by: Gueen Pilapil
Cebu’s island has countless natural or even man-made attractions, enough to attract everyone. But a new attraction is always a welcome development like the Cordova Municipality’s 10,000 Roses Café. The 10,000 Roses Café is one of Cebu’s newest craze.
Although, 10000 Roses Café & More is a beautiful place — a tourist attraction definitely and considerably now. That’s why it’s best to stay there until night during the dusk. But what else do we need to know about this café?
About 13 kilometers from downtown Cebu City. The café features on its garden thousands of LED-powered white roses, the Philippines’ first. It opened in February 2017 and instantly became a hit with its unique theme.
The café in Korea has a coffee shop and restaurant that serves drinks, pasta, pizza, panini, sandwiches, salad and more. Beverages for coffee range from P110 to P145, while at P300 pizza and pasta start.
The ground floor is surrounded by white roses and has an indoor and alfresco dining area with modern and stylish seating areas. It also overlooks the unhindered skyline view.
It’s filled with the ocean; The cafe is at the edge of the property, and the ocean with a city view over it is already beyond that. So expect to see a beautiful breeze and an extra sight while you’re there.
Before sunset, the best time to visit is to close when the roses are lit. But if you want to avoid the crowd, go to mid – afternoon at the opening hour. The operating hours of the café are between 10:30AM and 11PM, and the entrance fee is P20/person.
The Café:
Owned by Mr. Miguel Cho, a 28-year – old Korean interior designer, the café is made up of 10,000 LED – powered artificial roses and is said to be viewed from dusk to night better.
In February this year, the café opened its doors to the public and was the result of Mr. Cho’s desire to bring to the Philippines part of the famous attraction of his hometown, the 20,000 Lighted Rose Garden in Dongdaemun, South Korea.
He envisages it as a symbol of love and even plans to expand the café and ultimately turn it into a symbol of love between two people. He also plans to set up a fence where couples can hang locks for each other as a declaration of love. He added that he wants the 10,000 Roses Café to be a place where marriage can bring people together. He contemplates the bride walking down a rose-and-sun aisle across the horizon.
Romance may florish:
Cho said he wanted to create a place where romance could flourish and a man could make his girlfriend a proposal. He added that he wanted it to be the beginning and ending of love stories. Locals ‘ attention was attracted by the place after they noticed the roses lit up the area at night. While the café does not charge entrance fees, if they want to visit the café, the local government asks visitors to pay an environmental fee for PHP20. The best time to visit the café is at night when the LED roses create a romantic atmosphere for its guests. The wall of the café also has a huge flower that lights up together with the roses.
This is the menu of the café:
Smoothies- PHP180 – 220
Pasta- PHP320 – 400
Pizza- PHP300 – 320
Salad- PHP250
Panini- PHP350
Snacks- PHP220 – 450
Coffee- PHP110 – 145 with the same standard size as Starbucks
How to Go to 10,000 Roses Café?
10,000 Roses Café is located next to the famous Lantaw Floating Restaurant at the Cordova Tourism Center compound in Day – As, Cordova.
OPTION 1–PRIVATE VEHICLE: It’s still best to bring your own vehicle back to the city. You can use either Waze or Google Maps, simply type “10,000 Roses Cafe Cordova.”
OPTION 2–TAXI / UBER / GRAB: city taxi / Uber / Grab ride would cost you around P250-300, good for 4.
OPTION 3–V-HIRE: Ride a v-hire from SM City Cebu Terminal to Cordova (P40/pax fare) and drop off at Cordova Grandmall. Ride a tricycle from there to Lantaw (fare P10/pax). 1000 Roses Cafe is just beside Lantaw Cordova.
OPTION 4–JEEPNEY: Ride a jeepney from SM City Cebu Terminal to Parkmall (fare P7/pax). Ride another jeepney from the Parkmall terminal to Lapu – Lapu City. Take the Tamiya / MEPZ 2 and Opon Mercado (P7/pax fare) routes. Ask the driver to drop you off right next to General Milling Corp (P10/pax fare) at SuperMetro. Then ride another jeepney to Cordova, Gaisano Grand Cordova, and ride a tricycle to Lantaw or 10,000 Roses Cafe.
While there is not much to see in the area, and the novelty of LED roses is getting pretty fast old, it is one of the few tourist attractions in Cebu that have been made by man. There’s no reason why you don’t check it out at least once if you have the time.
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