El Nido, Palawan
Ugat
- Filipino food
- Fine dining
- Breakfast
- Coffee
- Cocktails
- Happy hour
A Filipino kitchen open from 7am to midnight, from overnight oats and a full English at breakfast to kinilaw, rice bowls and beef shortribs pyanggang, with a coffee list and a 3pm-6pm happy hour.

- Facilities
- Wi-Fi
- Phone
- +639565534038
- Website
- www.ugatfilipinokitchen.com
Bold flavors. Deep roots. Where Filipino history meets the modern plate.
Menu
Prices as recorded on our last check. Menus change — treat these as a guide to what to expect, not a quotation.
Service charge 10%
What the menu says about the bill
All prices are exclusive of a 10% service charge
Food
Breakfast
| Fluffy Talong Egg-battered eggplant, fresh cilantro, basil and mint, fried garlic, shallots | ₱390 |
| French Toast Golden rosemary, sweet potato brioche, caramelized mango, white miso caramel, orgeat whipped cream | ₱420 |
| Ugat's Bennies Honey bacon, poached eggs, toasted rosemary, sweet potato brioche, calamansi hollandaise emulsion | ₱520 |
| Breakfast Adobo Tacos Slow-braised adobo pork, flour tortillas, fluffy eggs, black beans, crisp lettuce, tomato salsa | ₱450 |
| Ugat Omelette Omelette, sauteed tomatoes and white onions, arugula salad, focaccia bread | ₱380 |
| Full English Honey bacon, breakfast sausage, two eggs, diced potatoes, baked beans, butter-sauteed mushrooms, rosemary, sweet potato brioche | ₱750 |
Overnight oats
| Mango Coconut Pandan Oats, mango, coconut, pandan, chia seeds, almond milk, Ugat granola | ₱430 |
| Peanut Butter & Banana Oats, banana, house peanut butter, Ugat granola, almond milk | ₱400 |
| Chocolate Tablea Cocoa-infused oats, almond milk, fresh banana, cacao nibs, house-made granola | ₱450 |
Add-ons
| Shiitake mushroom | ₱110 |
| Cream cheese | ₱70 |
| Cheddar cheese | ₱120 |
| Red bell pepper | ₱80 |
| Honey bacon | ₱120 |
| Breakfast sausage | ₱150 |
| Water spinach | ₱50 |
Starters
| Kare-Kare Vegetable Tempura Vegetable tempura, peanut sauce | ₱280 |
| Sinuglaw Raw tuna, spicy leche de tigre sauce, Asian herbs, pork maskara, kerupek crunch, coconut sorbet | ₱300 |
| Kinilaw Canoli Delicate canoli, raw tuna, salsa verde foam, black and white sesame crunch | ₱380 |
| Adobo Pate Savory adobo mousse, sweet potato brioche, red onion marmalade, garlic confit, cashew crumble | ₱360 |
| Prawns Salpicao Prawns salpicao, garlic chips, lemon-calamansi gremolata | ₱530 |
| Pork Lumpia Pork and mushrooms lumpia, sweet chili jam | ₱280 |
| Octopus Carpaccio Octopus carpaccio, paco (fiddlehead ferns), roasted cashews, coconut sorbet | ₱380 |
| Pineapple Express Thinly sliced raw snapper, pineapple-turmeric dressing, fried shallots, red radish | ₱280 |
| Habagat Salad Compressed watermelon, feta, fresh spinach and arugula, cucumber, red onion, cashew | ₱280 |
Ugat's bowls
| Beef Tapa Rice Bowl Marinated samgyup-cut beef tapa, jasmine garlic rice, fried egg, pickled atchara, cucumber and tomatoes | ₱450 |
| Chicken Tocino Rice Bowl Marinated chicken breast fillet, garlic jasmine rice, fried egg, cucumbers and tomatoes, turmeric-pickled atchara | ₱450 |
| Adobo Flakes Rice Bowl Marinated, shredded and crisped pork, garlic jasmine rice, fried egg, turmeric-spiced pickled atchara | ₱450 |
Classics
| Beef Shortribs Pyanggang Beef shortribs 300gr, pyanggang sauce, jasmine rice, palapa (spicy chili relish). Add on 250 pesos per 100gr | ₱1,900 |
| Corazon Beef Sinigang Tender beef, vegetables, guava sinigang broth, white rice | ₱720 |
| Beef Morcon Beef roulade, pechay and green chili relish, mashed potato, mechado sauce | ₱880 |
| Pickled Papaya Porchetta Pork belly roulade, batuan glaze, coconut green goddess sauce, pickled papaya, jasmine rice | ₱780 |
| Snapper Escabeche Palawan red snapper, escabeche sauce, fresh vegetables, fish skin, jasmine rice | ₱720 |
| Adobo sa Atsuete Crispy pork belly, atsuete adobo sauce, confit garlic, red chili, jasmine rice | ₱720 |
| Beef Karekare Slow cooked beef, local vegetables, karekare sauce, white rice, alamang | ₱780 |
| Inasal Prawns Prawns inasal, inasal liwet, jasmine rice | ₱720 |
| Chicken Inasal Smoky chicken inasal, inasal liwet, annatto rice, calamansi, soy sauce, fried garlic, pickled papaya | ₱680 |
Sides
| Corn Ribs | ₱300 |
| Sweet Potato Fondant | ₱290 |
| Mac & Cheese | ₱280 |
| Mashed Potatoes | ₱280 |
| Adlai Pilaf | ₱280 |
Lunch
| Pulled Pork Adobo Nachos Slow-braised pork adobo, homemade corn tortilla chips, three-cheese blend, fresh pico de gallo, adobo reduction drizzle | ₱580 |
| Ancient Grains Salad Adlai and red rice, braised beetroot, roasted pumpkin, eggplant baba ganoush dressing, tofu, cucumber and red onion | ₱450 |
| Chicken Inasal Burger Chicken inasal, house-made rosemary sweet potato brioche bun, triple-garlic aioli, smoky charred cabbage, turmeric-infused pickled papaya, crispy sweet potato fries | ₱550 |
| Eggplant Burrata Fresh burrata cheese, smoked eggplant, olive oil, burnt eggplant skin powder | ₱930 |
The menu as photographed — tap to see it full size.




Drinks
Happy hour
| Cocktails | |
|---|---|
| Ugat Lychee Sour | ₱480 |
| Lemongrass Margarita | ₱480 |
| Ube Espresso Martini | ₱480 |
| Latik Penicilin | ₱480 |
| Tagay Papa X.O | ₱480 |
| Whiskey Sour Negroni | ₱480 |
| Old Fashioned | ₱480 |
| Mai Tai | ₱480 |
| Whiskey Sour | ₱480 |
| Basil Smash | ₱480 |
| Beers | |
| SM Light | ₱130 |
| SM Pilsen | ₱130 |
| Engkanto beers | ₱300 |
Coffee
| Espresso shot | ₱120 |
| Americano | ₱130 |
| Latte | ₱180 |
| Cappuccino | ₱180 |
| Ube Latte | ₱200 |
| Almond milk Milk option, added to any coffee | ₱50 |
| Oat milk Milk option, added to any coffee | ₱50 |
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