Miramar Hotel

What People are saying

Location trumps ammenities.

dctraveler1996 on 16/05/2017 19:55

We selected this hotel online before our first visit to Manila. As it turned out, for location, we could not have picked a better one. Traveling for business, but with the family along, we wanted a location near family-friendly sights. The Miramar is basically right across the street from Rizal Park, a short walk from Intramuros, and maybe a couple hundred meters from Manila Ocean Park, which is an aquarium with attached shopping and dining plazas. There are several good restaurants nearby as well. Also, the block that the Miramar is on contains a pizzeria, doughnut shop, convenience store, bakery, fast food restaurant and bank. With a family of 8 we availed ourselves of each of these places frequently.

As for the hotel itself…the atmosphere was great if you love historic. It is a well-kept example of Art Deco and I am told is one of the only surviving pre-WWII hotels in Manila. There is a central atrium from the 2nd level to the roof that all floors look out over from their hallways. The rooms were small but had mini-refrigerators and TVs. The bathrooms were well-stocked. Because of a 3-person limit per room, we had to book three rooms, and to the best of my knowledge... adjoining rooms are not available. (With a large family, this did cause some inconvenience.) Our rooms had views of the walls of other buildings or back alleys…if you want a room with a view, this will not be your place.

The hotel has a nice-looking restaurant on the first floor that offered a piano bar and live entertainment. The menu was somewhat pricier than I wanted to pay for a family, so we looked elsewhere for our dinners.

Lastly, the staff was excellent, and provided quick fixes to requests for things such as extra towels, etc., and also were very willing to help with information and directions.

So, for us… location and convenience: 5 stars, historical feel: 5-stars, staff: 5 stars, room arrangements: 2 stars, on-premise services such as pool or exercise room: non-existent (no stars?), view: non-existent.

No surprises, somehow value for money spent

ThomasSalaFamily on 30/04/2017 11:32

This property has a great location (walking distance to Ocean Park 10 minutes), it's a 2 to 3 star hotel built in the 1930th, old but in general well kept, would definitely need an overhaul inside, however, its surprisingly clean (even old), the bathroom in my room was spotless (room 506) on the 5th floor looking out into the side city part, one can see a glimpse of the bay and main road, the staff is friendly and welcoming,
Has a bistro attached, the food is ok, don't expect too much but it's ok
As the title of my review already said, it's ok value for money spent considering its Manila and next to Rizal park

Something missing

AndyK61 on 11/02/2017 10:32

We stayed here because a friends apartment was too overcrowded for us. At first glance it seemed okay. A little old, a little tatty but not bad...We stayed two nights.
First problem? The price, apparently we got a 50% discount and it was still about $80 per night. That is too high. The rooms are tidy but old. The aircon vents directly so it's very noisy (it was hot so it was necessary to have it on and the street was noisy too so we couldn't open the window). There was a strange smell about the place - like damp or mold - it's not strong but ever present.. The staff were helpful but the place had a abandoned feel to it.. We didn't take advantage of the free breakfast so can't comment.
Would I stay here again? Only if it was about $50 a night... Oh, and the Wifi was really unreliable and timed out after a set period (it was free though)...

Don't eat the food

Charles S on 06/02/2017 17:46

The place was a rustic older building that was clean and had well utilized floor space for the size of the room we had. In regards to the furnishing of the room that is. Everything in the room worked well from the A/C to the refrigerator, TV and etc. The room service was reliable and the service of the hotel staff was very good. But both of us were very unsatisfied with the food we ordered from in-house restaurant. Would recommend if you stayed there that you eat out.

Hmmm, a few problems here

martindemo on 25/08/2016 11:36

A have stayed in this hotel several times and also other hotels nearby over my 20 years of coming to Manila.
A few helpful pointers for you:
1. Staff, on the whole pretty good .
2. Restaurant is fine.
3. When showering, you WILL get hot water....it may take minutes, but it will come.
4. avoid rooms at either end of the building. At one end U have the noise of Roxas Blvde, at the other U have the noise of late-night karaoke.
5. Wi-fi is poor. This is why I will not come back. I was there for 4 nights in August, then 3 nights in August. The wifi was never good enough. I tried 1 laptop, 2 phones and many locations around the hotel. At most times, the wifi was not working..
6. the room guide will mention the "Business Centre" where U can get printing done. Not so. I went to Front Desk during business hours as I needed to print a plane flight confirmation and I was told to walk 2 blocks to an internet cafe on M H Del Pilar in the rain for this service.
Folks, I know that this place is not 5 star but you would expect functioning wifi and perhaps access to a printer during business hours.

I won't return which is a pity as the building is quite lovely and location is fine