Eating at Harbor Point, and just outside it

Ayala Malls Harbor Point is an Ayala Land shopping mall on Rizal Highway inside the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. Wikipedia describes it as three levels with a Puregold supermarket as the anchor, and gives its opening date as 26 April 2012.

According to the same article, the mall grew out of an October 2009 agreement between Ayala Land and SBMA to develop 7.5 hectares along Rizal Highway, near the Freeport’s main gate, and it has parking for more than 500 cars. Wikipedia flags its own article as needing more citations, so treat these figures as approximate.

Beyond restaurants, the mall holds a multiplex cinema on Level 3 and an indoor playground on Level 2, which is useful when you are choosing a place for a family or for a wet afternoon.

Our listings place many sit-down restaurants and counters inside the mall, most of them national chains. The table below sorts them by level where the listing gives one.

Some listings say only “Ayala Malls Harbor Point” without a level: Gerry’s Grill, Bulpan, YakiMix, Hap Chan, Mang Inasal, Sefina’s, Momoyo, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and HD1. Use the mall directory on arrival for those.

Harbor Point has several Filipino options, from a sit-down family restaurant to grilled chicken and a Kapampangan buffet. They suit different budgets and group sizes, so pick by how long you want to stay.

• Gerry’s Grill is the Subic branch of the national Filipino restaurant chain and suits families and groups.
• Kuya J’s is the Subic branch of the Batangas-style turo-turo chain, on Level 1 in units 2058 to 2059.
• Cabalen is the Kapampangan buffet chain that started in 1974 as a small pasalubong shop. It is on the ground floor.
• Pancake House sits in the East Wing and runs the chain’s national menu. Its listing notes that it opens earlier than most of the mall.
• Mang Inasal is the grilled-chicken fast-food branch, with unlimited rice on the chain’s menu.

Harbor Point has two Japanese restaurants, a buffet, one Korean barbecue restaurant and a Chinese chain. Most suit groups who want to share a meal.

• Botejyu serves okonomiyaki, the Japanese cabbage pancake, on the ground floor. Its own store locator places it in Space 1130.
• Sumo Niku is a Japanese barbecue restaurant on the second level.
• YakiMix is a branch of the national buffet chain.
• Bulpan is a Korean barbecue restaurant on the Harbor Point commercial strip. Galbi House, a short walk outside the mall, is another Korean barbecue option.
• Hap Chan is the Harbor Point branch of the Chinese restaurant chain.

The second level is the sit-down end of the mall for Italian-American and steakhouse food, while the ground floor handles burgers and pizza by the slice. The two ends suit a long dinner and a quick bite respectively.

• Italianni’s is the Bistro Group’s Italian-American chain, on the second level.
• Texas Roadhouse is the Philippine franchise of the steakhouse chain, also on the second level.
• Burger King is on the ground floor along Rizal Highway.
• Army Navy Burger + Burrito is in the Harbor Point Promenade, serving quarter-pound burgers and stuffed burritos.
• S&R Pizza is a counter, not a restaurant, on the ground level of Harbor Point River Walk beside Macao Imperial. It sells New York-style pizza and fried chicken.
• Taters, on Level 3, is a snack stop known for flavoured popcorn, fries and loaded snack platters.

Harbor Point has chain cafés, a bakery-café and an ice cream counter, which is enough to fill a coffee stop or a dessert round. For independent roasters, look outside the mall; cafés in Subic sorts them by district.

• The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf pours the chain’s coffee, tea and ice-blended drinks.
• Kafe de Atjeh is an Indonesian-inspired coffee shop on Level 3, near the cinemas.
• Sefina’s is a bakery and café with a pastry counter at the front and a sit-down menu behind it.
• BreadTalk sells from a kiosk on the ground floor in front of Puregold, according to the mall’s own social posts. The listing is under its operator, 333 Foods.
• Momoyo is an ice cream counter inside the mall rather than a shop of its own.

HD1 Sports and Music Bar is the mall’s bar. It screens sports and hosts live bands, and keeps a large social-media following. Check its listing for evening hours, since a bar’s schedule can differ from the mall’s.

Several cafés and restaurants sit on the streets around the mall in the Central Business District. By our listings’ coordinates, the places below are roughly 130 to 220 metres in a straight line from the mall’s position on Wikipedia’s map, so a short walk, though the real route depends on crossings and traffic.

• Buddha’s Bowl serves laksa, pad thai and Thai-style rice bowls. Its listing describes a recent move to a spot across from the mall with more parking.
• Kapehan at the Times Square Complex is a coffee shop on Rizal Highway, and Galbi House, a Korean barbecue house, is in the same building.
• Ugga Mugga has a pet-friendly branch inside Ibis Styles Subic, and Manifesto is the hotel’s all-day restaurant.
• Aristocrat, the Manila chain known for chicken barbecue, is along Rizal Highway near Maharlika Grounds.
• Bread Time is a bakery on Rizal Highway, next door to Coco Lime.

Farther into the CBD, Sampson Road, Dewey Avenue and the Waterfront have more restaurants than we can fit here. The Where Subic eats guide groups them by kind of meal, and the eat section lists every restaurant we cover.

Harbor Point is inside the Freeport near the main gate, so you pass through a Freeport gate before you reach it; getting around Subic covers the gates and transport. Each restaurant sets its own hours, so confirm on the place page before making a special trip.

• Mall tenants come and go. If a name matters to your plan, check its listing or call ahead.
• We do not publish menu prices for the mall because they change often. Chain menus are on the brands’ own pages.
• The mall’s current directory is at ayalamalls.com.