Originally Posted by haha_123
Last week I booked Riviera Mansion hotel for 2 nights, through agoda.com at SGD 72 per night, including breakfast. It was a good recommendation from you as the hotel offers security and excellent value for money.
The breakfast is typical American with toast, scrambled eggs or sunny side-up and sausage, bacon or ham. My girl was able to order her Filipino breakfast consisting of rice with beef tapa. The free coffee and orange juice helped kick-start the day.
By the way, I was able to watch the LIVE BPL matches on the tv inside the hotel. Through the ESPN channel, I was able to watch Man U vs Liverpool, as well as Arsenal vs Man City. I was also able to catch abit of F1 racing through the StarSports Channel. On the negative side, my girl had to pay 100 P for 1hr of wifi as wifi is not free.
Location-wise, Riviera Mansion hotel is in an excellent location as it is just opposite to Hyatt casion. It is only 15mins walk to Robinson's Mall where we spent most of our time shopping for gifts for my girl's mom, sister, nieces and other family members. I was also able to get my cough syrup from the Mercury Drug store at Robinson's Mall. The mall also has Banana-Leaf, Ya-Kun, Toast-Box, Jollie-Bee, Chow-King and my favourite Shakey's Pizza. It even had a cinema where I was able to watch the fantastic Resident Evil.
Just around the corner from our hotel, there was a very good Hup-Chan Chinese restaurant. The roast chicken with keropok, beef kway-teow were even better than what I had in Singapore. They also serve congee, siow-pao and siew-mai. I think they have another branch in Makati too.
Further up along A. Mabini St is a place called Cowboy-Grill. It has 2 floors with Live Band. They serve typical American food like fries, steak, etc. There was a crowd when we got there, but we managed to find space on the upper floor. The band was very good and some Ang-Mo couples even took to the dance-floor. But the music was not too loud and me and my girl were able to enjoy the very cold San Miguel Light.
By the way, me and my girl also took a 15 mins taxi-ride to the nearby Manila Ocean Park. There, we were able to enjoy the Sea Lion show. The oceanarium contains the sharks, stingrays, turtles, eels. The jelly-fish exhibits were most exciting amid the background music and ever-changing lights. It was a good way to spend 3 hours, for only 650 P per person.
Overall, I think Riviera Mansion hotel is located in a very central location in Malate. Just that samsters need to pay attention to their belongings and wallet at all times, as there are beggars and gays aplenty in this area.
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