Here is a short list of some tried and tested places that are more or less consistent in food quality and service - the kind that has made us come back repeatedly, and we would not be wary to recommend.
Badjao Seafront is an open air restaurant built on stilts nesting on a cluster of mangroves right on the water, overlooking the changing colors of the sea and sky. Specialties include a large range of fresh seafood cooked Filipino style. They also cater. Their rich Seafood Kare-kare is surprisingly and pleasantly lighter than standard. During the day, you can see the water, and at night, the yellow light and interiors make for a good ambiance. Located at Abueg Sr., Puerto Princesa City. Tel. No. (048) 433-3501 Mobile (0918) 910-3438 Email: badja0seafront@yahoo.com Open 10:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. Website: www.badjaoseafront.com
Bruno’s Swissfood and Deli is a wine and delicatessen store popular with European locals. They carry a wide selection of wines, European cold cuts, condiments and sweets. Their goulash is perfect and baked spaghetti so comforting to a hungry stomach. Located at Circon Building, Valencia Street, Puerto Princesa City. Tel . No. (048) 433-5716. Open 9:00A.M. to 9:00P.M. Closed on Sundays.
Blue Marlin French International Cuisine has the best pizza in town baked in a brick oven. The steaks are wonderful too! They have a pool table, a videoke area and a cozy bar. They deliver! Located at PEO Circle, Bancao-Bancao, Puerto Princesa City. Tel. No. (048) 723-1117, 0921-727-5241, 0915-426-1575
Ka Lui. Do not leave Puerto without experiencing Ka Lui. You will be charmed by its unique ambiance and fresh and tasty food. It also houses an art gallery and souvenir shop. Set menus are available starting P350. Located at 369 Rizal Avenue, Puerto Princesa City. Tel. No. (048) 433-2580. Accepts reservations for lunch (11:00A.M.) and dinner (6:30P.M. and 8:30P.M.) from Mondays to Saturdays. Closed on Sundays.
Haim Chicken Inato is the original and first chicken house in Puerto Princesa. It also offers a KTV Lounge and a small bar. There are also less than ten rooms in the compound where you can stay the night (or the week). Located at 249 Manalo Street, Puerto Princesa City. Tel. No. (048) 433-2261 Open for breakfast from 6:00A.M. - 10:00P.M. Free WiFi
White Fence Country Cafe is the only country style cafe/restaurant in Puerto Princesa, with waffles, churros, a selection of salads, good coffee, black and white movies and some blues music. Visit their website for more information - http://whitefencecafe.weebly.com/
Cafés and Events
Divine Sweets Bakeshop is proud of their acclaimed Divine Chocolate Cake, which is the best chocolate cake in town. There are other pastries available such as the Fruit Tart, Brazo de Mercedes, Pecan Pie, Tira Misu and Mango Cake. The pandan pichi-pichi is a bestseller. They also serve pasta, sandwiches, quick meals and gourmet coffee. Located at Valencia St., Puerto Princesa City. Tel. No. (048) 434-9568. Open 7:00A.M. to 10:00P.M. Free WiFi
Itoy's Coffee Shop is a specialty coffee shop serving espresso drinks as well as sandwiches and meals from breakfast to dinner. By the way, we love their sizzling bulalo! Located at Rizal Avenue, Puerto Princesa City. Opens 6:00A.M.
2nd Location in San Pedro, Puerto Princesa City Open 8:00A.M. - 11:00P.M.
Free WiFi
Fast Food
Chow King
Located at Rizal Avenue, Puerto Princesa City.
Tel. No. (048) 434-5656, (048) 434-1245
Jollibee Food Express (Jollibee Delivery)
Rizal Avenue, Puerto Princesa City
(048) 434-4025 or (048) 434-4027
Shakey’s (Shakey’s Delivery)
Rizal Avenue, Puerto Princesa City.
(048) 434-8558 or 434-9418
Nokinocs
Junction 1, Puerto Princesa City.
Greenwich just recently on the ground floor of Carlos Building, Rizal Avenue.
Restaurants and Bars
Bruno’s Swissfood and Deli is a wine and delicatessen store popular with European locals. They carry a wide selection of wines, European cold cuts, condiments and sweets. Their goulash is perfect and baked spaghetti so comforting to a hungry stomach. Located at Circon Building, Valencia Street, Puerto Princesa City. Tel . No. (048) 433-5716. Open 9:00A.M. to 9:00P.M. Closed on Sundays.
Blue Marlin French International Cuisine has the best pizza in town baked in a brick oven. The steaks are wonderful too! They have a pool table, a videoke area and a cozy bar. They deliver! Located at PEO Circle, Bancao-Bancao, Puerto Princesa City. Tel. No. (048) 723-1117, 0921-727-5241, 0915-426-1575 Haim Chicken Inato is the original and first chicken house in Puerto Princesa. It also offers a KTV Lounge and a small bar. There are also less than ten rooms in the compound where you can stay the night (or the week). Located at 249 Manalo Street, Puerto Princesa City. Tel. No. (048) 433-2261 Open for breakfast from 6:00A.M. - 10:00P.M. Free WiFi
Ka Inato is partly owned by Haim Chicken Inato. It is where to go when you want some chicken inasal and isol. They also have Swakto meals for kids. Located at National Highway, Barangay San Manuel, Puerto Princesa City. Tel. No. (048) 434-1721 Open 10:00A.M. - 2:00P.M. and 5:00P.M. - 10:00P.M.
Kinabuchs Grill and Bar is a favorite hangout of Palaweños and tourists. It is always full, even on weekdays, and they do not open for lunch. They offer a full range of Filipino dishes, has a well-stocked bar and some pool tables. It also serve gourmet coffee and accepts reservations for parties within 48 hours notice. Located at 348 Rizal Avenue, Bancao Bancao, Puerto Princesa City.
Tel. No. (048) 434-5194/95. Email kinabuchs@hotmail.com
Ugong Rock, along Rizal Avenue, welcomes you with fresh seafood, ready to be cooked to your specifications. There is a small bar at the left, where Leo, a guitarist and singer, serenades the diners with Beatles, Presley, Carpenters, and other titles from that genre. Very good food, and wonderful ambiance.
La Terrasse Restaurant is a unique restaurant that serves all the good things Palawan has to offer, Asian and European style. Find their menu here. Located at Bancao-Bancao, Puerto Princesa City. Tel. No. (048) 434-1787 Website: http://www.laterrassepalawan.com
McCoy's Pizza House has reasonably priced specialties that include mojos, pastas, gourmet pizzas, fried chicken with mojos and porkchops. They deliver! (I think the chicken is better than Shakey's or KFC!)
Located at 20 National Highway, Barangay San Miguel, Puerto Princesa City. Tel. No. (048) 434-4239 Free WiFi
Neva's Place is a rustic country style restaurant made of wood and bamboo that serves Filipino and international cuisine. Their pizzas are popular, as well as some Austrian desserts. Occasionally there is a live acoustic band playing. Located at 48-A Taft Street, Puerto Princesa City. Tel. No. (048) 433-2575.
Open from 8:00A.M. to 10:30P.M. Free WiFi
Ong’s Maki House is an authentic Chinese restaurant that uses high quality ingredients, cooked the traditional Chinese way. It reminds me of Le Ching in Greenhills. Their Beef Maki, lean siomai, filling siopaos, and noodle soups are very popular with the locals. Don't be turned off by the loud karaoke outside, you can hardly hear it when inside. Located at Rizal Avenue, Puerto Princesa, beside Pag-Ibig Fund. Tel. No. (048) 434-2999. Open from 10:00A.M. to 9:30P.M.
Rene’s Saigon Restaurant, very near the airport, is a traditional chaolongan and is famous for its soup-and-French-bread meals. They also have very tasty clay pot-cooked dishes. So far the best pho place in town. Located at Brgy. Bancao-Bancao, Rizal Avenue Extension, Puerto Princesa City. Tel. No. (048) 433-5255. Open 9:00A.M. to 8:30P.M. Tuesdays to Sundays. Closed Mondays.
Viet Ville Restaurant is within a Vietnamese village settlement created in the 1970’s for Vietnamese refugee families. Its specialty is the beef stew soup served with French bread. They even accept bulk orders of French bread, as long as placed the day before. Located at Sta. Lourdes, Puerto Princesa City.
Kinabuchs Grill and Bar is a favorite hangout of Palaweños and tourists. It is always full, even on weekdays, and they do not open for lunch. They offer a full range of Filipino dishes, has a well-stocked bar and some pool tables. It also serve gourmet coffee and accepts reservations for parties within 48 hours notice. Located at 348 Rizal Avenue, Bancao Bancao, Puerto Princesa City. Tel. No. (048) 434-5194/95. Email kinabuchs@hotmail.com
Ugong Rock, along Rizal Avenue, welcomes you with fresh seafood, ready to be cooked to your specifications. There is a small bar at the left, where Leo, a guitarist and singer, serenades the diners with Beatles, Presley, Carpenters, and other titles from that genre. Very good food, and wonderful ambiance.
La Terrasse Restaurant is a unique restaurant that serves all the good things Palawan has to offer, Asian and European style. Find their menu here. Located at Bancao-Bancao, Puerto Princesa City. Tel. No. (048) 434-1787 Website: http://www.laterrassepalawan.com
McCoy's Pizza House has reasonably priced specialties that include mojos, pastas, gourmet pizzas, fried chicken with mojos and porkchops. They deliver! (I think the chicken is better than Shakey's or KFC!) Located at 20 National Highway, Barangay San Miguel, Puerto Princesa City. Tel. No. (048) 434-4239 Free WiFi
Neva's Place is a rustic country style restaurant made of wood and bamboo that serves Filipino and international cuisine. Their pizzas are popular, as well as some Austrian desserts. Occasionally there is a live acoustic band playing. Located at 48-A Taft Street, Puerto Princesa City. Tel. No. (048) 433-2575.
Open from 8:00A.M. to 10:30P.M. Free WiFi
Rene’s Saigon Restaurant, very near the airport, is a traditional chaolongan and is famous for its soup-and-French-bread meals. They also have very tasty clay pot-cooked dishes. So far the best pho place in town. Located at Brgy. Bancao-Bancao, Rizal Avenue Extension, Puerto Princesa City. Tel. No. (048) 433-5255. Open 9:00A.M. to 8:30P.M. Tuesdays to Sundays. Closed Mondays. 
Viet Ville Restaurant is within a Vietnamese village settlement created in the 1970’s for Vietnamese refugee families. Its specialty is the beef stew soup served with French bread. They even accept bulk orders of French bread, as long as placed the day before. Located at Sta. Lourdes, Puerto Princesa City. White Fence Country Cafe is the only country style cafe/restaurant in Puerto Princesa, with waffles, churros, a selection of salads, good coffee, black and white movies and some blues music. Visit their website for more information - http://whitefencecafe.weebly.com/
Cafés and Events
Divine Sweets Bakeshop is proud of their acclaimed Divine Chocolate Cake, which is the best chocolate cake in town. There are other pastries available such as the Fruit Tart, Brazo de Mercedes, Pecan Pie, Tira Misu and Mango Cake. The pandan pichi-pichi is a bestseller. They also serve pasta, sandwiches, quick meals and gourmet coffee. Located at Valencia St., Puerto Princesa City. Tel. No. (048) 434-9568. Open 7:00A.M. to 10:00P.M. Free WiFi 2nd Location in San Pedro, Puerto Princesa City Open 8:00A.M. - 11:00P.M.
Free WiFi
Fast Food
Chow King
Located at Rizal Avenue, Puerto Princesa City.
Tel. No. (048) 434-5656, (048) 434-1245
Jollibee Food Express (Jollibee Delivery)
Rizal Avenue, Puerto Princesa City
(048) 434-4025 or (048) 434-4027
Shakey’s (Shakey’s Delivery)
Rizal Avenue, Puerto Princesa City.
(048) 434-8558 or 434-9418
Nokinocs
Junction 1, Puerto Princesa City.
Greenwich just recently on the ground floor of Carlos Building, Rizal Avenue.
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