Alavar Seafood Restaurant, Zamboanga City

Trips like the one we had to Zamboanga City last month will not be complete without sampling the food scene. Our first meal in Zamboanga was at Alavar seafood restaurant. One might be familiar with their branch in Quezon City near Timog Ave. but nothing beats eating at the original.

The main entrance to the restaurant is missing the sign.

They do have a roadside sign in front of their bed & breakfast. Parking spaces were quite limited but many people come by tricycle, which is the dominant mode of public transport to go around the city.

The interiors looked both formal and homey at the same time.

They had several long tables suitable for families dining together. Make no mistake. This is a family restaurant and we spotted some families having their lunch their on the weekday that were there.

The menu is good and features their house specialties. I am not a fan of crabs but they serve really good crab dishes that my colleagues enjoyed very much.

Notice the menu is both in English and the local dialect Chabacano, which adopts a lot of the Spanish language

They have items and sets for all sizes of groups with very reasonable prices. Students can have a good meal here without compromising their daily allowance.

Our shellfish soup was good

This is what remained of our seafood platter set, which we didn't take long to finish as we were already very hungry by the time our food arrived at our table. We had very light breakfast and had no snacks during our flight.

There were three of us who ate at Alavar. Hopefully, we'll have a bigger group the next time we are in Zamboanga so we can order more dishes to enjoy.

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