I have been stayed this hotel more than ten times including Fairmont. Both nice hotels indeed. You can use almost same facilities except Ruffles hotel private pool.
Feels really safe whenever I come back to this hotel although some incident happens sometimes in the city.
great for non-smoker bad for smoker, I think all facilities are very strictly banned for smoking even in a bar.
However, there are smoking area so you might have to ask the people in the hotel.
Super easy to access to a lot of shopping malls with in 2min.
UCC coffee small store is in front of your hotel.
back side of your hotel, there are KTV area.
and drug store is totally walking distance.
hotel's food
i went there opening day and this is the second time to visit at Mirèio.
Through out French restaurant in Philippines I think it is good (i mean not excellent)
it is always not smart idea to compare to others but if you want to taste not to rich taste or tired of eating oily filipino food, that is the place.
hotel or ticket company such as Expedia gives you complimentary breakfast so that you might want to compare beef tapa here and outside of the hotel street food beef tapa. You will easily understand what i am saying.
Long bar
always nice to visit.
great bar great place great music.
although there are some nice live area near hotel such as "12monkeys" , I love this bar a lot.
the bar I want to go everyday.
Café Macaron, Spectrum, i tried only onetime both.
so I cannot say anything,