The smoothie-bowl spot that started Siargao's health-food wave, perched at the end of Tourism Road with a terrace looking straight out at the Cloud 9 pier and lineup. Thick, fruit-loaded bowls, cold-pressed juices and banana bread are made from whatever is fresh on the island that day.
The café-bar sitting directly in front of the Cloud 9 boardwalk, where fresh coconuts, mango shakes and cold beers come with front-row seats to the island's most famous wave. Beach day-beds, a long happy hour and sunset over the tower make it as much a hangout as a café.
A sea-view vegetarian café in sleepy Burgos that doubles as a registered charity — proceeds fund food relief, maternal care and livelihood programs across north Siargao. Smoothie bowls go well beyond the usual mango-banana formula, and the homemade ice cream has a devoted following.
A café, yoga shala and cluster of kubo rooms in a garden near Pacifico's surf breaks, and easily the best brunch stop on the island's north end. Homemade sourdough anchors the menu — shakshuka served on it, and latik sourdough pancakes with caramelised coconut syrup.
A tiny neighborhood café tucked away in Santa Fe, on the quiet road north out of General Luna, that coffee-obsessed residents quietly rank as the best cup on the island. Cheese toasties and banana bread round out a short menu in a casual, unhurried setting far from the strip.