Malayan Plaza Hotel (The) Manila

the staff was really nice..the hotel is close to the malls.

This was my second stay at this hotel for holiday. Currently I am now in preperations of making reservations once again. Just about everything was great--though I would recomend that the internet costs be reduced. However. all and all, it is a great stay especially with the ever so friendly staff. Thanks.

This was my fourth trip to Manila, and I was on a very tight budget for the first time. Being accustomed to such true 4- and 5-Star hotels as The Ascott and Shangri-La Makati, I expected a certain level of luxury and amenity from a hotel claiming a 4-Star rating. This hotel provided neither. The reception and service staff were friendly and professional, but the room was physically lacking in many ways. Pieces of the genuine wood flooring popped out when stepped on in certain spots. The 27-inch tube television with poor reception harkened back to the last century, and not in a positive way. The desk chairs were uncomfortable, and the desks placed at odd angles within the room with poor access to electrical outlets. And a layer of grime obscured the view from the room's window. The "fully equipped kitchen" consisted of a medium-sized refrigerator (turned off when we arrived), a small hotplate, electric kettle, and microwave. The hotplate, kettle, and microwave were serviceable, but only one could be plugged in in the kitchen area at a given time, making it necessary to constantly rearrange the kitchen to use them. The bathroom was small and cramped. With a single centrally-placed light fixture, it was difficult to see detail in the mirror. The door to the shower stall fell off twice during our stay. I killed three cockroaches in the bathroom. The shower head was fixed and non-removable, and set too low for a foreigner of more than six-feet. Perhaps the most frustrating was the impossibility to set the water temperature to a comfortable level; it was either blisteringly hot, or luke-warm. And hot water was available for only two to three minutes at a time, making shaving or showering problematic. The hotel elevators are also lacking. We often waited for more than five minutes for one of the three guest elevators to arrive at our floor. And we rode down with a cockroach as an additional passenger on two of our trips to the Ground Floor. For the price, I was skeptical of the Malayan Plaza's claim of 4 Stars; and as it turned out, I had reason to be. For a romantic getaway, this hotel offered neither the setting nor convenience one would expect from a hotel claiming this level of amenity. The Malayan Plaza proves the adage that "you get what you pay for."

Generally, its a nice place to stay and very convenient to access to business centres, shopping malls and foods.

The location of the hotel is good if you work around Ortigas City. The traffic jam to Makati can be a nuisance. Facilities are adequate for an apartment such as pantry while face tissue was not available during my stay. When I checked in the hotel at 1:00AM, the clerk did not find my booking but he arranged me a 2-bedroom suite in 15 minutes and provided me a fruit basket to apologize for the delay.

Good value for money hotel.

Great hotel for the price, great location heaps of shoping just walking distance from the hotel. People are very friendly and helpfull but that is what Philippines is like, I would deffenatly go back.

Shopping is good and within walking to the Mega Mall. Surrounded by all kinds of restaurants within walking distance. Staff helpful, pleasant. Extra's i.e. converter, internet wire, cot, towels, pillows were an extra cost.

Oily food and extortionate laundry / internet...otherwise pretty good