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Of course I wouldn't say that is a nice hotel , I wouldn't come here with my girlfriend or my Mum..... but if you just need a place for one or two nights , reasonable price and with all in all average services and decent location and rooms ....well this is the place .

Arriving late evening, somewhat surprised by the busy nightlife in the street, I checked in at this hotel. When got to the room, I was however pleasantly surprised. It was quiet, although overlooking Burgos street I did not have the feeling to be in the midst of bars and clubs. The room was big enough and clean, amenities and furniture look well maintained and the staff, Filipino style, friendly and very helpful. Indeed the restaurant on the groundfloor is good, they serve a choice of meals and also good breakfast choice is available. Being there for business, the distance to world trade centre, SMX convention and airport is not so big, a ride by taxi will cost you to either destination around 200 pesos or US $ 5. the free wifi in the rooms helps a lot as well. I would definitely check in at this hotel again.

If you're looking for a hotel in Makati's red light district then this is best. Cozy Cafe at the ground floor (Cubana), Swinging club right down at the basement (Bottoms), 7-11 nearby and more clubs right down the road (Burgos Street). Good food but a bit pricey at the lobby restaurant (Filling Station). Free WiFi (multiple devices). Courteous staff right up to the Hotel Manager.

In the high season nobody cares in Manila, you are lucky to find a room. If you want to party and drink then this is the place for you. The noise from the street goes on till 5am every night. The hotel nees a revamp, tired old rooms which stink of cigarette smoke, the normal rooms all allow smoking in them and even if you ask for a non smoking room you will find out there is no such thing. The rooms look very tired and drab. The free (continental) breakfast is a banana and four 2 inch slices of bread with some jam. NO milk for your coffee, creamer only. The food is greasy, expensive and not very good. The bar downstairs is a great spot if you want to sit and watch 80 year old men walking hand in hand with their 20 year old "girlfriends"..Every night is like a TV show, you never know what you will see.

At 4:30 in the morning, I was awakened by very loud talking in the room across from mine. I called the front desk, and was told that the manager was in there! I couldn't believe what I heard. The front desk guy was basically indicating that, as it was the manager in that room, the door of which was wide open, it was acceptable to be carrying on loudly in the wee hours of the morning, and waking paying guests up. I let the guy know what I thought of that situation and mentality, then went into the hall and yelled at the idiots to close the door. The next morning, I encountered the guest who was staying in that room. I told him that he had ruined my sleep. He said, "The manager was with me." I then reported the matter to the ladies working the front desk. One told me that it was impossible at that or any hotel in the world that a manager would be staying in a room and carrying on in such a manner with a guest, in a room with the door open. I told her what I had been told twice -- that the manager was in that room, and was at least half of the noise problem. (Professionally speaking, he was the entirety of it.) The ladies looked at me like I was a mad man from Mars. I asked to speak with the manager on duty, who politely took my report. Of course, this being the Philippines, no compensation was offered me. Two days later, I got the following note from the manager in question. It's a classic in the annals of something much worse than incompetence."I was on roving inspection around 3:25am on early morning of Dec 26, 2012. When I was on the 9th Floor hallway, our guest at room #9035 just arrived and he saw me. He invited me to go inside his room for a while to show me something he bought for his daughter. He was exited that he kept on laughing during our conversation and we did not noticed that we were disturbing the deep sleep of the guest next door.I would like to ask for your apology and kind consideration on the above incident."This letter was not signed by the actual manager, as far as I could tell, but by a colleague who had read his "Incident Report."It's of course not mentioned on agoda.com that this hotel is in the heart of the hookers' district in Makati, which may appeal to many Johns, but not to this Keith. Furthermore, the hotel advertises itself as having a classically Italian feel to it, which is as truthful as, say, Bill Clinton's and O.J. Simpson's protestations of innocence. Well, there is some tacky wallpaper in the elevator which has out-of-focus images of some churches on it.