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Guidebook for Lungsod ng San Juan

Food Scene

An affordable authentic Korean buffet restaurant frequented by locals and operated by a Korean housewife offering unlimited servings of cooked food and cook it yourself barbecued beef, pork and chicken sliced very thin. This 2 storey air conditioned restaurant is frequently packed so please arrive early!
Sodam
1500 Metropolitan Avenue
An affordable authentic Korean buffet restaurant frequented by locals and operated by a Korean housewife offering unlimited servings of cooked food and cook it yourself barbecued beef, pork and chicken sliced very thin. This 2 storey air conditioned restaurant is frequently packed so please arrive early!
A wildly popular and affordable filipino buffet restaurant. Reservations are recommended. It is a favorite among the locals. it is an old spanish house converted into a restaurant and has lots of seating. You can take great pictures around this restaurant that has bountiful parking inside its premises. The place has air conditioning too !
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Guevarra's by Chef Laudico
cor Argonne
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A wildly popular and affordable filipino buffet restaurant. Reservations are recommended. It is a favorite among the locals. it is an old spanish house converted into a restaurant and has lots of seating. You can take great pictures around this restaurant that has bountiful parking inside its premises. The place has air conditioning too !
located just past the bridge that separates San Juan from Quezon city. This authentic Japanese restaurant run by a Japanese chef serves everything from sushi, ramen, drinks and dessert. open at 11am and closes at 11pm
Yutaka Izakaya
41 Aurora Arcade , Aurora Blvd
located just past the bridge that separates San Juan from Quezon city. This authentic Japanese restaurant run by a Japanese chef serves everything from sushi, ramen, drinks and dessert. open at 11am and closes at 11pm
Food parks are the In thing nowadays, it has lots of choices from different stalls selling grilled meats, shirimp in a bucket, chicken wings, hong kong roasts, shawarma cold beers and cocktails to dessert shops on the 2nd floor. Its an open air venue with fans and parking is limited.
Kalye 1 Abad Santos Food Park
Food parks are the In thing nowadays, it has lots of choices from different stalls selling grilled meats, shirimp in a bucket, chicken wings, hong kong roasts, shawarma cold beers and cocktails to dessert shops on the 2nd floor. Its an open air venue with fans and parking is limited.
Originaly from pampanga, this restaurant serves traditional filipino snacks and mixed asian cuisine. it is known for their buko pandan frozen dessert which is a milky coconut sherbet with coconut strips and pandan. good after meals
Nathaniel's Bakeshop
corner Panay Ave
Originaly from pampanga, this restaurant serves traditional filipino snacks and mixed asian cuisine. it is known for their buko pandan frozen dessert which is a milky coconut sherbet with coconut strips and pandan. good after meals
For our staple breakfast of Pan de sal it is open 24 hours. the best time is around 6am when it is freshly baked.
Pan De Manila
N. Domingo
For our staple breakfast of Pan de sal it is open 24 hours. the best time is around 6am when it is freshly baked.

Drinks & Nightlife

I come here for their hoegaarden rosee wheat beer on tap.its the perfect summer beer. also every night till 8pm its buy one take one on a 500ml glass !
Draft Gastropub Ortigas
31 Meralco Ave
I come here for their hoegaarden rosee wheat beer on tap.its the perfect summer beer. also every night till 8pm its buy one take one on a 500ml glass !

Arts & Culture

lots of kids from different schools go here for their field trip. but ive never actually went inside
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Museo Ng Katipunan
29 Pinaglabanan
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lots of kids from different schools go here for their field trip. but ive never actually went inside

Sightseeing

Its been there there since my childhood days. it is a symbol of the battle of Pinaglabanan in San Juan city being where the 1st shot of the Filipino Spanish civil war took place.
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Pinaglabanan Memorial Shrine
Pinaglabanan
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Its been there there since my childhood days. it is a symbol of the battle of Pinaglabanan in San Juan city being where the 1st shot of the Filipino Spanish civil war took place.

Parks & Nature

A small park located just a 5 min walk from our place. Its clean and usually a few people can be seen.
Mini Park
137 F. Sevilla
A small park located just a 5 min walk from our place. Its clean and usually a few people can be seen.

Shopping

A new middle class mall with food courts and free standing restaurants. a small department store is present. brands such as h&m, forever 21, uniqlo, topshop, gap, muji, addidas and lots more are housed here
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Robinsons Magnolia
corner Doña Hemady St
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A new middle class mall with food courts and free standing restaurants. a small department store is present. brands such as h&m, forever 21, uniqlo, topshop, gap, muji, addidas and lots more are housed here
A mall chain that can be found all over the philippines. it has a big department store and individuals stalls selling all kinds of consumer goods. 5min via car / 5.2km away
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SM City Sta. Mesa
Magsaysay Boulevard
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A mall chain that can be found all over the philippines. it has a big department store and individuals stalls selling all kinds of consumer goods. 5min via car / 5.2km away
Everything you could possibly need is here. From grocery, clothing, bookstores, souvenirs, local crafts, fake handbags and shoes, electronics, restaurant, bars, Dolby atmos movie theaters, Starbucks, Chilis and lots more in air conditioned stalls called tiangge. This is where locals go on weekends with their families.
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Greenhills Mall
1502 Ortigas Ave
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Everything you could possibly need is here. From grocery, clothing, bookstores, souvenirs, local crafts, fake handbags and shoes, electronics, restaurant, bars, Dolby atmos movie theaters, Starbucks, Chilis and lots more in air conditioned stalls called tiangge. This is where locals go on weekends with their families.

Essentials

turns out to be everybodys favorite wholesale club.
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Puregold Price Club, Inc. Agora
Cor F. Blumentritt
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turns out to be everybodys favorite wholesale club.
A large wholesale grocery store for the middle class with everything you need. 5 min walk / 400m away.
Super 8
79 F. Blumentritt
A large wholesale grocery store for the middle class with everything you need. 5 min walk / 400m away.