Palay

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Building rankings — 6 of 5 trusted recommends so far.

About Us

Chef Fhred Batalona’s permanent Filipino house in the heritage bluestone off Smith Street (former Hell of the North), backed by Lawrence Jasper Menor, Ralph Libo-on and Michael Mabuti. Palay — unhusked rice in Tagalog — runs weekend Filipino café service with Philippine coffee, silogs and twice-proved pandesal, then Filipino tapas to share at night: house-made banana ketchup, kinilaw sa gata, sisig, inasal and larger plates such as crispy pata. Bookable set menus include Feed Me Tito, Feed Me Tita, chef-led Palay+ and prepaid Sunday kamayan Boodle Nights; groups of seven or more dine on set menus only. The blue-door room is styled to feel like home while a liquor licence is still pending (beer flagged as coming soon on the official site).