4. Pastaroni

2F Commercenter Building, 31^st Street corner 4^th Avenue, BGC, Taguig City
(02) 246 9069 ext: 165 | Facebook
Open Monday to Friday from 11am to 10:30pm
Budget for two – P600

Craving Italian? At Pastaroni, you can satisfy that yearning even on a tight budget. You’ll be surprised at how affordable their tasty Italian dishes are. Most are less than P300 with generous ingredients and servings good for sharing. Just some crowd-pleasers are their Four Cheese Pizza, Sausage Arrabiata Pasta and Osso Buco.

3. Recovery Food

GF Crossroads Building, 32^nd Street corner 8^th Avenue, BGC, Taguig City
(02) 511 7312, 09178682668 | Facebook | Website
Open 24 hours
Budget for two – P400

Recovery Food has been saving bellies on drunken nights, hungover mornings and broke lunch times for quite a while now. You really can’t go wrong with their breakfast rice bowls. For first-timers, try Tapa de Morning and S.S.T. You can also upgrade your order to feature Talangka Rice. But if you don’t feel like having rice, Recovery Food offers delicious noodles and sandwiches as well.

2. Puzzles

GF, Fort Pointe 2 Building, The Fort Strip, 28^th Street, BGC, Taguig City
0917 621 7944 | Facebook
Open every day from 12nn to 11pm, Friday and Saturday extended until 2am
Budget for two – P600

Unwind on your lunch break by pairing great grub with awesome games at Puzzles. You’ll only need to shell out P100 for all-day gaming. And when you get hungry, Puzzles’ scrumptious comfort food won’t disappoint. How do Chicken Fried Bacon, Chicken Katsu Curry and Honey Sriracha Chicken Panini sound? Add pocket-friendly to the adjective forming in your head!

1. Wangfu Chinese Café

GF Serendra, BGC, Taguig City
(02) 246 9069 ext: 307
Open every day from 11am to 11pm
Budget for two – P500

Don’t let Wangfu’s impressive exterior and fancy location intimidate you. Enter, look at the menu, and be surprised just how affordable their offerings are. Aside from great dimsum all priced below P100, their Personal Set Meals are perfect for lunch. Choose from 8 mouthwatering viands—like Chinese Style Beef Steak and Hainanese Chicken—and then enjoy the Japanese Tofu, unlimited rice and soup that come with it.

Any other pocket-friendly food spots in BGC? Sound off below!

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