{{Short description|Mindanaoan cuisine restaurant}} {{use mdy dates|date=December 2025}}
{{Infobox restaurant | name = Palm Grill | image = | image_caption = | coordinates = {{Coord|14|37|45.604|N|121|2|2.21|E|type:landmark_region:QC-PH|display=inline,title}} | established = 2017 | head_chef = Miguel Cabel Moreno | food_type = Cuisine of Zamboanga Peninsula, Basilan and Tawi-Tawi | rating = Bib Gourmand <small>(Michelin Guide)</small> | street_address = 179 Tomas Morato Avenue | city = Quezon City | country = Philippines | other_locations = Palenque (Filipino food alley) at Gateway Mall Quezon City | mapframe = }} '''Palm Grill''' is a restaurant in Quezon City that serves cuisine originating from the Zambasulta (Zamboanga/Basilan/Sulu/Tawi-tawi) part of the Philippines. Run by Tausug chef Miguel Cabel Moreno, it opened in 2017 and received a Bib Gourmand designation in the inaugural Michelin Guide awards in the Philippines in 2025. In an interview with ABS-CBN, Moreno stated that the award from Michelin is "a win for the Tausug people," adding that he is "big on representation", seeing his restaurant as having the task of showcasing the best of Mindanaoan cuisine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Palm Grill (Diliman) – Quezon - Metro Manila - a MICHELIN Guide Restaurant |url=https://guide.michelin.com/ph/en/metro-manila/quenzon-city_2323700/restaurant/palm-grill-diliman |access-date=2025-12-11 |website=MICHELIN Guide |language=en-PH}}</ref><ref name="spotph1">{{Cite web |last=Baes |first=Patricia |title=Dulang Is the Mindanaoan Banquet Platter You Need to Try; Here's Where You Can Get It in QC |url=https://www.spot.ph/eatdrink/the-latest-eat-drink/89179/palm-grill-zambasulta-a3284-20220502-lfrm |access-date=2025-12-11 |website=SPOT.PH |language=en}}</ref><ref name="abs-cbn1">{{Cite news |last=Cerezo |first=Anna |date=October 31, 2025 |title=Tausug cuisine gets global spotlight as Palm Grill earns Michelin Bib Gourmand |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/food-travel/2025/10/31/tausug-cuisine-gets-global-spotlight-as-palm-grill-earns-michelin-bib-gourmand-0723 |access-date=December 11, 2025 |work=News.ABS-CBN.com}}</ref>
According to Moreno, Palm Grill has a commissary in Zamboanga who produces all the ingredients for the restaurant, the raw source of which come from farmers in the peninsula as well as in Sulu and Tawi-tawi.<ref name="abs-cbn1" />
== Food == The restaurant's ''tiyula Itum'' and ''piyanggang manok'' have been particularly noted, as well as its ''dulang'' (banquet platter).<ref name="abs-cbn1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hermes Joy Tunac |first=GMA Integrated News |date=2025-01-09 |title=Palm Grill gets seal of approval from the Best Ever Food Review Show |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/food/932310/palm-grill-gets-seal-of-approval-from-the-best-ever-food-review-show/story/ |access-date=2025-12-11 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}}</ref><ref name="spotph1" /> ''Spot.ph'' has also praised the restaurant's chicken dishes, some of which are recipes from Moreno's clan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yu |first=Henna |title=What the hell is Green Chicken and where can you get it in Manila? |url=http://www.spot.ph/eatdrink/the-latest-eat-drink/69909/palm-grill-tomas-morato-quezon-city-a00198-20170418-lfrm |access-date=2025-12-11 |website=SPOT.PH |language=en}}</ref>
Dessert at the restaurant feature Moreno's durian ice cream and Palm Grill's version of the ''lokot-lokot'' among the choices.<ref name="spotph1" />
== Branches == Palm Grill has no branch, but has put up a stall at Gateway Mall Quezon City's Palenque, which is a Filipino food-themed alley curated by chef Claude Tayag.<ref name="Araneta Group inks deal with food shops">{{cite news |last1=Lelis |first1=Brix |date=9 October 2023 |title=Araneta Group inks deal with food shops |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/10/09/business/corporate-news/araneta-group-inks-deal-with-food-shops/1913874 |work=The Manila Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=de Castro |first=Isagani Jr. |date=December 14, 2023 |title=Long time coming: Palenque offers Philippine regional cuisine from north to south |url=https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/food-drinks/palenque-hall-offers-philippine-regional-cuisines/ |accessdate=April 26, 2024 |work=Rappler}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist|30em}} Category:Filipino restaurants Category:Restaurants in the Philippines Category:Culture of Zamboanga City Category:Culture of Zamboanga del Sur Category:Culture of Basilan Category:Culture of Sulu Category:Culture of Tawi-Tawi Category:Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand restaurants