VinaTraveler's Blog: "The Bellevue Manila", a Great Value for Money for a Staycation in Manila!

The Bellevue Manila offers a modern air-conditioned rooms with cable TV and free Wi-Fi. Featuring a gym and outdoor pool. Easily accessible from the South Luzon Expressway. The Bellevue Manila is just 5-10 minute drive to Festival Mall and Alabang Town Centre and 20 minutes away from International and Domestics airports via the expressway and 20 minutes away from the Makati Central Business District via Skyway. Free parking and city shuttles are available.

Featuring classic interiors and over-sized windows, rooms come with a tea/coffee maker and a minibar. A safe and a private bathroom with a bathtub is available. Guests can enjoy relaxing massages at the spa or a beauty treatment at the salon. The hotel also houses a business centre and concierge and tour desks. A free shuttle to the commercial and financial districts is provided. Amenities include an on-site bakery, a sleek bar with regular live entertainment, three (3) amazing restaurants. There’s also an elegant spa, a fitness room and a terrace with an outdoor pool and a bar. The hotel has 2 wings (Main Wing and Tower Wing) that house 456 well-appointed guestrooms and suites. And, among all their nicest rooms and suites , it was their Tower De Luxe Room we chose to stay for 3 days 2 nights.

Tower Wing Elevator

After settling in our rooms, we headed to Café D' Asie for an amazing buffet lunch which opens from 11:30am to 2:30pm. To my surprise, for a reasonably priced of only Php1,390.00 (USD$28) per person, where you could choose a lot of variety of foods...from Chinese to Japanese to Korean to Indian to Western to Filipino foods to nicest sweets or desserts! so-worthy!

My grilled seafood choices

In the evening, we had an amazing a la carte food at Phoenix Court Chinese Restaurant at 2nd floor -Tower Wing, which is for me one of the most affordable Chinese or Cantonese restaurants that I had a dining experience. And, their 20% discount off for in-house guests is really a good deal! Their Prawn with Salted egg, Hot & Sour Soup and Oriental Fried Chicken are all a must-try here!

After our dinner, we checked-out The Vue Bar at 22nd floor - Tower Wing, which has a fantastic 360 degrees fantastic view of the Alabang Business District and different parts of Manila which is opens 5pm to 1am, Tuesday to Thursday and 5pm to 2am, Friday to Saturday; where you can enjoy your drinks whilst listening to a good music from a live entertainment band from Monday to Saturday.

Nice view of the city of Alabang

The next day, we had a nice complimentary breakfast buffet in Café D' Asie at the 2nd floor - Main Wing that serves a lot of food varieties as well which is open from 6am to 10am.

In the afternoon, we had a nice snack at their Pool Side at 3rd floor - Main Wing which serves light snacks, fresh drinks, and delicious desserts from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m daily. The hotels have 2 swimming pools located on the third floor of the main wing and tower wing.

In the evening, we had a nice dinner buffet at Café D' Asie which even offers a more extensive varieties of food and tasty selections incluidng such top picks as fresh salmon, sashimi, high-grade steaks, bread and butter pudding, and delicious cakes and pastries with reasonably priced of Php1,390.00 (USD$28) per person and opens from 6pm to 10pm.

My kind of desserts

After our amazing dinner buffet and settling for an hour in our room, I headed for my Spa treatment appointment in Azurea Spa at the 3rd floor - Tower Wing which only cost Php1,200 (USD$24) for a 90-minute Swedish Massage where you can even enjoy their nice Hot Jacuzzi and Dry Sauna as complimentary facilities when you book with them which is opens from 11am to 1am in the next morning.