HOLIDAY FEASTS AT CITY OF DREAMS MANILA’S SIGNATURE RESTAURANTS
City of Dreams Manila’s signature restaurants Crystal Dragon, Haliya, Nobu Manila, and The Café are bringing the holiday cheer through special menus that evoke the season’s festive flavors.
Crystal Dragon
The integrated resort’s signature restaurant for Cantonese and regional Chinese specialties blends refinement, tradition, and seasonal signatures in its Festive Season Family Set Menu. Curated to celebrate togetherness, the seven-course menu, good for four to six persons consists of: a combination platter of Wok-fried Green Lobster with XO sauce and Stuffed Tiger Prawn with spinach and crabmeat egg white sauce; Double-boiled Abalone, Fish Maw, Dry Scallop and Stuffed Morel Mushrooms with chrysanthemum tofu in consommé; Steamed Live Sea Grouper in sour broth with fresh enoki mushroom; Shanghainese-style Braised Duck in caramelized five spice soy sauce; Sea Scallops Tossed with Celery Heart in pepper truffle sauce; Wok-fried Fragrant Rice with wild mushrooms and smoked honey-glazed pork belly; and Steamed Taro-shaped Lava Custard Bun.
Available for lunch and dinner until January 1, 2026, the family set menu is available for P36,000++. Crystal Dragon is open from 12 noon to 11 pm daily.
Haliya
Haliya, City of Dreams Manila’s go-to restaurant for reimagined Filipino cuisine, presents ala carte seasonal favorites that evoke the Filipino noche buena feast.
Whet the appetite with the Tuna Pistachio Ensalada (P1,200++), a medley of foie gras mousse, mesclun, prosciutto, caviar, beetroot puree, red radish, chicken skin, and kiat—kiat dressing. For a heartwarming treat, choose the Potato Kastanyas Krema (P500++), a soulful combination of cauliflower and potato and leek soup with chickpea salsa, water chestnut, toasted cashew, and malunggay truffle oil. The Morcon Embotido (P1,550++) is not-to-be missed as the savory Filipino-style meatloaf wrapped pork loin with potato puree, pickled mustard seeds, chestnut, green apple, and morel pork jus is an indulgent Christmas treat. End the meal on a sweet note with the Peras and Kastanyas (P400++), an ensemble of star anise-poached pear, chestnut sorbet, caramel sauce and pinipig crumble.
Haliya’s Christmas menu is available on December 24 from 5 pm to 11 pm, and on Christmas Day, from 12 noon to 11 pm.
Nobu Manila
Christmas arrives early at the Manila outpost of the globally renowned restaurant of celebrity chef Nobu Matsuhisa as it offers a lavish yuletide brunch spread on December 21. Available for P4,388net per person, the festive brunch highlights the best of Nobu’s new-style Japanese cuisine including Black Cod Butter Lettuce, a sashimi trio of Yellowtail Jalapeño, Salmon Karashi Su Miso, and Sashimi Salad, Crispy Rice Tuna, and mini Chirashi complemented with local favorites prepared the Nobu way such as Nobu-style Kinilaw and Sisig Cup Sushi. Other tempting choices are the featured carvings of Roasted Lamb Leg and Crispy Pork Belly; an array of oysters, blue crabs, shrimp, and green mussels at the Chilled Seafood Bar; different choices of kushiyaki (skewers) prepared a la minute; salads, soups; and a dessert station that spotlights signature Nobu desserts.
For one-of-a-kind Christmas dinners, Nobu Manila highlights a special Christmas Omakase menu available on December 24 and 25. Available for P6,653.57 net per person, the special five-course tasting menu commences with a chef’s choice of zensai followed by the first course of Salmon Yuzu Truffle with whipped wasabi and dry miso crumble. The next course of chef’s choice of assorted Nobu-style Nigiri (hand-pressed sushi) and Harusame Clear Soup with Inaniwa noodles, leeks, and wakame (seaweed) build up the palate before the mains consisting of Chilean Sea Bass in Kaeshi Dashi with yuzu kosho, asparagus, and chives, and Wagyu Short Ribs with aka (red) miso sauce, croquettes, micro greens, and red onion. A delectable Chocolate Miso Choux a combination of miso crémeux, chocolate mousse, and vanilla cream provides a sweet conclusion to the meal.
The Café
Hyatt Regency Manila’s interactive show kitchen curates a festive buffet spread for celebratory lunch (12 noon to 3 pm) and dinner (5:30 to 11 pm) on December 24 and 25. Diners can look forward to a variety of premium meats at the churrasco counter, live teppanyaki station, and the carving station, which features an Herb-crusted Striploin for lunch and Slow-roasted Angus Prime for dinner. Seafood choices are in abundance, starting with Whole Tuna for lunch and Whole Salmon for dinner, served alongside an assortment of sushi and sashimi, and other seafood selection including prawns, Chilean mussels, blue swimmer crabs, slipper lobsters, and curacha. Other buffet highlights are well-loved dishes of various cuisines: Italian, Indian, Chinese, Thai, and Filipino, among others. An array of Christmas-themed cakes and confections, an indulgent chocolate fountain, and local dessert favorites complete the enticing buffet spread.
Lunch is at P3,150, while the dinners are at P4,288 on December 24 and P3,250 on December 25, which already includes free flowing house red and white wines, draft beer, soda, iced tea, juices, coffee, and tea. As additional holiday treat, The Café is giving out 20% early bird discount for guests fully settling reservations by December 20. Discounted early bird rates are at P2,520 for lunch, and P3,430.40 for Christmas eve dinner and P2,600 for Christmas Day dinner.
For inquiries and reservations, call 8800-8080 or e-mail guestservices@cod-manila.com. For more information, visit https://www.cityofdreamsmanila.com/en/whats-on . Explore more of City of Dreams Manila’s promotional offers, rewards, or instantly check Melco Club points with the new Melco Club App, available for free download on iOS and Android.
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About City of Dreams Manila
City of Dreams Manila, which opened in February 2015 is at the gateway to Entertainment City in Parañaque and part of the Aseana City township development.
The resort features: modern gaming spaces including VIP and premium mass gaming facilities Qi Long and Sky Gaming; three Forbes Travel Guide (FTG)-rated luxury hotel brands: Nüwa Manila (Five-Star since 2018), Nobu Hotel (Four-Star since 2018) and Hyatt Regency Manila City of Dreams (Four-Star since 2017); health and wellness facilities that include Nüwa Spa (FTG Five-Star since 2020) and Nobu Spa; more than 20 restaurants and bars; The Shops at the Boulevard; and distinctive entertainment venues — DreamPlay, the world’s first DreamWorks-themed family entertainment center, and CenterPlay a contemporary entertainment bar at the focal point of the main gaming floor.
Forbes Travel Guide also named City of Dreams Manila in 2022, the winner of the Work Here, Work Happy, an accolade which distinguished the resort’s “employee love” initiatives at the annual Best of the Year Awards. It also named the resort in 2023, one of only three Finalists in the inaugural 2023 Responsible Hospitality Award for outstanding commitment to sustainable practices at the luxury level, a recognition which amplifies the prestigious ASEAN Green Hotel Award for 2022-2024 presented to the resort’s three luxury hotels. The resort is also recognized with RG Check for Responsible Gaming through the accreditation received by Melco for its properties in all its jurisdictions of operations.
The resort is cited in 2024 as a Travelers’ Choice Award Winner as among the Top 10% worldwide in customer reviews by Tripadvisor, the world’s largest travel guidance platform, and is ranked eighth in the Travel + Leisure Luxury Awards Asia-Pacific, among the Ten Best Integrated Resorts in Asia, for excellence in travel and hospitality.
World Travel Awards, a prestigious awards program in in the international travel industry, named City of Dreams Manila as World’s Leading Casino Resort from 2020 to 2024, World’s Leading Fully Integrated Resort in 2023, and Asia’s Leading Casino Resort in 2024.
For more information, please visit www.cityofdreamsmanila.com.
About Melco Resorts and Entertainment (Philippines) Corporation
Integrated casino developer Melco Resorts and Entertainment (Philippines) Corporation (“MRP”) is a subsidiary of Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited (NASDAQ:“MLCO”), the developer, owner and operator of casino gaming and entertainment casino resort facilities in Asia and Europe. MRP’s subsidiary, Melco Resorts Leisure (PHP) Corporation (“Melco Leisure”), which developed City of Dreams Manila together with SM Investments Corporation, Belle Corporation and Premium Leisure Amusement, Inc., operates and manages the luxury integrated resort.
For more information about Melco Resorts and Entertainment Philippines please visit: melco-resorts-philippines.com.
