Bars and Clubs in Ortigas Center, Pasig

For those who are looking for the best places to unwind and just get a conversation over a cold bottle of beer, there are plenty of bars and clubs in the Philippines. Ortigas is one of the most urbanized areas in Manila. This is a place for commerce and business where various people are on the look for after-work fun and rendezvous with friends and booze.

There are a lot of clubs which are worth trying while you are in Ortigas.  These clubs can provide the best beers and drinks alongside the perfect ambience for a relaxing moment with your friends and peers. Here are some of the best places to unwind which are dubbed to be included in the list of the best bars and clubs in the Philippines:

Ortigas has the very urbanized City Golf Plaza Compound which has all the best resto, clubs and bars in the area. The Barcino is a nifty place for people who would want to eat Spanish dishes and wines. One can find the best liquors such as white and red wine to pair up with a sumptuous meal.
Another place to visit for the best experience of food and drinks is the Locale Gastrobar. This food establishment can serve gourmet dishes to satisfy their guests. The best food stuff which is being served here would include nachos, truffle pizza and foie gras burger. Another addition to this wide array of food is a bottle of good beer and concoction of drinks to enjoy. 

If one would want a real night fun, The Reserve is one club to reckon. This is just located across the Locale Gastrobar and Barcino. This is a nice place to relax with a drink. The Reserve is a liquor lounge which gets too crowded during the weekend when a lot of patrons and guests would flock to enjoy the music and excellent customer service. Make a reservation before going to the bar to ensure a nifty spot for the night.

For those who would want to enjoy the booze in Ortigas, Bugsy’s Bar & Bistro is a top pick. A lot of the guests going to this night spot would adore the drinks and food. Fish and chips go well with beer and that is one of the most satisfying treat to have while at Bugsy’s. It is their yummy buffalo wings which are perfect pair for a bottle of beer with lots of fun.

Borough is one of the best bars and clubs in the Philippines located at Ortigas. This bar is located at the Podium Mall which provides the best New York style food with the best cold beer in town. The place is quite small which cannot cater all the patrons who flock during the weekend.

Metrowalk is a haven for bar hoppers with the premeiere bars and clubs in the Philippines. This is place where a lot of bars and clubs are found. There are Club Phi Restobar, Aruba Bar and Restaurant and Decades Bar alongside Elbow Room and Dencio’s Bar.

Clubs in Resorts World Manila

Resorts World has become the Philippine Mecca for barhoppers and clubgoers hoping to have everything from a quiet evening with friends, to a wild night on the town with the boys/girls. How could it not be the place for excess when it houses a casino, restaurants for every budget, and a 24-hour movie house just in case you change your mind about that wild night out.

Locals and foreigners alike frequent the Republiq Super Club. Flight crew on layovers who know the lay of the club land around the world claim that this club, aside from being the best bar and club in the Philippines, stands right up there with the best that they prefer around the world. The club has hosted every famous French, Dutch, and Ukranian DJ to grace Manila with their presence. If you’re looking for a place to dance til 7am in Manila, this is it.

 Inside Republiq Super Club is the Cabana Club, the VIP clubbing room with it’s own DJ booth as well as 2 bars. It has 2 floors, and 8 private VIP rooms complete with its own bathroom and fitted with curtains if you want privacy. The club is connected to Republiq’s main room.

 Right across Republiq is another place in the running for the best bar and club in the Philippines, Opus –a restaurant and luxury lounge, is where celebrity chef Carlo Miguel gets to play with food. And by playing, I mean experimenting with his molecular gastronomic take on European cuisine. You’ll have foam, fizzy stuff inside pearls, and soup where you wouldn’t expect it but your taste buds will gladly welcome it all in the end. Case in point is the Caesar Salad Soup with the romaine lettuce coming in the form of liquid. The Modernist Caprese Salad comes with tomato sorbet, black caviar, and basil foam. The drinks don’t disappoint either. Try the Molecular Lychee Martini, which is just as you’d expect it but topped with delicious organic coconut foam on top, and lychee pearls at the bottom. This is where DJs and acts who play in Republiq come to eat and unwind after a crazy set or show.

 The Bar 360 of the ground floor casino at Resorts World Manila is where you can catch performances by famous local acts and visiting foreign musicians. Sometimes it even plays host to acrobatic acts from Russia, Belarus, and the Ukraine, as well as theater artists showcasing a little of what they’re offering at the Newport Performing Arts Theater upstairs. Sip on your cocktails in this neon-lit area whether to take a respite from gambling or while your night away in style.

To get phone numbers and make reservations, search for the club you want here.

Beer, king of alcoholic beverages in the Philippines

Filipinos love them alcohol. Alcoholic beverages in the Philippines are creative and usually sweet. From the strong boozy taste of gin killed off by being poured into the sweet concoction of Pomelo (local grapefruit) juice, to the many cocktails created using native mangos and local rum, there are indeed many ways to enjoy alcohol in the Philippines. But something you can find everywhere and anywhere is beer. Here is a short guide to Philippine Beers.

 Amongst all alcoholic beverages in the Philippines, the Red Horse brand of beer, with its sweet-cereal taste, and antiseptic smell, is the most popular amongst all options. This is meant to be drunk when refrigerated thoroughly. Enjoyed by many, it is affordable and even comes in a liter bottle. If you’re lucky, you might find the bottle with the mythical happy horse on its logo, supposedly promising that the beer you’ve received is of a stronger variant.

 If Red Horse doesn’t quite do it for you, then you probably will be the man for the bitter-tasting San Miguel Pale Pilsen, arguably the drink of choice for many a father or brawny uncle in the Philippines. As stereotypes go, the San Miguel Pale Pilsen drinker has the sort of alcoholic equivalent of mystique that the Marlboro Man presents. This beer, with a good hoppy flavor, and decent head, can be found anywhere from the local roadside beer gardens in provinces to the top hotels in the country. A similar style would be the San Miguel Super Dry beer, a little harder to find but also well appreciated by many an educated beer drinker, good to accompany you through dinner.

 IF you’re just looking for something light to accompany you through your long night of partying, the San Miguel Light beer promises 0 calories, and none of that heaviness that you feel in your stomach that accompanies most wheat beers. Marketed using the sexiest and most popular local celebrities of the moment, this adjunct lager is also best served cold and will be enjoyed by people who enjoy the similarly styled Corona, Heineken, or Dos Equis beer.

 Now if you’re the kind of beer drinker that only partakes of this calorie-laden alcoholic beverage if it is prepared by Trappist monks in Belgium or small award-winning craft breweries in the US, fret not, as there are growing options for you all-around the Philippines –you just have to know where to look. A good place to find these handcrafted beers would be in Global Beer Exchange, owned by beer geek Jim Araneta, who sources Craft Beer from Japan and the US, while helping nurture local beer-making enthusiasts through monthly meetings with the Beer Club of Manila.

One of the local beers that is well-stocked at the Global Beer Exchange is by a local craft brewery called Katipunan Craft Ales. They brew a mean American Pale Ale beer that is slowly garnering the attention of beer connoisseurs everywhere.

 If you’re still under the notion that the choices for alcoholic beverages in the Philippines are limited, then, obviously, you don’t get out much.