Looking for mooncakes this Mid-Autumn Festival? Here are a few places in Manila offering traditional, snowskin, chocolate, and contemporary mooncake flavors.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is an annual celebration of harvest and gratitude, with traditions that date back nearly 3,000 years to the Zhou dynasty. Traditionally, the festival honors a successful harvest while expressing hopes for abundance in the seasons to come. At the heart of the celebration is family, with generations gathering to share food and give thanks. One of its most enduring traditions is the serving and sharing of mooncakes, whose round shape symbolizes completeness, reunion, and the togetherness of family. The Mid-Autumn Festival 2026 falls on September 25, which means the celebration is just around the corner. If you haven’t picked up mooncakes to serve at home or bring to your next family gathering, there’s still time; we’ve rounded up some of the best places in Manila to get your mooncake fix this Mid-Autumn season.
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Grand Hyatt Manila: “To Grand and Beyond”
Grand Hyatt Manila’s “To Grand and Beyond” collection pairs deep crimson and gold packaging with a mix of classic baked and delicate snowskin mooncakes. Choose from White Lotus with Salted Egg Yolk, Black Sesame, Red Bean, and Ube, or try snowskin flavors like Coffee, Pandan and Coconut, Mango, and Ube.
You can directly place your order at https://bit.ly/GHMMooncake2026
Okada Manila: “Mid-Autumn Confections”
Okada Manila gives the traditional mooncake a chocolate-filled makeover with its “Mid-Autumn Confections” collection. The seven-flavor lineup includes Tiramisu, Citrus, Pistachio Kataifi, Hazelnut, Salted Caramel, 64% Dark Chocolate, and Sesame with White Lotus, all presented in an elegant gift box.
Reserve online at www.okadamanila.com
Newport World Resorts
Newport World Resorts gathers several Mid-Autumn collections across its hotels and dining destinations. Happy 8 offers flavors like Dubai Pistachio, Chocolate Almond, and Ube Coconut; while Hua Yuan Brasserie Chinoise serves traditional baked, boutique, snowskin, and Shanghainese varieties. Hotel Okura Manila, Man Ho, and Sheraton Manila Hotel also have their own collections, with flavors ranging from classic White Lotus and Red Bean to Spicy Beef and Chinese Bacon.
For inquiries and reservations, you can visit hiltonmanila.com, or contact 02 7908 8009 for Happy 8; 0917 624 5980 for Man Ho; and 0917 859 7496 for Sheraton Manila Hotel.
Hong Kong MX Mooncakes
Hong Kong MX Mooncakes gives this year’s Mid-Autumn gifting a playful update with its Kuromi Mooncake Gift Box, a purple storybook-style box containing four White Lotus Seed Paste Mooncakes with Egg Yolk, plus a detachable Kuromi charm and beaded keychain. For something more contemporary, the Lava Custard and Earl Grey Mooncake Selection pairs MX’s signature molten custard mooncake with its new Earl Grey and bergamot-infused flavor. Traditionalists can also go for the White Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake with Two Egg Yolks, one of the brand’s signature offerings.
The 2026 collection is available through Hong Kong MX Mooncakes’ physical stores and online channels in the Philippines, including S Maison, SM Aura, Ayala Malls Vertis North, GH Mall, and Nu Star Cebu.
Banner photo courtesy of MX Mooncakes
Frequently Asked Questions
The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on September 25, 2026.
You can get mooncakes from Grand Hyatt Manila, Okada Manila, Newport World Resorts, and Hong Kong MX Mooncakes.
Mooncake flavors range from traditional options like White Lotus with Salted Egg Yolk, Red Bean, and Black Sesame to more contemporary flavors like Pistachio Kataifi, Earl Grey, Dubai Pistachio, and Lava Custard.
Yes. Grand Hyatt Manila’s “To Grand and Beyond” collection includes Coffee, Pandan and Coconut, Mango, and Ube snowskin mooncakes.
Yes. Okada Manila’s “Mid-Autumn Confections” collection features chocolate-shell mooncakes in flavors including Tiramisu, Citrus, Pistachio Kataifi, Hazelnut, Salted Caramel, 64% Dark Chocolate, and Sesame with White Lotus.
