Can someone please tell me why Manila has so many nice shopping areas to go to?…read more U.P. Town Center is one of those shopping areas that have shops and restaurants inside the mall and outside the mall. I personally enjoyed my trip over here to this shopping center. I remember it having H/M; H/M Home (we do not have this in Los Angeles), The Body Shop and many filipino brands. They do have my favorite Filipino Brand, Apartment 8, located on the second floor I believe. My cousin and I so happened to stumble by this store and I was so excited when I saw it. They have a grocery store as well, inside the mall. Restaurant- 1 restaurant i did try but I don't think i found on Yelp is a restaurant called RECIPE. I thought this restaurant deserved to be mentioned. I heard it is a chain. This place serves traditional filipino food and it was do delicious. We ordered 1) Crispy Tilapia- Surprisingly super delish. Nice and crispy with a nice dipping sauce. I don't really like tilapia but this was pretty good. Has a clean flavor and again an awesome dipping sauce. 2) General Tsao Chicken- This was the first time i actually enjoyed this dish. I've ordered it several time here in Los Angeles in different Chinese restaurants, however it is to my surprise that this establishment in Manila got it right. Nice and crispy in the outside and moist in the inside. Not too sweet and not to spicy. 3) Chicken soup with Sotanghon noodles- This simple dish was done so right by Recipe. Its simple flavors of chicken soup with the combination of sotanghon noodles (mung bean noodles) was spot on. Just like how my grandma's makes it. 4) the last dish we ordered was the Bistek. This was super yummy as well. The beef was prepared thinly sliced and was really tender. The sauce as well was really good not too salty. 5) Green Mango Shake- When in the Philippines, I always order mango shakes because they are made with fresh mangos.... and you can tell... They ran out of ripe mangos so i decided to try the green mango... Boy was it sour... but what do you expect, non the less it was refreshing on a hot evening... I did see a lot of students walking around the area, and my cousin said because there are colleges and schools around the area. When I go back to the Philippines I will surely be back! Enjoy!!

I love the stores, I love the restaurants. Ambiance is a plus and parking became more convenient…read moreover the year since I last came here. Go see a movie in their 4DX cinema for the experience .

Great stores, including my favorites, Uni Qlo and the Brickyard. Location is great. Selection is…read moregreat. A great mall by Ayala.

Nice selection of shops and variety of restaurants. We enjoyed excellent food and service at…read moreKatherine's.

"A girl can never have too many shoes!"…read more Such is probably the motto or the slogan overused by fashion-fanatics all over. Because really, there has to be a perfect pair of shoes for each ensemble, right? For girls like me who have wide feet, the angels from shoe heaven sent the ladies of Shoe Addict. Started by a tandem of confessed shoe addicts, they hold flash sales almost every month in the Quezon City area, sometimes in Makati or Alabang. They sell foreign brands and display them by size, which is so much more convenient than finally seeing a pair you absolutely love only to find out that it's not available in your size. They sell pairs at a standard rate of PhP2,500. For some pairs that are more high-end, the prices go up by a reasonable margin. Once or twice a year, they also hold an all-out sale wherein they swing the prices even lower. With all of that plus the shoe bags they hand out for free, who wouldn't be a shoe addict?

This is the #1 mall in Philippines. It's always packed with families on the weekends with so many…read morefood places to choose from. The best spot for weekend hangouts with family and friends.

Like all malls in Manila, this is a multi-level mall. However, it doesn't have a big department…read more store such as SM. It's connected to City Walk, another shopping complex via a sky bridge. There you will find Robinsons, a grocery store. This also has a theatre. It has multiple screens, some are in the mall itself, others are in City Walk, kinda confusing. Overall, an average mall. Nothing special.

If I would have to define Marikina with just one word, I'd pick shoes. The development of this came…read morealong with the booming of the shoe industry and most of the families that are native to the city made a living out of making and selling shoes. Thus, writing about Marikina wouldn't be complete without paying attention to the Marikina Shoe Trade located in the Marikina Sports Center establishment. The Marikina Shoe Trade is an attempt to gather the remaining shoe businesses in a place where people, locals and tourists, can easily buy their products. As a Marikenyo, this is the first place I go to when I have to buy new shoes. The quality is excellent and the price is not expensive. The design usually stands in between fashionable and functional. Depending on the brand, it may more toward one side of the spectrum. Some brands favor a classic style, others trendy. Sometimes, a few pairs whose style have already been out-of-fashion may find their way on the display, but don't let that discourage you from checking this place out. From experience, I would often find the pair of shoes I need. Marikina Shoe Trade has a lot of black school shoes, casual shoes and sandals, high-heeled shoes, wedges, and men's shoes. Pampasok ba ng hanap mo o pampasyal? You would most likely find a pair here. Just a word of warning: the alleys are not very spacious so if you intend to buy shoes during peak seasons (beginning of school year, graduation season, store sale), the place may be cramped.

Ayalas are rich but they cant even make their mall senior PWD friendly. One, their elevetor should…read morehave a personnel or operator so that if there are seniors or PWD, they can be prioritized. We've waited so long because it is always full! Two, it is OK if wheelchairs are for rent for Php200; but when I asked for a receipt, they do not have as per staff. Tsk-tsk! So where does the 200 goes?!.. in SM malls, wheelchairs are just borrowed and not rented. Grabe naman kumita!

The glass selection are good, the prices are a bit higher than others frame and lens considered,…read moreand the waiting time is more than 7 working days, unreasonably long considering that the competition can release their units within one hour. You have to return after two weeks. In a pandemic situation where it is risky to go out, where sudden declarations of ECQ can close malls, this poses a lot of complications. Pre pandemic, I was a customer here a few times. I like the designs here but if their staff told me I will have to return in 2 weeks to pick it up during the pandemic, I would never had my eyes checked and bought a unit here. I still bought a unit, they did the eye measurement after all. But a pity, I have to wait two weeks for a glass that costs twice what I paid in the optical shop in the same floor of the same mall.

S&R is probably my favourite place for grocery shopping. They offer only the best products from…read moreimported goods, fresh fruits, quality meat, bulk chocolates, yummy pastries and huge household products. Membership Shopping usually means buying in bulk, so if you're not careful, you'd find yourself spending way more than usual. While my family usually spends triple our usual shopping budget, we still find ourselves back nearly every month. The place is just addictive like that. But aside from grocery shopping, their food selection is just as good! There was really never a time when I left an S&R branch and did not get a slice of pizza, a piece of chicken or even a scoop of ice cream for myself. My favourites would have to be their New York Style Pizza, Roasted Chicken, Clam Chowder and Blue Bunny Ice Cream. Although pricey, paying the Annual Membership fee is worth it, not only for the savings in bulk but also for the varied imported items you can only get at S&R. Shopping and eating at S&R go hand in hand so make sure to stop by for these mentioned goodies.

Just the rudeness. Checked when entering parking g. Checked at door. Check buying from concession…read more Checked while leaving. Not just checked. Meticulously. Annoying and slow. Then show your receipt before leaving parking structure. Worse part is the security is armed with guns as if they could shoot you if needed. Even cops in airports are not this aggressive. Pizza was good.

In QC, Centris Walk to me is the place that gives the closest experience of Greenbelt (with its…read morepark and restaurants), and some of BGC, like Burgos Circle and Bonifacio High Street, because Centris has patches of green amid the many restaurants and establishments. Plus, it has these really nice-looking towering white structures that stretch up to the sky and spread out like umbrellas. I guess these structures are also for shade, but I heard from a guard there that these also function as solar panels. Perhaps they are, as I saw a similar, though smaller, structure meant for solar energy at BGC. But I haven't really verified this, though I read later that in general Centris is solar-powered, which is a nice bit of information especially if you're concerned about the environment. There are quite a number of restaurants to choose from - Filipino, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, and more. There are also places nice for dessert and coffee. When my college friends and I were here, we had dinner, dessert, then went outdoors and just chilled out on the grass. Events like concerts and other performances are also held here at Centris Walk, particularly in the area of the umbrella-like structures. A friend who lives in QC also said that they have a weekend market here which he goes to occasionally for vegetables and other healthy food items.