Ready Your Tummies! Here’s Where to Eat Beef Pares Mami Around Metro Manila

Known as one of the favorite comfort foods of many Filipinos regardless of the weather, beef pares mami is a classic noodle soup dish that combines two staples: beef mami and beef pares. Pares (or pairs in English translation) is made of beef brisket (cut into cubes), beef tendon (litid), miki noodles, spring onions, star anise, and other flavorful additives.
You can find a slew of paresan (eateries serving pares) along the roadsides of Metro Manila. Our team spotted some places where you can eat affordable yet delectable pares meals around the metro.
The Original Pares Mami House
With five branches around Metro Manila, The Original Pares Mami House has been offering the quintessential noodle soup since 1989. They are known to offer one of the best quality beef pares in the city, serving tasty and affordable house specialties.
The restaurant is a two-story carinderia-style dining place with numerous seating options. Apart from beef pares mami, diners can also try their rice toppings, pancit, pork sisig, seafood and meat dishes, and more. Price ranges from P65 to P115 per order.
They allow dine-in as of writing and accept online delivery. You can send your orders via Facebook Messenger.
Locations: Laloma Quezon City, Sampaloc Manila, Caloocan City, Sta. Mesa Heights Quezon City
DC Pares
Located in the green city of Pasig, DC Pares offers affordable beef pares mami that is guaranteed tender, pure, and authentic. Each order costs P85 only and you can pair it with egg, garlic rice, and chili sauce.
They also have combo meals available on the menu featuring a combination of cheesedog with rice and egg, and you can choose whether you want to add chicken, pork chop, beef tapa, longganisa, spam, and tocino.
Pares Point The Original
Nestled in the prominent road of Chino Roces in Makati City, Pares Point The Original is also regarded as having one of the best beef pares mami in Metro Manila open for indoor and al fresco dining.
The restaurant has more than 20 beef pares-centric dishes which cost around P56 to P280. Satiate your hunger with classic silog meals, bagnet meals, non-meat dishes, sizzling ulam, and pulutan (snacks) paired with beer.
Pares Retiro
One of the most popular paresan in Metro Manila is Pares Retiro that opened its first-ever branch in Quezon City. At present, Pares Retiro has several branches throughout the country including Laguna, Pampanga, Dagupan, and Abra.
Their signature hot beef pares mami is best paired with fried rice and chili sauce and costs P187 to P193 only. Pares Retiro is also known for their “heavenly standards” of Filipino cuisine featuring pancit, sizzling sisig, lechon kawali, kare-kare, and desserts like turon de leche, saba con yelo, and halo-halo.
Pares To Go
Pares To Go is well-known in San Juan City for their large servings of beef pares mami with a twist! Serving 100% pure beef with bone marrow, you’ll probably ask for extra rice especially during gloomy weather. They offer deliveries in and out of the San Juan area.
Their beef pares, mami, and silog meals cost P65 to P109
SouthPares
South peeps probably enjoy all the items on the menu offered by this paresan located in Poblacion, Muntinlupa, beside Southerside Montessori School. SouthPares beef pares can be paired with tumbong/mata/utak soup, bone marrow, sizzling plate, and chichabu (chicaron bulaklak). Price ranges from P40 to P80.
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