Eat· Cebu· Philippines

Smooth Cafe (Panagsama)

9° 57.0′ N · 123° 22.0′ E

A cafe-restaurant-bar on Panagsama Road that runs from early coffee to late drinks, in the thick of the dive-shop strip a few steps from the sardine-run entry points.

Practical

Coordinate is Smooth Cafe in OpenStreetMap (Panagsama Road, Basdiot). Its own site gives hours of 6:30 am to midnight daily; OSM lists sandwiches, phone +63 960 859 8921. Other cafes mapped nearby: Sun Rise 2 Set French Cafe (crepes, ice cream; 9.9447°N 123.3683°E), 2PM Cafe (breakfast, 7:00 am-6:00 pm) and Cafe Nangka (Tue-Sun 7:00 am-2:00 pm) - check current hours. Cruisers anchored in Badian Bay report a long dinghy ride to a concrete jetty (Mokisha, 2017); ask a dive shop about tying up or a mooring off Panagsama.

Best for

Early coffee before the sardines, or a late drink after