Kape Ni Manang - El Nido

If you are going to Nacpan or Lio Beach, try to visit Kape ni Manang for a Filipino food treat. Prices ranges from 200-300 pesos per meal with a generous serving for one. Ambiance 5/5 Sustainability 5/5 Food 5/5 Service 5/5

What a memorable experience in El Nido! We visited Lio beach using our rented motorcycle when we decided to look for a place to eat. We just randomly searched for a Filipino restaurant nearby. We found this little treasure and immediately admired the layout and the interior of this place. It felt warm and welcoming. We ordered Chicken Inasal, Liempo and Sinigang. Let me tell you, we couldn’t stop saying “ang saraaap” while we were eating. We will never forget the experience and the authentic taste that we enjoyed on that one fine day in El Nido. We will definitely come back.

I wish I could give Kape ni Manang infinite stars. In all my years of traveling I have finally found a PERFECT restaurant. The food, the service, and atmosphere are what you want and this place has it all. The chicken inasal is to DIE for and so is everything else on the menu. I could cry it is so good and wish I could live here just for this food. This place is a true gem.

Awesome place a little further from town. Definitely worth the travel. The inasal and the squid Sisig were our favorite meals of our trip. Owner/workers and their dogs are very friendly as well!

We had a memorable meal at this charming homely restaurant just down the road from Charlie’s Hotel in El Nido (turn right on leaving the hotel, and the restaurant is 300m down the road on the left). With its wonderfully inviting setting adorned by an abundance of plants and illuminated by lanterns, the restaurant caught our eye from the roadside whilst riding by on our moped. From the moment we entered, we were given a warm welcome from Erika (the proprietor) who proceeded to treat us like guests in her home. Her passion for her food was obvious and shone through in the myriad of varied dishes we ordered bursting with unique flavours. We had the lechon kawali (crisp succulent fried pork), so dang (tangy and sour fish soup), crunchy stewed eggplant salad, and vermicelli noodles with pork and chicken balls, all washed down with a sweet and refreshing sour sop milky drink (one of their many specialties). Having been in the Philippines for a week, this was home cooked Filipino food at its best, confirmed by the many local regulars that were also dining there. A must go to if you are looking for the true tastes of the Philippines whilst in El Nido!