brasserie sagana

i had met the owner in one of my work meetings and i was made aware of his restaurant. i immediately set the dinner with my friends the night after.

this is truly one of the best french restos in bgc. my personal favorite is the truffle pasta. the server explained the dishes very well.

plus points as the place is also cozy!

we had a good dinner in this restaurant chefs even went out and say hello in not a salty person but itheir bread at least need to have some salt as well as the union soup and the creme brulee was over cooked the rest was fine

my family has long been a fan of marc aubry from his champetre days to his current baby sagana. i have been to sagana more than a few times since it opened and i was a happy diner each time. chef marc through his culinary creations introduced me to french-inspired cooking that is very flavorful yet never pretentious. i particularly like the philosophy behind sagana — locally sourced, farm to table produce transformed into uncomplicated but highly flovorful french-inspired fare. i particularly love the apahap (local sea bass) which is grilled and served with creamy ratatouille. rich but not overly so. the angus ribeye steak with roquefort cheese sauce will always be a favorite. i love steaks and i am used to having it with the usual sauces — red wine or mushroom or peppercorn or bearnaise. or maybe even with just the basic pepper and rock salt. and then i come across roquefort cheese sauce in sagana. lovely. and then there is chef marc’s vegetable gratin. i used to ask for cauliflower gratin in champetre to go with pretty much every thing i ordered. it was that good. in the menu now is eggplant gratin. i suppose no one does gratin better than the french. another solid favorite are two soups — prawn bisque and french onion soup. i have brought many foreign colleagues from the regional bank that i used to work for and that french onion soup always made an impression. the lamb chops are a favorite as well. and if you are in the mood for a bit more culinary pampering then you might want to try the foie gras and pate sampler. oh, one more thing. you need not break the bank when you dine in sagana. you get real value for what you pay.

excellent experience at sagana (renovated, rebranded and relaunched champêtre)!

we ordered the l’onglet, which was a favorite. very tender and generous piece of meat served with a side salad and fries. we also ordered the algerian couscous and i especially loved the sausage and the lamb chops that came with it. everything was on point, even our request to have our meats prepared medium rare.

we ordered the le nancy for a sweet ending. great flourless chocolate dessert. the chocolate ganache tasted homemade. overall, excellent experience!

had my first experience in sagana epicerie and bistro on the evening of 1 february 2018 and i love the food, drink, service, and ambiance.  i highly recommend their french onion soup before taking the main course.  definitely i will go back for more.

we were a big group and made a reservation.
i liked the interiors of the resto, it was modern but still homey.
the french onion soup looked enticing and tasted rich.
i got the grilled apahap and it was so tasty - went well with my white wine. i realized though that there were parts of the ratatouille that were a bit too salty.
my group’s favorites were the scallop gratin and beef tartar.
we were able to meet chef marc aubry which was an awesome plus!

sagana is a real gem located in bgc. unlike most restaurants, they won't play to adjust their market. they are driven by a strong concept, which is to bring their guests the freshest local products, grown in an eco-friendly environment and respecting the soil where they've been grown, to become real french dishes, cooked with french tehniques by chef marc aubry.

one of the best example of product found in sagana that show how rich and interesting is filipino agriculture would be the coffee.
their beans are coming from small farms located in remote islands. a world-class coffee, brought to you by passionate people, that help small communities to sustain their activity in your own country. it's the kind of thing that really touch me and show a very positive philosophy of a restaurant.

i can also talk about the ambiance. you feel a lot of serenity when you enter this place with a mix of wood and greens with adjusted lightnings and very comfortable seats.

i tried one of their flagship dish, the onglet.
a wonderful piece of beef, flavourful and perfectly cooked that come with a salad and french fries.
simple but totally efficient.

this place won't be your typical hip place, shining from outside with a menu full of people pleaser dishes. once you enter this restaurant, you enter a place where you will live a real food experience, completely different from anything you can try in metro manila.

thank you sagana for this wonderful foodie experience.

been in this restaurant 3 times over my stay. they have quite a large choice of real french cuisine. while they called themselves a bistro the food is actually closer to gastronomic but with large serving and reasonable price. ambiance is cosy and service is surprisingly fast.
the chef is taking time to talk to clients and i even had the surprise to be offered a secret dish on my last day (an amazing beef stroganoff)
strongly recommend this place to those who like (honest) french food in a cosy modern bistro ambiance.

recently had a family dinner at sagana, and i could not have been more impressed.  french is not usually my first choice, but the food was excellent, the staff was knowledgeable, and the chef came out to spend time with us.  informal, but elegant.  will go back on all my trips to mnl, for business or with family. loved the l'onglet...

love the concept... french food prepared with locally sourced ingredients. we were trying to eat healthy so we stuck with the eggplant au gratin as a starter and the apahap as the main. both very good. will come back next time to try the foie gras. only negative was that there were fruit flies and they landed in our wine. thankfully the waiters were very apologetic and replaced our drinks.

this is absolutely my favorite restaurant here in bgc.  i have always had an excellent meal at a fair price.  chef marc aubry prepares his food with obvious passion as it is quite simply superb and has me over indulging.  as an example my last meal there consisted of an appetizer of foie gras, followed by an entrée of onglet (awesome beef which i had with béarnaise sauce, one of several offered) i had it with the french fries (a simple side but prepared perfectly).  last but certainly not least was dessert, here i always have trouble deciding on just one and usually finish with 2, this time it was leche flan cheescake and one of marc's housemade ice creams.  yes i know i will have to do a bit more exercise tomorrow but it is always worth it!

formerly champetre, which was my personal best-and-favorite french restaurant, has closed and now emerged into a french-filipino fusion cuisine "sagana".  basically, it uses filipino ingredients prepared with the finest french cuisine.  i am unable to provide a thorough review on this restaurant since i left bgc when this restaurant opened in second half of 2017.

ambiance - neat & clean; a nice place for peace and quiet meal with friends and with yourself.  :)  as you enter the restaurant, the organic foods stand out upon the door.

service - staffs are attentive and friendly, who are mostly staffs from the old champetre.

food - there's no doubt that the quality of the food does not disappoint one customer, but it also means that the price is high.  i have noticed that sagana has shown great importance on the presentation of the food on top of the quality taste.  i have tried the grilled apahap (local bass) w/ grilled vegetables, and honestly, the fish is soft and well-cooked.  sadly, i haven't tried their other dishes though.

still, i personally feel that champetre is better than sagana, because i'm a french-cuisine fan.

for further reference/review, you may search their restaurant at "our awesome planet".  

april 2-7, 2018: sagana commemorated the "paul bocuse" event where they served dishes prepared by him.  dishes were superb, especially the signature dish "vge soup".  wine selections were good, and made me realized how good wines are!  

worth a visit again?  yes, certainly!

delicious grilled prawns with cabbage stuffed with crab claw... this is a special menu dish. highly recommended for a light, tasty and healthy dinner!

food is reasonably priced. serving portions are generous. i had the wagyu beef onglet with mushroom sauce and spinach side dish and it did not disappoint. their desserts are good especially the leche flan cheesecake and crumble (cream with mango bits)

the veggie stew of algerian couscous is good. it looks like the place is a casual dining from the outside but it is almost a fine dining experience from the inside 😊 would go back to this place to try their other dishes.