salcedo saturday market

Whatever you go there to browse, grocery shopping or have brunch, this small market caters for everyone. Try the various flavours of sticky rice rolled in banana leaves. Btw, good place to buy fresh flowers in makati. A little gem hidden in the middle of makati.

One of the nice place to visit for both locals and foreigners it this weekend market. Cool grassy surroundings and tall shady trees in the heart of Makati. I have been visiting this place once a month since it opened a few years back.A few of the must try's I recommendZ's Frankfurters - One of the oldest kioskSuki-Gyoza - Cheap flavorful gyozas and quick to cook, you can also buy the frozen onesLechon (roast pig) meals or sold by the kilogramCoffee kiosks (brewed or by the bean)BurgersOther things that may strike your interest :Indigenous foods and ingredientsPlants and flowers - Ornamental and Edible onesHome-brewed beer and ale'HoneyNative Rice Cakes

This small market, open every Saturday, is a great place to sample some local food and produces. I had vegetarian samosas and BBQ boneless fish (filled with onions and tomatoes). It was delicious. Also got some spices and local pottery to take home. Certainly worth a visit if you around on a Saturday. Thumbs up!

Whenever I'm in Manila I make visiting this market a priority on my schedule. It's clean, located in a great area and has a good variety of items for sale. Visit it before you have breakfast otherwise you might not have room for all the lovely food you find. My cousin who is a local pointed out several celebrities that were shopping there and even had their own stall on the day we went together. So I guess the beautiful people love it too:)

Best place to satisfy every Filipino cravings one may have. It's a food mecca--- Filipino, American, Italian, Greek, etc. Craving inihaw, Filipino desserts, locally grown fruits, veggies and coffee? You'll find what you're looking for here!!! Come hungry. You'll surely leave with your belly full and happy!

Available only on Saturday, the Salcedo Market is an interesting place to visit. I would not put it high on your list of things to do, but if you have the time, you will see a small but vibrant marketplace with lots of fresh food, both cooked and not. I love the numerous bakeries with some great fresh breads and pastries. Locals of course use it for shopping with the farm fresh produce, fruits and fish. Also a good place for a quick breakfast, or to sample some local cuisine. Make sure to ask what it is, otherwise you may wind up with something that would otherwise make you sick. The area is not very big, so as I mentioned, I would not go out of my way, it certainly is only an hour visit or so, to visit unless you have extra time. Walking past Ayala Triangle and up Ayala Ave, it will be in on your right. If you walk up Makati Ave. it will be on your left. Check maps for location. It is parallel to San Agustin street and Valero street.

This market is something that I miss when I am not home in Manila. We have our favorite vendors for barbecue, grilled fish, Spanish and Chinese food and also for fruits and fresh seafood. My sister in law who visits from the States once a year goes here regularly when she is in town. It is fun looking at the different kinds of food! There are some vendors selling specialty foods, like homemade kakanins and sumacs. Aside from that, there are plants and flowers. Also, a few vendors selling handicrafts. It can be messy finding a parking place. We usually go to a private parking lot in front of the Picasso Hotel. Anyone interested in food should visit this market.

The market is great for locals, and business travelers with time to kill. I wouldn't make a special trip if you are a tourist; Makati can be a bit dead on a Saturday (unless you plan to go to the malls afterwards). If you'd like to get some fresh food, or try a lil of everything, this is a great alternative to the fast food focus of the Philippines.

Got nothing to do on a Saturday morning? Not anymore! Until now, the Salcedo Community Market has been continuously delivering great reviews from its consumers. The Saturday market has attracted many food enthusiast and market shoppers from various places from North (Quezon City) down to South (Alabang) and even in between (Antipolo). It is a place where you can find organic produce products, local delicacies, international specialties or even some local and international hard-to-find ingredients as well as grub from various stalls serving freshly cooked food and overflowing culinary juices and fruits.

Visited Salcedo Saturday Market with my wife yesterday. It was a pleasant experience but the first thing to know about it is that it isn't exactly a "market", defined as a place to shop for fresh foodstuffs for the house. There were a few vegetable stands (I remember two) and a few others where you could buy fish/seafood/meat and some bakers (I recommend the Corsican guy). Most of the market consists of food stalls that sell a variety of dishes from shawarma to sausage to Indian/Thai and who knows what kind of food. Ultimately, the idea is to provide a neat, clean market-like experience to affluent Makatians and other visitors (we ventured here from Quezon City) without actually having to go to a real market. Bearing this in mind, the place is definitely nice, worth visiting but if somebody's interested in a real market, it's probably not the place to explore.

Love the ambient of the Saturday market...Love this place as we love food and can try so much local food in one place. Place is very clean.

I have been going to this delightful bazaar since they started way back 2005 when I used to live in an apartment right across the park where their stalls are. One of the best things about going there is the huge variety of cuisines being sold for a fairly reasonable price. My personal favorites are the vegetarian samosas with tamarind sauce, the mango shake (this stall is hard to miss because they're the only one selling fruit shake and they're located right around one of the entrances), and takoyaki (eat them while they're hot!). But my latest guilty pleasure is buying a whole bottle of freshly made ginger ale (being sold for p220). The guy who sells them would go to great lengths explaining how they make it, the ingredients they use and it doesn't hurt that he is quite easy on the eyes. There are also fresh seafood available and you can peruse humongous crabs/prawns/etc without having to suffer the horrible smell of rotting stuff you sometimes get from your local wet markets), homemade juice and home decor including flowers and plants. Carts are located towards the southeast end of the square and you need to pay p5.00 for bathroom use. The only change I've noticed is that they now allow cars/delivery vans to enter the premise and it gets super crowded especially during lunch hour.Otherwise, it's still one of my favorite places to hang with friends to start my weekend right ... deliciously.

I visited this place one Saturday morning with friends and oh boy I'm glad I did! Fresh food all over the place from Mediterranean, Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, etc. you can eat whatever your stomach desires! There are also native Filipino goodies like kalamay, puto, kutsinta. Lechon, pork and chicken bbques, dinuguan, adobo. We ate lumpiang ubod, very fresh and delicious! Also had samosas (beef) tasty and spicy. There are also seafood and plants to be bought. This is one place not to be missed when you're in Makati area on a Saturday morning. A good place to get lunch and to people watch!

I'm told it's a parking lot from Mondays to Fridays - but every Saturday - farmers, housewives, family F&B operators, seafood and gourmet food suppliers set up stalls for a few hours in the morning. Beautiful produce, freshest seafood and baked breads (sugar free! Yay). Roasted coffee beans or powder from different regions. You can also eat your fill and buy a week of cooked food and desserts from Thai to local to italian dishes! Finds like chestnuts (roasted on location), unusual fruits, less common local vegetables, choicest (read large) cashews. I tried the mushroom burger, barako coffee from Batangas ( fragrant with almost no acidity), various local sausages - tocino and chorizos. All delicious!Were I living locally, I'd be here for grocery shopping or "catering Saturday night gatherings" at home for friends and family near weekly! at 10:30 am, it was pleasantly filled but not crowded. Not even that hot although it was a sunny dayThe local "color and flavor" and friendly folk beats any crowded mall.

This market only opens on Saturdays. Located in Makati area, where is usually crowded only during working days.Salcedo Saturday Market offered many things from light meals, vegetables and groceries, drinks, honey, plants, etc. However I didn’t see souvenir stalls here. ATM bank machines were available, located on some buildings nearby.The place was clean, no smoking allowed, some could communicate in English, most foods were not halal (yes, they have porks or its derivative products). Some were cheap, some were average but still acceptable. There were some Indonesian food, which was usually halal (though some parts of Indonesia still provide non halal foods). Though the area was clean, but the dining area (with round tables) were short of trash bins. Most people didn’t know where the trash, and they just left it on the tables.Not really sure how to get here, since I rode my friend’s car.