Got Manila

A Venue Hotel Suites
Open 24hrs
website: http://www.avenuehotelsuites.com
Call: (+632) 403 0865 and (+632) 403 0888
Address: Antel Lifestyle City, 7829 Makati Avenue, Makati City, Philippines

The A Venue Hotel Suites

Location: The location is GREAT!!! I can’t stess this enough, it’s right in Makati City, near the Burgos St nightlife, near many restaurants, bars, nightlife, and plenty of shopping can be done at the mall next door, also, many malls within a short taxi ride distance
Facilities: There is a wide range of facilities at A.Venue Hotel Suites, like the Grand Ballroom (Via Veneto), business center, internet and wi-fi facilities, it has a really nice and big infinity pool, a kids activity pool, indoor game room, funcion rooms, the Stresscape Spa, Granvia Cafe, a library, and also a gym and fitness center. So if you are in the mood for drinks, eats, exercise, swim, or working, there is something at A.Venue for everyone!! Not to mention there is the little mall right next door!
The Staff:
The Room: The room was great, very nice value, I had the 1 bedroom suite, with kitchen, living room and it’s stylish, it has a modern style and feel, I liked it a lot and I will plan on staying there on my next trip to Manila
Extras:
Tip: Book through Agoda if you want to get the best discounted price
Negatives: A Venue, sometimes housekeeping/room service doesn’t answer the phone, this can be pretty annoying if you are hungry or need a fresh set of towels. When this happens just call front desk and they will help you.

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Makati Palace Hotel
“Your Royal Address”
Open 24hrs
website: http://www.makatipalacehotel.com.ph
Call: (632) 899-0344
Address: 5011 P. Burgos Corner Caceres St., Makati City, Philippines

Makati Palace hotel is located with the Makati Central Business District, places it at the center of leisure, dining, entertainment venues, international business centers, upscale specialty shops, and convention centers. Makati Palace Hotel is the modern businessman’s (note: MAN/MENS) address in spectacular cosmopolitan Makati (walking distance to Rockwell Center and Power Plant Mall). Their elegant, fully furnished guestrooms are designed to give comfort, convenience and style.

Location: Makati Palace is in a great location if you are in a mood for lots of eating, drinking, and bar hopping to girly bars, gentlemens clubs, it’s located right on Paul Burgos St. which is famous for it’s great nightlife and girly bars.
Facilities: They have a business center, Caesar’s Coffeeshop with wifi, Formosa Spa, Beniya Authentic Japanese Restaurant, Club Nyx KTV Bar, swimming pool (closes too early, at 7pm) and the Palace Gym, foreign currency exchange, safety deposit boxes, room service, and they have just about anything you’ll need for business or holiday
The Staff: The Makati Palace Hotel staff has always been nice, but I’ve heard of stories of them assuming and treating the girl dates, or girlfriends, wives all as bargirls
The Room: I stayed in the Superior room, it was pretty disappointing, the aircon sucked and the room just looked ugly and dark, old. It had an empty fridge, good because I go 7/11 across the road and load up on cheap drinks, waters, and such. The thing is, if you buy from agoda.com you can get that room for cheap, only $47 usd
Extras: On the 2nd floor of Makati Palace hotel is the delightful Formosa Massage & Spa. It’s an open 24 hours spa, massage, jacuzzi and sauna, for reservactions call 02-483-9469. Please note, you can NOT sign your charges to your room, you must pay on the spot
Tip: Do NOT stay in Makati Palace if you are looking for a quiet night in Manila/Makati. If you’d like to relax and watch dvds, you can rent the dvd player for 500 pesos
Negatives: Using the wifi there is expensive, and if you are staying at a high floor, they have dialup only available, yes, dialup is still around I guess LOL, I highly suggest investing in Smart Bro or Globe Tattoo. Also, it’s great they have bathtubs, but the water doesn’t get very hot, so, taking a luke warm bath doesn’t really feel to great.

New Solanie Hotel
Open 24hrs
website: none
Call: (632) 524-8641
Address: 1811 Leon Guinto St. Malate, Manila 1004 Philippines

The New Solanie Hotel, Malate Manila, is located in the center of the district of Malate where there are many bars and restaurants. The hotel is accessible to all major transportation routes (but I find it difficult to get a taxi sometimes). This hotel has few facilities and services and medium sized rooms that are simply decorated and practical. The New Solanie Hotel is a good choice for budget travellers.

Location:
Facilities: They have 24hr room service and laundry service.
The Staff:
The Room: The room is best described as “good enough” there is a bed, a tv and a bathroom, the shower didn’t have much hot water and I’ve seen a few bugs in the rooms too but nothing serious.
Extras: Free wifi internet in the lobby / restaurant area
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Stargate Pensionne
Open 24hrs
website: http://www.stargatepensionne.com
Call: (632) 303-6572
Address: 1711 M.Adriatico St., Malate Manila, Philippines 1004

Stargate Pensionne is a nice little place for staying a couple nights, rates are decent from 988 – 2488 php per night, they supposedly have WIFI in all rooms but the night I was there, or the room I was in, did NOT have internet, I was very disappointed about that. It was nice to walk down to the bars everynight, the Malate nightlife is right outside the door.

Location: Stargate is nice location walking distance to many great korean and japanese restaurants, Robinsons Mall, a casino, and lots of nightlife too, Bedrock and lots more bars nearby walking distance
Facilities: Stargate doesn’t have much for facilities, they have an internet station in the lobby and a small restaurant/bar
The Staff: The staff gets the job done, and are friendly usually
The Room: The room is just a room with a bed, nothing special at all, my room didn’t even have any windows hehe
Extras: No extras that I noticed here
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Negatives:

Tip: When you walk outside City Garden take a left go towards Burgos Street and there is a little laundry place there called “Lets Talk Dirty” laundry and cleaning services, I paid only 180 pesos for 2.8 kilos of laundry, can save you like 5x’s compared to paying the hotel laundry prices. Just a tip for you
Negatives: The internet here is VERY bad, sometimes you can go hours with it being fine, but then you get logged off for hours at a time, either the network goes down, or their 3rd party internet company is having issues.
Also, today I had to wait for 30 minutes in the gym, til somebody could assist me, I need a locker key, towel, and to turn on the sauna. I hate to talk about the negatives but I want to give a great unbiased review, I will cover the goods AND the bads