Solaire Resort and Casino in Manila is the newest entertainment and leisure city to enter the Philippines.
It officially opened on March 16 this year 2013.
One Sunday afternoon, we decided to check it out to compare with Resorts World Manila.
The roads to the resort are more spacious and easier to navigate.
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Traffic flow is better organized. There are multiple entrances for Guests, Staff, Shuttle service and VIP’s
They have 9 levels of parking spaces available near the casino entrance.
We entered the casino from the 4th floor elevator, and the waiting area for the elevators was air-conditioned I wonder if it’s the same for all 9 floors.
The casino lobby is stunning!
Fine dining Restaurant hallway
where you’d find
Strip Steakhouse
Red Lantern – Asian restaurant
Finestra – Italian restaurant
exclusive area
Food court
cuisines range from Asian, American, Italian, American and for bread and dessert lovers, you’d also find a Patiserrie
bubbly lights
Other eats within the floor
Lucky Noodles
How much is the buffet rate of fresh?
Meal rates:
Breakfast: 1,000 PHP
Monday – Sunday
6:30 am – 11:00 am
Lunch – 1,688 PHP
Monday – Saturday
12:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Brunch – 2,088
Sunday
12:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Dinner – 1,888
Sunday – Thursday
5:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Dinner – 2,288
Friday and Saturday
5:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Overnight
Monday – Sunday
00:00 am – 6:00 am
A la carte
All prices are subject to 12% VAT and 10% service charge
Eclipse Lounge – bar
How does Solaire compare to Resorts World?
Design wise, Solaire offers a way better ambiance overall. It is envisioned by architect and designer Paul Steelman of Las Vegas based Steelman Partners.
You’d notice that staff are well trained and better attired. Security staff within the casino are alert yet friendly.
Makes you wonder how RW is going to keep up with this new and promising competitor in town.
How to get there? – according to their website
From Mall of Asia: Take Jose W. Diokno Blvd. South and turn right on Aseana Ave.
From Pasay City: Take Diosdado Macapagal Blvd. South and turn right Aseana Ave.
From Makati: Take EDSA to Diosdado Macapagal Blvd. South, then turn right on Aseana Ave.
They also provide a shuttle almost every hour! You can download solaire shuttle schedule here
for more directions, click here
Next to experience: hotel accommodation (hopefully soon!)
View their hotel rates here:
Update: April 12, 2013
After watching King and I at Resorts World, we were invited to visit the VIP lounge that had exclusive gaming areas, mini bar and suites at Solaire Resort to have some refreshments, accessible by Elite Card members.
We were kinda turned off on how we and our patrons were suddenly informed that they now have a policy of checking gaming activity before providing refreshments free of charge after choosing some beverages when our patrons experienced differently from their last visit.
The cards were just a few weeks old and we had no idea how much activity they were looking for because we had to listen to three different people explaining their policy which makes the experience even more negative than just being gracious to qualified guests.
It’s probably understandable from a business point of view but from a customer point of view, it feels humiliating especially when they invited guests.
In the end, and after more than half an hour later, they explained that they would make a consideration this time and provided the refreshments.
At that point, my bubble of marvel for Solaire just burst. Although the staff were patient, calm and pleasant explaining their policy, I think that applying better judgement would have been better that could have saved their time, effort and leave the guests with a good memory to return.
+1 to Resorts World Manila’s hospitality to VIP guests
Some concerns after
Guests – young and old are exposed to second hand smoke since the way to the food court area is within the casino floor.
Just a health reminder to reconsider dining or staying too long within.
