🍽️Bricks & Coals

If you didn't expect to find a place serving rib eye and Filipino craft beer in Boac, you're not alone. Bricks & Coals is in the Balar Lifestyle District in Brgy. Balaring — same complex as 10 Y.O. Cafe — and visitors keep arriving thinking they're getting cafe-strip food and walking out talking about the steak.

The restaurant opened in 2024. Small room, family-friendly, full menu of American smokehouse-and-pizza staples. The chalkboards on the wall lay out the day's Smoked / Pizza / Steaks / Kebab sections by hand, and the rotation is real — what's on the board that week is what's actually being served.

What You'll Find

The pizza is the volume order. Pulled Pork Pizza at ₱525, Mexican Taco at ₱550, Chicken Pesto at ₱575, and a straight Pepperoni at ₱595 — all NY-style with a thin, charred-bottom crust. The truffle pizza when it's on the rotation gets the loudest mentions.

The steaks are what visitors actually rave about. The rib eye in particular — one regular wrote "best rib eye I've had in the Philippines" — comes with mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, and corn, plated for one or two depending on how hungry you are. Pricing on the steak side runs higher than the rest of the menu, but the quality matches.

The kebab section is the under-ordered part of the menu, all uniformly priced at ₱295 — Fish Kebab, Beef Kebab, Chicken Souvlaki, Shrimp Kebab — served with java rice and grilled tomato and onion on the side. If you've got a smaller appetite or want something different from pizza, this is the order.

The smoked section runs through smoked sausages, smoked beef brisket, smoked beef short ribs, pulled pork, beef BBQ, and grilled chicken. Sides — fries, nachos, mashed potatoes, rice — are individually priced.

The thing nobody comes for, but ends up being a small bonus, is the Filipino craft beer selection. They keep a few bottles on the menu, the kind you'd otherwise have to be in Manila to find. Pairs cleanly with the rib eye.

The Vibe

Small, well-lit, air-conditioned. The American framing isn't subtle — one regular's review is just "I LOVE HOW AMERICAN THIS FOOD IS" in caps. Family groups and couples are the usual mix, though the room only fits one or two big parties at a time.

A Heads-Up

The room is small. Big groups should call ahead. The price band is higher than the average Boac local-food spot — figure ₱500–₱700 for a pizza and ₱1,000+ for the rib eye plate.

Hours and Contact

Hours aren't published on Google — call before you go. +63 917 727 4257.

Getting There

Balar Lifestyle District is south of central Boac, in Brgy. Balaring. The complex is the closest thing Boac has to a modern dining strip. Pair this with 10 Y.O. Cafe upstairs and you have an evening.