Two weeks ago we talked about Makati’s P. Burgos area and how it reminded us of the 1980s bar scene in Manila’s tourist belt. More recently we visited two new places, also in Makati, that have added character and energy to this once bland corporate city.
Tuesday night at Strumm’s in Jupiter, Makati, a full-house crowd awaits the band Glass Onion’s first set. It’s been a while since we last caught its weekly gig here, and oh, what a surprise—the band’s members, which used to be about a dozen, now add up to 17.
In recent years, nightlife in Metro Manila has been exceptionally vibrant, especially in 2016.
Is there nothing more to do in Manila at night except to endure the sight of rows upon rows of KTV bars and their GROs standing by the road like scalpers offering a naughty game of peekaboo?
It was almost full house on a Tuesday night at Historia featuring the AMP Big Band and its current female lead singer Gail Blanco. Dubbed as a “boutique bar and restaurant,” Historia has been drawing in a good crowd with its regular schedule of top-rate live acts.
IN MANILA, the years 1983 to ’86 saw massive street rallies in the aftermath of the Ninoy Aquino assassination. At night, the bars in Ermita and Malate provided respite to those days of disquiet.
AT 3 A.M. your choices on where to go for a bite and a few drinks are limited.
“Crossroads Bluesfest” May 19, The Roadhouse Manila Bay in SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City
Here’s an advisory if you’re planning to go on a night out between Dec. 11 and 16, and you also happen to be a fan of “Eat Bulaga” (EB) and its hit segment “Kalyeserye.”
THE NEWEST luxury nightspot in Makati is Paradis Manila, and recently it hosted an event dubbed “Paradise Ibiza” featuring Spanish...
