The Best Places to Drink and Stay in Makati

The four-story lobby atrium, with its sunburst sculpture and cascading entrance waterfall, sets the tone for this Forbes Five Star hotel in Makati's central business district. Two towers, curved marble staircases, tufted chairs, and potted palms give the whole thing a grand-hotel-that-means-it seriousness. Guests here tend to dress for the lobby rather than through it, which tells you everything about the register.

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Marble bathrooms stocked with Le Labo and floor-to-ceiling windows over the Makati skyline set the tone at this luxury tower hotel in the city's financial district, which holds a Michelin Key and a Forbes Four Star. Rooms run large and the pool and spa do what Fairmont pools and spas do. The quiet bonus is access to the Raffles next door, including its quietly legendary Writers Bar, which makes afternoon tea feel like an occasion.

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A 32-suite luxury hotel sharing a tower with the Fairmont in Makati's financial district, Raffles draws the stock-exchange crowd by week and mall-crawlers by weekend. The Greenbelt shopping complex is next door, and the city's bar scene is a short ride away. Service runs to the famously attentive Raffles style, unhurried and quietly personal. The hotel holds a Forbes Four Star rating.

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A grand staircase and live orchestral music greet you the moment you walk into this luxury hotel sitting in the middle of Makati's financial district. The carpeted hush of the lobby feels deliberately engineered to make you forget the mall traffic outside, and it works. Locals and travelers alike treat it as a refuge, settling into plush chairs with pastries and tea while the city carries on without them.

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The name means "sound" in Japanese, and the all-vinyl playlist is not a gimmick. Oto is a cocktail bar in Poblacion where the menu runs from daiquiris and dirty martinis through to signatures that fold in tamarind syrup or wheat beer, and a riff on the Breakfast Martini that nods to Salvatore Calabrese. The room is striking enough that the drinks have to compete, and the drinks are up for it.

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