Omega Houseware Adolf glass bakedish review

Borosilicate glass in three sizes up to 3100ml, oven and microwave safe, and cheap enough to own two. The bakedish most Filipino kitchens should start with. Our Best Overall pick.

Why borosilicate matters here

This is the specification that separates real bakeware from a glass dish that happens to be dish-shaped, and it is worth understanding. Borosilicate glass expands less than a third as much as ordinary soda-lime glass when heated. Because it barely changes size, the internal stress that shatters cheap glass never builds up. In practice borosilicate tolerates a temperature swing of around 150°C, where soda-lime manages 40 to 60°C. That is the difference between a dish you can move from the fridge to a hot oven and one that can crack when you do.

How does it bake?

Glass conducts heat more slowly than metal but holds it more evenly once hot, which suits baked pasta, casseroles, and anything you want cooked through rather than crisped fast. The genuine advantage over a ceramic dish is that you can see the base browning through the side, so you are not guessing whether the bottom of a gratin has caught. The trade is pastry: a glass base browns less crisply than a metal tin, so this is not the dish for a pie with a bottom crust. Three sizes to 3100ml means you can match the dish to the dish, and the largest takes a full lasagna.

How is it to live with?

It goes oven to table to fridge, which is the quiet reason glass bakeware earns its cupboard space: bake in it, serve from it, then put the leftovers straight in the fridge without dirtying a second container. Two practical notes. There is no lid, so leftovers need foil or cling wrap. And the side handles are short glass tabs, which are fine bare-handed and awkward to grip through thick oven mitts when the dish is full and heavy.

Is it sulit?

Around ₱368 as of August 3, 2026. Check the latest price on Shopee. That is remarkable for genuine borosilicate at this size, and it is the reason this ranks first. Omega Houseware is a Philippine brand with its own site and store, and the record here is deep: 8K+ sold with 2,394 ratings at 4.9. Buy the 2500ml if you are buying one, and you will probably end up buying a second.

Who should buy it

Buy this if you want one honest oven-to-table dish for baked pasta, casseroles, and roasted vegetables, and you would rather see the food than admire the dish. If you need a lid for storing or carrying food, buy the Bence instead.

See how it ranks in our best baking dishes in the Philippines roundup, or work out which material suits you in our baking dish buying guide.

Alternatives to consider

Want the same borosilicate glass with a lid included? The Omega Bence bakedish with lid is the one to compare. Prefer ceramic that keeps food hot at the table? The Omega Majestic ceramic bakedish is the one to compare.