| An Eye-Opener! |
Guest Rating: 7.3 |
simeon A.
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 Australia
Solo Traveler
Date of Stay: 01 Jul 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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6/10 |
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6/10 |
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10/10 |
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8/10 |
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6/10 |
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8/10 |
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Very curteous,friendly and helpful staff. I enjoyed my interaction with them. Beddings not of the standard/type shown in the picture on the internet. Cooking utensils in the room sub-standard. In comparison with some other hotels in town and by its overall standard, New Solanie is certainly over-priced, even in local currency. My general advice to budget travellers is to go directly to Manila and shop around. No need to panic for there are lots of comfortable and affordable places in town.
Travel tip : Location is in an area of commercial activities by the locals, not the "high-end of town" area. Good for sampling local flavour!
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| OK budget hotel |
Guest Rating: 7.3 |
ian M.
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 United Kingdom
Solo Traveler
Date of Stay: 23 May 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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10/10 |
| Location: |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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6/10 |
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6/10 |
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6/10 |
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Not well known to taxi drivers OK for those on a budget looking for a hotel in central Manila. Fairly close to Robinsons mall. Being small, the hotel does not seem to be well known to taxi drivers, had some difficulty getting back from other parts of the city - advise carrying a map.
Rooms basic and needing renovation but adequate. Reasonable coffee shop - conveniently has wifi (but not in rooms).
Would not rave about it but would use again.
Travel tip : Carry a map!
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| New Sonalie Hotel |
Guest Rating: 7 |
tue P.
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 Vietnam
Solo Traveler
Date of Stay: 23 Feb 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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6/10 |
| Location: |
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8/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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6/10 |
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8/10 |
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6/10 |
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Good location at the metro Manila, near MRT, and Robinson shopping mall. Staff were friendly and supportive.
Nightlife Tip : there are many night clubs at Marie Orosa str.
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| Where is hotel? |
Guest Rating: 7.3 |
vladislav S.
|
 Russia
Solo Traveler
Date of Stay: 23 Feb 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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10/10 |
| Location: |
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10/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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6/10 |
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6/10 |
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4/10 |
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1) Good location. 10 min to LRT station
2) Good location. 10 min to Robinson shoppong mall
3) Good location. 30 min from NAIA airport
4) Good location. Quite, small street
5) 7 eleven in a minute walk distance. Very good hotel for its money. Close to Roxas bulevard
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| DECENT PLACE TO STAY |
Guest Rating: 8 |
anthony H.
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Australia
Solo Traveler
Date of Stay: 23 Feb 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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8/10 |
| Location: |
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8/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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friendly staff good price clean. close to light rail lil bit noisy but that stops 11 pm i was nt ibn hotel room much anyway. if your lookin for somewhere put ur bags down and relax in a place thats close to everything short walk to shopping centre and 7 11 doors down one block from light rail this is the place with a decent price i have been manila 2 times and stayed at solanie both times and would stay there again.
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| slightly disappointed |
Guest Rating: 6 |
jacobus M.
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Australia
Couple
Date of Stay: 30 Jan 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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4/10 |
| Location: |
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8/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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6/10 |
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4/10 |
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6/10 |
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location is ok near all the bars and restaurants. Service is friendly and helpful. rooms a terrible, noisy, toilets leak and a/c is very weak. we changed rooms 3 times and they were all the same. no mini bar either. I wasn't expecting something good but my impression was that this hotel was 3 Star and its a long way off from that. The only saving grace is that the staff were friendly and helpful.
The location is ok too, only a 10 min walk to lots of Bars, night clubs and restaurants.
All in all I looked at other hotels in the area but all seemed to be the same quality for the same price.
Nightlife Tip : plenty of live bands and singers all withing a 10 min walk, all very good.
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| What a dive! |
Guest Rating: 2.3 |
kevin H.
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 United States
Couple
Date of Stay: 26 Jan 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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2/10 |
| Location: |
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2/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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4/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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2/10 |
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2/10 |
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2/10 |
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7-11 two doors down; crowded, smokey 'net bar across the street dirty, smelly, old, noisy street at 6AM . . . This was just a filthy, disgusting dump of a hotel. I really cannot find anything redeeming to say about it, short of there was Wi-Fi internet in their lobby. I'd really pass on this one if I were you!
Shopping Tip : 7-11 almost next door, uhm . . . that's about it!
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| decent place, good enough for a few nights. |
Guest Rating: 7.7 |
fred T.
|
 United States of America
Solo Traveler
Date of Stay: 16 Dec 2008 |
| Value for Money: |
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8/10 |
| Location: |
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6/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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10/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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6/10 |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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Clean room, great customer service! Good location (near 7/11). The staff was excellent! Would stay here again.
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| not as expected |
Guest Rating: 5 |
harald D.
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 Norway
Solo Traveler
Date of Stay: 15 Nov 2008 |
| Value for Money: |
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4/10 |
| Location: |
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6/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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4/10 |
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4/10 |
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4/10 |
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a 2 stars hotel is the best I can give. polite staff except one that was "selling" .
Breakfast could be more continental. Noise from the street in my room, poor air conditioning, a look of being dirty in the room
, so many things to improve.
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| New Solanie |
Guest Rating: 7.7 |
howard H.
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United States
Family with young children
Date of Stay: 15 Nov 2008 |
| Value for Money: |
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10/10 |
| Location: |
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4/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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10/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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6/10 |
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Very affordable. Great staff. The New Solanie is a pleasant little hotel where we stayed for about 6 days. I would definitely stay there again if I were watching my budget closely. The staff was very friendly and helpful. The hotel is not close to any shopping or restaurants, but they are only a quick and inexpensive taxi ride away. Strong and free internet for you laptop can be had in the dining room. Prices for the food is kind of high. I would recommend this hotel to anyone.
Travel tip : This was my first trip to the Philippines to meet my fiancee in person versus through an internet connection. We were married on 2 Dec 2008.
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| New Solanie is OK with me |
Guest Rating: 8 |
gary L.
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United States of America
Couple
Date of Stay: 11 Nov 2008 |
| Value for Money: |
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8/10 |
| Location: |
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8/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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10/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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6/10 |
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Friendly staff, relatively easy to find. Was not able to connect to the internet at any time during my stay. Overall, a positive experience. We did receive the value we paid for. Staff remembered us, so we felt safe and valued as customers. We were promised that the internet would be working in the morning, but was not able to get online while at the New Solanie Hotel. Area surrounding hotel not too rough. 24 hour convenience store in easy walking distance.
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| New Solanie Hotel |
Guest Rating: 6.3 |
chen M.
|
 Malaysia
Solo Traveler
Date of Stay: 30 Oct 2008 |
| Value for Money: |
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6/10 |
| Location: |
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6/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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6/10 |
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6/10 |
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6/10 |
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Friendly staff, good location. Not much entertainment around but a taxi will get you to all places. Not bad, have been there for 2 days. Friendly staff, good location. A lot of fun in Manila. Good security and have 24 hours receptionist. Its located at the central in city. Near by MRT station. Anyway the choice of food is not much. Quite good value for money. Cleanliness is acceptable and the room is not noisy like those beside the highway.
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| think twice |
Guest Rating: 2 |
john W.
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Australia
Family with older children
Date of Stay: 30 Oct 2008 |
| Value for Money: |
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2/10 |
| Location: |
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2/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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2/10 |
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2/10 |
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2/10 |
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2/10 |
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when you cant say anything nice you dont say it This hotel had a booking problem and caused much difficulties within the hotel its self
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| great value for money |
Guest Rating: 6.7 |
david S.
|
Australia
Solo Traveler
Date of Stay: 20 Oct 2008 |
| Value for Money: |
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10/10 |
| Location: |
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8/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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6/10 |
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6/10 |
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2/10 |
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Close to everything in walking distance. Water needed more pressure, a little hard to find bottled water, was ridiculously priced so expensive. I found the staff very friendly and eager to assist, one staff was eager to get a tip, walking to nightlife was easy although it was a little hard to find. For the price I must say it was great value, the reception staff was excellent, I rate them very high, room was aged but like I said, great value.
Nightlife Tip : very easy access to nightlife.
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| how is it now |
Guest Rating: 5.3 |
ong T.
|
 Singapore
Business Traveler
Date of Stay: 18 Oct 2008 |
| Value for Money: |
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6/10 |
| Location: |
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4/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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6/10 |
| Room Comfort/Standard: |
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6/10 |
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2/10 |
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near the metro train. many small eatery around
friendy staff small wash basin bad toiletries
towels fits to clean the legs only nothing new in the area now too quite. The rooms are rather old and the same old furniture for the past 8 years. The menu for breakfast are just horrible. Not for business travelers. fit for the locals only.
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