Staying within the city of Cabangan in Zambales means you’d must eat there too. Most meals locations within the province actually isn’t situated there—it’s removed from being the meals capital of Zambales—nonetheless, there are a handful of distinctive locations you may dine in when in Cabangan. And throughout the previous years, as tourism began to bloom on the town, the variety of locations to eat in Cabangan began to develop too.
Listed below are a couple of of essentially the most fascinating meals locations in Cabangan. These vary from roadside stands and meals shacks, to swanky cafes and full blown eating places. These made the checklist as a result of they’re considerably distinctive, have good meals, are establishments in Cabangan, or just because I’ve personally tried them and located them to be worthy, naks.
LC’S STOP & CHOW
ADDRESS: HI-WAY, STO.NIÑO, CABANGAN • OPENING HOURS: 10AM-8PM • CONTACT NUMBER: (0949)155-1998 • GPS MAP: 15.145499, 120.051938
LC’s, as Cabangaeans dub it, is without doubt one of the foremost eating places on the town. It began off as a small unassuming eatery close to Bayan and has since expanded right into a full and correct restaurant, full with an outside consuming corridor. Earlier than the pandemic, they also have a stage the place you may watch acoustic bands carry out. LC’s Cease & Chow serves traditional Filipino favorites and Western dishes.
21ST BEAN CAFE
ADDRESS: HI-WAY, STO.NIÑO, CABANGAN • OPENING HOURS: 9AM-8PM • CONTACT NUMBER: (0919)095-7723, DELIVERIES AVAILABLE • GPS MAP: 15.156161, 120.054262 • MENU
If cafes are your factor, twenty first Bean Café is ideal for you. Conveniently situated proper alongside the freeway, they serve pastas, sandwiches, nachos, tacos, quesadillas, and naturally, drinks and occasional. You may have it scorching, over ice, or as frappes. In case you’re lacking your Starbucks whereas in Cabangan, head over to twenty first Bean.
MAMI MADZ
ADDRESS: COASTAL RD., SAN ISIDRO, CABANGAN • OPENING HOURS: 6:30AM-12NN 4PM-8:30PM • CONTACT NUMBER: (0909)460-1392, DELIVERIES AVAILABLE • GPS MAP: 15.169287, 120.035812
Our go-to place after swimming on the San Isidro portion of Cabangan Seashore. Mami Madz is a straightforward open-aired mami and goto place that serves, effectively, mami and goto. They’ve just lately up to date their menu and now serve avenue meals—kwek kweks, proben, isaw, tokwa, lumpia, amongst different fried issues—pares, and silog meals. Excellent for that after-swim cravings.
ARYA’S CHILL & GRILL
ADDRESS: SAPANGBATO, MABANGLIT, CABANGAN • OPENING HOURS: 9AM-8PM, CLOSED MONDAYS • CONTACT NUMBER: (0969) 067-4200, DELIVERIES AVAILABLE • GPS MAP: 15.201726, 120.028874 • MENU
Moreover serving principally Center-Jap dishes, the distinctive factor about Arya’s Chill & Grill is its location. To get there you’d must cross a small river utilizing a balsa or raft—fear not, you received’t get moist. The restaurant itself is open-aired, with chairs and tables set al fresco and on open huts. Wines can be found, so is a videoke machine, lol.
UPDATE: Arya’s Chill & Grill has just lately transferred location to Barangay Mabanglit, their very distinctive balsa-entrada is now a factor of the previous. And whereas they do nonetheless supply Center Jap dishes, their menu now principally consists of Filipino favorites.
1ST STREAT SNACK BAR
ADDRESS: MENDIGORIN ST. SAN ANTONIO, CABANGAN • OPENING HOURS: ??? • CONTACT NUMBER: (0995)296-9792, DELIVERIES AVAILABLE • GPS MAP: 15.160167, 120.054638
As its title suggests, 1st Streat serves principally do-it-yourself dishes and sandwiches plus a couple of extra, like pita and rooster wings, pizzas, burgers and fries, to call a couple of. The very best factor about this restaurant is their bilao take-outs. In case you’re with a giant group and planning a picnic at Bangan Pier, Dapya River, or Cabangan Seashore, that is the place to order on.
~ PHOTO FROM 1ST STREAT FB PAGE
RĀMENSHAKKU
ADDRESS: HI-WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CABANGAN • OPENING HOURS: 11AM-10PM • CONTACT NUMBER: (0977)807-4794 • GPS MAP: 15.185169, 120.042915
The one Japanese restaurant this aspect of Zambales. Properly, it’s not likely a full ramen restaurant however extra a shack. However sure, Ramenshakku do serve ramen, gyoza, and maki—and at a extremely inexpensive costs too. As of the second, they’re solely open throughout Fridays and Saturdays and have restricted serving amount—after they’re gone, they’re gone. Name first earlier than going.
UPDATE: As of Might 2024, Ramenshakku Cabangan is briefly closed.
KOPI KUBO KOLLECTIVE CABANGAN
ADDRESS: HI-WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CABANGAN • OPENING HOURS: 24 HOURS • CONTACT NUMBER: (0977)807-4794 • GPS MAP: 15.185169, 120.042915 • MENU
Proper beside Ramenshakku sits Kopi Kubo Kollective, a 24-hour café serving extraordinarily inexpensive domestically brewed espresso from the Cordilleras, Batangas, Bukidnon, and different espresso rising locations within the Philippines. How inexpensive? Like ten-peso inexpensive. In case you occur to have your individual cup with you, 5 pesos. As its moniker counsel, it’s a café in a easy kubo—like a literal hut. They’ve branches throughout Zambales, however the one in Cabangan provides extra—like Latin American coffees.
4D’s IHAW IHAW
ADDRESS: RIZAL ST., DOLORES, CABANGAN • OPENING HOURS: AFTERNOONS • CONTACT NUMBER: (0948)936-3504 • GPS MAP: 15.158610, 120.056699
Probably the greatest avenue meals I tasted whereas in Cabangan was at 4D’s Ihaw Ihaw. Situated on an unassuming entrance yard someplace alongside the backstreets of Cabangan Municipal Corridor, it’s simply your primary roadside ihaw-ihaw with a desk you may eat on, if you happen to wanna sit down along with your tuhog goodies. They serve wonderful sticks of barbecued isaw, pork meat, betamax, adidas, balun-balunan, and pork taba. Deliver your individual chilly bottle of Coke (and rice!) or pair your inihaw with their halo-halo.
WOODS PIZZA
ADDRESS: HI-WAY, STA. RITA, CABANGAN • OPENING HOURS: 1PM-5PM, CLOSED ON MONDAYS • CONTACT NUMBER: (0915)450-3045 • GPS MAP: 15.173817, 120.051323 • MENU
Who would’ve thought that there’d be gourmand grilled pizzas utilizing hand-kneaded dough and sauce sourced from native tomatoes and herbs in Cabangan? Properly, at Woods Pizza, they’ve simply that. Situated on an outside backyard setting overlooking farmlands, they’ve the standard pepperoni, sausage, cheese, Hawaiian, and bacon and mushroom pizzas—and the extra distinctive shrimp scampi and breakfast pizzas.
~ PHOTO FROM WOOD’S PIZZA FB PAGE
YOU-HAN’s Ok-BAP RESTAURANT
ADDRESS: HI-WAY, STA. RITA, CABANGAN • OPENING HOURS: 10AM-9PM • CONTACT NUMBER: (0921)347-6060, DELIVERIES AVAILABLE • GPS MAP: 15.176521, 120.048944
In case you’re longing for Korean meals and also you’re in Cabangan, YOU-HAN’s Kbap Restaurant is actually the one place to go to. They’ve ramyun, kimbaps, japchae, jjapageti, bibimbaps, dumpling, bulgogis, tteok-bokki, and extra importantly, unli samgyeopsal. And let’s not overlook the soju. And if you would like your picnics Korean-style, they’ve bilao take-outs too.
~ PHOTO FROM YOU-HANS Ok-BAP FB PAGE
DASHA’S RESTOBAR
ADDRESS: BRGY. DOLORES, CABANGAN • OPENING HOURS: 2PM-10PM, DAILY • CONTACT NUMBER: (0912) 365-1121 / (0916) 402-4869 • GPS MAP: 15.159260, 120.055970 • MENU
With tables created from paleta-wood crates and free crushed-gravel flooring, Dasha’s Restobar is an open-aired rustic-industrial themed restaurant that serves above common bar-chow with their beers. Moreover Filipino dishes—their crisply-done dinakdakan is a should strive—additionally they serve Thai meals, like tom yum.
CASA BARAKA
ADDRESS: PUROK 1, BRGY. SAN ISIDRO., CABANGAN • OPENING HOURS: 8AM-10:30PM, DAILY • CONTACT NUMBER: +63 (939) 710-9226, DELIVERIES AVAILABLE • GPS MAP: 15.162014, 120.045557 • MENU
Casa Baraka provides top-notch Filipino consolation meals on a café surrounded by farmlands. These dishes are ready by a veteran Boracay-based five-star lodge chef. Be sure you strive their bestselling tapsilog, Baraka Burger, and kare-kare bagnet.
