On Our First Day At Legaspi City Tuesday February 24,2026 My Friend Ronald And I Decided To Tryout…read moreAnd Eat Dinner @ 1st Colonial Grill Which Is Inside The SM Legaspi As Per Recommendation Of Redj. As We Get Inside And Escorted To Be Seated And Handed The Menu To Order As We Gave Our Orders And in 20 Minutes Our Orders Are Served. On The Food Selections Have Never Failed Our Expectations Every Food In the Menu Is So Savory And They Have Great Portions On Every Dish On The Ambiance Restaurant Is Clean With Some Traditional And Nostalgic Vibe As You Get Inside

Good food and good customer service. Lots of selection you can pick from. No limit to the food that…read moreyou can have.

You have no menu in your website. For first timer visitors, they always look online for the type of…read morefood served .

Great Bicolano food in a house with antiques, beautiful Nara furniture and furnishings. We were the…read moreonly ones there for lunch on a Tuesday. Reasonably priced and delicious!

We ate here before flying out of Legazpi. It's within the airport area but not attached to the main…read morebuilding, so consider going before entering security, if you have time. It was early morning ~5am, a couple hours before our domestic flight so the restaurant wasn't quite busy yet. All of us got some form of the standard Filipino egg breakfast (egg/rice/protein); each plate under $3 when converted from PHP. The portions for my Tocilog (Tocino or sweetened cured pork, Fried Rice, Egg) filled me up for the morning, and everyone else was good with their meal, too. The space itself is a little tight if you have bags, but it's clean and there are numerous tables inside. They also carry a variety of local goods (Pili nuts, polvoron, etc.) should you decide you need more "Pasalubong" or souvenir gifts! 3.75

On Wednesday February 25,2026 have decided To Have Lunch on Ayala Mall Branch. As we were escorted…read moreand seated and gave us the menu to order. After 20 Minutes All Our Orders Arrived. Food Is So Savory and Portions Were Large. The Store Ambiance Were Clean And Spotless But

I read from many food blogs and travel sites that 1st Colonial Grill was a must for anyone…read moretraveling to the Albay area. So, we had dinner at the 1st Colonial Grill in the Ayala Malls, conveniently located to much of the city center. We were able to be seated immediately and though it's in a mall, it is a restaurant within, so you don't feel like you're eating in a food court. The place quickly filled up during dinner hour once we arrived. We ordered the Tinapa Fried Rice, Bicol Express, Pork Sinigang, Half Grilled Chicken and ice cream samples of Tinutong Na Bigas, Pili and Ginger. Food came out as it was ready and for the savory, most of what we ordered was fantastic! The Tinapa Fried Rice is a dish I'd recommend trying, as it's a popular Filipino and Bicol dish that isn't on many menus. It's a fried rice that's cooked with leftover rice and tinapa fish, so you get a lot of that flavor throughout the scoops. It was also topped with tomato, shreds of mango and hard-boiled egg. It's a hearty fried rice dish and with the portion, it was more than enough for two of us. The Bicol Express was my favorite of the savory dishes. If you're traveling to the Albay province, it's a crime to not try Bicol Express! The coconut-curry like dish had tender cuts of pork and peppers and was spicy! For anyone who likes coconut curries then it's a dish to try, especially since it's a native dish from this area. Love the spiciness, too! Pork Sinignag was solid, with yummy tender pork pieces and eggplant throughout the soup. The broth could've been more sour, but it was good and the portion was more than enough for two of us. The Half Grilled Chicken was my least favorite and would not recommend ordering. The chicken was dry and though it had a sauce with, it could not help the taste of how dry and bland the meat was. And we made sure to save room for ice cream, which is what 1st Colonial Grill is famous for. Specifically, the Sili ice cream flavor is made with red peppers and ranges in spice level, depending on how risky you feel. It's an eating competition, to try the sili ice cream at the highest spice level. We were wusses, so didn't try the sili, but saw the many sili ice creams pass by our table by everyone else getting this popular flavor! However, they do have an ice cream sampler which allows those to try three different, small scoops of ice cream of your choosing. We decided on the Tinutong Na Bigas, Pili and Ginger. Of all of the flavors, I loved the Tinuton Na Bigas, which is a rice-flavored ice cream that had a smokiness to it. It was like eating a rice pudding dish with coffee. It was really good! The Pili flavor was my boyfriend's favorite and I thought it was good, too. Pili is a nut based in the Philippines, so tasted like a lighter peanut flavor. The ginger ice cream was very distinct with lots of ginger flavor, which is probably why I didn't like it so much, since I'm not too keen on ginger. But I'd recommend it for anyone who likes ginger. Overall, we had a great dining experience at 1st Colonial Grill! For as famous as it is, it's a casual eatery with friendly staff and lots of options for classic Bicolano food and ice cream worth trying! Even if you're not hungry, just got for the ice cream, which has made 1st Colonial Grill famous. It's a Bicol must!