Guide to Corkage Fee and B Y O B Restaurant in Philippines for bringing your own wine when dining out in Manila and Clark

 customer's own wine in the restaurant that needs
B Y O (Bring Your Own) is a concept that YATShis busines to begin with
Restaurant & Wine Bar popularized in the 
Philippines.  Putting it simply, it means removingOne of the main reasons for bringing our own
the hurdle of corkage fee to encourage patronsbottle to dine in a restaurant that has has a good
to bring a nice bottle of wine to enjoy a speciallywine list already is we aren't sure our food at
designed wine-friendly dinner at the restaurant.home pairs well with the special bottle we want
Taking it a step further, Yats Restaurant sets upto open. 
a communal table usually seating 8 to 10 so 
guests can dine with other guests all sharing atYATS Restaurant and Wine Lounge is one of the
least one common interest - wine. few fine-dining establishments that is sensitive to
Each week, Chef Philip Golding unveils a specialtheir clients, despite the fact that YATS Wine
menu for the popular Saturday BYO dinner. Cellars has undoubtedly the most impressive wine
Guests do NOT have to be wine connoisseurs tolist not only in the Philippines but possibly in any
attend.  In fact, wine knowledge is not relevantrestaurant in Asia!
at all.  Those who have wine cellars at home or 
those who recently received a gift of wine, findBYO (Bring Your Own) is very popular with wine
this an excellent opportunity to share theirenthusiasts and foodies.  Saturday is BYO nights
treasures.   If there is one thing in commonat YATS Restaurant in Clark Philippines.  You can
among wine enthuisiasts, it is the reluctance tobring a bottle to share or come to dinner with a
drink a fine bottle of wine alone.  At least halfbottle or two and dine with friends and family. 
the enjoyment is gone if the good stuff isn'tThe menu is very wine friendly, meaning
shared with someone else. everything mild but delicious. 
B Y O (Bring Your Own) is very popular with wineAre you fed up with paying high corkage fees for
enthusiasts and foodies.  Saturday is B Y Othe privilege of dining in a restaurant in Manila? 
nights at YATS Restaurant in Clark Philippines. Are you upset because the wine service,
You can bring a bottle to share or come to dinnerglassware and everything else in that restaurant
with a bottle or two and dine with friends andsimply don't justify the corkage fee they charged
family.  The menu is very wine friendly, meaningyou?
everything mild but delicious.  
Yats Restaurant is located Clark Freeport,Two very good reasons why customers are
Pampanga, just 45 minutes from Manila, alongupset with corkage fees are:
North Expressway, a nice smooth drive.  After1.    the wines on the wine list are boring;
you enter Clark, just go straight until you turn intocustomers can easily get them at supermarkets
Mimosa on your left.   Go straight past Holidayand neighborhood wine stores at a fraction of the
Inn after entering Mimosa.  YATS is just 150price charged by the restaurant
meters past the hotel. 2.    the service and glassware provided by the
Those who are low on wine inventory at homerestaurant are not up to a standard that can
can stop by the Clark Wine Center located alongjustify charging a high corkage fee;  this means
the main Clark highway MA Roxas en route tothe restaurant is holding the customer hostage,
the Yats Restaurant to pick up a couple ofextorting money for the privilege of drinking the
interesting bottles to share with other guests orcustomer's own wine in the restaurant that needs
dine privately.  Prices start at below p1,000. his busines to begin with
Plenty of excellent values can be found in the 
p2,500 to p6,000 range also, genuinely classicOne of the main reasons for bringing our own
vintage wines 20-50 years of age.bottle to dine in a restaurant that has has a good
 wine list already is we aren't sure our food at
Are you fed up with paying high corkage fees forhome pairs well with the special bottle we want
the privilege of dining in a restaurant in Manila? to open. 
Are you upset because the wine service, 
glassware and everything else in that restaurantYATS Restaurant and Wine Lounge is one of the
simply don't justify the corkage fee they chargedfew fine-dining establishments that is sensitive to
you?their clients, despite the fact that YATS Wine
 Cellars has undoubtedly the most impressive wine
Two very good reasons why customers arelist not only in the Philippines but possibly in any
upset with corkage fees are:restaurant in Asia!
1.    the wines on the wine list are boring; 
customers can easily get them at supermarketsBYO (Bring Your Own) is very popular with wine
and neighborhood wine stores at a fraction of theenthusiasts and foodies.  Saturday is BYO nights
price charged by the restaurantat YATS Restaurant in Clark Philippines.  You can
2.    the service and glassware provided by thebring a bottle to share or come to dinner with a
restaurant are not up to a standard that canbottle or two and dine with friends and family. 
justify charging a high corkage fee;  this meansThe menu is very wine friendly, meaning
the restaurant is holding the customer hostage,everything mild but delicious.
extorting money for the privilege of drinking the