We stayed here for 1 night in dec 2010. We had to catch an evening flight out of Manila the next day. We got a room on the 7th floor. Though it was not on the front side, you could hear the traffic at night. The room was nice. We wanted a late checkout & they charged us for half a day for that which was convenient.
If you're paying by cash, you have to pay the entire amount when you check-in + they will take a deposit of appx. P 2000 which is refundable on check-out.
Apparently though, this is standard practice in Manila as we faced this in Hotel Copacabana Suites too in which we stayed earlier.
Pros:
Clean & spacious rooms with a fridge, aircon etc.
Big bathroom with excellent water pressure.
5 minutes walking distance from Robinson's Mall.
Cons:
If you're looking at this place for staying for airport transit, it's a bit far. Took around 45 mins coming from the airport and 1:15 on returning. Depends on the traffic and whether your taxi driver cheats you or not ;)
Tips:
When transiting through Manila, take a Yellow *metered* Airport taxi from just outside the airport. We used these twice & both times the drivers were good and didn't cheat us or anything. On the return leg, when we used a normal white cab to the airport, the cab driver took us on a loooong trip which we realized since i had GPS on my cell.
We changed our foreign exchange at the airport itself since there was no time for us to do so in Manila. Based on a trip-advisor review, we did go to the Sanry money changer at Metropoint Mall in EDSA extension, but the guard there told us that it closes by 8 p.m. (on the review, it was written that it's open till 2 a.m. which was misleading). We went there at midnight.
Later we realized that there's not that much of a difference in the prices at the airport as opposed to the city money changers. There are around 3 banks that i noticed at the airport which have a window on the arrival side before you clear the customs and the same bank has a window on the outer side (still within the airport) which you can access after you pass the customs. You can easily change the money after you reach the outside.
I compared the rates on the same day:
NAIA airport: 43.60 to a US$.
Domestic airport: 43.50
Robinson's Mall: 43.55
Puerto Princesa: 43.00
Changing my Pesos to US$ at NAIA airport while leaving manila got me a rate of 43.10.
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