Businesses

Filipino and Malaysian-inspired burger restaurant and takeaway on Preston Street in Brighton, launched by University of Brighton graduates Riham Cabo, who is Filipino, and her partner Wafi Hisham. The menu covers a Manila chicken burger, a Malaysian rendang burger, Filipino and Malaysian-style wings, loaded fries, dumplings, Milo ice and bandung.

Filipino restaurant on Town Street in Shepton Mallet, serving a modern take on Filipino comfort food with an unusually strong vegan range. The kitchen is run by Ross Smithwick and front of house by Amber Smithwick, whose mother Aurora grew up in Tondo, Manila and came to the UK in the 1970s; the restaurant is named for her and the dishes are the recipes of Amber's childhood. The menu covers spring rolls, vegganisa empanadas, vegan chicharron, sinigang noodle soup and cocktails.

Filipino restaurant in the former Vestry pub on Fawcett Street in Sunderland city centre, opened in August 2026 by siblings Charmain, John and Bill Arrojo. The kitchen serves chicken inasal, lumpiang togue and ribeye beef salpicao with ube lattes and homemade Filipino ice cream, keeping the building's historic bar and stained glass.

Filipino restaurant on the Shore Road in north Belfast, serving homestyle dishes such as pork sisig, La Paz batchoy, kinilaw, binagoongan pork and fresh lumpia in a small dining room. The kitchen also does Cajun-style seafood boils and rice cakes to take away.

Independent modern Filipino bistro on Kentish Town Road, founded by restaurateur Omar Shah and reworking classic French bistro cooking through a Filipino lens. The kitchen dry-ages, ferments and slow-cooks its ingredients, and the restaurant sits in the Maginhawa Group alongside Bintang, Mamasons and Bunso. It appears in the Michelin Guide's London selection.

Filipino restaurant on Kentish Town Road in Camden, open since 1987 and describing itself as London's oldest Filipino restaurant. The kitchen cooks Filipino home food for sharing, such as kare-kare in peanut sauce and adobo braised slowly in vinegar and soy, with weekend brunch and karaoke nights. Large tables at the back are built for birthdays and group dinners, and the restaurant also takes private-hire and large-group bookings.

Leeds lechon kitchen cooking whole roast pigs to order and selling vacuum-packed lechon packs, dinuguan, paklay and balbacua for delivery around the UK. Founded by Bong and his family from backyard gatherings, it now caters Filipino celebrations and ships portioned Filipino dishes by post. Collection is arranged in the LS9 area of Leeds.

Filipino cafe on Victoria Road in Consett, opposite the bus station, opened in September 2025 by Christine Hewitt, who moved to the UK from Masbate in 2014 and traded from a van in Durham Marketplace before taking the shop. The kitchen serves pork adobo, Filipino spaghetti, lumpia and tocino breakfast plates alongside ube cheesecakes and ube lattes, with familiar British cafe food too.

Family-run Filipino restaurant on Cable Street in Wapping, opened in 2008 by chef Cirilo Ragasa after more than twenty years cooking in London hotels and restaurants. The kitchen serves its own take on Filipino classics, including seabass kinilaw, sizzling sisig and a spiced pancit bihon, and the small dining room takes bookings for groups of up to ten.

Filipino street-food trailer trading around Cardiff city centre, selling lumpia spring rolls, banana fritters, dumplings, pork adobo and ube drinks. It is a mobile kitchen with no fixed dining room, booked for pitches and events.

Filipino restaurant and restobar on the canal at The Glasshouse in Birmingham, one of four D'Cocina sites run by founder and executive chef David Miguel. The kitchen serves chicken inasal, liempo, grilled barbecue skewers and a Filipino brunch of silog meals such as tapa and longganisa. The group also caters and hires out the room for events.

Filipino restaurant in the former courthouse building on Mawdsley Street in Bolton town centre, opened in March 2026 as the Bolton branch of the D'Cocina group founded by executive chef David Miguel. The kitchen serves chicken inasal, liempo, Filipino barbecue skewers and silog brunch plates, with a lunch and dinner service midweek and all-day service at weekends.

Filipino restaurant and bar on North End Road in Fulham, opened on 25 April 2026 as the first franchise of the D'Cocina group and its fourth UK branch. Alongside the group's signature Filipino dishes it runs a full drinks list, live music and karaoke, and the venue can be hired for private events.

Modern Filipino restaurant in Kingly Court, Carnaby, from Florence Mae Maglanoc's 1996 Group, harmonising Filipino flavours with contemporary technique and British ingredients. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and serves a lunch and dinner menu Tuesday to Sunday, with a private hire room.

Filipino cafe and food shop in Unit 5 of the Enterprise Shopping Centre on Station Parade, opened by Brenda, who previously ran a stall at Eastbourne Borough Market and still trades there on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The counter serves home-style adobo, lumpia, pancit, beef lomi, bulalo, laing sa gata and breakfast plates such as tapsilog and hotsilog, with halo-halo, leche flan and ube Swiss roll for dessert, plus a shelf of Filipino store-cupboard brands.

Filipino-inspired street-food business founded in 2014 by brothers Jonathan and Justice Cacho, who grew up in Peckham and now run permanent sites in Peckham, Elephant and Castle and White City. The menu is built around chicken inasal and beef adobo served as rice boxes, burritos or salads, with loaded Filishack fries.

Filipino restaurant and bubble tea shop on Washwood Heath Road in Saltley, run by Reynaldo Cabalan and family. The kitchen serves Filipino plates such as beef tapsilog, beef mami and saging con yelo, and the shop describes itself as home of Birmingham's first special halo-halo. Bubble tea and desserts are made to order for dine-in, collection and delivery.

Filipino and Asian restaurant and cafe on Market Street in Lurgan, opened in December 2024 by Victoria Talbot, who moved to Northern Ireland from the Philippines in 1997. The 100-seat room serves Filipino and Asian dishes, including all-you-can-eat buffet sittings.

Cardiff outlet of the Philippine fast-food chain on Queen Street, opened in July 2021 as the chain's first restaurant in Wales. It serves Chickenjoy fried chicken, Jolly Spaghetti, Yumburgers and Peach Mango Pie over two floors on the corner of Queen Street and Charles Street.

Edinburgh outlet of the Philippine fast-food chain at 136 Princes Street, which opened in February 2022 as Scotland's first Jollibee. It serves Chickenjoy, Jolly Spaghetti, Yumburgers and Peach Mango Pie across two floors, with halal meat.