Raffles Makati stands at 1 Raffles Drive on Makati Avenue in the city's financial district, near the Legazpi and Salcedo neighbourhoods, and shares its building with the Fairmont Makati. The MICHELIN inspector calls it the more intimate of the pair. It has 32 suites, each with dark wood floors, marble bathrooms and original art, alongside serviced residences. The Writers Bar serves afternoon tea and cocktails in a nod to the writers who stayed at the original Raffles in Singapore, the Long Bar mixes handcrafted cocktails, and the Mistral Rooftop Bar is on the 10th floor. Mirèio is the Provençal restaurant, Spectrum serves an all-day buffet with live cooking, and Café Macaron has pastries. Raffles has its own pool with a poolside bar, and guests may also use the larger 26-metre outdoor pool on the ninth floor and the Fairmont Spa, which has five treatment rooms, in the same complex. Ninoy Aquino International Airport is about 12 kilometres away, which makes the hotel an easy first or last night on a journey through the islands.
- Nearest airport
- Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL), about 12 kilometres
- Rooms
- 32 suites
Insider tip Afternoon tea at the Writers Bar is the house ritual, and the Mistral Rooftop Bar on the 10th floor is the place for an evening drink.
Why I choose it An all-suite, two-MICHELIN-Key hotel in Makati, close to the airport for the first or last night in the Philippines.