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Emerald Garden

1170 Roxas Boulevard | Ermita, Manila, Luzon, Philippines
06325238510
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Ranked #34 of 590 restaurants in Manila
Dining options: Reservations, After-hours
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- 18 May 2013
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Dining options: Reservations, After-hours
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Alajuela, Costa Rica
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97 reviews 97 reviews
17 restaurant reviews
15 helpful votes 15 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 May 2013 NEW

Excellent food. We ordered four "small" dishes which turned out to be quite large and had enough food to feed five people. The sweet and sour pork is lovely. You do not get the standard fried to a crisp, heavily battered dish. Here you get stir fried pork that has a light covering of cornstarch. It is mixed with pineapple,... More

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Manila, Philippines
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24 reviews 24 reviews
16 restaurant reviews
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 April 2013

This is one of their best-sellers. It is simply called siopao, a dimsum delightful snack. Personally, I refer to it as written above, because it was made more famous by an unfortunate event in Manila years back. You'll never go wrong with this order. It is tasty and heavy on the stomach due to its size and content.

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georgetown
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101 reviews 101 reviews
50 restaurant reviews
35 helpful votes 35 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 March 2013

we celebrated my mother's birthday there and since she can not take meats, we ordered seafood ... my brother ordered a big plate of prawns and they were really fresh and sweet, simply prepared but divine! their vegetables are fresh too.

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Philippines
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137 reviews 137 reviews
59 restaurant reviews
120 helpful votes 120 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 March 2013

My son and I went to Roxas Boulevard recently and decided to have lunch at the Emerald Garden. This Chinese restaurant is famous for their huge Emerald Garden siopao. It now costs PHP 99.00 per siopao. I love the chewy goodness of the siopao bun, the Chinese sausage, red egg, bola bola, and asado chicken meat inside the siopao bun.... More

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Tagaytay, Philippines
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9 helpful votes 9 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 March 2013

Whenever I crave for siopao, I always turn to this restaurant. Authentic chinese siopao that is so soft on the outside and meaty on the inside.

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Manila, Philippines
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49 reviews 49 reviews
21 restaurant reviews
30 helpful votes 30 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 February 2013

this place is one the oldest chinese seafood restaurants in the Philippines, im not sure, I rememeber it being there already when I was a Kid. anyway the food is GOOD! I guess if one would measure what chinese food should taste like, their's would be it. their menu are the classic food a chinese old timer would look for.... More

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Singapore, null, Singapore
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42 reviews 42 reviews
10 restaurant reviews
20 helpful votes 20 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 February 2013

A bit expensive but very authentic food. Ample parking. All taxi drivers know this place opposite the US embassy

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Pasig, Philippines
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 February 2013

Their foods are great. specially the Buddha soup. Steamed lapu-lapu, prawns/shrimps, crabs in deliciously sauce. Avalone with shitake mushrooms in thick yummy sauce. But be warn, this place flooded when rains hit this city so hard.

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Manila, Philippines
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56 reviews 56 reviews
15 restaurant reviews
50 helpful votes 50 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 January 2013

I've been here several times unfortunately and the only thing I'll eat is theirdumplings. The last time I went I swore I'd never come back - I'm not sure they are clean - they could invest some money in updating and cleaning out their restaurant.

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Manila, Manila, Philippines
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68 reviews 68 reviews
38 restaurant reviews
41 helpful votes 41 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 October 2012

Breakfast should be heavy as it's the the most important meal of the day. If you eat breakfast at Emerald Garden, you will surely be satisfied to the fullest with its congee, siopao, siomai and many more. i highly recommend the egg tart which seems to melt right in the mouth! Emerald Garden is truly good Cinese food from breakfast,... More

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