Best Tasting Menus in Manila

Gallery By Chele

1 Michelin star

Gallery By Chele holds a Michelin star (2026) and ranks 72nd on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants (2025), placing it among the Philippines' most recognised modern dining addresses. Operating from BGC's Clipp Center in Taguig, the kitchen applies European technique to Philippine-sourced ingredients, producing dishes such as tomato mochi and pearls and clams alongside inventive cocktails in a setting that reads as gallery rather than formal dining room.

iai

iai holds a Michelin Plate recognition (2026) and sits within BGC's most serious fine-dining tier, where Chef Bruce Ricketts has built one of Manila's more considered tasting counter formats.

M Dining + Bar

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list

On the third floor of an office building along Chino Roces Avenue, M Dining + Bar M has built a quiet reputation in Makati's serious-dining corridor. Chef Tom Bascon leads an Asian fusion program that has earned consecutive Opinionated About Dining recognition since 2023, climbing from Highly Recommended to a ranked position among Asia's notable tables. Sunday closure and split-service hours signal a kitchen that operates on its own terms.

Metiz

Metiz occupies a considered position in Makati's neo-bistro tier, running an eight-course tasting sequence that places fermentation, local produce, and mixed-heritage influences at its centre. A Michelin Plate holder ranked 82nd in Opinionated About Dining's Asia list for 2025, it operates Tuesday to Saturday from a ground-floor space on Chino Roces Avenue Extension, with an open kitchen anchoring a dimly lit, convivial dining room.

Toyo Eatery

1 Michelin star

Toyo Eatery holds a Michelin star and a place in Asia's 50 Best (ranked 42nd in 2025), operating five evenings a week from a quiet corner of Makati's Karrivin Plaza. Chef Jordy Navarra frames Filipino ingredients through terroir and cultural reference, with dishes that pull from street food memory and folk song. The result is one of Manila's most argued-over reservations.

Txanton

Deep wine list

A Basque-inflected Spanish restaurant on the second floor of a Makati commercial building, Txanton holds a Michelin Plate (2026) and has climbed the Opinionated About Dining Asia rankings two consecutive years, reaching #339 in 2024 and #377 in 2025. Under chef Justo Rodrigo Lopez, it represents one of Manila's most considered arguments for the asador tradition outside of the Iberian Peninsula.