Kits Kitchenn

Open daily from 9am – 5pm

Kits Kitchenn
Rustans Supermarket
Ayala Mall
Cebu City

You gotta keep your eyes open for this little slice of vegan heaven as it’s easy to miss it (and THAT would be a terrible thing to happen). Head down to Rustans Supermarket (it’s in the basement level of the Ayala Mall) and right opposite their bakery and entrance you can see a tiny stall stuffed full of vegan donuts! They are insanely good, so light and delicious and come in a few different varieties (ALL should be sampled). Highly recommended.

Wellnessland Health Institute

Open daily (except Sunday) from 8.30am – 5.30pm

Wellnessland Health Institute
314 Sikatuna Street
Cebu City

Wellnessland is actually a cafe and a place where you can stay whilst undertaking various wellness programmes / retreats that are running. We visited the cafe which is open to the public and which also has a small variety of healthy, natural items to purchase (we found natural, vegan toothpaste there!). The food there wasn’t the greatest if we’re honest but you can get your quota of healthy food and it’s all vegan so we we’re happy to support it. It can be a bit confusing when you walk in as it doesn’t look like a ‘normal’ cafe but just go in and sit down in the restaurant in the back, the staff are friendly enough and are sure to help you.

The chickpea salad which was tasty and packed with chickpeas, we took the majority of this away with us and it made a good travel snack for later. We also tried the vegan wrap which was less like a wrap and more like a pie due to the rather thick wholemeal ‘wrap-not-wrap’. We had to ask for the vegan coconut yoghurt that was on the menu and we were told that often they leave it off because some local people don’t like it on the wrap (don’t forget to do this as it was a tasty addition) and made the pie-wrap less dry. The vegan burger was a bit sad looking and was pretty average as far as vegan burgers go…

Planet Vegis Cebu

Open daily for lunch 10am  – 2pm, dinner 5pm – 9pm and buffet at the weekend

Planet Vegis Cebu
E Osmana St
Corner of J Diaz St
Cebu City

This is the place to go to get your mock meat fix and to try some great versions of local Filipino food (veganised of course!). We ordered way to much food as the menu is huge and it turns out the portions are too; it was good so we ended up eating most of it though. Try the ‘calderetta’ a Spanish inspired stew deliciously fragrant with bay leaf. The BBQ skewers were also delicious (the sauce is on the sweet side though).

Persian Palate

Open daily 11am – 10pm

Persian Palate
3rd Floor
Active Zone
Ayala Mall
Cebu City

We also located another venue for this restaurant which was slightly nicer than sitting in the daylight-lacking Ayala Mall (check their website for details as they also have an all you can eat weekend buffet). However, if you re in Ayala Mall and looking for somewhere to eat then this is definitely a good vegan option. Service is not particularly efficient or friendly but the food is decent with quite a few vegan options including local Filipino dishes made with mock meat and some curries and wraps with chick peas, beans and lentils.

We tried a flatbread filled with curried chick peas which we’d rate as ‘OK’ – it came served in tin foil and was just a little too reminiscent of the kind of food you might eat after going out on the town for a few beers. Their mock meat adobo was good (be warned it’s a huge heavy portion full of mock meat) good soy and sour vinegar flavours hit the spot. We loved that they had healthy red rice (and that they don’t use MSG).

Vegan Friendly Luxury Hotels in Cebu

Garden Cafe at Marriott Cebu

Since we dined here Marriott Cebu has closed…

Garden Cafe at Marriott Cebu
Cardinal Rosales Ave
Cebu City

We ate a delicious Thai inspired vegan meal at Garden Cafe at Marriott Cebu. There were spring rolls, curies, sweet spicy sesame and peanut tofu and fragrant potato and sweetcorn cakes as well as a great fusion dessert which contained mango sticky rice and a take on the local ‘banana cue’ (grilled bananas with caramel).

Shangri-La Mactan Resort & Spa

Luxury 5 star resort and spa located a short drive from Cebu in Mactan

Shangri-La Mactan Resort & Spa
Mactan
Cebu

Shangri-La Mactan Resort & Spa is definitely one of the best resorts in Mactan and also happens to be incredibly vegan friendly. They provided us with a steady stream of great vegan food during our stay and the excellent service there means that special requests for vegan guests were easily managed.

Here you can read our full review of Shangri-La Mactan Resort & Spa.

Acqua at Shangri-La Mactan Resort & Spa

Open daily for lunch 12noon – 2.30pm and dinner 6pm – 10pm

ACQUA
Shangri La Mactan Resort & Spa
Mactan
Cebu

Acqua is the Italian restaurant located in the Shangri la Mactan Resort and Spa and is well worth a visit even if you aren’t staying at the resort. We ate a wonderfully creative and delicious vegan Italian meal, specially created by Executive Chef Andrea Burzio and his team.

Dishes like ‘Ajo Blanco and Tomato Tartare’ were truly special with multiple layers of flavours to amaze with every bite. The rich creamy ‘Ajo Blanco’ soup was the perfect partner to the fresh tomato tartare; it was one of those dishes that we just couldn’t stop talking about even as we ate it. We also ate a wonderful creations like ‘Parmigiana di Verdure e Tofu’, a rich concussion of tomato and vegetable caponata layered with eggplant and tofu and ‘Risotto Asparagi e Arancia’, a classic risotto with intense candied orange flavours as a final twist.

Call ahead on (63 32) 231 8224 and explain want to enjoy a special vegan meal…