Posts about Makati
Posts about nights out in Makati: where to go, in what order, and what to order when you get there.
The planner covers Cubao now. Makati is next. These posts are written from the same kind of checked list.
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Museum in Makati: An Ayala Museum Date with Dinner After
An Ayala Museum date, planned: opening days and hours, tickets, a 4pm start, a walk in the gardens and where to have dinner after.
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Ayala Triangle Gardens: A Christmas Lights Date Plan
A December date at Ayala Triangle Gardens: the free lights show, dinner at the Triangle, a rain fallback and ways to turn it into a bigger night.
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Dr. Wine Poblacion, Makati: A Rooftop Start to the Night
How to use Dr. Wine's open-air rooftop in Poblacion, Makati as the first stop of a date: when to go, where to eat after, and the indoor swap if it rains.
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Greenbelt Cinema Date: A Rain-Proof Makati Evening
A Greenbelt cinema date that stays indoors: coffee in Greenbelt 2, a film at the reopened Greenbelt 3 screens and Thai dinner, plus what to do if it sells out.
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Kanto Freestyle Breakfast and the Last Stop of a Poblacion Night
Ending a night in Poblacion: Kanto Freestyle Breakfast on P. Burgos, what runs until 4am, and the Salcedo kitchens that serve to midnight.
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Gay Bar in Makati: Apotheka and a Queer-Friendly Poblacion Night
Apotheka is the Makati club on Travel Gay's list of Manila gay dance clubs. How to plan an LGBTQ+ friendly night in Poblacion around it, dinner first.
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Where to Celebrate a Birthday in Makati: Three Tables for Ten
Where to celebrate a birthday in Makati with ten people: three restaurants that take big groups, compared on food, price and how late they run.
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Makati Date Ideas: Six Evenings from Legazpi to Poblacion
Six Makati date ideas by mood and spend: a museum and dinner, a rain-proof film night, two hidden bars, tacos and wine, Poblacion, and a starred splurge.
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Poblacion Bars: A Five-Stop Crawl in Closing-Time Order
Five Poblacion bars in a workable order: natural wine first, two cocktail rooms, a listening bar before its 1am close, and a club that runs to 4am.
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Poblacion, Makati: A First-Timer's Night Map
New to Poblacion, Makati? How the four main streets work, why narrow sidewalks and rain matter, and a first night in four stops.
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Poblacion Restaurants: Where to Eat Before the Bars
Five Poblacion restaurants for dinner before a night out, from smashburgers and claypot rice to a one-star tasting menu, with what each costs.
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Romantic Restaurants in Makati for an Anniversary
Five splurge-tier restaurants in Makati for an anniversary: two with Michelin stars, three more at ₱1,500 a head and up, and where to go after.
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Salcedo Market on Saturday: A Morning Date Plan
A morning date at the Salcedo Saturday Market: when to arrive, how long to stay, where to walk and have coffee after, and what to do if it rains.
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Salcedo Restaurants for a Quiet Date, by Closing Time
Three Salcedo restaurants and a wine bar for a quiet date in Makati, sorted by how late each runs, with prices and streets.
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Speakeasy Makati: The Blind Pig and the Red Door at Creekside
Two hidden bars in Makati and how to do both in one night: the Braille-marked door of The Blind Pig on Legazpi St and the red door at Creekside Mall.
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The Spirits Library, Poblacion: Building a Night Around It
The Spirits Library in Poblacion: when to slot it into the night, where to eat first, what a round costs and which bars to pair it with after.
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Where to Eat in Makati: Bib Gourmand Picks Under ₱1,500
Where to eat in Makati without a tasting-menu bill: six Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurants and three Michelin Selected kitchens, all ₱1,500 a head or less.