast buffet from 6:00 AM, à la carte through the day, and a kitchen that starts the night before service does. This is our own restaurant — we're not shy about it being on this list.
Questions people actually ask.
Depends what you’re after. Station 1 has the resort energy and the widest stretch of beach. Station 2 is the busiest part of the island, most restaurants packed close together. Station 3 is quieter — fewer places, but they’re better on average. If you’ve only got one meal to spend well on this island, we’d point you to Station 3. We would say that, but it also happens to be true.
At Station 3, inside Ondus Hotel. We put ourselves on this list on the same basis as everyone else on it — because we’d send a friend here. Read the rest of the guide and decide if you believe us.
No single answer. Boracay’s dining runs across four kilometres of coastline and a few hundred restaurants, and what’s popular shifts with the season and the station. This guide skips the "most popular" question and just lists what locals and the Nonie’s team actually recommend, station by station.
Yes. Boracay’s restaurant scene changes constantly, and we’ll add new spots here as we find them.
