Makati Avenue

The food is great and kudos to the Chef Felix! Super friendly staff Laurie and the rest.
Thanks for making our stay in Dublin memorable! We’re going to spread the word.

IT’S OPEN! We had buffet dinner here on Saturday. Inexpensive and the cuisine is traditional home-​cooked Filipino style. They have a live band once a month. Friendly staff.

So this was my first Filipino cuisine experience. Being a total novice, I took one of the more exotic sounding dishes, called Laing, which was edo leaves (bit like leaf spinach it turns out) with hot chili mixed sea food in coconut milk. And it was … nice. Not overwhelmingly fantastic, but different and tasty.
The man who served me did not speak English very well, which did not stop him from being very friendly, explaining the different dishes and even allowing me to try some of the other items that were sitting on the buffet hot plates — which were just as interesting as the main course (I mean the ‘good’ interesting here); among others I had pork in black pudding sauce and Filipino spring rolls. I should also mention that he did not charge me for these de facto starters, which I thought was very nice of him.
Sadly, the place was very empty to start with — I was the only guest — so it had pretty much zero atmosphere and made me feel slightly awkward (ok, it was a four o’clock on a Thursday). Luckily, some other guests came in later. These all seemed to be Filipino themselves, which one could take as a sign of authentic cooking.
The décor unfortunately is nothing outstanding, either, and the acoustic landscape basically consisted of Filipino TV in the background and the guys in the place talking Filipino to each other (which was strangely interesting and made me feel like I was somewhere on the Philippines, but certainly not in Dublin).
Main courses range between twelve and sixteen Euros. The overall bill for my main course, a large chamomile tea and the little buffet selection came to 14.50 €, which I believe is a fair price. They also do lunch and evening buffets for 11 € (lunch until 18:00) and 12 € (until 20:00) respectively, including a soft drink.
If you ever feel like trying to cook Filipino yourself, they have a sister supermarket called BAYANIHAN a few doors down, where you should get all the necessary ingredients.
If you’ve tried the myriad Korean grills and Chinese restaurants in Capel Street and feel like something different, you could do worse than stopping by here for a taste of Manila.

If you are looking for good authentic filipino food in Dublin, look no further than Makati Avenue. The restaurant is nicely decorated with a small bar at the back that looks to be used only for special events. They serve a buffet until 8pm that includes one non-​alcoholic beverage. Prices for the buffet are € 11 until 6pm, € 12 until 8pm. But if buffet isn’t your thing they have an extensive a la carte menu served all day. After 8pm you can only get the a la carte menu.
They also serve San Miguel beer! The owners also have a small market about a block away with many filipino grocery items.