# The Aristocrat (Roxas Boulevard)

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## Quick facts

- **Category:** Eat
- **Address:** 432 San Andres Street corner Roxas Boulevard, Malate, Manila
- **Price:** ₱₱

The Aristocrat began in 1936 as a rolling store, a Studebaker van run by Engracia Cruz-Reyes, and within two years opened a permanent restaurant on Dewey Boulevard, now Roxas Boulevard. The original branch is still there on the bay in Malate, one of the oldest restaurants in Manila.

The menu is Filipino family cooking at scale. Most tables order the chicken barbecue with java rice and java sauce, with lumpiang shanghai, fresh lumpiang ubod, pancit and kare-kare for the table.

## Why go

1. One of Manila's oldest restaurants, on Roxas Boulevard since the 1930s
2. Chicken barbecue with java rice, the house classic
3. A short walk from the bay at sunset

## Good to know

- **Best time:** Dinner after sunset by the bay
- **Good for:** Families, groups, visitors near Malate and Ermita
- **Reservations:** Walk in