Cheap Eats: P1,899 for 3 Ramen and 2 Meaty Dishes, Free Large Dunkin' Iced Coffee + More

(SPOT.ph) Here come the final weeks of the year, when everyone’s schedule is packed tighter than that suggested P500 noche buena budget—reunions, parties, year-end catch-ups, all demanding both your time and your wallet. If you’re looking for places to dine while recapping 2025 and planning for 2026, this week’s Cheap Eats has your back with deals that will help keep your budget intact—just so you don't end the year in bankruptcy. Think: a good-for-three ramen feast at Ramen Nagi for P1,899, a free large Dunkin’ Iced Coffee, a 50% off buffet at Marco Polo Ortigas Manila, and plenty more.

Also read: P500 for Noche Buena Might Have Been Okay in 1990—Not 2025

Ramen Nagi has a 12.12 anniversary promo running for three days this week. For P1,899, you can get three bowls of ramen—one Butao and two ramen bowls (choose between Butao King, Red King, Green King, or Black King)—plus a serving of crunchy Pork Tonkatsu, Curry Spring Roll, and three canned Cokes. You get to save as much as P561. This deal is available from December 10 to 12 across all branches of Ramen Nagi, Nagi Izakaya, and Nagi Sushi.

For more information, check out Ramen Nagi's Facebook page.

Sure, there are 12.12 promos to look forward to, but there's also a 12.10 promo at Tenya that deserves a little hype of its own. The 12.10 Ten-ya Day deal is a BOGO promo on the Classic Tendon, Mega Karaage Don, and Ramen (a la carte)—an easy excuse to treat yourself and someone else, and splitting the bill so it won't bruise the wallet. This promo is available on December 10 for dine-in, takeout, and delivery transactions via foodpanda, GrabFood, SM Malls Online, and the Tenya website.

See list of Tenya branches. For more information, check out Tenya's Facebook page.

If soda and ice cream work, it can work with pretty much any drink, like iced coffee or milk tea. Gong Cha can add a scoop of vanilla ice cream for a discounted price of P29 (from P35) to any order of Gong Cha drinks. You can go with the likes of Black Coffee, HS Milk Black Tea, Chocolate Milk, and Taro Milk—or you can experiment with Strawberry Lime, Mango Chocolate, and Brown Sugar Coffee Milk Tea.

For more information, check out Gong Cha's Facebook page.

Is there ever a bad time for Dunkin's Iced Coffee? Didn’t think so. If you’re a VYBE user who happens to be craving the Dunkin’s signatures, you’re in for a treat. You can get a free large cup of Dunkin’ Iced Coffee when you make a single-receipt purchase worth at least P150 and pay by scanning the QR code with the VYBE app. This is valid at selected Dunkin’ branches until December 31, 2025.

See list of participating Dunkin' branches. For more information, check out Dunkin's Facebook page.

Another BPI promo is available at Marco Polo Ortigas Manila. BPI Signature Cardholders get 50% off, while BPI and Robinsons Bank Credit and Debit Cardholders receive 20% off at Cucina’s buffet and City Zen. The offer is valid only for dine-in groups of 2 to 10 guests.

Eligible cards are as follows:

• BPI Amore Cashback Card

• BPI Amore Platinum Cashback Card

• BPI Corporate Card

• BPI Edge Card

• BPI Gold Rewards Card

• BPI Platinum Rewards Card

• BPI Rewards Card

• BPI Signature Card

• Petron BPI Card

• BPI eCredit Card

• BPI DOS  Card

• Robinsons Cashback  Card

• BPI Debit Card

• Robinsons Bank Visa Debit Card

• Robinsons Bank Simple Savings Card

• Robinsons Bank DOS Card

• Robinsons Bank Robinsons Cashback  Card

• Robinsons Bank Pru Life UK Classic

• Robinsons Bank Pru Life UK Platinum

A reservation is required. For reservations and inquiries, call (+632) 772-07777, local 6606, or contact them at restaurant.mnl@marcopolohotels.com. Cucina is at 24F, Marco Polo Hotel, Sapphire Street, Pasig City.

For more information, check out Marco Polo Ortigas Manila's Instagram page.

Just in case you haven't noticed it: S&R New York Style Pizza has monthly promos on their good-for-sharing pizzas, and, of course, there's another round of promos for December, also known as the season of feasting. This time, the promo is on a combination of sweet and savory pizzas: an 18-inch Hawaiian Pizza and another 18-inch Pepperoni Pizza, plus your drink of choice. If you want it bundled with a 1.5-liter Coke Product, everything (two pizzas and a drink) costs P1,029; if you want a 1.5-liter Pepsi product instead, this costs P999. This S&R New York Style Pizza promo is available until December 31.

For more information, check out S&R New York Style Pizza's website.