1st Colonial Grill Cheapest Items Philippines 2026

What Are the 1st Colonial Grill Cheapest Items?

On reported prices, the cheapest things on the menu are the small ones, not the big sharing plates. A cup of tinapa rice was reported at P35 a cup in a 2013 guide, and three scoops of homemade ice cream were reported at P79 in the same era. Those are the lowest figures we found anywhere in published reviews.

That does not mean you can walk in today and pay P35 or P79. Those figures are more than a decade old, and prices have moved since. The honest use of them is as a ranking: rice cups and ice cream sat at the cheap end, while big meat plates sat at the top. Confirm in store for today’s prices.

Which 1st Colonial Grill Dishes Give the Best Value?

Tinapa fried rice is the value pick reviewers keep coming back to. It was reported at P199 in a 2013 review and P255 in a later report, and reviewers describe a big, sharing friendly platter with smoked fish, salted egg, tomatoes, and green mango. Split between two people, it stretches further than a solo meat dish.

Buko chopseuy, reported at P179 in 2013 and P269 in a later report, is the other value pick, since it is a vegetable dish cooked in coconut milk with fresh coconut meat. It works as a lighter main or as a shared side with rice, which keeps the per person cost down.

How Can I Keep a 1st Colonial Grill Order Cheap?

Order rice based dishes and vegetable dishes first, share one big plate instead of ordering a meat dish each, and finish with the homemade ice cream rather than a second main. Reviewers note set meals with generous rice portions, and one review mentions unlimited rice on some set meals, though we could not verify that offer is still running, so ask in store.

Skip the big ticket items if the budget is tight. Crispy pata was reported at P525 in 2013, and one reviewer called it expensive even then, though fair for the huge serving. It is a sharing dish, so it only makes sense as a group order, never as a solo cheap eat.

What Should I Order on a Tight Budget?

A sensible tight budget order is one tinapa fried rice to share, one buko chopseuy, rice for the table, and three scoops of homemade ice cream to split. That covers the smoked, the vegetable, and the famous dessert in one meal, and it leans on the dishes reviewers rate highest for value.

If you are eating alone, pick one rice dish and the ice cream, and skip the large meat plates. You still get the two things this restaurant is known for, the tinapa rice and the sili ice cream, without paying for a sharing platter you cannot finish.

All prices in this guide are reported prices from older published reviews, not a live official menu. Treat every peso figure as a guide only and confirm in store, since prices have almost certainly moved since those reviews were written.

Frequently Asked Questions

Here are the questions readers ask most about this topic, answered plainly and with the same honesty caveats as the rest of the guide.

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