Activities


Sunset Sessions
From 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM everyday!

PoblaZion Walking Tour
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Traditional Dinner
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  • Filipino Homecooked Dinner: What better way to fully experience a destination than sample local, authentic food! Set-up at the historic The Ruins, enjoy traditional Filipino dishes usually prepared in Filipino homes and enjoyed by the family. Experience “salu-salo”, the culture and celebration of eating together in the Philippines, with fellow guests and get to know them more. After all, the hostel becomes your home and your roommates family!
  • Walking Tour: Before you knock back some tipples and enjoy the amazing nightlife of Z Hostel’s neighborhood, get a good feel of the area with our daily walking tour around the community with a Z Hostel crew as your guide. It’s also a great way to navigate your way around Poblacion and see where you could hang out, dine, and do your errands during the rest of your stay. It starts around 4:30 every afternoon and just show up at the lobby a few minutes before.
  • Sunset Session: Come up our world-renowned Roofdeck around 6 in the afternoon for the daily Sunset Session. All in-house guests get one free cocktail, watch the sun go down along the Manila skyline, and make new friends. It's packed with great crowd on a weekday; on weekends it's a rooftop party!

Z Street


Fook Yah

Hong Kong Roast

Fook Yah is a concept borne out of nostalgic love for dining in Hong Kong, and want to recreate the atmosphere and cuisine of a favorite neighborhood eatery of roasts and noodles right here in Manila.

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Ebi 10

Japanese Tempura Restaurant

The newest addition to the Poblacion neighborhood, serves a wide array of authentic tempura and other Japanese favorites within the heart of Metro Manila.

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Mahalo Acai

Vegan Frozen Yogurt

A cozy little café offering the first and only tastiest Dairy-Free Almond milk based Frozen Yogurt infused with Brazilian Acai Superberry in the country.

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Alamat

Filipino Cuisine

A Filipino pub cuisine whose main inspiration for the food is tribal and ancestral Filipino dishes that attracts guests who are in search of a new experience!

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Onlypans Taqueria

Mexican Restaurant

Onlypans is an authentic taqueria situated in the heart of Poblacion. They are best known for their street tacos & Birria.

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Yalla Yalla

Lebanese Restaurant

Set in a tiny quick casual diner, Yalla Yalla Express offers affordable and authentic Lebanese cuisine for a recovery treat. ”Yalla” is a common expression originally in “Arabic”, denoting “Let’s get going”. Putting a distinct style to their food, Yalla Yalla Express will surely entice you with the convenience and taste of their Lebanese offerings.

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Wantusawa

Oyster Bar

A casual dining restaurant in Poblacion, Makati City that highlights local seafood products, uses the freshest ingredients and focuses on Southeast Asian flavors. It serves as a stage for the magnificent Philippine oyster.

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Kampai

The original Kampai stood along Tambai Alley, back when Poblacion was a much quieter neighborhood. Now situated in an old house, the new izakaya is still a homey place just a lot spacier.

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OTO

Cocktail Bar

Ranked as one of Asia’s 100 Best Bars in 2021, Oto is a one-stop shop for coffee, cocktails, and (underrated) snacks. With a Hi-Fi sound system as its piece de resistance, Oto is a hub for music and food & beverage enthusiasts alike.

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Tours (Coming Soon)


Gawad Kalinga Enchanted Farm Bulacan

Dubbed as the Silicon Valley of social entrepreneurship, Gawad Kalinga Enchanted Farm has become the hub for social tourism in the Philippines. From bottled lemongrass teas, organic personal care products to artisan chocolates, different products have been developed by local farmers and townsfolk under the mentorship of the farm university. The tour includes a visit to the farm’s livelihood programs as well as lunch prepared by the GK team, with food freshly sourced from the farm.

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Masungi Georeserve

How does lying on a giant hammock in the middle of lush greens sound to you? Or go bird-watching while standing on a giant metal spider-web suspended above rock formations? How about some rope courses and photo ops on a hanging bridge? If adventure is your middle name, this geopark tour just a few hours away from Manila is definitely for you! Masungi Georeserve is tourism with a heart --- it aims to protect the area’s jaw-dropping natural landscape and the unique flora and fauna found in it from illegal practices. Get those hiking boots on and let the adventure begin!

Bambike Tours

A cultural tour with sustainability at its core: using uniquely designed and Filipino-made bamboo bikes, have a wonderful time through the historic walled city of Intramuros, Manila dotted with Spanish architectural houses and buildings, century-old churches, and historical museums. Burn the calories but gain a lot of insights about the Philippines!

Smokey Tours - Slum tour

Take a deeper look into what the lesser-privileged yet resilient people of the metro endure every day, in an area called Bataan Shipping and Engineering Company Compound or more popularly known as BASECO. It’s more than just seeing but a chance to understand how they live and survive and still hope for a better tomorrow.

Smokey Tours - Market Tour

Whether you’re looking for quirky, local stuff to buy as souvenirs or sample authentic cuisines, the Market Tour is a great way to do all these. Set around Old Manila, equal parts gritty and soulful, the tour takes you to the market area where all kinds of merchandise from local medicinal herbs, flowers, statues, clothing, and digital gadgets can be found. Delve into the religious aspect of the Filipino as well as you visit the Quiapo Catholic Church and the Islamic Golden Mosque. Round it up with sumptuous Chinese food at the Chinatown, touted as the oldest in the world.

Shopping Tour

Nothing beats the buzz of strolling around stall-lined streets and striking up a good bargain. It’s the hunt for those eclectic treasures coupled with "I-can't-believe-I-found-this" moments that transform our local markets into an exhilarating experience. Spend a weekend excursion with Tanlines to off-the-beaten-path shopping locales around the metro that offer quirky, locally-crafted products at very affordable prices.

Dapitan is our first stop. With its pop culture decor, home furnishings, and vintage finds, roaming around the area is like stepping into another era. Next, we’ll head on over to Dampa, the city's cleanest wet market to pick fresh seafood and tropical produce to fill our tummies. Ending with a bang, the mecca of Filipino bargains—Greenhills Shopping Center—is our last stop. Pearls, electronics, local handmade crafts—you name it, they have it.