[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"guide-city-davao":3},{"city":4,"cities":12,"venues":102,"events":261,"totals":292},{"slug":5,"name":6,"islandGroup":7,"color":8,"inkColor":9,"lede":10,"venueCount":11},"davao","Davao","mindanao","#C2352B","#FFFFFF","Relaxed bars and band nights; the city liquor ordinance stops sales from 1am to 8am, so start early.",5,[13,20,26,31,36,42,48,55,62,69,74,79,84,90,96,97],{"slug":14,"name":15,"islandGroup":16,"color":17,"inkColor":9,"lede":18,"venueCount":19},"metro-manila","Metro Manila","luzon","#2346B8","Poblacion for walk-in bar hopping, BGC for rooftops and clubs, and the country's best-ranked cocktail bars a short Grab ride apart.",25,{"slug":21,"name":22,"islandGroup":16,"color":23,"inkColor":9,"lede":24,"venueCount":25},"angeles-clark","Angeles & Clark","#55607A","Hotel bars and long-running restaurant-bars around Clark's freeport, an hour and a half north of Manila.",3,{"slug":27,"name":28,"islandGroup":16,"color":29,"inkColor":9,"lede":30,"venueCount":11},"subic","Subic","#7A2E3A","The old naval base's freeport drinks by the water: rooftop bands, sports bars on Alava Quay and a hotel roof that serves round the clock at weekends.",{"slug":32,"name":33,"islandGroup":16,"color":34,"inkColor":9,"lede":35,"venueCount":25},"baguio","Baguio","#8A5534","Cool mountain air, craft beer and band bars off Session Road; nights start early and end by one.",{"slug":37,"name":38,"islandGroup":16,"color":39,"inkColor":9,"lede":40,"venueCount":41},"la-union","La Union","#6C4FC2","San Juan's surf strip: beach parties at the hostels, acoustic sets and bonfires after the last wave.",6,{"slug":43,"name":44,"islandGroup":16,"color":45,"inkColor":9,"lede":46,"venueCount":47},"palawan","El Nido, Palawan","#CB4172","Sunset bars on the bay, then the beachfront parties of El Nido town once the island-hopping boats come in.",7,{"slug":49,"name":50,"islandGroup":16,"color":51,"inkColor":52,"lede":53,"venueCount":54},"coron","Coron","#2A9FD6","#08201F","A wreck divers' town with one short bar street: local craft IPA, live bands next door and a rooftop sunset over Coron Bay.",4,{"slug":56,"name":57,"islandGroup":58,"color":59,"inkColor":52,"lede":60,"venueCount":61},"cebu","Cebu","visayas","#12A3A0","IT Park's late bars, Crossroads cocktails and Mactan's resort lounges; the country's second big night out.",12,{"slug":63,"name":64,"islandGroup":58,"color":65,"inkColor":66,"lede":67,"venueCount":68},"boracay","Boracay","#F2C230","#15171C","White Beach is one long bar: sunset at Station 1, parties at Station 2, quieter drinks towards Station 3.",9,{"slug":70,"name":71,"islandGroup":58,"color":72,"inkColor":66,"lede":73,"venueCount":54},"iloilo","Iloilo","#E07A2E","Smallville's bar strip and a growing cocktail scene in the City of Love.",{"slug":75,"name":76,"islandGroup":58,"color":77,"inkColor":9,"lede":78,"venueCount":41},"bacolod","Bacolod","#B83A8C","The City of Smiles drinks late around Lacson Street, and loudest of all during MassKara.",{"slug":80,"name":81,"islandGroup":58,"color":82,"inkColor":9,"lede":83,"venueCount":25},"dumaguete","Dumaguete","#3674C7","A university town on the Rizal Boulevard seafront: cheap beer, live bands, an easy crowd.",{"slug":85,"name":86,"islandGroup":58,"color":87,"inkColor":9,"lede":88,"venueCount":89},"bohol","Bohol","#5B8022","Alona Beach on Panglao: dive-crowd bars and beach lounges after the boats come back.",1,{"slug":91,"name":92,"islandGroup":7,"color":93,"inkColor":9,"lede":94,"venueCount":95},"siargao","Siargao","#27835A","Surf by day; by night the party moves venue to venue on a weekly rotation, so the night you land decides the bar.",11,{"slug":5,"name":6,"islandGroup":7,"color":8,"inkColor":9,"lede":10,"venueCount":11},{"slug":98,"name":99,"islandGroup":7,"color":100,"inkColor":9,"lede":101,"venueCount":25},"cagayan-de-oro","Cagayan de Oro","#1F7F86","Rooftop and band bars in the City of Golden Friendship, busiest on Friday band nights.",[103,146,178,210,232],{"slug":104,"citySlug":5,"name":105,"area":106,"address":107,"types":108,"mapsUrl":111,"rank":89,"hours":112,"hoursVerified":124,"bestDays":125,"peak":126,"bestLabel":129,"bestWhy":130,"expect":131,"vibe":132,"music":133,"priceLevel":134,"priceNote":135,"dress":136,"entry":137,"website":138,"instagram":138,"researchNotes":139,"sources":140,"photo":138,"lists":144,"lastCheckedAt":145},"suazo-bar-davao","Suazo Bar","Poblacion","Poblacion District, Davao City",[109,110],"live-music","craft-beer","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.google.com\u002Fmaps\u002Fsearch\u002F?api=1&query=Suazo%20Bar%20Poblacion%20Davao%20City",[113,116,117,119,121,122,123],[114,115],930,1440,[114,115],[114,118],1500,[120,118],900,[120,118],[120,118],[120,118],false,[54],[127,128],1260,1410,"Friday · 21:00","Local bands play and you still have time before the 1 AM last call.","A small indie bar off the main strip where live music meets local art on the walls. Craft beer and pulutan like sisig and chicharong bulaklak, plus a rooftop corner. Gets cramped when a good act is on.","Indie, artsy, cozy","Local live bands, indie",2,"Beers ₱100–200, craft ₱200+","Casual","Usually free; possible cover on gig nights",null,"Hours from aggregator (Wanderlog\u002FGoogle data), not verified first-hand. Davao City Liquor Ban Ordinance bans alcohol sales 1:00–8:00 daily; city-wide public smoking ban and firecracker ban apply.",[141,142,143],"https:\u002F\u002Ffeatrmedia.com\u002Fthe-best-bars-in-davao\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fwanderlog.com\u002Fplace\u002Fdetails\u002F12382842\u002Fsuazo-bar","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sunstar.com.ph\u002Fdavao\u002Fdavao-ctoo-liquor-ban-amendment-ok-but",[],"2026-10-25",{"slug":147,"citySlug":5,"name":148,"area":149,"address":150,"types":151,"mapsUrl":153,"rank":134,"hours":154,"hoursVerified":124,"bestDays":163,"peak":164,"bestLabel":167,"bestWhy":168,"expect":169,"vibe":170,"music":171,"priceLevel":134,"priceNote":172,"dress":173,"entry":174,"website":138,"instagram":138,"researchNotes":175,"sources":176,"photo":138,"lists":177,"lastCheckedAt":145},"huckleberry-southern-kitchen-bar-davao","Huckleberry Southern Kitchen & Bar","Poblacion (Oboza Compound)","Oboza Compound, Rizal St, Poblacion District, Davao City",[152],"cocktail","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.google.com\u002Fmaps\u002Fsearch\u002F?api=1&query=Huckleberry%20Southern%20Kitchen%20%26%20Bar%20Oboza%20Compound%20Davao",[155,157,158,159,160,161,162],[156,118],1020,[156,118],[156,118],[156,118],[156,118],[156,118],[156,118],[11],[165,166],1200,1350,"Saturday · 20:00","Dinner crowd turns into a drinking crowd in the Oboza compound.","American Southern comfort food with a proper bar attached, in the Oboza compound cluster of Poblacion venues. Come for fried chicken and whiskey-led cocktails, stay for a bar crawl to neighbours next door.","Lively restobar","Playlist, rock and soul","Beers ₱120–200, cocktails ₱250–400","Smart casual","Free","Hours are an estimate capped by the 1 AM liquor cutoff; not verified. Davao City Liquor Ban Ordinance bans alcohol sales 1:00–8:00 daily; city-wide public smoking ban and firecracker ban apply.",[141,143],[],{"slug":179,"citySlug":5,"name":180,"area":181,"address":182,"types":183,"mapsUrl":185,"rank":25,"hours":186,"hoursVerified":194,"bestDays":195,"peak":196,"bestLabel":197,"bestWhy":198,"expect":199,"vibe":200,"music":201,"priceLevel":25,"priceNote":202,"dress":173,"entry":203,"website":138,"instagram":204,"researchNotes":205,"sources":206,"photo":138,"lists":209,"lastCheckedAt":145},"takipsilim-davao","Takipsilim","San Pedro St, Poblacion","San Pedro St, Davao City (exact location sent on booking)",[184,152],"speakeasy","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.google.com\u002Fmaps\u002Fsearch\u002F?api=1&query=Takipsilim%20bar%20San%20Pedro%20Street%20Davao%20City",[187,188,189,190,191,192,193],[120,118],[120,118],[120,118],[120,118],[120,118],[120,118],[120,118],true,[54,11],[127,118],"Fri–Sat · 9pm–1am","Bookings are tight and the room is at its best late, but last orders come before the 1am liquor cutoff.","A booking-only Filipino cocktail bar behind an unmarked brown door, with the address sent once you reserve. The list leans on local fruit, herbs and Filipino spirits such as Kanto and Agimat; the Bakunawa, a bourbon drink with beet-tamarind cordial and pomelo, is the strong one. Small plates are good enough to stay for.","Secretive, intimate","Low-key playlist","Signature cocktails ₱280–450, snacks ₱325–400 (2024 prices)","Reservation only via Instagram DM; in 2024 a ₱1,000 deposit was taken and deducted from the bill","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.instagram.com\u002Ftakipsilimbar.dvo\u002F","Hours from the official Instagram bio ('Tea & Cocktails, Open Daily 3:00 PM – 1:00 AM, DM to find our exact location'), with posts dated 8 and 12 Aug 2026. SunStar Davao (7 Nov 2023) gives San Pedro St, booking-only policy, drinks created by consultant Kalel Demetrio (Kanto, Agimat), and named drinks Bakunawa and Gran Verde. Prices and the ₱1,000 deposit come from the Eats Me Jax review (Mar 2024, page updated Nov 2025); may have changed. Older sources said 17:00 opening; the bio now says 15:00. Davao City Liquor Ban Ordinance bans alcohol sales 1:00–8:00 daily; hours and best time are kept inside that window.",[204,207,208],"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sunstar.com.ph\u002Fdavao\u002Flifestyle\u002Ftakipsilim-a-private-bar-as-hush-hush-as-its-name","https:\u002F\u002Featsmejax.com\u002F2024\u002F03\u002F01\u002Ftakipsilim-the-secret-bar-in-davao-city\u002F",[],{"slug":211,"citySlug":5,"name":212,"area":213,"address":214,"types":215,"mapsUrl":216,"rank":54,"hours":138,"hoursVerified":124,"bestDays":217,"peak":218,"bestLabel":219,"bestWhy":220,"expect":221,"vibe":222,"music":223,"priceLevel":25,"priceNote":224,"dress":173,"entry":225,"website":138,"instagram":138,"researchNotes":226,"sources":227,"photo":138,"lists":231,"lastCheckedAt":145},"misa-dining-listening-room-davao","MISA Dining & Listening Room","Lanang (Insular Village)","1F West JBT Land & Realty Corp. Bldg, Insular Village Phase 2, Brgy. Hizon, Lanang, Davao City",[152],"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.google.com\u002Fmaps\u002Fsearch\u002F?api=1&query=MISA%20Dining%20%26%20Listening%20Room%20Lanang%20Davao",[25,54,11],[165,115],"Thu–Sat · 8pm–midnight","Dinner tables turn into a record-and-cocktail crowd later, and the room closes around midnight.","A modern Japanese small-plates restaurant that treats the sound system as seriously as the kitchen, with a big vinyl collection, a working jukebox and song requests taken. Order gyoza and the wagyu short ribs to share, then try the cocktail game where you draw cards to build your own drink. Reviewers say the music runs loud for a dinner room.","Hi-fi dinner room","Vinyl from the owners' collection, jukebox, requests","About ₱1,000–2,000 per person with drinks (diner-reported); cocktail prices not published","Free; booking advised on weekends; function room for private events","Previously excluded because the description could not be sourced; now sourced from Homes.ph (updated 6 June 2026: Japanese fusion, vinyl and jukebox, card-draw cocktails, named dishes), Wanderlog (Google data: vinyl collection, song requests, music sometimes too loud, function room, 4.7 from 75 reviews) and RestaurantGuru (page updated 6 Sep 2026, Google reviews from Jul–Aug 2026, per-person spend ₱1,000–2,000). Hours conflict three ways: Wanderlog says daily 17:00–00:00, RestaurantGuru says Tue–Sun 17:00–00:00 (closed Mon), a search summary of another listing says Mon–Sat (closed Sun). All agree on 17:00–00:00 on open days, so hours are left null. Official Facebook page exists (facebook.com\u002FMISADiningandListeningDavao) but its content could not be read. Wanderlog says it is run by a husband-and-wife team; not otherwise confirmed, so left out of the description. Davao City Liquor Ban Ordinance bans alcohol sales 1:00–8:00 daily; hours and best time are kept inside that window.",[228,229,230,141],"https:\u002F\u002Fhomes.ph\u002Fnews\u002Fsonic-savory-bliss-why-misa-davao-is-the-ultimate-escape-for-audiophiles-and-foodies","https:\u002F\u002Fwanderlog.com\u002Fplace\u002Fdetails\u002F6713094\u002Fmisa-dining--listening-room","https:\u002F\u002Frestaurantguru.com\u002FMISA-Dining-and-Listening-Room-Davao-City",[],{"slug":233,"citySlug":5,"name":234,"area":235,"address":236,"types":237,"mapsUrl":238,"rank":11,"hours":239,"hoursVerified":124,"bestDays":248,"peak":249,"bestLabel":250,"bestWhy":251,"expect":252,"vibe":253,"music":254,"priceLevel":134,"priceNote":255,"dress":173,"entry":174,"website":138,"instagram":256,"researchNotes":257,"sources":258,"photo":138,"lists":260,"lastCheckedAt":145},"hunters-kitchen-davao","Hunter's Kitchen","Tulip Drive, Matina","CT Drive Compound, Tulip Drive, Juna Subdivision, Davao City",[152],"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.google.com\u002Fmaps\u002Fsearch\u002F?api=1&query=Hunter%27s%20Kitchen%20Tulip%20Drive%20Davao%20City",[240,242,243,244,245,246,247],[241,118],630,[241,118],[241,118],[241,118],[241,118],[241,118],[241,118],[54,11],[165,115],"Fri–Sat · 8pm–midnight","Come after dinner for the house cocktails; the liquor cutoff ends service at 1am.","A modern Filipino-Chinese kitchen and bar that moved to a larger Tulip Drive space in 2025. The house cocktails borrow from local flavours: Coco Verde with young coconut and vodka, a mule riff called Tinolang Kabayo, and a floral Gumamela Sour. Pair them with salted-egg shrimp or the orange lemon chicken.","Smart restobar","Playlist","Cocktails roughly ₱250–400 (estimate; not published)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.instagram.com\u002Fhunterskitchenph\u002F","Everything from SunStar Davao (29 Apr 2026, Gillianne Corinne Grado): address, daily 10:30 AM–1:00 AM hours, named cocktails and dishes, move to Tulip Drive 'last year', and a downtown branch planned within 2026. Prices not published; estimate only. The article's photo shows staff posing at the entrance, so it was not used. Davao City Liquor Ban Ordinance bans alcohol sales 1:00–8:00 daily; hours and best time are kept inside that window.",[259],"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sunstar.com.ph\u002Fdavao\u002Ffeature\u002Fhunters-kitchen-davaos-all-in-one-dining-destination-2",[],[262,272],{"slug":263,"name":264,"startDate":265,"endDate":265,"recurring":138,"citySlug":5,"placeLabel":6,"venueLabel":266,"kind":267,"blurb":268,"tip":269,"dateStatus":270,"url":271,"photo":138},"lany-davao-2026","LANY: soft World Tour, Davao","2026-11-14","Crocodile Park Concert Grounds","concert","LANY take the soft tour south to an open-air show at Davao's Crocodile Park grounds, the last of their three Philippine stops. Davao rarely gets an international act this size, so the city's bars will be full after.","Grab a Grab or taxi back to the city centre early; the grounds are on the Diversion Road side of town.","confirmed","https:\u002F\u002Frollingstonephilippines.com\u002Fmusic\u002Frock\u002Flany-philippine-tour-announcement-2026\u002F",{"slug":273,"name":274,"startDate":275,"endDate":276,"recurring":277,"citySlug":5,"placeLabel":6,"venueLabel":278,"kind":279,"blurb":280,"tip":281,"dateStatus":282,"url":283,"photo":284},"kadayawan-2027","Kadayawan Festival 2027","2027-08-13","2027-08-15","annual","Davao City (Indak-Indak along the coastal road)","festival","Davao's harvest festival climaxes with the Pamulak floral parade and Indak-Indak street dancing on the 'Great Kadayawan Weekend', with concerts and night markets around it.","Davao enforces a strict smoking ban and liquor curfews in places; drink in licensed venues.","expected","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sunstar.com.ph\u002Fdavao\u002Fkadayawan-2026-pamulak-indak-indak-set-on-august-16",{"sm":285,"lg":286,"width":287,"height":288,"credit":289,"license":290,"sourceUrl":291},"\u002Fphotos\u002Fkadayawan-2027-sm.webp","\u002Fphotos\u002Fkadayawan-2027-lg.webp",560,374,"Fpj455","CC BY-SA 4.0","https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFile:Indak_Boy_Kadayawan_Festival_1.jpg",{"venues":293,"events":294,"datedEvents":295},107,72,55]