Brick Corner wins Michelin Bib Gourmand

Brick Corner has landed a Bib Gourmand in the Michelin Guide Manila and Environs & Cebu 2026, putting the Bonifacio Global City Indian resto-bar into Michelin’s first Philippines selection. (guide.michelin.com) The Michelin Guide published its inaugural Philippines Bib Gourmand list on October 29, 2025 and named 25 restaurants in total, including 19 in Manila and environs and six in Cebu. Brick Corner appears on that list as a Taguig entry serving Indian and Asian food. (guide.michelin.com) Michelin describes Bib Gourmand as a distinction for restaurants offering exceptional food at moderate prices, separate from Michelin stars. On Brick Corner’s listing, Michelin says the menu focuses on North Indian cuisine with “rich, spiced, and hearty fare rooted in tradition.” (guide.michelin.com) For Brick Corner, the recognition is notable because Michelin’s 2026 Philippines guide is the brand’s first official entry into the country. Michelin said the full debut edition covered 108 establishments across Manila, its environs and Cebu, including one two-star restaurant, eight one-star restaurants, 25 Bib Gourmand picks and 74 Michelin Selected addresses. (guide.michelin.com) The restaurant has also been presented locally as the only Indian cuisine honoree in the 2026 Bib Gourmand group. BusinessMirror reported Brick Corner received that distinction just 16 months after opening in Forbes Town, Bonifacio Global City. (businessmirror.com.ph) (manilastandard.net) Brick Corner is operated by Masala Food Ventures Inc., according to BusinessMirror. The publication said signature dishes include butter chicken, mutton bhuna masala, dal makhani, Goan fish curry and prawn karwari. (businessmirror.com.ph) Manila Standard reported the award was formally acknowledged at a Department of Tourism ceremony on December 5, 2025, where Brick Corner joined other Bib Gourmand recipients. The paper said the recognition brought Indian cuisine into a Manila awards conversation long dominated by Japanese, European and modern Filipino restaurants. (manilastandard.net) The Michelin nod does not make Brick Corner a starred restaurant, but it does place it inside the guide’s value tier at the moment Michelin is building a Philippines footprint. For a young restaurant in Taguig, that is now the credential attached to its name. (guide.michelin.com 1) (guide.michelin.com 2)