Top Restaurants in Samar Island
Samar Island Food Guide: 10 Must-Eat Restaurants & Street Food Stalls in Samar Island
Discover the best restaurant in Samar Island, Philippines including Kaonan sa Carayman, Ernie's Pizza, S.O. Cafe, La Luna Beach Resort, Misty Blue Boathouse Restaurant, Demetrius' Bread, Coffee & Wine, Bo's Coffee, Our Nest Restaurant, Maria Rosario, Jollibee
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1. Kaonan sa Carayman
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 5 reviews
Reviewed By Lango01 - Cebu Island, Philippines
In Calbayog city this is the place to eat really well cooked, fresh and reasonably priced Alimango. The restaurant itself is unassuming but very artfully decorated and is pleasant.
2. Ernie's Pizza
Overall Ratings
4 based on 14 reviews
We simply make it Fresh and Best!
Reviewed By akjc2014 - Baguio, Philippines
tinapa pizza is a must-try. affordable sizzling bangus sisig. :) although the service is slow, it's worth the wait. the thin pizza is great! will definitely visit this place often.
3. S.O. Cafe
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 15 reviews
Reviewed By WJFraser - Fort McMurray, Canada
My Filippina fiancé and I recently visited this place as it was recommended by a local only to find a dark and dingy looking place where I felt uncomfortable the whole time I was there because there were 4 or 5 young people just hanging out there and not having coffee or anything else and people, workers included just kept on staring at me like they never saw a white person before.
I ordered the blue marlin fish, it was over cooked and dry. It was so tough that I had to use pressure to cut it with my fork. (Properly cooked fish should be tender and flaky).
I won't go back.
4. La Luna Beach Resort
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 25 reviews
Enjoy our passion for good food! Call the first listed no. for Filipino food and the second one for Italian and world food.
Reviewed By Jan Willem V - Kota Kinabalu District, Malaysia
We stayed just a few nights in the cottage next to the swimming pool. To be completely honest, we were not too happy with the service that the resort provided us. The bathroom was so small that you could hardly move. No hot water and no breakfast before 08.00. The walls of the cottage are very thin and we woke up every time a tricycle would pass. Last but not least. We were charged for every slice of bread and every cup of coffee when we had our breakfast. Furthermore the family dinner was much more expensive than we dicussed when making the booking.
5. Misty Blue Boathouse Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 13 reviews
Reviewed By Luz S - Bundaberg, Australia
Food and location are great scenery are beautiful overlooking blue water. we love to go back ther again. To see the progress of the place . Although its affected by Typhoon they still manage to
restore there place, a nice place to relax and have dinner , best pizza ,fish and chips in town the place to have fish and chips.
6. Demetrius' Bread, Coffee & Wine
Overall Ratings
4 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By Davereckons - Hereford, United Kingdom
This small bar/restaurant is situated in the middle of Calbayog city along one of the main roads, and thus relatively easy to find. In addition to the tables inside there are a couple of tables available outside (provided you arrive early enough). Inside is non-smoking, airconned environment. In terms of overall ambiance, its best described as 'intimate'.
The food is well-priced and tasty. This is a place primarily targeted towards locals rather than visiting tourists hence Filipino dishes rather than Western. Reasonable range of drinks available, including cocktails. I particularly enjoyed their generously sized rum and cokes.
Without question this is one of the better places to eat/drink in Calbayog city and the service was reasonably fast and efficient. Toilets not so impressive though - these were very much in line with local hygiene standards (i.e. a bit basic and smelly).
On certain nights live music is on offer from around 9pm onwards. We were fortunate enough to hear a local Pinoy dude with acoustic guitar and backing singer; they were extremely impressive and belted out a range of local and Western songs all night. They even managed to make an Adele song sound good and I'm no fan of this overexposed, waistline-challenged, English 'songbird' (I'm English too BTW). Sound quality and volume level were perfect - I'm particularly fussy about both - and I would recommend this place on the strength of the live music alone.
Generally speaking, Calbayog only has a limited number of places with 'tourist-appeal' but I discovered that this relatively small place provided a great all-round friendly and local experience at affordable prices. Strongly recommended.
7. Bo's Coffee
Overall Ratings
4 based on 20 reviews
Reviewed By TerryY43 - Newcastle, Australia
A sign that this country is taking on the trappings of the West. Just like all the Western coffee shops in Thailand, the Bo's Coffee chain is popping up all over the Philippines,
This is a great thing if, like me, you like to have good coffee even when you travel in Asia. But it is not good if you shudder at the fast food and retail chains of the West diluting the traditional culture.
Philosophies aside, it is lovely coffee.
8. Our Nest Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 8 reviews
Reviewed By faithsalinas14 - Manila
Just walking distance from our hotel, cafe eusebio. Had a dinner meeting here with the Municipal Health Officer of Catarman for empowerment of women on Cervical Cancer Prevention Services. It was a great dinner to end our busy day.
We tried all the food with a 'thumb's up sign' and it' s all worth to try, the fish steak, sexy ribs, fish siomao and the other pork menu (forgot the name). We really enjoyed it.
9. Maria Rosario
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 9 reviews
Reviewed By Jun L - Catbalogan, Philippines
Cafe Maria Rosarion is the closest to a Starbucks-kind and Conti-like of treats in Catbalogan City. The snacks are almost Manila-priced but are sweet and tasty. There's a once-a-week buffet of local dishes, which offers not to many dishes but are still plentiful and delicious.
10. Jollibee
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 17 reviews
Reviewed By Oparazzo - Bad Herrenalb, Germany
There's one thing about my Filipino family I'll never understand: Their craving for Jollibee. Just imagine, there's so much delicious local food all around, at home and in restaurants, and still they go for this overpriced copy of the infamous Colonel Sanders' KFC. And even KFC's greasily battered chicken lumps are better than the tasteless content of the bee's buckets. Not crispy, not juicy, and not at all delicious.
Yesterday, as our house was suddenly full of visitors and with no time left to cook, they opted once again for a take-out from this unwholesome chain. We had fried chicken with comes with a slimy, indefinable brown sauce, and spaghetti (which remind me of the equally disgusting German Mirácoli - the more unfortunate among my countrymen actually take those for pasta).
A lunch, unforgettable only in the sense that the food sat very heavily in my stomach for the rest of the day.
