12 Best Filipino Restaurants in Singapore (2026)

Filipino food in Singapore clusters around Orchard Road, especially the Lucky Plaza eateries that serve the Filipino community, but it also reaches Paya Lebar, Novena, Ubi and the CBD. This guide gathers twelve real, currently-operating Filipino restaurants, from turo-turo canteens and lechon specialists to a fine-casual Manila import, each checked against its own website, social pages or mall listings. Treat it as a shortlist to compare by dish, format and location rather than a strict ranking.

Gerry's Grill is a well-known Filipino grill-and-bar chain from Manila, with Singapore outlets on Cuppage Road near Orchard and at the Esplanade by the bay. Its kitchen centres on sizzling plates, and the menu highlights dishes such as sizzling pork sisig, garlic gambas, grilled chicken inasal and crispy pata alongside Filipino soups and rice. It runs as a full-service, sit-down restaurant rather than a canteen, which suits larger groups and after-work gatherings looking to share plates over drinks.

Cuppage Road and Esplanade
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Kabayan is one of Lucky Plaza's long-standing Filipino eateries, part of a group the business says has operated since the 1990s alongside its travel and remittance services. It runs turo-turo style, the point-and-pick cafeteria format where you choose from a display of pre-cooked dishes served over rice. Regulars come for roasted pork, pork adobo and rice-based silog sets such as tapsilog. The setting is casual and self-service, geared to a quick, homely and budget-conscious meal in the heart of Orchard.

Lucky Plaza, Orchard
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Tucked behind its own bakery on an upper floor of Lucky Plaza, Inasal specialises in Bacolod-style chicken inasal, grilled chicken marinated and basted until the skin chars. Beyond the signature inasal, the counter serves Filipino staples such as pork adobo, kare-kare and sisig, with halo-halo and baked kakanin from the bakery for dessert. Ordering is self-service at the counter, and the no-frills space gets busy and lively on Sundays when the Filipino community gathers around Orchard.

Lucky Plaza, Orchard
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Hayop is the first overseas outpost of Manila's well-known Manam, opened on Amoy Street in 2024. It takes a fine-casual, contemporary approach to Filipino cooking, and the kitchen describes signatures such as a wagyu and watermelon sinigang and a house crispy sisig made from pork jowl and cheek, finished with fried garlic, chilli and spring onion. Halo-halo appears for dessert. Open evenings and reservation-friendly, it suits diners after a polished, sit-down take on Pinoy classics rather than a canteen plate.

Amoy Street
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Max's is a heritage Filipino chain that traces its roots to post-war Manila and bills itself as the house that fried chicken built. Its Singapore branch sits in Far East Plaza near Orchard, serving the signature whole fried chicken with banana ketchup as the centrepiece, alongside Pinoy favourites such as kare-kare, sinigang, pancit and sizzling sisig. Cakes and Filipino desserts round out the menu. It is a full-service, family-friendly restaurant and a familiar name for Filipinos who grew up with the brand.

Far East Plaza, Orchard
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JT's Manukan Grille brings a Philippine chicken-inasal chain, co-founded by Filipino actor Joel Torre, to a kopitiam stall in the basement Asian Food Mall of Lucky Plaza. The focus is grilled chicken inasal in breast or leg cuts, served with rice, a wedge of lime and soup, with garlic rice as an upgrade. It is a quick, counter-style meal rather than a sit-down restaurant, and the stall draws steady lunchtime queues from the Orchard crowd. Expect a compact, no-frills setup.

Lucky Plaza, Orchard
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Iskina Cebu is a Cebuano-owned stall serving Visayan specialities, now based at the Timbre+ food hub in One North with a presence at Singapore Expo. Its draw is Cebu-style lechon, whole suckling pig roasted with lemongrass and garlic until the skin crackles and the meat is seasoned enough to eat without sauce. The menu also lists spicy bellychon, liempo and inasal. It is a casual, order-at-the-counter spot, and the Timbre+ setting adds live acoustic music through much of the week.

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Don Lechon is a homely Filipino spot tucked inside Grandlink Square in Paya Lebar, open since the mid-2010s and built around spit-roasted suckling pig cooked over charcoal. Bestsellers include chopped lechon belly with crackling skin and lechon sisig, minced roast pork stir-fried with onion and green chilli on a sizzling plate, both served with rice. There is indoor and outdoor seating in a quiet, tucked-away mall. It is a relaxed, value-focused canteen-style restaurant rather than a polished dining room.

Grandlink Square, Paya Lebar
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Lechon Republic is a lechon-focused restaurant in Novena Regency, run by a Filipino family the business says has roasted whole pigs for three generations. Charcoal-roasted lechon anchors the menu, served as chopped-pork rice meals alongside Filipino classics such as sinigang and sisig. A short walk from Novena MRT, it is a casual sit-down space that closes on Mondays. It suits anyone wanting traditional crispy-skinned roast pork north of the city without heading to the Orchard eateries.

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Nanay's Kitchen is a Muslim-owned, halal-certified Filipino eatery in Ubi, which it describes as Singapore's only halal home-style Pinoy kitchen. Started by a husband-and-wife team who began with nasi padang, it now serves Filipino comfort food daily, including chicken sisig, chicken adobo, tinolang manok and halo-halo, along with grilled dishes and shareable boodle-fight spreads. It has grown to several outlets across the island. The Ubi original is a cosy, community-minded spot, and a rare option for halal diners wanting Filipino food.

Ubi
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Tapa King is a Manila breakfast-and-rice chain whose Singapore branch operates in the Asian Food Mall on the basement level of Lucky Plaza. Its name nods to tapsilog, the classic plate of cured beef tapa with garlic fried rice and egg, and the menu extends to smoked bangus, beef kare-kare, sinigang and noodle dishes. It is a casual, counter-service eatery geared to a fast, hearty meal. The Lucky Plaza location makes it an easy stop near Orchard MRT.

Lucky Plaza, Orchard
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Barrio Fiesta is a long-running Filipino eatery on an upper level of Lucky Plaza, listed in the mall's own store directory. It runs in the familiar turo-turo format, where diners pick from a spread of ready-cooked viands served over rice, making it a budget-friendly stop for a quick Filipino meal. The dishes rotate through home-style staples such as stews, grilled meats and vegetable sides. The setting is plain and canteen-like, aimed squarely at homesick regulars and curious first-timers.

Lucky Plaza, Orchard
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