Boracay hotel adds new dining
The Lind Boracay — billed as the island’s only Michelin Guide‑listed hotel — has rolled out a new dining concept after earning its Michelin recommendation in 2025 during its 10th year. (Coverage frames the menu change as part of how a Michelin nod encourages hotels to expand their food offerings for tourists.) (thediarist.ph)
A beach hotel on Boracay just answered a Michelin Guide nod by opening a Thai restaurant instead of stopping at the plaque. The Lind Boracay added Yím in March and April 2026 as the first big dining move after landing a Michelin Guide hotel recommendation in 2025. (thediarist.ph) That recommendation put The Lind in a small national club. A December 2025 Philstar report said The Lind was one of only 20 Philippine properties in the Michelin Guide hotel selection and the only one from Boracay. (philstar.com) The hotel sits on Station 1, the quieter northern stretch of White Beach that travelers usually associate with wider sand and less foot traffic than the southern end. The Michelin Guide listing describes it as a 118-room property with direct beachfront access and balconies in every room. (guide.michelin.com) The new restaurant is called Yím, and the pitch is not generic resort food. The Lind says Yím serves contemporary Thai dishes led by a resident Thai chef with experience in luxury hotels and high-end restaurants. (thediarist.ph) That matters on Boracay because most visitors still think of the island in layers: beach by day, bars at night, and hotels as places to sleep between both. The Lind is trying to make the hotel itself part of the dinner plan, with Yím added to existing outlets like Tartine and Crust. (thelindhotels.com) (thediarist.ph) The company is saying that part out loud. Chief operating officer Pierre Henrichs said the Michelin recognition was “not as an endpoint” but validation of standards the hotel had been refining since opening in 2015, and the new restaurant is being presented as the next step in that second decade. (thediarist.ph) This also fits the way Michelin entered the Philippines. The Diarist reported in 2025 that the Department of Tourism partnered with Michelin Guide as a way to draw visitors, create business opportunities, and sell the country as a dining destination, not just a beach destination. (thediarist.ph) So the Boracay story is not just one hotel swapping menus. A Michelin listing gave The Lind a reason to spend more on food, and The Lind is betting that tourists who came for White Beach’s 4-kilometer strip will now also book a table inside the hotel. (thediarist.ph) (guide.michelin.com)
