Vegan-friendly
Ovo
Indian
Italian
Juice bar
Fusion
Breakfast
Filipino, Indonesian

Vegetarian restaurant offering Indian and Indonesian dishes with a Filipino twist. Most items are either vegan or can be made vegan. Dishes include curries, noodles, spring rolls, pastas, pizzas, fritters and more. Open Mon-Sun 7:30am-10:00pm.


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36 Reviews

First Review by JuliaKaemmer

Sanran

Points +459

Vegan
13 Dec 2024

Very good food with a sea view and attractions

Food with a touch of local hint. Very tasty. Curries are like i never had before. Most dishes are vegan but they serve some eggs as well as far as i saw.

schubiidu

Points +625

Vegan
16 Nov 2024

Love the restaurant

Nice vibe, delicious food, great staff, fair prices, lot of options that are vegan or can be made vegan

Updated from previous review on 2024-11-16

Pros: Food is so good, Nice on the beachfront, Great vibe

Sedders

Points +51

Vegetarian
03 Oct 2024

Delicious food and friendly service!

We came back here for all our meals. Great variety, lots of tastes catered to, and friendly service.

Pros: Variety of veg options , Location , View

SandorGruber

Points +187

Vegan
28 Sep 2024

Nice restaurant

I visited every day I stayed in Malapascua Island

AlexVellido

Points +32

Vegan
15 Aug 2024

Muy bueno

Me gustó la comida, el ambiente, el precio. La comida estaba sabrosa. El curry rico

Pros: El curry , La música , El ambiente

sandrostalder

Points +13

Vegetarian
30 Jul 2024

Awesome Crunchy Balls

We went there two times and everything was amazing!

SaraV.

Points +542

Vegan
17 Jul 2024

Good food, lots of vegan options

I was so happy to have so many vegan options in the island. Good food and live music during the dinner.
A good option to try vegan philipino dishes.

Pros: Vegan options, Views, Nice people

NathanThipthorp

Points +85

Vegan
04 Jul 2024

Some of the best vegan eats this end of the Phillipines

Ended up eating every meal in Malapascua at this place and loved it.

Staff definitely understood the distinction of vegan vs vegetarian and we had great fresh food every time!

Pros: Awesome flavours , Friendly staff and owners , Cute events

julietaurora

Points +108

Vegan
06 Jun 2024

Lovely place

Such a good spot on the island. Ate here 4 times in 3 days. You pay on ordering which was a little odd at first but convenient. The veggie meat is really good and nice instead of just veg. Vegan filipino dishes were really good and had the carbonara and it was also super tasty and came with a delicious fresh pita. I chatted to the manager Milet and she was super warm and friendly. They also sell some bracelets of which some of the profits go to helping the local kids.

Das_Carolinchen

Points +139

Vegan
31 Mar 2024

Great selection of yummy Good

I ate here every day of my stay and I am not sure I managed to eat everything on the menu that looked good to me. Everything I tried was delicious, service was friendly and the location right at the beach is a dream. There is music most nights, either live or DJ. Most meals were either vegan or could be served vegan.

Pros: Great selection, Fresh, delicious food, Fair prices

TeemuE

Points +35

Vegan
23 Mar 2024

Best on the Island

We ate most of our meals on the island here because they had such good food. Thanks for making it easy to be vegan on Malapascua!

Updated from previous review on 2024-03-23

Vegan1957

Points +593

Vegan
17 Mar 2024

Good Vegan Choices

Nice Staff. Good Location on Beach. Vegetarian but Good Vegan Choices. Live music that was mellow and not intrusive. Bob Marley Reggae style. Had Indian Pies which was 3 pies, nice portion size. I returned the next night and had Monggo, a very Pilipino dish. Really tasty.

Updated from previous review on 2024-03-16

Pros: Good Food , Location. Location Location , Nice Staff with Guitar and Drums Live.

JosieMeakin

Points +59

Vegan
08 Mar 2024

I couldn't get enough of this place

Spent 2 weeks on the island and ate here almost every day, sometimes twice a day. The food was so affordable and absolutely delicious, I tried most things on the menu. The staff and owner were lovely and they have live music on most nights. Just a great atmosphere

maaaarteenn

Points +258

Vegan
06 Mar 2024

10/10 try the Adobo

We ate here 8 times over the past 4 days. I think we ordered the Native Adobo at least for one of us 6 times. Honestly, I think it is the best dish I ever ate. It's just such a good combination of spices and the vegetables and the veggie meat. Wow!

Almost all dishes are vegan, or can be made vegan. Just be careful, because the iced coffee shake (so not the normal iced coffee) and I think most of the other shakes contain some kind of biscuit, which we found in the store and contained honey. They don't specify that it is vegan, but still, they don't specify that it is not vegan either.

Please also enjoy the live music after 7 pm. Overall 10/10.

AlanaBanana

Points +2395

Vegan
01 Mar 2024

Ambientazo en Malapascua

El único restaurante vegetariano y vegano de toda la isla. La comida está muy rica y el.ambiente es muy bueno con música en directo justo en frente de la playa

Pros: Comida, Ambiente

Katrooke

Points +28

Vegan
27 Feb 2024

Beautiful place, lovely vibe

We were so happy to have so much to choose from for our travelling family. Familiar food for a fussy little one and flavourful meals for the rest of us. Staff couldn’t be nicer and great music in the evening, that welcomed the children joining in too.

Pros: Vegan, Live music, Kind staff

LIL_08

Points +181

Vegan
19 Feb 2024

THE best place to have food on Malapascua✨

We could not have been happier to have given the Villa Potenciana a go on our very first night. The atmosphere is great with live music, an awesome view and very kind and knowledgeable staff, but the food is truly spectacular. We came here for every other food option that followed. ✨

Some of our favourites have been the Adobo, the Monggo Curry, the Champorado, the Mushroom Sisig and the Tacco Pizza. But to be entirely honest, none of the other dishes were disappointing in the slightest!

Don’t miss out when visiting Malapascua! A big thanks to Gang Gang and the lovely staff 🦋

Pros: Great menu with numerous options, Lovely staff, Cozy atmosphere

carlsandharls

Points +79

Vegan
03 Feb 2024

Unbelievable - both flavours and value!

Run don’t walk. It was a godsend for our trip. After being very hard done by elsewhere in the Philippines (especially the nearby Bantayan!!) we were so grateful for this gorgeous place. Food was wonderful. Service lovely. Vibe immaculate. We ate three meals here every day for four days and loved everything we tried except the munggo curry (a little bland).

Pros: Adobo - all of them, Pasta, Burger or shawarma

LisaSpykers

Points +8196

Vegan
05 Dec 2023

The staff don't understand what vegan is

I do appreciate a place like this existing in a vegan food desert like the Philippines, but after reading older reviews and after my own experience, I couldn't give this place a high rating because they are continually making mistakes and giving vegans non-vegan food. It's not like they are an omni restaurant. They market themselves as being vegan and vegetarian and by now, they should know what they are doing.

The staff and chefs do not fully understand or even care what vegan means. The staff will write vegan on the ticket but when I asked if the mayo on our food was vegan, they just said 'yes'. So I then asked if the mayo is made in house or from the store. The waitress said 'from the store' which of course contains eggs (you can't get vegan cheese in the supermarket let alone mayonnaise in Cebu). We had to send two items back. The table next to us overheard and were not happy as they had trusted that their food was also vegan and discovered something they ate the night before actually wasn't vegan.

Being suspicious of what we also ate the night before, I asked about the ingredients in one of our dishes and the waitress said it had cream in it which explains why my partner wasn't feeling well early the next morning and nearly vomited which is unlike him.

When I tried to explain that people could get sick from allergies/intolerances to eggs and dairy, I just got blank expressions, so I asked to speak to the chefs in an attempt to help clarify what ingredients were vegan. They refused to speak to me and told me to wait for the owner. I did that and while he started off on the defense, he did apologize and said he would have a staff meeting.

If you decide to eat at this restaurant, you must clarify no cream, no mayonnaise, no cheese, no eggs, and probably stick to the options that are just labeled vegan rather than the ones that say they can be made vegan. The food we did have that was vegan was quite tasty. I do hope the owner takes this seriously and educate his staff, but in the meantime, vegans need to take precautions. Anyone with allergies even more so.

Updated from previous review on 2023-12-05

stam

Points +2180

Vegan
11 Nov 2023

Perfection! Locally grown ingredients, amazing food

Delicious food made with locally grown ingredients. Eco-friendly restaurant with clearly labelled vegetarian and vegan options. Large portions and very reasonable prices. They also have Happy Hour from 4 pm to midnight and an amazing view right on the beach.

Pros: Large portions and delicious food, Eco-friendly, Lots of labelled vegan options

wasserspiel

Points +176

Vegetarian
06 Oct 2023

Home faraway from home

Welcoming space with friendly people and amazing food, liked everything I tried, plus live performances.

Pros: price value, atmosphere, connections

MenaTro

Points +24

Vegan
28 Sep 2023

Wow! The best food in Malapascua

So yummy! We went to other places before & after eating here, we were so sad we didn’t go earlier! The vegan Adobo is one of the best foods we’ve ever tried - so good!

Pros: Taste, Price, Portion Size

sweetestpotat

Points +591

Vegan
06 Aug 2023

Delicious

Went a few times - everything was delicious. Lovely beach front location with live music in the evenings.

CMack95

Points +207

Vegetarian
21 May 2023

Great food and nice view

Plenty of variety on offer. Fully vegetarian with lots of vegan options or vegetarian dishes can be altered into vegan dishes.

Price is alright and the view is very nice.

I had a salad and then the vegetarian carbonara, both were great!

Pros: Lots of vegan options

RSD

Points +516

Vegan
17 Apr 2023

Don't go anywhere else

Best place to eat on Malapascua by far.. amazing view, large vegetarian menu with lots of vegan options, delicious food presented well. Good prices and reasonable serving size.

michistm

Points +72

Vegan
15 Mar 2023

Very good restaurant in Malapascua

Nice restaurant withgreat beachview and affordable prices

Pros: Many vegan options, nice beach view

RobertWulf

Points +39

Vegan
17 Feb 2023

Best food on Malapascua

I went there 10 times in five days and I think that says it all. Unfortunately one vegan spring roll had cheese in it😒

Pros: Nice staff, Everything’s fresh, Cheap prices




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