Fairmont Makati
1 Raffles Drive, Makati Avenue, Makati, Manila, Philippines
Location
Makati CBD, Manila
The hotel stands at 1 Raffles Drive on Makati Avenue, in the heart of Manila's Makati central business district, a few minutes' walk from the Greenbelt and Glorietta malls and the Ayala Museum. There is no beach — this is a city base — the Manila bookend for a Philippine island itinerary.
Transfer
A Manila transfer
Fly into Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), about 30 minutes by car. Greenbelt and Glorietta are a few minutes' walk away, with domestic flights to the islands from the same airport.
Villas
280 rooms & suites
280 rooms and suites in contemporary Fairmont style, including the Fairmont Gold lounge floors — from Fairmont Rooms through pool-view Deluxe Rooms and Fairmont Gold Rooms to the Club Corner and Presidential Suites.
Best For
Who it suits
Business travellers, shoppers and island-trippers who want a polished Makati city base — mall-adjacent, with Fairmont Gold and the Writers Bar — to bookend a Philippine island holiday.
Board Basis
B&B
Booked on bed and breakfast. Spectrum and the Raffles-inspired Writers Bar cover all-day international dining and afternoon tea, with Café Macaron for patisserie.
About the Resort
The Manila city bookend
Fairmont Makati is the Manila bookend — a 30-floor tower in the heart of the Makati central business district, the natural city night at the start or end of a Philippine island itinerary. It stands a three-minute walk from the Greenbelt and Glorietta malls and about five minutes from the Ayala Museum, around 30 minutes from Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Its 280 rooms and suites are contemporary, with floor-to-ceiling windows, city views and a pillow menu, and the Fairmont Gold floors add an exclusive lounge experience. Dining centres on Spectrum, the all-day international room with interactive theatres, and the Writers Bar, a Raffles-Singapore-inspired outpost for classic cocktails and afternoon tea, with Café Macaron for French patisserie. A 26-metre outdoor pool and the Fairmont Spa handle the downtime. There is no beach — this is a city, business and shopping base — and its job is the comfortable Manila bookend around Palawan, Boracay or Cebu. It shares its tower with the separate all-suite Raffles Makati, but our stay is the Fairmont.
Accommodation
Rooms & suites
280 rooms and suites in contemporary Fairmont style — floor-to-ceiling windows, city views and a pillow menu — including the Fairmont Gold floors with an exclusive lounge experience. They run from Fairmont Rooms through pool-view Deluxe Rooms and Fairmont Gold Rooms to the Club Corner and Presidential Suites.
Entry
Fairmont Room
Sleeps two. A king bed and floor-to-ceiling windows, with city views — the entry room.
Floor-to-ceilingCity view
Deluxe
Deluxe Room (Pool View)
Sleeps two to four. Two double beds overlooking the pool, with pool or city views.
Two doublesPool/city view
Gold
Fairmont Gold Room
Sleeps two. Fairmont Gold lounge access, with city views.
Gold loungeCity view
Apex
Presidential Suite
Sleeps two to four. From around 80 square metres with a living and dining area, with city views — the signature suite.
80 sqm+City view
Food & Drink
Dining
The hotel's own line-up sits within a wider complex of around seven venues. Spectrum is the all-day international room with interactive theatres, the Writers Bar is the Raffles-inspired spot for classic cocktails and afternoon tea, and Café Macaron does French patisserie, with the Fairmont Lounge alongside.
All-day
Spectrum
All-day international dining with interactive cooking theatres.
Bar
Writers Bar
A Raffles-inspired bar for classic cocktails and afternoon tea.
Patisserie
Café Macaron
A French patisserie.
Lounge
Fairmont Lounge
A lounge for light bites and drinks.
Wellbeing
Fairmont Spa
The Fairmont Spa, in the Willow Stream lineage, runs five treatment rooms of natural therapies, with an adjacent fitness centre of around 283 square metres. A 26-metre outdoor pool on the fourth floor handles the swimming.
Fairmont Spa
Five treatment rooms of natural therapies, in the Willow Stream lineage.
26m pool
A 26-metre outdoor pool on the fourth floor.
Fitness
An adjacent fitness centre of around 283 square metres.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
A polished base in the heart of Makati. Shop Greenbelt and Glorietta on the doorstep, visit the Ayala Museum, take afternoon tea and cocktails at the Raffles-inspired Writers Bar, swim the 26-metre pool, and use it as the easy city night around your island days.
Makati CBD
A Makati CBD base — Greenbelt and Glorietta shopping and the Ayala Museum on the doorstep.
Writers Bar
Afternoon tea and classic cocktails at the Raffles-inspired Writers Bar.
26m pool & Fairmont Spa
A 26-metre outdoor pool and the Fairmont Spa.
Fairmont Gold
The Fairmont Gold lounge floors.
Island bookend
An easy arrival or departure city night around the islands.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By road
About 30 minutes from NAIA
About 30 minutes by car from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
In the city
Makati CBD
On Makati Avenue in the heart of the Makati CBD, Manila.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
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“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting Fairmont Makati. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Booked on bed and breakfast, with dining across the wider Raffles and Fairmont complex.
Setting
- In the heart of the Makati CBD, a few minutes' walk from Greenbelt and Glorietta — a city base, with no beach.
Role
- Its job is the Manila bookend — a comfortable city night at the start or end of an island itinerary.
Note
- Shares a tower with the separate all-suite Raffles Makati — our stay is the Fairmont.
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