Helmut's Place in Panglao Island
Helmut’s Place is a bar and restaurant in Panglao, Bohol. It is owned by Helmut Nauels and is located on the corner entrance to Alona Beach. It is a German owned establishment with a talented German chef, Oliver. The atmosphere is relaxed and the servers are young girls who are always ready to take your order with a smile. They serve German dishes well, although, they serve a good list of different international dishes. The serving is uncommonly huge for Filipino standard. Helmut’s Place only uses fresh and high quality ingredients. They play music from different decades and they stay open as late as 2 AM. You can also request your own favorite music if you wish. It is a likely hangout by locals and bikers, as Helmut, the owner is a member of Bohol Bikers Philippines. You can get to Helmut’s Place bar and restaurant by tricycle or Taxi cab and if you are a large party, you can hire a van to get there.
The friendly atmosphere will surely make you keep going back night after night given you have a longer stay in Panglao, Bohol. Helmut has a magnetic personality and never lacks time to meet and greet everybody and thank everybody on their way out. There are bar stools by the bar and there are sofas and little tables set up like in a coffee house. You will definitely feel at home.
They have a pool table and foosball table, too. Live football games and Formula 1 races are played on flat screen on demand. Free Wi-Fi is also available for customers. Try their homemade Bratwurst, or their German-style Curry Sausage and their Cordon Bleu served with Potato Salad. They only serve San Miguel beers, although one would assume they will have German beers, too. However, if you like hard drinks, they mix very good cocktails and always a strong Rum and Coke.
Not all the places in Bohol are always open late and a tour guide once claims it’s because Boholanos are frugal and that is why they sleep early. However, I think in most provinces around the Philippines most families retire really early to bed because their day starts very early in the morning.
This place is definitely open late and guarantees to have snacks, too. Helmut’s Place also has been dubbed to have the cleanest and most functional rest rooms in all of Alona. You will definitely enjoy the friendly atmosphere and the young attentive all-Filipina staff is not so bad either.
Additional convenience is that there is a BPI ATM next door and Helmut’s Place accepts major credit cards. Many different kinds of customers from all walks of life and from different nations have been very satisfied overall. I highly recommend Helmut’s Place for those who are seeking good food, good conversations and definitely good service.