Where to order empanadas and meat pies 2024

Discover classic chicken pot pies, French onion soup empanadas, and many more savoury delights

Flavourful, umami fillings wrapped in delicious pastry, with variations fit for every savoury craving—find your next merienda favourite from these specialist stores selling empanadas, meat pies, and savoury puffs. With a buttery, flakey, exterior, and succulent stuffings (with endless possibilities!), these tasty treats make for convenient snacks, boasting a range of flavours and textures in one small package. Discover well-executed classics like the timeless chicken or tuna pie, and try out unconventional renditions like French onion soup.

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1. Casa Luisa

Casa Luisa’s empanadas come in an impressive variety of inventive flavours, sweet and savoury. While the pizza alla diavolo empanadas (their take on a pizza pocket) are a surefire hit, their pièce de résistance is the delectable French onion soup empanadas. Wrapped up in a rich, buttery pastry, the filling consists of thyme, caramelised onions, gruyère cheese, and a decadent red wine and beef marrow bone broth glaze. After something with a bit of a kick? Try out their beef brisket rendang empanadas.

Tatler Tip: stock up on their frozen, ready-to-bake empanadas so you can indulge whenever your empanada cravings hit!

2. Crispy Piayita Inc. (formerly known as Bailon Foods)

Where to order Empanadas Photo Crispy Piayita Inc. formerly Bailon Foods / Facebook

Above Photo: Crispy Piayita Inc. formerly Bailon Foods / Facebook

Crispy, flaky, and packed with flavour, each of Bailon’s fried empanadas offer the ideal ratio of filling to crust. This time-tested chicken empanada has been around for years, and it is not going anywhere. Bailon has made its way onto the phone books of seasoned foodies in the know, and for good reason—give them a call and see for yourself.

Order from Crispy Piayita Inc. (Bailon Foods) by calling +632 8843 6673.

Tatler tip: Bailon is no one-trick pony. Their lumpiang ubod is a great find as well.

3. Pasteleria Costa Brava

You may have tried their famed caramel cake, but did you know that Pasteleria Costa Brava makes delicious chicken pot pies too? Indulge your savoury tooth and pick up some of these nostalgic treats— they also offer tuna and mushroom pies, with different sizes to choose from.

Order from Pasteleria Costa Brava by calling +632 8896 1267, +632 8896 6872, +632 8984 3949, or +632 8403 6627.

4. Half Saints

If you’re after a comforting bite, this mushroom and cheese sofrito empanada may hit the spot. The team behind Half Saints discovered this medley of garlic, onions, tomatoes, pimiento, chillies, and cilantro while living in Central America, and used this sofrito as the basis for their empanada. Filled with button mushrooms and cheese, and wrapped in a spiced flaky pie crust, these meat-free empanadas burst with hearty flavour.

5. Wildflour Restaurant

With a number of branches and cloud kitchens around the metro, grabbing your favourite Wildflour treats has never been easier. When you’re hankering for a savoury treat, try out their snack-friendly hand pies, available in tuna, corned beef, and mushroom and kale variations.

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6. Bondi & Bourke

We couldn’t write about classic Aussie meat pies without including Australian institution Bondi & Bourke. Tuck into their classic meat pie, packed with braised beef, caramelised onion, Worcestershire, and spices, served with your choice of potato fries or mixed green salad.

Tatler Tip: Bondi & Bourke also offers sausage rolls: an Aussie beef sausage roll, and a pork and apple sausage roll.

7. Casa Daza by Chef Sandy

Through Casa Daza, celebrity chef Sandy Daza brings you timeless empandas you know and love, plus some unique creations with familiar flavours: original (beef and pork), chicken, spicy tuna, vegetarian, humba, tuna, and vegetarian curry, each with distinct dot markers for that retro feel. Still hungry? Try their soft pork asado, chicken asado, or bola-bola buns.

8. Mama Empanada

Using an original family recipe since 1979, Mama Empanada offers classic chicken, Italian sausage, herbed tuna, spicy chicken sriracha, and sirloin beef taco empanadas. Pick up your selection of treats from one of their many kiosks around the metro, or order them online for added convenience.

Tatler Tip: Mama Empanada also offers frozen empanadas, so you can always have a stash of their classic chicken empanadas at home.

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9. Sarsa Kitchen + Bar

Sarsa’s beef pares empanadas are back! Sold in singles or boxes of six, these fan-favourite snacks are once again available for pre-order at the Legazpi Village haunt, with a cut-off on Wednesday every week. Chef JP Anglo and the team have made them even bigger this time around, but in limited quantities. Be sure to secure your empanadas ahead of time.

10. Bolzico Beef Empanadas

Bolzico Beef Empanadas is a spin-off from Bolzico Beef: the supplier bringing quality Argentinian Angus beef to the Philippines, owned by Nico Bolzico. Here, you’ll find well-made empanadas utilising their premium beef like creamy beef and mushroom, and cheesy beef barbeque empanadas, as well as other fun flavours to choose from like char siu pork or chilli and cheese. Elevate your empanada with some extra birria sauce or chimichurri sauce for a more unique snack.

11. Mary and Martha

If what you’re after is a crispy, flaky crust, look no further than Mary and Martha’s empanada de kaliskis. Have your pick between the ham and cheese, tuna melt, cheese chicken, chorizo, beef and mushroom, or Jamaican empanadas, or opt for an assorted box to savour every flavour.

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