Halo-Halo de Iloko

Halo-Halo de Iloko is a San Fernando institution that started on Zandueta Street and has moved to a much bigger site, known as La Mansion, on the National Highway in Barangay Biday beside CSI Mall. The old Zandueta branch is closed, so set your map to the new spot. It's a family restaurant built around Ilocano home cooking and the halo-halo that gave it its name.

The halo-halo comes topped with yema and cheese, the Buko Halo-Halo is served in a young coconut, and there's a fried halo-halo too. The savoury menu is where it earns its keep: okoy fritters with sweet potato, pinakbet, bagnet, kare-kare and hot bibingka are the dishes reviewers mention most, and plates are sized for sharing. The space is open-air, cooled by fans and greenery rather than aircon.

Recent listings give hours of 9AM to 9PM daily. A regular halo-halo was ₱199 in 2026 and the buko version close to ₱300, plus a 5% service charge, and cards are accepted. Weekend lunches bring long waits, and the buko halo-halo often sells out by early afternoon. Come mid-morning or on a weekday if you have your heart set on it.