near in market

no balcony

People and service, the pool is good.

Room aircon malfunction, visible insect like cockroach

Expectations are far from reality, 1. There is no parking area. We have to find a way to park our car. 2.The room we expect is 100% not the one we got, we didn't have a balcony and we didn't have the view. 3. no free toiletries and we have to request for a towel because there's no ready towel in the room, even soap. 4.the room is a mess, small cockroaches everywhere. I am very disappointed. Thanks anyway. 👍

The location is pretty good if you don't mind walking to the mall. The Mall of Asia is the largest in the Philippines. It's a lot to take in. Just ask people which direction the Globe is if you get lost (like I did on day one). The condos are fairly new and the interior room was far better than the exterior one with 530 am construction noise. The view from the inside is nice and the small patio with two chairs great for my partner, who smokes (yuck). The contact person, after the initial frustration getting ahold of them was helpful. We messaged several times and all my questions were answered. The washing machine was nice to have and I was able to clean sheets and towels though she did offer to once (I declined). Overall, a nice stay.

Some roaches, some other insects but poison under sink. It's the tropics. The TV had little selection other than YouTube so I watch a lot of Filipina Pea and Savvy Expat videos. The beds are not at all comfortable to sit or lie on but there are plenty of pillows to prop myself up with. Security was okay but a little too interested in what the relationship between my partner and I is. We are age gap LGBT. We get stares anyway but there was push back on him signing in as a guest even though he was registered as one. They never seemed to have gotten the information. They even asked him, in Tagalog, what we were to each other. I'm glad he answered "partners." He's generally very shy. I'm used to it, he's not. The "kitchen" was pretty much unusable except the microwave and dishes. The burners were rusted. The hot water was tepid at best. The fridge was okay to have. I didn't try Grab as there are plenty of places to eat nearby. In spite of these things, if I needed to stay in Pasay again, I'd consider staying at the Shell Residences, just inner courtyard.

It took awhile (40 minutes) to get in touch with the representative. The room was not as pictured but she switched my room the next day. This one has patio, view of pool, and other amenities like a washer. The representative, once we met, was very helpful as was her assistant. I'm here for almost two weeks do we'll see how it goes. The SM Mall of Asia is huge and easy to get lost in Just ask which way the Globe is and know North from South. You must use walkways to cross large street in front of mall. You can easily do 10,000 steps in one day here. I'll do a separate review of this second room after checkout.

The confusion at check in. The location of first room. It faced construction that began at 530 am The site (Booking) map shows an entirely different location (Shoreline Residences vs Shell Residences). Instructions about check in weren't clear and the documents I sent (well in advance) weren't relayed to the guards, they didn't have my name or my guests. There is no maid service since this is a sublet of a condo. The condo isn't huge but it's adequate for my needs. The guards are holding one of my IDs until checking out. If I only had one it would be a problem. Thankfully, I have several.

The place was cozy.

The smoke detector was hypersensitive.