Warung Balay | Asian & Vegetarian Breakfast.Lunch.Dinner — Restaurant in San Juan

We had an amazing dinner at this small gem of a restaurant run by a lovely young couple. The food was delicious and very veggie forward, a welcome change after weeks of meat forward dishes. Vegans and vegetarians will find a healthy meal here.

They're taking a different spin on Philippino cuisine serving it Indonesian style, hence the name warung. With changing daily menus, you'll get a choice of either 2 meat and 2 veg for 190 PHP or 1 meat and 4 veg for 150 PHP and the size is very generous. The flavors are refined and intricate and perfectly balanced with the dish.

Come early as they only cook once and serve buffet style. So some dishes will run out...

The ladies here were nice but sadly some of the items we wanted were not available. It was also surprising to us that they did not have rice available. They had to go out and buy it from another place. We waited quite some time for our food, they forgot to serve some things, and even the bill took some time. Maybe they just weren’t used to serving a big group.

Food was okay, when we visited there weren’t indonesian food, they just had some food already prepared (carinderia style), which was fine. We all ordered mango shakes but they mixed in too much milk.

Overall it was okay for a “quick meal” if you don’t...

If you're in Siquijor and you miss out on this new restaurant you're committing a sin. I'd heard the fuss about this place from locals and travelers alike and made sure to go eat here... I wish I'd managed sooner! The food was absolutely BANGING, a Filipino - Indonesian fusion made and served with fresh homemade sambal (if you like a kick, don't miss this, I'm still dreaming of their sambal), vinegar, soy sauce and love. The meal is incredibly affordable so backpackers don't be shy! The owners are the most charismatic, beautiful and helpful people, it felt like visiting a...