melbourne filipino
Inuman
MELBOURNE
The rooftop bar is another accomplishment from the brains behind Askal and Kariton Sorbetes. Find experimental cocktails highlighting Filipino flavours, plus snacky dishes like feijoa jam on a toasted Chinese doughnut.
Kalye Marinas
Hampton
Coastal Filipino food – but not as you know it. Bring a crew and use your hands to dig into Filipino seafood boil with all the trimmings. The tight menu also includes fried-rice-based silog plates with egg, pickled veggies and pork.
Migrant Coffee
WEST FOOTSCRAY
Two best friends founded this Filipino coffee spot, which serves bagels with Filipino, Thai and Maori influences. There’s also coffee by Coffee Supreme, alongside all-day Mimosas and Bloody Marys.
Askal
MELBOURNE
A team of seasoned hospo pros, including ex-Lume and Sunda chef John Rivera, are behind this unadultered Filipino restaurant. Try elevated takes on Filipino mainstays including sisig, lechon and halo-halo.
Ceree
MELBOURNE
Ceree shows that Filipino food is more than just adobo. Hit this homey cafe, restaurant and pantry for classic Filipino dishes, like silog – a Filipino breakfast of garlic fried rice, fried egg and sides like pork sausage and adobo.
Pecks Road
CAROLINE SPRINGS
Three brothers are behind this laid-back Filipino cafe serving loaded sangas and new takes on Filipino classics (like spam and egg bagels). But the main draw is its glistening doughnuts, in flavours like original glaze and ube.