Marina Seafood Restaurant — Restaurant in Quezon City

One of the most underrated seafood restaurants in the city. This is a hidden gem with good service and fantastic food.

The crowning glory of this restaurant are the baked oysters. An entire plate is only P455, compared to 6 pieces (or less!) at other restaurants. They only have one flavor, unlike Talabar, but I can say that I love this way more. Their grilled liempo and garlic rice pairs perfectly with the oysters. Pair it off with their mango shake carafe.

The restaurant is old and so isn't as pretty as most of the other instagrammable restaurants in Morato, but it more than makes up for it with solid flavor. Needless to say, we...

Marina is a classic Filipino inihaw style restaurant that caters more on dining with friends than with family due to the availability of alcoholic beverages.

The standout dishes one would likely order here are the seafood and inihaw platter as well as a few classic Filipino dishes, a crowd favorite that stands out because of it’s relative affordability compared to other restaurants is the Baked Oysters.

For someone like me who isn’t a fan of seafood as well as clams, oysters and the like, theirs has been an exceptional experience overall, bring a friend and have some of their dishes together with an ice cold bottle of beer, one could...

I tried their Chicken Inasal and to my dismay, it was the fried-then-grilled type of inasal that didn't have that nice tangy-smokey kick to it. Also, some parts were a bit undercooked and chewy. I know Marina specializes in seafood so maybe their seafood offerings are better. The nice thing though was the waitress was nice and accommodating and the place was clean (if felt a tad forlorn though). Just to be clear, my two stars are for the chicken inasal only. If you're into the Mang Inasal type of chicken then you'll probably...