Guidebook for Quezon City

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Guidebook for Quezon City

Essentials

Really comprehensive, affordable grocery store. Everything you need.
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Hi-Top Supermart
1650-52 Quezon Avenue Cor. Sgt. Esguerra St
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Really comprehensive, affordable grocery store. Everything you need.
A fun Sunday farmers' market with vegetables, breads, and specialties from the various provinces of Luzon. Open 6AM to around 2PM every Sunday.
SIDCOR Weekend Market
Epifanio de los Santos Avenue
A fun Sunday farmers' market with vegetables, breads, and specialties from the various provinces of Luzon. Open 6AM to around 2PM every Sunday.
A little more expensive than Hi Top Supermarket but it's smaller and less intimidating to navigate.
Rustan's Super Market
Sct. Madriñan Street
A little more expensive than Hi Top Supermarket but it's smaller and less intimidating to navigate.

Food Scene

Cheap, tasty and very local-style Filipino chicken barbecue or "inasal."
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JT's Manukan Grille
4 Granada
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Cheap, tasty and very local-style Filipino chicken barbecue or "inasal."
Affordable milk tea. Nice alternative to coffee for a pick-me-up.
Moonleaf
34 Sgt. Esguerra Avenue
Affordable milk tea. Nice alternative to coffee for a pick-me-up.
Filipino food with a twist. Recommended.
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Mesa Filipino Moderne
Scout Fernandez
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Filipino food with a twist. Recommended.
Family-style Filipino food. Good for big groups and beers.
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Gerry's Grill
Corner Eugenio Lopez Dr
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Family-style Filipino food. Good for big groups and beers.
Good quality Japanese restaurant. My fave are their maki platters good for 3-4 persons.
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Omakase
Tomas Morato Avenue
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Good quality Japanese restaurant. My fave are their maki platters good for 3-4 persons.
Good quality Japanese ramen in an intimage, hip, contemporary setting.
Nomama Artisanal Ramen
Sct. Castor Street
Good quality Japanese ramen in an intimage, hip, contemporary setting.
A break from the usual Starbucks. A good place to meet people for coffee.
Baang Coffee
258 - D Tomas Morato Corner St.
A break from the usual Starbucks. A good place to meet people for coffee.
Very intimate coffee and dessert shop with dark interiors and comfy couches.
Afters Espresso Desserts
Tomas Morato Cor Scout Castor Street
Very intimate coffee and dessert shop with dark interiors and comfy couches.
This teeny-tiny 20-seater restaurant serves awesome baby back ribs, mashed potatoes, and onion rings.
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RUB Ribs & BBQ
1207 Baler
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This teeny-tiny 20-seater restaurant serves awesome baby back ribs, mashed potatoes, and onion rings.
Intimate, artsy restaurant located next to a craft paper shop. They've got Filipino, European, and Asian dishes.
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The Chocolate Kiss Cafe
Magsaysay Avenue
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Intimate, artsy restaurant located next to a craft paper shop. They've got Filipino, European, and Asian dishes.
Filipino dishes that highlight different types of local "bagoong" or shrimp paste.
Bagoong Club
122 Sct. Dr. Lazcano St
Filipino dishes that highlight different types of local "bagoong" or shrimp paste.
Heirloom, authentic Filipino recipes from around the country in charming heritage home setting. http://adarnafoodandculture.craveslist.mobi/
Adarna Food & Culture
119 Kalayaan Avenue
Heirloom, authentic Filipino recipes from around the country in charming heritage home setting. http://adarnafoodandculture.craveslist.mobi/
A really hip compound with cool restaurants, art galleries and shops. A favorite hangout among Makati's creative crowd. Almost always has musical events on weekends.
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The Collective
Malugay
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A really hip compound with cool restaurants, art galleries and shops. A favorite hangout among Makati's creative crowd. Almost always has musical events on weekends.
Lots of unique, affordable, independent resturants here! A welcome break from the usual chains you'll find at most malls. This area is frequented by university students and creative types.
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Maginhawa
Maginhawa
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Lots of unique, affordable, independent resturants here! A welcome break from the usual chains you'll find at most malls. This area is frequented by university students and creative types.
Unique restaurant that serves "mood-influencing" foods. The owner is bi-polar and learned to control his moods with his diet. The restaurant serves his recipes.
Van Gogh is Bipolar
154 Maginhawa
Unique restaurant that serves "mood-influencing" foods. The owner is bi-polar and learned to control his moods with his diet. The restaurant serves his recipes.
They specialize in Filipino pork dishes like deep-fried "bagnet." A chill place to enjoy gourmet bar food and beer.
Pino Restaurant
39 Malingap
They specialize in Filipino pork dishes like deep-fried "bagnet." A chill place to enjoy gourmet bar food and beer.
Yummy and cheap chicken katsudon for P145.
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Crazy Katsu
Maginhawa
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Yummy and cheap chicken katsudon for P145.

Everything Else

Get your laundry done across the street for just P35/kilogram
Metropole Laundry & Dry-Cleaners - South Triangle
corner Sgt. Esguerra Ave
Get your laundry done across the street for just P35/kilogram
If it's not rush hour, the MRT is the quickest, most convenient, and cheapest way to get to Makati if you want to save money on cab fare.
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GMA Kamuning Station
32 Samar Ave
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If it's not rush hour, the MRT is the quickest, most convenient, and cheapest way to get to Makati if you want to save money on cab fare.
Another MRT station walking distance from the apartment. Same distance as the Kamuning MRT.
Quezon Avenue
1103 Epifanio de los Santos Avenue
Another MRT station walking distance from the apartment. Same distance as the Kamuning MRT.
Nice yoga studio at Il Terrazo complex. P450 per session, or P4000 for 10 sessions. They have classes every morning and evening. fb.com/igobeyondyoga
Beyond, Quezon City
Sct. Madriñan Street
Nice yoga studio at Il Terrazo complex. P450 per session, or P4000 for 10 sessions. They have classes every morning and evening. fb.com/igobeyondyoga
Bikram Yoga Manila QC
Hot yoga
Family KTV
Centerstage
Family KTV
Bank of the Philippine Islands
Jose M Delgado
ATM
ATM
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BDO
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ATM
BPI Family Savings Timog Avenue Branch
34 Timog Ave
ATM
Dry, Thai-style foot and body massages for around P300.
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Chowking
Diego Silang Avenu
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Dry, Thai-style foot and body massages for around P300.
One of the best hospitals in Metro Manila. Just one 10-minute taxi ride from the apartment.
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St. Luke’s Medical Center
279 E Rodriguez Sr. Ave
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One of the best hospitals in Metro Manila. Just one 10-minute taxi ride from the apartment.
Good value-for-money nail salon and spa. If you want a mani, pedi, foot scrub, full body massage, or even ear candling, this is an affordable, reliable choice.
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Buffalo's Wings N' Things
866 Nicanor Reyes St
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Good value-for-money nail salon and spa. If you want a mani, pedi, foot scrub, full body massage, or even ear candling, this is an affordable, reliable choice.
About a 15-20 minute walk from the apartment.
Destiny Money Changer
About a 15-20 minute walk from the apartment.
About a 15-20 minute walk from the apartment.
BBCT Money Changer
About a 15-20 minute walk from the apartment.
11th World Scout Jamboree Memorial Rotonda
Timog Avenue
Drugstore
The Generics Pharmacy
COR Chino Roces Ave
Drugstore

Shopping

Nearest shopping mall with everything you need.
Billabong - Trinoma
Nearest shopping mall with everything you need.

Drinks & Nightlife

Slightly upscale but casual resto-bar that serves Filipino food and beer. Popular among yuppies for after-hours drinks.
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Packo's Restaurant & Bar
36 Sgt. Esguerra Ave
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Slightly upscale but casual resto-bar that serves Filipino food and beer. Popular among yuppies for after-hours drinks.
Very popular folk music bar with good live acts. Favorite hangout among local artists and activists. https://www.facebook.com/conspiracy.garden.cafe
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Conspiracy Garden Cafe
61 Visayas Ave
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Very popular folk music bar with good live acts. Favorite hangout among local artists and activists. https://www.facebook.com/conspiracy.garden.cafe
Popular venue for live original Filipino music -- mainly folk, rock, jazz. https://www.facebook.com/The70sBistro
The 70s Bistro
46 Anonas
Popular venue for live original Filipino music -- mainly folk, rock, jazz. https://www.facebook.com/The70sBistro
KTV bar and restaurant just a stone's throw from the apartment.
Brickyard
40 Scout Albano Avenue
KTV bar and restaurant just a stone's throw from the apartment.
Chill lounge and bar with very good mixed drinks and Filipino-Asian food for sharing. Luxe interiors but relaxed atmosphere.
Lazat
76 Scout Limbaga
Chill lounge and bar with very good mixed drinks and Filipino-Asian food for sharing. Luxe interiors but relaxed atmosphere.

Arts & Culture

Cheap KTV place! Not the fanciest but kooky fun.
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Music 21 Plaza
27 Scout Tobias
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Cheap KTV place! Not the fanciest but kooky fun.
Official theater of the Philippine Education Theater Association. They often have unique, original Filipino plays. Schedules: http://petatheater.com/
PETA Theater Center
5 Sunnyside Dr
Official theater of the Philippine Education Theater Association. They often have unique, original Filipino plays. Schedules: http://petatheater.com/
Artists' enclave with a number of bars, vintage shops, antique stores, and art galleries. Sometimes has weekend events. Interesting to explore on weekend afternoons and evenings.
Cubao X
Artists' enclave with a number of bars, vintage shops, antique stores, and art galleries. Sometimes has weekend events. Interesting to explore on weekend afternoons and evenings.
Filipino comedy bar. Not for the easily offended. Never been, but some popular comedians perform here regularly.
Zirkoh Bar - Tomas Morato
Filipino comedy bar. Not for the easily offended. Never been, but some popular comedians perform here regularly.

Sightseeing

If you need some fresh air, this green spot in the University of the Philippines campus is ideal for a picnic or jog, especially on Sundays when roads are closed to cars.
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菲律賓大學沉下花園
Roxas Avenue
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If you need some fresh air, this green spot in the University of the Philippines campus is ideal for a picnic or jog, especially on Sundays when roads are closed to cars.