The Manila Hotel

I booked an overnight stay for two at the Manila Hotel in April 2026 because of the Run for Million Trees fun run. Manila Hotel is just a few steps away from the Quirino Grandstand, making it the perfect choice. Since I was with my 83-year old mother, the concierge assigned to us a room with a PWD-friendly bathroom, which we appreciated. The hotel also had a turn down service in which checked-in guests were given sample chocolates. The breakfast buffet has a wide variety of Filipino and international food though it may be difficult to get a table at the Cafe Ilang Ilang during peak hours. The hotel rate per night is reasonably priced and the same goes for the restaurants. The hotel never runs out of events from morning till night so parking is understandably difficult. Valet service can be availed of but expect to wait for at least 15 minutes before your car is handed back to you at the lobby.

The room, the food, the staff- all excellent.

The surrounding area doesnt look safe at night.

Great, staff super pleasant

Worst reception I made two bookings via Klook but one of them suddenly not confirmed. As a consequently, one booking via Manila hotel own website and another one via Klook but the reception lady told none booking received. After twenty some minutes checking, it was told only hotel own website booking found but not another one via KLook, i asked her to call the contact number in the Klook voucher but she refused and said it should be my responsibility to call. She finally called at once when i asked her to write down no Klook booking was found in writing. As a result, she confirmed both bookings located and asked me to come back at noon when room is ready. I returned at 1600hrs to get room but another reception lady told ONLY hotel own website booking was noted. I therefore needed to show my Klook voucher but again told not received. I asked the lady duty Asst Manager to help where she called the agency and confirmed the booking BUT failed to note my SUNRISE SUITE BOOKING indicated on the Klook vouncher. She then called agency again but still not honoured the suite booking clearly indicated in the voucher where they did take a photo of the voucher. As we stood at counter over an hour, i therefore check in the standard room and called Klook where Klook double confirmed with hotel that it should Suite booking around 1730hrs. However, it took five more hours for the Asst manager to write me a note without any apologize to tell it should be Suite booking around 2100hrs. Nevertheless, the breakfast and afternoon tea were good. I wont stay again as the whole reception was a mess nor helpful.

L'accueil parfait du personnel, le petit déjeuner (et le dîner au même endroit), le décor de l'accueil, le groupe de musique classique de grande qualité qui joue le soir dans l'accueil, la salle de bain. Le lit était parfait.

Chambre vieillissante, matériel dysfonctionnel (tv dans la salle de bain, les tiroirs peu pratiques) Le lieu pourrait être sympa, mais la vue mer n'est franchement pas terrible, et l'aménagement pour sortir à pied dans le secteur n'est pas fou (mais tout n'est pas de la responsabilité de l'hôtel)