Things to do in Boracay
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Bamboo Lounge
This new restaurant, part of the same compound as the boutique Freckles hotel, serves an interesting mix of food, mostly Asian, including dim sum, spare ribs, and Peking duck. It has a stylish dining area on the 1st floor and a bar open till 02:00 upstairs.
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Mañana Mexican Cuisine
There are only three tables on the beach path here but the sombreros and terracotta plates tell you this is a Mexican restaurant. Serves big tasty dishes such as burritos, tortillas, and top-of-the-line fruit shakes.
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Red Pirates
Does private, full-moon or sunset paraw tours, and can be chartered to take you to many spots around northern Panay and Romblon.
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Real Coffee & Tea Café
Real Coffee & Tea Café, next to the Bom Bom Bar, is a good place for fresh coffee and all-day breakfasts and omelettes.
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Diving & Snorkelling
The entire island of Boracay is surrounded by reef and there are 30-plus dive sites within a 15- to 20-minute boat ride. Boracay's pride and joy, Yapak, off the northern tip, is a sheer soft-coral-covered wall running from 30m to 65m. Big-fish lovers adore this spot, though depth, currents and surface chop restrict it to advanced divers only. There are also drift dives, cave dives, and the protected (usually west) side of the island offers calm, shallow reefs for beginners.
One such reef is Crocodile Island; you can swim out here on your own from the small beach at Tambisaan.
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Cyma
This is a terrific Greek restaurant with simply sensational salads and all the authentic tastes you could wish for, from flaming salty cheese to grilled lamb to eggplant dips and pitta bread. It’s at the top end as far as prices go, but worth every delicious mouthful. Service is slick and professional, and the Mediterranean-blue dining room is welcoming.
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Dos Mestizos
A Spanish restaurant, favoured by local restaurateurs when they go out to eat. Authentic paella, bean soups and hearty stews make this quite a different taste sensation to most of the food on offer elsewhere on the island. Look out for the special P400 all-you-can-eat tapas nights. It’s just off the beach at boat station two, behind the Tourist Center.
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Aqualife Divers Academy
The entire island of Boracay is surrounded by reef and there are 30-plus dive sites within a 15- to 20-minute boat ride. Boracay's pride and joy, Yapak, off the northern tip, is a sheer soft-coral-covered wall running from 30m to 65m. You are spoilt for choice for dive centres, but we recommend Aqualife Divers Academy.
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La Reserve Restaurant
Foodies consider La Reserve, next to the Red Coconut Resort, to be the best restaurant on Boracay. It is certainly the priciest. It serves continental cuisine and seafood such as green lobster and royal king crabs, with a good selection of wine and champagne. Try eating outside in the charming garden area.
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True Food Indian Cuisine
It's a good thing the cushions you crash on are comfortable since you could fit in a short nap by the time your food arrives. True Food's Far Eastern ambience is especially romantic at night and the menu features a good choice of vegetarian dishes; the huge set meals are delicious but pricey.
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Steakhouse Boracay
Look for this stylish restaurant above the Habagat Kiteboarding shop. The service is especially good as are the imported steaks and Californian, German and Australian wines. Some menu items worth ordering are the tasty schnitzel with pan-fried potatoes, spare ribs and fish carpaccio.
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Aria Restaurant
Aria has a prime people-watching location on the beach path at D’Mall’s entrance. It has a stylish and modern dining room and cooks fabulous Italian food – linguine with crab and wild mushrooms comes to mind, as does the truly stunning cardamom panna cotta.
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Lemon Cafe
Fresh is the key here, ranging across several culinary areas with good salads, creative sandwiches, classic eggs Benedict brunches and tasty laksa. The lunch box special consists of – soup of the day, green salad, choice of sandwich or rice dish and dessert.
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Summer Place
This is one of the better Mongolian barbecues available on Boracay, keeping its ingredients fresh and quickly replenished. Take your spoils to the tables on the beach; the dining room gets hot. Later in the evening, this becomes a serious party place.
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Pizzeria Floremar
You wouldn’t guess it from the humble outdoor seating, but this place at the very southern end of the beach does fantastic pizza, great home-style pasta – probably the best in Boracay – and good salads. It’s also known simply as Mario’s.
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Mistral Funboard Center
For inquiries about windsurfing, stop by Green Yard Funboard & Neil Pryde Test Centre or Mistral Funboard Center. Equipment rental rates start at US$12/US$40 per hour/day, with instruction and packages also available.
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Mandala Spa
Tucked away into lush inland forest, this first class operation offers indulgent packages for men and women. Treatments cost from P2600 for a facial to around P10,000 for the ‘Princess Treatment’ or ‘Emperors World’.
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Delicatessen
Delicatessen, across from Crafts supermarket, sells fresh bread rolls and will make sandwiches to order from its cheese and cold-cuts deli counter, great for a beach picnic.
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Club Paraw
Club Paraw is a great place to drink, eat, and most of all just veg out on the cushions on the beach. It serves Jamaican food such as goat curry and is next to Pier One, another hard-partying beachside club.
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Heidiland
Heidiland, situated across from Crafts supermarket, sells fresh bread rolls and will make sandwiches to order from its cheese and cold-cuts deli counter, great for a beach picnic.
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Pomodoro Italian Cuisine
This restaurant is nothing more than a few tables set out on a sandy platform in front of the Blue Lilly Villa, but it's a romantic spot for an early-evening sunset dinner. Does pastas and pizzas.
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Napoleon Sea Sports
Napoleon Sea Sports offers parasail, jet-ski, waterski, wakeboard and speed boat rental. Also has mobile stalls changing location along the White Beach path and at Bulabog Beach.
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Bom Bom Bar
Bom Bom Bar is a hip little laid-back rustic bar, its attitude clear from that universal signifier of coolness - Bob Marley posters. Jam sessions with local drummers often start up around 23:00.
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Jonah’s Fruit Shake & Snack Bar
Amid plenty of competition, Jonah’s proudly boasts the best shakes on the island – the avocado and banana mix is sensational – and also serves light meals of the pizza and taco variety.
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Sulu Thai Restaurant
Sulu Thai is an unassuming eatery with a thick menu, with helpful photos of all the dishes, including seafood entrees, vegetarian dishes, crispy spring rolls and spicy soups.
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