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Goes from developed to extreme third world pretty quick. I don't want to fearmonger but my last two days on P.Burgos were a crime fest as I stupidly decided to prance down the street going for breakfast at 6am (anybody else there, go to the Filling Station, the 1950s themed restaurant above cafe cubana with same menu if that early and they have a smoking section if interested). Twice I was swarmed pick pocketed with a dozen junkies and kids all trying to get in my pockets until the security guy beat them off with a baton (glad I tipped the Cafe Cubana security all those times). I also caught a robbery setup, some woman with kids who begs foreigners until they pull out wallet and give 20p to go away, who then turns around and signals three young 20s looking street guys where the wallet is who follow the foreigner. I don't give shit to high pressure beggars so only saw this happen to other people. Told security and their response is only 'yes, those are bad boys'...?? In my country bouncers would beat you senseless if you hung around front of their bar stealing. Be aware this was 630am and nobody should be out at that time I was basically lucky I didn't get jacked. 5:00am most of the bars close and you should gtfo the street until at least 7:30am.

Full Makati Diamond Residences review. Even though they screwed me on check in making me wait forever for a room I paid for a year ago, it's prob one of my fave hotels. Greenbelt 1 entrance is literally across the street, and you can walk to Cafe Havana easily to check out the enormous LB freelancer action but you will be sweating your nuts off as inside will be full, so only patio seating avail. Instead I went to Starbucks and relished the aircon (37degC here other day, 80% humidity so felt like 44) and checked out the huge amount of freelancers. Bringing one back to your room is fine before 10pm, then they ask for IDs/register. A good trick is avoid the front and always Grab/Taxi from the rear entrance, much more relaxed there security wise. I walked through both entrances with freelancers no problem or questions asked around 8pm. There's a really good bar on the 28th floor you can smoke in, beer is about 200pesos but tons of whiskey on offer too. Not terribly priced for a supposed 5star hotel. However I never got the chance to repeat Greenbelt because there's tons of girls/LBs at the hotel for some reason, many from Japan and Korea who picked me up in the common areas like the designated smoking area (rooms are non-smoking), bar and restaurant. I also totally slayed Weechat, just having the girl meet me at back entrance and sending her grab load to get there.

Indeed service is shit but almost every bar I've gone to here the wait staff just sit on their phones ignoring everyone so I assume that's normal these days.

A really good bar on P.Burgos is 'Cheers' run by an Irish ex MMA fighter. Tons of expats to drink with and you can smoke inside if you want. Located right beside the Citadel Inn. Always some LBs and bargirls in there playing pool too.

More hotel reviews, for Salcedo Village in Makati (12min walking distance to Cafe Cubana or 60-80php Grab/Taxi fare) Salcedo is super safe, no Sir Massage? or pickpocket kids. Tons of really good looking girls around. Restaurants to take a date everywhere. Walk middle of the night and no problems. Grand Valero Suites: Great hotel, sort of LB friendly the security take and hold IDs. Bum guns. Walk to Tsumura Sushi Bar which has a smoking room where you watch the Japanese owner slice up sushi. Prob one of the best restaurants I've been to. Walk to train station to go to Greenbelt or anywhere else. Cheap Filippino food galore, a Rustans Fresh supermarket all within 2min walking. No smoking rooms u have to smoke in the garage which is 40+ degrees since militant Makati anti smoking laws. Picasso Serviced Residences I'll try next in same area. Grab is so cheap to P.Burgos no point in staying there unless renting fuck pads at Alley 8 Zen rooms. Edit: Citadel Inn update you can buy rooms or rent long term, info is posted in the lobby. 25k PHP for monthly rent or 2.8m PHP to buy a unit. Operates like a strata council from what I can tell. The front counter guy is a total scammer though (when I was there), claiming all kinds of BS why they can't take cards (our machine is broken excuse) and tried to screw me with a shit room without a balcony even though I paid for one. Spent one second in there then back to lobby to remind him he just sold me a balcony room. (You already paid, can't switch rooms) When I told him to keep the money and give me back my deposit I asked for his name and told him I was calling the owners to fire his scammimg ass then of course magically a balcony room was available and magically the card reader worked, which I didn't use as he was so untrustworthy. If you stay here treat the front desk like they are 5yrs old and get them to spell out exactly what the room offers or view it first because they will bait & switch then play dumb. He also tried to nickle and dime me for every dirty towel and electricity I didn't use. Thankfully I did not use the safe there.

Some more hotel reviews as I quest for fuck pads. ZEN Rooms Alley 8 Makati: dirt cheap, big very clean rooms with balcony, and within 30sec walking distance of Best Western or Mixed Nuts. Paid $32/night USD. Used only as a fuck hotel because very loud at night with bars all around cranking music and karaoke. Security is also very lax, would not keep any valuables here. There's another ZEN hotel beside it on Durban st but no balcony and more money. MPT Suites: If you've ever stayed at the Oxford Suites Best Western, while waiting for the elevator if you look out the hall window you'll see a derelict tower. That's MPT. Great location but total roach infested shithole. I would stay at the Citadel Inn before here. Checked a room, refused to stay. Located by Mixed Nuts. RedDoorz Bel Air: Hard to find as the lobby is a bare office. Its across street from Herald Polaris by 7/11. Condos aren't too bad, you get a balcony. No bugs but half assed cleaning, bring your own towels and things. Lots of locals stay here so very loud with kids everywhere. Wifi didn't work. 30 second walk to Cafe Cubana but be careful at night, lots of homeless/crackheads in the side street. I always walked down Durban or I walked down Makati ave to get there if late at night. Again Polaris St is ok safety wise but the side streets feeding into P.Burgos are a 3rd world dump after dark so walk around them. Dragonlink suites: office located beside RedDoorz. You rent a condo beside century mall so not in same bldg. Total dump, roaches and half assed cleaning. Fly by night outfit so impossible to get a hold of them once they have your money. I didn't stay, only checked room and a British guy in the elevator told me whatever I do don't stay here. Security is shit too. Jazz Residences: Finally a half decent condo. If you can get Tower B it has the least long wait for the elevator. You have to pay cash daily to use the pool but it's huge. Small rooms, but get a balcony in most of them. I used Airbnb instead of local agencies. Has its own mall for anything you want. Highly recommended and was only $35/night for an OK sized 1bedroom. Food delivery is easy too, right to your door whereas other places I noted security makes you come down. Not good for taking back random girls, need to register a guest so GF option not freelancer option. Trump Tower is baller to the max and about $40-80/night off Airbnb depending on suite size but none avail during my time here.

Adding some Manila/P Burgos reviews Best Western Oxford Suites standard 19th floor (1910) has no hot water, ants/roaches, disrepair, no in room safe and elevator takes forever. It has bum guns tho and balcony. Moved to 7th floor standard room and newer furniture, no bugs, has hot water, in room safe, balcony but no bum gun. You want any suite ending in 08, 09 or 10 to see the street action or one of the suites with wrap around windows. I would say 1010, 910, 810 ect are the best cheapest rooms. Lowest floor with balcony is 5, ask if 510 or 509 is avail and check it out first will have the best views of freelancers. No asking girl for ID just security guy in lobby at night asking for room number if you bring 2+ chicks back. They always fuck up something here, like broken wifi or missing towels, ect. Security is OK, walked out to my floor once and saw a row of shady looking local G wannabes loitering around who I thought were going to rob me in the hall. Left of you is Starbucks and ATMs for intl bank cards (Chinabank), and a family mart. Right/straight is Cafe Cubana, and piles of freelancers. Royal Bellagio Jr suite is good value, best bed I've found yet. Bum guns. Little window you can open in bathroom. Elevator takes forever but in best location (inside cafe cubana). Half the time bypass 2nd floor lobby completely and go straight to room. Cleaner than Best Western. Nothing fucked up by staff but no in room safe, must use lobby safe. Security is OK considering anybody can go upstairs if elevator security attendant not there. Phones everywhere in halls to call for emergency. Best option is this hotel imho Citadel Inn located across street from 7/11 on PBurgos is hilariously dilapidated but has balcony and decent staff. Room decor is sealed in the early 80s, very cheap but at least clean. No bum gun but has detached shower head. No in room safe, lobby safe only. Security is OK. Long elevator wait. Sunette Tower Condo Suites. Nightmare + 1. Elevator down right frightening, didn't even check out rooms I was so scared of that shitty ready to crash elevator. Looks like a dump.No security when I was there. Makati Diamond Residences beside Greenbelt. 5 star, no prob with LB guest but I pre registered her name. Crazy amount of security staff with dogs and sometimes rifles. Rooms are excellent, pool is excellent. Staff excellent. Herald Polaris Suites. Perfect business hotel, not girl friendly. Used it as a business base of operations and rented fuck pads. Some of the freelancers share an incall near tickle bar so you don't even need a mongering room. Just 1 block from PBurgos but highly dangerous to walk at late night, sketchy drug addicts everywhere in side streets but Polaris St is safe, walk down Durban (same street BWestern is on) and down Polaris at night, not the other streets like the one beside Makati Palace its a dark lit robbery waiting to happen. Security excellent Rooms extremely clean and new but small. Has guest policy of no unregistered guests after 10pm so OK with gf but not bar girls or freelancers. Really good hotel and quiet. Bum guns.

Speaking of price, a great looking LB freelancer who claimed to be brand new to the area just offered me 500p short time across the street from cafe cubana, so Angeles prices are possible on P.Burgos.

Alas I was going to review the LBs in LA Cafe when I ended up just dating one I met at Cafe Cubana, so to avoid playing with fire didn't go but prelim research I found a review of the Brickstone hotel attached to LA Cafe here 1500p a night, not bad rooms either and also Motel 168 looks promising if you were going to ladyboy monger there and want to avoid mad traffic back to your reg hotel. Everytime I walk past Cubana its filled with guys sitting with ladyboys, was again tonight. If I were to do this all over again I'd get a large suite at Royal Bellagio for just a few days, meet some stunners in the cafe then airbnb sexy vacation with the one LB the rest of the time near greenbelt or around Phils away from the sex district. Edit, also look at couchsurfing site, LBs in manila offering their apts with 'shared bed'

Other day I was sitting in that open air tequila/Mexican themed bar across the street from the Best Western and every guy in there along the rail was waving in LBs from the street to sit and drink and then name a price. That's another good bar to scope the talent outside and make an offer instead of approaching on the sidewalk where you'll get swarmed lol

Forgot to note, if you get one of the Best Western rooms ending in 10, like 1410, 1210 ect, you will have perfect view from balcony (ask front desk to unlock it) of front of cafe cubuna and LBs standing outside Best Western at night. Or suite in front with big wrap around windows. If you can get a lower floor, something under 10 because the elevators are shit and take forever stopping every floor for huge group of employees. To complete the weekend review Sat night most of the LBs get picked up fast, tho later at night like midnight there will be some stunners showing up. Price is whatever you offer, never ask them or get huge inflated price. They'll also will go with you to Cafe Cubana if asked where if you seem flirty/normal and not a creep over drinks the asking bid will prob be taken. Finally they love to be submissive, so if you whisper to them in Cafe Cubana how you're going to make them be your sissy girl they'll go totally crazy unless one of the alpha top ones, there's a few walking around offering their services very bluntly.

Review of P.Burgos on the weekend. Cafe Cubana will have some stunner looking LBs show up for breakfast in the morning. They sit near the washrooms morning and night almost always where the standing tables are so they can show off outfits and look at every guy going to and from the bathrooms. The whole block seems owned by Saudis, so often arabs are there eating and scoping out the LBs but they are generally respectfull of the LBs (not the wait staff tho, grabbing their asses and shit), the Americans and Australians are also cool with the worst tourists as purely an anecdote being the young Brits. Don't sit near them because they can't hold liquor worth shit, treat staff like garbage, make lewd comments at the LB tables near the bathroom and twice I saw security surround them with tasers and tell them to leave. First was them picking a fight with a LB table and second was some idiot throwing money and change at a waitress. Remember these are only anecdotes from the 3 days and nights I've been there, so 6 times in total, usually its very friendly inside. A few doors down is Arabian Nights club and sisha restaurant with surprisingly good food, esp the breakfast platters. Can sit in there and watch the street or get takeout. I didn't go to the night club but I'm betting its like high society in Angeles with freelancers galore. The street beside 711 near Cafe Cubana, if you walk down there you'll find Ziggurat restaurant which is a really good patio Arab restaurant. Perfect place to bring dates tho they always want to go to Cafe Cubana to show you off to other LBs. Fri night there was at least 40 LBs hanging in front of the Best Western and walking up and down past Cafe Cubana. I preferred the ones inside the cafe to walking the street since they look much better, and after buying them drinks/dinner they didn't want any $$ tho I paid for taxi generously. No theft or drama issues, really nice girls actually. If you want a reg GF just go to the cafe forget the dating sites. Finally I always tipped the Cafe security since they are the only real professional security I've seen yet in Phils meaning they don't stare at your girl, they hail cabs for them and negotiate a good fare, and they allow them in where other places they will have to wait outside for you. Edit, at night if walking with a LB nobody will harass you, whereas if walking by yourself on P.Burgos hookers latch on to you, kids swarm you and those fake iphone vendor guys are relentless following you around. Your date will just shout "school" in tagalog at the kids and they scatter.

Royal Bellagio has them in the JR suites, the hotel attached to Cafe Cubana. Has the best bed too I've found. Oxford Suites Best Western has them in standard rooms as well. One thing I noticed is you also want a shower with detachable head, because girls want to shower but not mess up their hair which will require an hour of preening afterwards.

Hilarious sign inside the hotel attached to Cafe Cubana. There is some model looking Russian chicks sometimes freelancing across the street by Makati Palace hotel, no idea what they charge but prob a lot

Some more advice, an Australian guy the size of hulk hogan sitting by the rail at Cafe Cubana was getting pestered by those annoying street vendors and I had to prevent him from killing the vendor and getting into police trouble. I just say no thanks, make hand signal I'm not interested and look away, they never ask me twice. Or I totally ignore them (best strategy). He made the mistake of saying hey I'm trying to eat here, can you understand to fuck off and none of these guys speak good English so just assume they can continue pestering you. It almost seems organized, usually armed security out front of cafe cubana blows a whistle then chases away the beggers and vendors harassing patrons but at the same time a distraction with security is happening the vendors exploit this and arrive like a tsunami blanketing the front patrons until security returns. Avoid the immediate rail seats and patio, you can still see all the freelancers in the street one table over. Some Europeans (Swedes?) were at the patio drinking and left their phones sitting there on the table like they were back in Sweden and no surprise it got snatched. Security caught the kid and returned it but FFS, hide all valuables away from arms reach of passerby desperate homeless and organized snatcher kids.