Filipino Food and Restaurants in the United Kingdom

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.

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 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-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.

Philippine fast-food chain's West End restaurant on Leicester Square, described by the company as its flagship Leicester Square site and the first Jollibee in the West End. It serves the chain's Chickenjoy fried chicken, Jolly Spaghetti with a sweet Filipino-style sauce, burgers and desserts, and trades for dine-in and takeaway every day.

Filipino street-food stall at the Back Yard Market entrance on Brick Lane, run by Ed, a Filipino head chef who trained and worked on international cruise ships before setting up the business. It serves chicken inasal, adobo rice boxes and barbecue, and also caters private events and weddings.

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.

Filipino kitchen in the Great Northern Mall in central Belfast, founded by chef Nallaine Calvo as a home-based takeaway before the pandemic and now trading from its own unit. It serves kamayan kits lined with banana leaf, rice bowls, salmon ceviche poke and fried chicken with calamansi, with strong vegan and vegetarian options.

Filipino restaurant on the Upper Newtownards Road in east Belfast, a ten-table room run by husband and wife Conor and Elizabeth Brennan and built around Elizabeth's Filipino roots. The menu covers adobo, sizzling skewers and a boodle spread, with a Filipino-inspired cocktail list.

Filipino takeaway at the Cregagh roundabout in east Belfast, run by two Filipino owners who cook dishes from across the regions of the Philippines. The menu runs to pork sisig, kare-kare, lechon, La Paz batchoy and Filipino-style pizza, and the shop also caters events.

Filipino restaurant on the Castlereagh Road in east Belfast, opened in March 2025 by husband and wife Kevin Tuvera and Eunicke Tilde-Tuvera from their longganisa and catering business Mangan. The menu covers crispy pork belly, whole pork leg, sisig, lumpia and coconut-scented chicken curry with garlic rice, and there is a second site on the Springfield Road.

Glasgow outlet of the Philippine fast-food chain on Sauchiehall Street, which opened in March 2022 as the chain's second Scottish store. It serves Chickenjoy fried chicken, Jolly Spaghetti, Yumburgers and Peach Mango Pie, with halal meat.

Filipino street-food kitchen run by Josie Popera at the Barras Market in Glasgow's East End, trading from one of the Suffolk Street containers at weekends. The menu draws on her hometown of Cebu, with chicken pastil, inihaw na liempo, kinilaw, lechon kawali and ube cake.

Filipino restaurant and bar on Bath Street in Glasgow city centre, the second site from the family behind Kultura Aberdeen and Dolores' Lutong Bahay, opened in September 2026 in the former Moskito premises. The menu covers crispy pata, sisig and kare-kare, with a 50-seat private dining room.

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 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 kitchen trading inside the Chai Guy cafe on St Mark's Road in Easton, opened in August 2024 as a partnership between Chai Guy's owner and chef Lorenzo Maderas, who launched Kusina in west London with his two brothers. The menu covers rice bowls, bao buns, loaded fries and jumbo wings.

Family-run Filipino kitchen in Unit 7, CARGO 1 at Wapping Wharf, opened in March 2026 by husband and wife Quelly and Russel Viray after years of pop-ups and a market stall in Bath. Filipino dishes make up most of the menu, including lechon kawali, sizzling sisig, beef pares, kaldereta and halo-halo, with a few Thai, Japanese and Korean dishes alongside.

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.

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.

Filipino-run cafe on St Stephen Street in Stockbridge, Edinburgh, run by a Filipino couple. The menu mixes cafe staples with Filipino touches such as biko, cassava cake and ube latte, and the cafe stocks bakes from Nica's Panaderya.

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 fast-food restaurant on Briggate in Leeds, run in the UK by Bee World UK Limited as part of the Jollibee Foods Corporation group. The menu serves Chickenjoy fried chicken, Jolly Spaghetti with a sweet Filipino-style sauce, Yumburgers, rice meals and desserts, for dine-in, takeaway and delivery.

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 cafe on Ford Terrace in the Pallion area of Sunderland, serving homestyle Filipino cooking and desserts alongside coffee. The daily menu runs through pancit palabok, chicken inasal, tapsilog, batchoy and pork dinuguan, with Filipino crinkles, tocino and frozen Filipino goods to take away.

Family-run Filipino restaurant and bar on Belmont Street in Aberdeen, opened in April 2025 by the family behind Dolores' Lutong Bahay. The kitchen cooks adobo, kare-kare, sisig, kwek-kwek and lumpiang Shanghai from scratch, with a Filipino-style tapas menu and a private dining room called Visayas.

Filipino street food stall at number 57 in Ashton Indoor Market, run by Carl Matundan with his parents Mel and Ronnie using family recipes. The stall cooks Filipino home-style dishes such as beef tapsilog for dine-in and takeaway, and has traded in the market since 2019.

Filipino street-food kitchen on Dufferin Avenue in Bangor, County Down, a short walk from the bus and train station. The menu runs to crispy pork pata, lechon kawali, chicken inasal, pork sisig, lomi and mami, with bao buns, milk tea and black gulaman.

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 in Unit 1 of Noble House on Yelverton Road in Bournemouth town centre, run by Mariann Alday and Graham Thomas. It serves pork barbecue skewers, crispy lumpia and beef kaldereta, with karaoke and a family-run atmosphere.

Filipino kitchen inside the Lyric Theatre on Barrack Street in Bridport, run by the same family as Aurora Kusina in Shepton Mallet. After a pop-up spell at the theatre it took a permanent pitch, serving Filipino-inspired rice bowls, noodles, drinks and sweets.

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.

Japanese and Filipino restaurant on Cheadle High Street, opened in December 2025. The kitchen pairs sushi, sashimi and ramen with Filipino dishes such as kare-kare, sisig, lumpia and pancit, and makes its own ube ice cream. It also serves Filipino-influenced drinks including ube lattes and calamansi coolers, with live music some evenings.

Family-run Filipino restaurant on North Hill in Colchester, opened in November 2023 by the Causapin family. Manager Bea works alongside her brother Bien, a chef who trained at Colchester Institute. The menu includes caldereta, Filipino barbecue skewers and vegetarian options.

Family-founded Filipino fusion street-food pop-up based in Coltishall and working markets and festivals around Norwich and Norfolk. Three generations of the family contribute to the business, which serves handmade lumpia and loaded Filipino-inspired fries.

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 food truck in Dalgety Bay, Fife, opened in October 2026 by Neil and Lily Aquino beside the Asda superstore. The menu covers lechon kawali with pickled papaya, Filipino barbecue skewers, adobo, pancit and handmade spring rolls, after two years of festival pop-ups.

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.

Family-run Filipino restaurant with a karaoke room on Church Road in central Hove, opened in July 2024 by the Medran siblings Aira, Junjun, Melissa and Ava, all nurses from the Philippines who settled in Brighton. Ava's husband Mario and Junjun's wife Cindy are the head chefs. The menu covers chicken inasal, sisig, Pinoy barbecue, lumpia and halo-halo, and the room is decorated with murals of Manila and the Banaue rice terraces.

Family-run Filipino restaurant and cocktail bar on the 12th floor of K2 Tower on Bond Street, opened in August 2023 with floor-to-ceiling views across Hull. The kitchen serves modern Filipino cooking such as kare-kare, escabeche, adobo croquettes and pica-pica plates alongside steaks and burgers, with a cocktail list built around Filipino flavours. The restaurant won council funding in 2026 to convert the 13th-floor sky garden into an all-year events space.

Filipino fast-food restaurant on Haymarket in Leicester, run in the UK by Bee World UK Limited as part of the Jollibee Foods Corporation group. The menu serves Chickenjoy fried chicken, Jolly Spaghetti with a sweet Filipino-style sauce, Yumburgers, rice meals and desserts, for dine-in, takeaway and delivery.

Filipino fast-food restaurant on Whitechapel in Liverpool, run in the UK by Bee World UK Limited as part of the Jollibee Foods Corporation group. The menu serves Chickenjoy fried chicken, Jolly Spaghetti with a sweet Filipino-style sauce, Yumburgers, rice meals and desserts, for dine-in, takeaway 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.

Filipino cafe and kitchen on Barlow Moor Road in West Didsbury, run by Zosima Fulwell, who has cooked Filipino food across the North West since 2017 under the Mama Z name. The cafe serves family-recipe Filipino dishes with a large plant-based menu, cakes and coffee, and hosts boodle-fight supper clubs and cooking classes. It was renamed from Yes Lah in February 2026 to reflect its Filipino focus.

Filipino fast-food restaurant on Northumberland Street in Newcastle upon Tyne, run in the UK by Bee World UK Limited as part of the Jollibee Foods Corporation group. The menu serves Chickenjoy fried chicken, Jolly Spaghetti with a sweet Filipino-style sauce, Yumburgers, rice meals and desserts, for dine-in, takeaway and delivery.

Filipino fast-food restaurant on Clumber Street in Nottingham, run in the UK by Bee World UK Limited as part of the Jollibee Foods Corporation group. The menu serves Chickenjoy fried chicken, Jolly Spaghetti with a sweet Filipino-style sauce, Yumburgers, rice meals and desserts, for dine-in, takeaway and delivery.

Filipino and Scottish fusion restaurant on Perth High Street, opened in May 2025 by Pitlochry couple Eric and Jennifer Toralba. The kitchen pairs Filipino dishes with Scottish produce, and the upstairs room is used for private events.

The Reading branch of the Philippine fast-food chain, on Broad Street in the town centre and trading there since September 2021. It serves the chain's fried chicken, burgers, spaghetti, rice bowls, ice cream and peach mango pie, and in September 2026 was granted permission to sell food until 3am.

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 takeaway and caterer on Bearwood Road in Smethwick, cooking Filipino dishes for collection and delivery and catering events. The shop also carries a small range of Filipino groceries alongside the kitchen.

Carinderia-style Filipino cafe on the first floor of the Asian supermarket on Castle Way, opened in 2023 by Connie Jenkins and her husband Neill and named after their three daughters. The set menu offers one or two ulam with rice, drawing on Connie's Manila and Ilocos family recipes, with adobo, sinigang, kare-kare, ensaymada and halo-halo among the regulars. It is eat-in and takeaway only.

Family-owned Filipino cafe, bar and patisserie on Kings Road in St Leonards-on-Sea, near Hastings, serving Filipino dishes alongside classic British cafe food and cream tea. The Good Food Guide describes it as a Filipino-owned cafe with a pretty facade, and the small dining room has a vintage feel.

Filipino restaurant and takeaway on Union Street in Yeovil town centre, run by Leticia Pili Calderon. The menu is built around Filipino home cooking such as bicol express, kare-kare, humba, bulalo and tapsilog, alongside a few wider Asian dishes, and the kitchen also caters for events.