# Blackbird

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## Quick facts

- **Category:** Eat
- **Area:** Makati
- **Address:** Nielson Tower, Ayala Triangle Gardens, Makati Avenue, Makati
- **Hours:** Daily, 11am to 10pm
- **Phone:** +63 2 8828 4888
- **Price:** ₱₱₱
- **Website:** https://blackbird.com.ph
- **Instagram:** https://instagram.com/blackbirdatthenielsontower

Blackbird occupies the Nielson Tower in Ayala Triangle Gardens, the Art Deco terminal of what was the country's first commercial airport. The menu runs from world classics to contemporary Asian cooking, with prawn scotch eggs, steak frites and a grilled seafood platter, plus off menu dishes like wagyu croquettes if you ask. Diners choose between the oval Grill Room, The Cabin up a spiral staircase in the old control tower, and a garden terrace with two bars.

## Why go

1. Dinner inside Makati's Art Deco airport terminal
2. The Cabin, a private room in the old control tower
3. Aperitivo with free savoury snacks, 5pm to 7pm daily
4. Garden terrace facing Ayala Triangle

## Good to know

- **Best time:** Aperitivo hour, 5pm to 7pm, then dinner on the terrace
- **Good for:** Showing a visitor Makati, a business lunch, a celebration
- **Reservations:** By phone or email