Restaurants With a View in Cebu: Which Hill, Which Roof, and What Each Costs
Busay for the whole city lit up, Lahug for a dining room above it, rooftops and the SRP waterfront for the sea. Eleven places Suroy.ph has visited and photographed, with gate fees, hours and what a dinner runs.
Cebu’s views come in three heights, and each one wants a different dinner. Up on the Busay hills, Tops and the restaurants along Tops Road give you the whole city lit up below, for a ₱100 gate and a winding road. Halfway down, on Nivel Hills in Lahug, Anzani and Ori Izakaya put the view under a proper dining room. And in the city itself, a few rooftops and one waterfront deck at the SRP trade the height for the sea and CCLEX. Every place on this page was visited and photographed by Suroy.ph.
Restaurants with a view in Cebu, by where they are
Cebu · Dinner with a view
Which view do you want?
Tops₱100 at the gate, never closes. The ₱200 shuttle from IT Park covers the ride both ways and the entrance.
Top of CebuFilipino, inside Tops. About ₱300 to ₱600 a head, plus the gate.
The CliffThai and Filipino on decks down a ridge. Book the hour before sunset.
La Parisienne SkyListed 9 AM to 1 AM. A ₱100 to ₱200 door charge counts toward the bill.
AnzaniMediterranean, open 11:30 AM to 10 PM daily. Degustation menus of three to six courses.
Ori IzakayaSame complex. Lunch 11 AM to 2 PM, dinner 4 to 9:30 PM. Order from the raw bar.
Skydeck360Roof of Grand Residences North Tower A, Kasambagan. Mains about ₱500 to ₱2,250. Breakfast from 6 AM is the cheap way up.
Onyx SkyloungeThe Amber Hotel roof near Fuente, with a pool lit from below. The bar is open.
Sunset SoireesA pergola, a stone bar and a pool on top of a co-living block on Gov. M. Cuenco.
Lantaw, Il CorsoTwo open-air floors on the SRP waterfront, CCLEX across the water. About ₱400 to ₱750 a head. Weekend lines can pass an hour after five.
₱100The Tops gate, and the view is the whole point.
₱100 to ₱200La Parisienne Sky door charge, spent on food.
₱300 to ₱600A dinner at Top of Cebu, before the gate.
₱400 to ₱750A dinner at Lantaw.
₱500 and upA main at Skydeck360.
Prices and hours as last checked on each venue page, October 2026. Drinks extra.
Busay: the city from the top
Tops
Tops is the lookout at the top of Busay, about 610 meters above Cebu City, and the view runs across the whole city to Mandaue, the bridges and Mactan. It costs ₱100 at the gate and never closes. The official shuttle from Cebu IT Park runs until 3 AM, and ₱200 covers the ride both ways and the entrance. See Tops, and for coffee with the same view, Starbucks Tops, where the city side of the room is floor-to-ceiling glass.
Top of Cebu
A Filipino restaurant inside Tops, not a separate stop on the way up. Eat on the upper level when the lights come on and budget about ₱300 to ₱600 a head, plus the gate. See Top of Cebu.
The Cliff
A restaurant built down the face of a ridge at Highlands de Busay, with decks and glass rails looking straight down on Cebu City, out to Mactan and south to CCLEX. The food is Thai and Filipino at mall prices. Book the hour before sunset and stay until the lights come on; it is the hour the Suroy Sunset Tee was designed around. See The Cliff.
La Parisienne Sky
Formerly La Vie in the Sky, on Tops Road. The menu is pizza, pasta, grills and gelato rather than French, and the hours are listed as 9 AM to 1 AM daily. Expect a door charge of ₱100 to ₱200 that counts toward what you order. See La Parisienne Sky.
Lahug: the view under a dining room
Anzani is not in Busay: it is the original 2007 restaurant at Panorama Heights, Nivel Hills, Lahug, with the city spread out under the deck. It is Mediterranean, open 11:30 AM to 10 PM daily, with degustation menus of three to six courses. See Anzani.
Ori Izakaya sits in the same complex. It splits the day into lunch, 11 AM to 2 PM, and dinner, 4 to 9:30 PM. Order from the raw bar; the aburi and the specialty maki are the reason to come. See Ori Izakaya.
Rooftops in the city
Skydeck360 is the restaurant and bar on the roof deck of Grand Residences North Tower A in Kasambagan, the tower that houses The Noble Cebu. Mains run from about ₱500 for pasta to ₱2,250 for a US rib eye. It opens at 6 AM for breakfast, which is the cheaper and quieter way to see the view. See Skydeck360.
Onyx Skylounge is the bar on the Amber Hotel roof near Fuente Osmeña Circle. The pool runs almost the length of the roof and is lit from underneath, so at night the water is the brightest thing on the deck. See Onyx Skylounge.
Sunset Soirees sits on top of a co-living block on Gov. M. Cuenco: a timber pergola, a bar in white stone with orange stools, and a pool at the far end. See Sunset Soirees.
On the water: Lantaw at Il Corso
Two floors of open-air tables on the South Road Properties waterfront, with CCLEX across the water and the sea breeze doing the air conditioning. The menu is seafood, grill and Filipino classics, roughly ₱400 to ₱750 a head. Weekend tables are first come, first served, and after five the line can run past an hour. Our frames are from May 2022, so confirm it is open before you go. See Lantaw at Il Corso.
The annoying parts
The view has a cover charge. Tops charges ₱100 at the gate and ₱100 to park, so two people in one car are ₱300 in before anyone orders. La Parisienne Sky has its own door charge.
The road down is the hard part. The Busay road is steep and winding, and after midnight the only easy way back is the Tops shuttle, which stops at 3 AM.
Weekends fill. The Cliff and Lantaw are both first-hour-before-sunset places. Book where you can, and expect a line where you cannot.
Fog closes the view. Busay sits in cloud more often than the city does. If the hills are hidden from downtown, the restaurants up there are looking at white.
Restaurants with a view in Cebu FAQ
What is the best restaurant with a view in Cebu?
For the whole city lit up, Tops and the restaurants on Tops Road in Busay. For a sit-down dinner with the view below the deck, Anzani in Lahug. For the sea and CCLEX, Lantaw at Il Corso.
How much is the entrance at Tops?
₱100 at the gate, plus ₱100 to park. The ₱200 shuttle from IT Park includes the entrance and the ride both ways, and runs until 3 AM.
Is there a restaurant with a view inside Cebu City proper?
Yes. Skydeck360 in Kasambagan, Onyx Skylounge on the Amber Hotel roof near Fuente, and Sunset Soirees on Gov. M. Cuenco are all rooftops in the city.
When is the best time to go?
The hour before sunset, then stay for the lights. Book ahead on weekends.
Do you need a car to reach the Busay restaurants?
No. The Tops shuttle runs from IT Park, and habal-habal drivers work the road up. Agree the fare back before you go up.
Suroy Wear · Journey Collection
Book the table for the hour the light turns.
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Prices and hours as last checked on each venue page, October 2026. Each linked page carries its own check date.
