'Ang Pinaka' Yummy Restaurants in Bohol

Team “Ang Pinaka” flies to Bohol for their series of monthly food trips. What are the hottest dining spots in Bohol? Host Rovilson Fernandez and field correspondent Maey Bautista find out.

(Restaurants are listed according to location: Tagbilaran City and Panglao Island.)

Yummiest Restaurants in Tagbilaran City

Payag Restaurant/Jo’s Chicken Inatio

 

Payag, in Bisaya, means kubo. The restaurant is named such because it started out as a nipa hut housing only 12 tables. Payag Restaurant’s chicken inato (P121), however, was so in demand that the owners relocated to a bigger space.

Aside from their chicken inato, crowd favorites from Payag Restaurant include their binakhaw, or kilawin (P98); sizzling pork sisig (P135); pinakbet (P95); and chicken chicharon, or fried chicken skin (P80).

For a taste of Jo’s Chicken Inato, check out Payag Restaurant at 18 Carlos P. Garcia East Avenue, Tagbilaran, Bohol.


Gerarda's Restaurant
 

For a modern take on Filipino cuisine, Gerarda’s Restaurant is the place to be.

Start light with the restaurant’s healthy vegetable soup, Nilaw-oy soup. Then try Gerarda’s best of the bestsellers, dinakdakan (P180), or pork belly with gata.

Other recommended items are their seafood kare-kare (P295), crispy tinadyang (P220), and ube kinampay (P150), or stir-fried ube.

Gerarda’s Restaurant is located at 20 JS Torralba St., Tagbilaran, Bohol.


JJ’s Seafood Village
 

At JJ’s Seafood Village, you can feast on seafood meals and Chinese cuisine with a full view of the Tagbilaran Bay.

For seafood meals, bestsellers at JJ’s Seafood Village are their grilled squid (P570), steamed lapu-lapu with soy sauce (P600), and grilled tuna belly (P600). If you’re craving Chinese, try pancit laureate (P390) and chow patching (P600), or Chinese vegetable stew.

Check out JJ’s Seafood Village at  K of C Drive Celestino Gallares St, Dakabayan sa Tagbilaran 6300.


Golden Cowrie Filipino Restaurant
 

Start your meal at Golden Cowrie Filipino Restaurant with imbao soup (P135). Imbao is a type of shellfish abundant in the Visayas region.

For heavier meals, recommended items are their boneless bangus (P157-small, P280-big), adobong talong (P95), and chicken pandan (P136). For desserts, make sure to try their budbod turon (P79), turon drizzled with mango, chocolate, and caramel syrups, and latik.

Golden Cowrie Filipino Restaurant is located at VP Inting Avenue, Tagbilaran City, Bohol.


Prawn Farm Restaurant

 

Prawn Farm Restaurant is a fine dining restaurant inside Island City Mall in Tagbilaran City that specializes in seafood dishes.

Mouth-watering specialties of Prawn Farm Restaurant are their prawn halabos (P395), seafood bouillabaisse (P185), prawn spring rolls (P225), steamed pompano (P105/100 grams), and Singaporean crab (P155/100 grams).

Yummiest Restaurants in Panglao

Oceanic Seafood Restaurant
 

Oceanic Seafood Restaurant is the main dining facility of South Palms Resort in Panglao. As the resort maintains a fish farm, they maximize their produce by specializing on seafood meals.

Must-trys at Oceanic Seafood Restaurant are their lapu-lapu with eggplant and ratatouille (P1550/kilo), grilled white prawns (P200/100 grams), and fried sea bass with guso salad (P1500/kilo).

Visit Oceanic Seafood Restaurant at Brgy. Bolod, Panglao Island, Bohol.


Linaw Beach Resort's Pearl Restaurant
 

Linaw Beach Resort’s Pearl Restaurant is one of Panglao’s best kept secrets.

If you’re craving for the bounty of the sea, make sure to try the resto’s seafood platter (P675/person) and feast on lobsters, mussels, scallops, and oysters.

Other must-try items are their beef carpaccio (P220), cheese and shrimp croquette (P170), pork tenderloin (P320), and grilled chicken breast (P290).

For something more exotic, Pearl Restaurant also offers ostrich steak (P520) and barracuda (P350).

Check out Pearl Restaurant at Linaw Beach Resort at 9999 Daorong, Danao, Panglao, Bohol.


Tarsier Paprika
 

Don’t worry, they do not serve cute bug-eyed tarsiers at this place! At Tarsier Paprika, you can enjoy European and Asian cuisines while your eyes feast on the breathtaking Bohol sea.

Crowd favorites at Tarsier Paprika are their ginataang manok (P450), coconut samba (P500), Middle East mezze platter (P580), and grilled BBQ baby back ribs and (P580).

Tarsier Paprika is located inside the Tarsier Botanical Park, KM 16 Hoyohoy,Tawala, Panglao, Bohol.

L’Elephant Bleu Restaurant

 

L’Elephant Bleu Restaurant is one of Bohol’s hidden culinary gems that offers French and American cuisine.

Bestsellers at L’Elephant Bleu restaurant are their tapenade and bruschette (P140), U.S. beef with mushroom sauce (P600), chicken breast (P290), and gambas with pastis.

To end your meal, make sure to order the classic French dessert creme bulee (P150).

Visit L’Elephant Bleu Restaurant at Alona, Tawala, Panglao Island.

Guiseppe Pizzeria and Sicilian Roast
 

For authentic Italian cuisine, check out Guiseppe Pizzeria and Sicilian Roast at Tawala, Panglao Island.

Bestselling classic Italian dishes at Guiseppe’s are their ravioli spinaci e ricotta (P400), lamb shank with risotoo (P470), and pizza gregorio (P400). To fully enjoy authentic Italian pizza, Chef Guiseppe Sgroi highly discourages adding ketchup to flavor your pizza.

Guiseppe Pizzeria is located Tawala, Panglao Island, (975 meters away from Alona Beach).