Lenten Picks: Top 10 Vegan Restaurants in Metro Manila for the Season

Joanna Marie O. Santos
February 24, 2023


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Lent season is one of the most important seasons for the religious in the Philippines. Goes over 40 days of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Lent is celebrated differently, depending on the traditions of each family, but one of the things that makes it common is abstaining from meat. It can be a struggle to find vegan restaurants in the Philippines that you can try for the season, but that’s what Philippines Top Picks is here for.

 

Before we rave over the top 10 go-to vegan restaurants to try in Metro Manila for the lenten season, - Let’s take a step back and review the season’s tradition and how it started. 

 

Lenten Season in the Philippines: Why is it an Important Season? 

 

We Filipinos consider the lenten season as one of the most important religious events that we participate in and is renowned as the only predominantly Catholic nation in Asia. A time we annually fast, prepare for Easter and recollect the love of God through Jesus Christ and his journey to the cross. The Lenten season commences on Ash Wednesday and is celebrated in the country from region to region. Every year, the event showcases Filipino religiosity through the creativity of our youth. 

 

What should you eat during lent? Here are the places to eat during the lenten season! 

 

Top 10 Vegan Restaurants to Try in Metro Manila for Lenten Season 

 

El Chupacabra

 


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A Mexican-American restaurant that serves barbecue, street tacos, and beer that is affordable. El Chupacabra may look like a non-vegan-friendly zone at first glance, but they provide a distinct vegan menu that includes tacos, burritos, burgers, quesadillas, rice plates, and many more. It is a must-try to rave over their Soyrizos con Papas, Grilled Vegetables Quesadilla, Vegan, and Cheese Enchilada. The restaurant is located at 5782 Felipe Street, Ground Floor JVR Building, Poblacion, Makati City. 

 

101 Hawker Food House

 


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101 Hawker Food House provides an extensive menu for vegans and vegetarians and is inspired by numerous food stalls discovered in Singapore alongside its neighboring Asian countries. Raving for the mouthwatering Salt and Pepper Vegemeat, Mee Goreng, and Vegan Laksa is highly recommended. For those who would love to visit, the food house is located in unit 102, Campos Rueda Building, 101 Urban Ave., Makati City.


Green Bar

 


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 This vegetarian restaurant in Makati is the place to visit for comfort food. The vegetarian restaurant serves an all-day breakfast eatery with mouthwatering burgers, donuts, and cakes to devour. While you get to spend the whole day in the restaurant, you can drop by the place at 3-5 pm for cocktails and wine. It is a must devour their BBQ Tofu Sandwich, Breakfast Burrito, and Penne Pomodoro. The vegetarian restaurant is located at 106 Aguirre street, Legaspi Village.

 

Corner Tree Cafe

 


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This vegan and vegetarian restaurant serves a variety of dishes from around the world alongside dishes inspired by international celebrations and current events. Try out their mouthwatering Buddha Bowl, Spinach and Mushroom Lasagna Vegetarian Chili Bowl, and Spinach & Mushroom Lasagna. You can visit the cafe located at 150 Jupiter St., Bel-Air, Makati City.

 

Cosmic Poblacion

 


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A small vegetarian restaurant serving various plant-based meals that never ceases to please customers. With flavorful dishes, raving for their mouthwatering Vegan Sisig with Bagnet, Vegan, Spinach Lasagna, Kare-Kare with Bagnet, Miso-Mushroom Sinigang, Vegan Bangus Relleno. The restaurant is located at 2/F 5057 P Burgos St cor Gen Luna, Poblacion, Makati City. 

 

Pipino Vegetarian

 


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Pipino Vegetarian serves plant-based Filipino dishes and elevates the flavors of dishes. It is a must-try to check out their Pino Spring Roll Trio, Buffalo Cauliflower Wings, and Tofu Bistek. Its opening hours are from Mondays to Saturdays from 10 am to 10 pm and is located at 39 Malingap Teacher's Village 1101 Quezon City, Philippines. 

 

Greenery Kitchen

 


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The restaurant offers a wide variety of dishes from different cuisines from all over the world - an affordable “lutong bahay” alongside mouthwatering vegan goodies to devour. Greenery Kitchen is renowned for its focus on Filipino delight and highly recommends Sisig, Shawarma Rice, Palabok, and Tofu Ala Max., and is located at 2078 E. Pascua, Kasilawan, Makati City. 

 

Hummus Elijah

 


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A  Middle-Eastern restaurant that offers a wide variety of the Poblacion delight. It is about time to try out the most delicious hummus and falafel in Manila. It is definitely a must-try to devour their mouthwatering Hummus Elijah, Mashawsha, Falafel in Pita, Vegan Shakshuka, and many more. The place is located at 7850 Makati Ave, Poblacion, Makati City. 

 

Urban Fresh Vegetarian Kitchen

 


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This vegetarian restaurant offers a variety of options that never ceases to satisfy customers with both healthy and heavenly taste buds. To ensure that customers are served fresh meals, the ingredients are locally sourced. Their opening hours are from Fridays to Saturdays from 10 am to 6:30 pm, and located at Unit 20, The Arcade at 68 Roces, Don A. Roces Ave., Brgy. Obrero, Quezon City.

 

Shaka Cafe

 


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Siargao’s Shaka Cafe serves plant-based and gluten-free vegan meals out of organic fruits and vegetables. While their smoothie bowls are picturesque, they also have hearty mouthwatering burgers, pad thai, and lasagna. It is definitely worth trying out the Bakunawa smoothie bowl, Big Breakfast, Wak Wak burger, and Vegetable Lasagna. The cafe is located at Burgos Circle, Forbes Town Center.


Hungry yet? Well, we hope these 10 best restaurants won’t be far away from your go-to meals to devour during the Lenten season.