Lab-as Seafood Restaurant has been around since 1988, and continues to live up to its name    “lab-as” (Cebuano term of fresh, particularly pertaining to fish), serving the freshest of seafood, with live crabs, lobsters, prawns, oysters, choice of the fish, and other native dishes.

Hayahay Treehouse Bar & Viewdeck is a charming restobar by the sea, one of Dumaguete’s most popular nighlife hubs. Recently, it has started gaining repute for being the region’s premiere live music joint, with live gigs four nights, weekly. Monday nights are folk acoustic with Allan Cuevas,  and rock acoustic with Akustring.   On Reggae Wednesdays, Dumaguete’s homegrown reggae artist Enchi , plus guest ska bands, bring the house down with a reggae party. Friday nights are jazz nights with the Kakay & the Hayahay Project, and folk acoustic with Allan Cuevas. Saturday nights are alternative rock, with Last Train, Bored of Trustees and Frying Nemo.

At the south end of Hayahay is the popular Chez Andre Gourmet Pizza that serves excellent pizzas with freshly baked crust, and fresh toppings. Favorites include the tasty Italiano, thick-crust Chicago and the all-toppings “Andreas Fave”. 

A small shop, Tiangge, as aptly named, sells all kinds of beach stuff, from board shorts, bikinis, funky sunglasses to second-hand surfboards and skimboards, and the essential wear in this seaside university town—flip flops.  An authorized dealer of the Brazilian-made, Havaianas, the shop carries a wide array of flip-flops from the flat ‘everyday-wear ’kind to the more stylish ‘high’ ones that come in different colors and designs, with new styles every month