Must-see restaurants in Cagayan de Oro

  • Circa Eatery

    Cagayan de Oro

    The ground floor of the Red Planet Hotel, on the city's primary traffic-jammed road, is an unusual spot for a restaurant espousing slow-food movement bona…

  • Panagatan

    Cagayan de Oro

    For the freshest seafood, head to this restaurant perched on stilts over the water around 10km west of Cagayan de Oro on the highway to Iligan.

  • Redtail Shrimps & More

    Cagayan de Oro

    No plates and utensils – a bit of a gimmick – does prompt table photos of everyone in their bibs and plastic gloves. No matter how the crabs, prawns,…

  • Lokal Grill

    Cagayan de Oro

    In addition to standard Filipino meat and noodle dishes, Lokal does its own version of pinakbét (an Ilocano dish of mixed vegetables steamed in fish sauce…

  • Mai Cafe

    Cagayan de Oro

    True to its old-school decor of antique plates and doilies that would make grandma happy, there's no wi-fi on offer at this postage-stamp-sized cafe…

  • 4Daboys Tavern

    Cagayan de Oro

    Filipino comfort food, especially lechón (roast suckling pig) and kambing (goat) dishes, and imported beers like Stella Artois and Asahi are on offer at…

  • Guiseppe Pizzeria & Sicilian Roast

    Cagayan de Oro

    The best Italian restaurant in CDO serves up wood-oven pizza, homemade pastas, including top-class pappardelle lamb ragu, and meat dishes like lamb shank…

  • Seablings

    Cagayan de Oro

    Around 10km west of Cagayan de Oro, Seablings has a good boodle fight menu – basically, group meals served on banana leaves and eaten with hands. The…

  • Rosario Arcade

    Cagayan de Oro

    One of Cagayan’s culinary and entertainment centres.

  • Marcky's Grill

    Cagayan de Oro

    Not the most logical spot for alfresco dining, since the air is thick with jeepney exhaust fumes. Nevertheless, one of the wobbly stools perched over the…