Drink
Southbank Café + Lounge
BGC · ₱₱₱
Drink · BGC
Southbank began in Alabang in 2019 as a Melbourne-style cafe that turns into a cocktail bar at night, and opened this 85-seat BGC branch at World Plaza in November 2024. Patrick Leyble, Wendy Esteban, Martin Espiritu and Stevie Ang run it with executive bartender Kevin Corales. Leyble, Esteban and Corales also co-founded Problem Child in Makati, and Southbank is on Tatler's Best 20 Bars Philippines for 2026. Coffee and all-day food from 7am, then a 36-drink list after dark, including Ramen Not Ramen on peanut butter washed whisky. Two honest notes: there is no guest wifi, though sockets are plentiful, and opinion on the coffee is divided. It closes at midnight Sunday to Wednesday, 2am Thursday to Saturday.
Why go
- 01A 36-drink cocktail list with a culinary bent
- 02Same team as Problem Child, Asia's number 44
- 03Open from 7am, sockets but no wifi
Good to know
- Best time
- A weekday morning for coffee, or Thursday to Saturday late
- Good for
- Morning coffee, a long cocktail session, a group
- Reservations
- Walk ins welcome; call 0954 238 8979 for a group
- Noise
- Calm by day, lively late
The facts
- Address
- Ground Floor, World Plaza Building, 5th Avenue, BGC, Taguig
- Hours
- Daily from 7am; to 12am Sun to Wed, to 2am Thu to Sat
- Price
- ₱₱₱
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