It is located in the neighborhood of Aviației, part of Sector 1 in northern Bucharest, near the Floreasca City Center mixed-use development.

[5] After a massive expansion of the Philippines' diplomatic presence abroad during the presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, in 2010 Senator Franklin Drilon questioned the need for embassies in countries with small Filipino communities, including a number of countries in Europe, and called for a review of the Philippines' diplomatic presence worldwide.

[8] On November 15, 2022, during budget deliberations for the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Senator Loren Legarda announced that the Embassy was one of four missions that would reopen in 2024 as part of an expansion of the Philippines' diplomatic presence under Bongbong Marcos.

[11] The advance team setting up the Embassy announced that they had arrived in Bucharest on September 14, 2024, and are preparing to immediately begin offering consular services once the mission has completed all the required procedures for opening.

[13] The Philippine Embassy in Bucharest is headed by Ambassador Noel Eugene Eusebio M. Servigon, who was appointed to the position by President Marcos on June 11, 2024.