Cebu — Places to eat
Resort sea on Mactan, roast pig in the city.
- House of Lechon — The Michelin-listed lechon house; spicy lechon is the star
- Rico's Lechon (Promenade Mactan) — The brand that first sold spicy lechon, close to Mactan resorts
- Zubuchon (One Mango) — Tidy, refined lechon plus sisig and kawali on the side
- Mactan Shrine SuTuKil row (Manna STK and neighbours) — Pick seafood off the ice, then grill, simmer or cure it
- Lantaw Native Restaurant (Cordova) — Filipino seafood on a wooden deck over the sea at sunset
- Choobi Choobi (SRP) — Peel-it-yourself butter-garlic prawns
- Esmen — Wood-fired sour fish soup, a 60-year-old Bib Gourmand
- Pares Batchoy Food House — Braised-beef noodle soup at a Bib Gourmand canteen
- Sugbo Mercado (IT Park) — An open-air evening food market, lechon to desserts
- Kuya J (Ayala Center Cebu) — Crispy pata, halo-halo and mild Filipino comfort food
- AA BBQ (Salinas Drive, Lahug) — Point at the meat, they grill it over charcoal
- Abaseria Deli & Café — Craft-filled old-house café known for mango float
- 10,000 Roses Café — Ten thousand white LED roses by the sea; go for sunset
- Dessert Factory — Mango ice cream and halo-halo to beat the heat
- Razon's by Glenn (SM Seaside) — Ube and corn halo-halo for a mall-shopping break
- Buko Seaside — Bamboo-and-rattan sunset dining on the Mactan shore
- The Pig & Palm — European-leaning modern dining in Cebu Business Park
- Larsian BBQ (Sugbo Sentro) — Smoky skewer stalls, Cebu's late-night barbecue yard
- Café Laguna (Ayala Center) — Filipino home cooking, calm and mall-side
- Bo's Coffee (Ayala Center Cebu) — Cebu-born coffee chain; first shop opened 1996