Ever since I started working in Lapulapu City, I've travelled to Zamboanga City a lot of times -- more than I travel to my hometown (Iligan City). I've been to almost all restaurants there and tasted their bestsellers but I've never been to one that exceeds what Hacienda de Palmeras has to offer. They serve the best Japanese and Filipino... More

I arrived in Zamboanga early on 6th January 2011 on a flight from Cebu after flying from Melbourne in Australia to Cebu via Manila the previous day. By the time of my arrival I was very tired and in need of sleep and refreshment. Thanks to my hosts who met me at airport I was happy and relieved to find... More

Positives: the place is some distance from the city center, is walled and was relatively quiet. I met and saw several alumni of the city's Jesuit school take their morning coffee, dinner and beers here (the eatery closes at 10 PM so extended revelry and drinking are usually done somewhere else, I was told). Another reviewer, a foreigner who said... More