World Class Luxury in Philippines! Staying at Manila's Poshest Hotel

Good morning guys and welcome back to a brand new video. We are off again. We have packed our bags and we are today heading on a little trip, but this time it's more of a staycation. We're not flying, it's a very short drive. We're staying in Manila, but we're staying somewhere very special. So welcome back to another video. I've literally just packed up the case. It's not a very big case. Well, actually it is a very big case for just such a small trip. But when you have a baby, packing for a couple of nights, it's pretty much the same as packing for a month because you still need the same amount of things. You still need all the stuff. What are you doing? Hello. You ready to go? Go. Okay, just arrived at the Peninsula Hotel. Checking in for one night, a little staycation. They kindly invited us. So thank you so much. Excited to be back here. We're here last time for the afternoon tea right in this area. Hello. So yeah, we were last here for the afternoon tea, which was so, so nice. Some of you guys may remember the vlog. They've got such a nice kind of lobby area here. Stunning. One of our favorite hotels in Manila. So happy to be back. One night only, Juicy Vlog special. Thank you so much, guys. Thank you. Oh, this is nice. Oh, look at this. Wow. Beautiful. What do you think? It's so nice. Very nice. Something for Koda. That's so cute. Oh. That is so sweet. Look, want a hug? Oh, he's got like the same outfit on as the guys. That's so nice. Yes, please. Thank you so much. Thank you. Wow, they've set up. They've set up like an afternoon tea for us. Look at that. Thank you so much. Thank you. Wow. We are blown away by this room. We were not expecting this. We got chatting to the guys at Peninsula and they were kind of saying we wanted to come back because we did the afternoon tea. We kind of wanted to do that. And then we're like, we started chatting about staying for a night. We were like, yeah, cool. That'd be nice and relaxing. We'll stay for a night. Maybe use the gym, the pool. But we did not expect them to be hooking us up with a room quite like this. So let's have a look. Honestly, blown away. Like not just a normal hotel room. This is unbelievable. This is like a suite or something, surely. It's crazy. There's a toilet in here, which Coda wants to walk into. So I'm just going to shut that door. There's so much space for him as well. And it's a really nice soft carpet. So he can, of course he just wants our shoes. Misty, you're in a brand new place. Explore. So we come in and we've got, oh, say the thing. Oh, we're doing one of those. The classic. I think we should do one. Okay, well, in that case, it is time for a Juicy Vlog room tour. Go. That's the new Juicy Vlog room tour intro. So they've set up a, it's like a mini afternoon tea. We've got some fresh orange juice. We've got some pastries, some fruits. Wow. We've got a nice lounge area just here with a big sofa on. And they've given Coda a little teddy bear and a mug and a tiny mini suitcase. Oh, oh my God. I actually can't cope with the detail. Welcome master Coda. I didn't see that. That is just the attention to detail. I just feel like emotional at how they've really thought of him. That is just so sweet. Oh. There's a little jeepney here. Oh, there's some treats here. Wait, no. That's not edible, is it? Is that whole thing edible? Is that an edible jeepney? Are you serious? No, it's not. Or is it, am I just going to eat plastic? It is, look, you can see the chocolate. Oh my goodness. And we've got some of these treats here as well. That is incredible. Wow. The detail here. Mr. George Warrington, Miss Lucy D'Agostino. Wow. I'm actually a chocolate jeepney. What? We've got some coffee pods here. Lovely coffee machine. Yeah, a whole coffee machine here. Coda, what's this? What's this? Coffee. Then we come into the bedroom and the view is incredible. We've got a view of BGC here actually. Let's see if we can see our old condo. Wow. Yeah, I think we can. Can you see? Oh, look at that view. That's the old building we used to be able to see. That's really super stunning. Yeah. That's our old building. Yeah, look, right next to it. So I will put an arrow right now to our old condo. And then here we have our bedroom, which is huge. Nice big bed. Coda crawling around. We've got a nice big TV on the wall. Mirror, so I can check myself out in the morning. Make sure I don't look too unappealing for the vlog. And then you come through here. Wow. Okay, follow me through here. You come into like a world of mirrors. How many Georges do you want? There might be enough to go around. Yeah, look, there you go. Tons. That'd be Lucy's worst nightmare. Like five of me. Oh, they have given Coda a robe. Look at it. It's so cute. That is so cute. And then guys, the bathroom. Look at this. This is so grand. There's a whole bath. Baby bath for Coda, so thoughtful. All right, apparently Coda's playing with something. What's he got? Uh-oh. You're playing with your suitcase. You're a traveling baby. Are you a traveling baby? Oh, is it baby products? It's baby products. Oh, wow. Like a tooth gel, little cup. That's so sweet. And a rubber duck in the bath. Oh, yeah. And then we have separate shower and I'm guessing, yes, facilities. Perfect. Oh, some nice products here as well. Actual Peninsula products. Wow, guys, I'm so excited to be here. This is so nice. This view, man. Wowsers. And I have to say, often in hotels you get like limited equipment, but this is like a normal gym, a good normal gym. I was working out and someone brought me over like a lemon cold towel from the fridge and sprayed down my mat for me. I'm super attentive. I've got a lovely view of the pool, which we'll show you a bit later. But it's just been such a lovely, luxurious experience so far. And we just feel super welcome here. Everyone's been so friendly. And I'm getting a really, really good workout in because I know that we've got a full dinner plan happening this evening. And we're gonna be trying out several of the restaurants here. So working out always makes me feel so good as well. So yeah, feeling super happy. And I'd better finish my workout now. It's a hard one. All right, workout complete. And I've just come outside to the pool area. I'm not gonna get in yet because I'm in my gym stuff, but I'm gonna head upstairs. Coda's napping in the room. George is editing a vlog. And hopefully he'll wake up soon and then we can come and swim together. But it's actually really nice. It's kind of shaded slightly from the buildings around. And there's a little bit of a breeze. You can probably see it in my hair, which means it's not gonna be too warm, but it's just so nice and peaceful. Little sneak preview behind me, but I'm sure we'll film it when we actually get in in a second. But yeah, really, really, really good workout. Super impressed. I kind of didn't want to leave. I kept thinking of other exercises I could do because of the extent of the equipment there. There's just so much. So you guys, I think if you're staying here, 100% recommend checking out the gym. I think it's open like six to 10 as well. So really, really long hours. But yeah, feeling really good. Feeling very sweaty. And this sun right now isn't helping. But I think we're gonna head back up to the room now and eat some more chocolate. Balance is key. Okay, we have both had a workout in the gym. And now we're all robed up, including Coda. And we're gonna head down to the pool. It is a little, the clouds are over. So it's not actually that sunny, which for us is a good thing because we don't want Coda to have too much sun exposure. Obviously, he has delicate skin. But it's nice and warm outside. So quick dip in the pool. And then we need to come back up and get ready, get changed, get freshened up, showered for our dinner this evening because we are going on a culinary journey, they're calling it. And yeah, the team here at Peninsula are taking us around some of their restaurants this evening. So we'll bring you guys along. Looking forward to it already because I haven't eaten after the gym. So I'm gonna be extra hungry for dinner. But Coda, what do you think of your robe? I think that's so cool, man. Does it have his name on it? No, it's just Peninsula. Oh, look, there's a little bear on yours. Are you wearing it down to the pool? Yeah, shall we? Should we be that family? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Coffee, good boy. That family just walking through the hotel lobby in robes. I don't know if that's actually a thing here. It's a thing when you're in spa hotels. I'm not sure if this is actually a spa hotel. It's a spa. All right, that's good enough for me. I think it's an apologize later situation. Lucy's eating half the jeepney's roof. And I actually ate this wheel off the side. Very, very nice dark chocolate. We're trying to figure out what exactly is edible. We think even this may be edible. Oh, whoops. This part is also edible. Yeah, eat the Makati sign. I think it is. Yeah, all right. It's white chocolate. Okay, cool. Are you ready? Yes. Let's go. Wait, the whole sign's edible. Is that chocolate? No. Let me try that. I'm gonna throw up. It is, right? Are you sure? Yeah. And it's good chocolate. Yeah, it's really good. It's all made of chocolate. ♪ I remember the days ♪ ♪ All those years ago that never fade away ♪ ♪ And I remember your face ♪ ♪ When you hit the ground I can recall the time and place ♪ ♪ On a midnight walk ♪ ♪ Through the old streets trying to turn back the clock ♪ ♪ To the days of old ♪ ♪ Back to the days when all the things we knew were made of gold ♪ All right, so we're down at the pool. Really nice pool here. Didn't really know this was here. Didn't know anything about the pool or the other facilities of this hotel. Because last time we came, it really was just for the afternoon tea. It was just for the food. So we're gonna jump right in and enjoy. It's actually a really deep pool. It's kind of like, it's not just one of those leisure pools. People actually can do lengths and stuff. And just like that, all freshened up. Ready for some dinner. Yeah, so hungry. We kind of skipped lunch. We just ate chocolate, went to the gym. But now we're very hungry. Had a swim. Had a shower and a freshen up. Are you ready? Yeah. Let's go. Ready, set, go. Loving Coda's outfit tonight. Good choice, mum. Thank you. Very nice. It's actually scary how many photos I have of him. I just think. Oh, millions. He's to be in millions by now, yeah. Not even joking. Coda! So we are starting out dinner at the pool bar. Just where we left off a few minutes ago. So they've reserved a beautiful table for us. With a high chair for Coda. Very relaxing, beachy vibes. Yeah, and we're literally right by the pool still. So really nice place to start off dinner. I love this kind of evening time in Manila where it's kind of warm, but there's a bit of a breeze coming through. Yeah, so nice. Windy, but in a good way. You kind of need the wind, but the wind makes it quite chilling. It really is. Wow, so we are an hour in maybe to our culinary journey. We've had some drinks and some snacks by the pool. We've had a meal in this restaurant called Spices with, I've had two cocktails already. Thanks so much. Thank you. Thank you, all the best, take care. Coda's being taken away. Yeah, amazing service. Thank you, thank you. So a great service by the guys here. Now we're heading for our main meal. Thank you very much. So some more food, maybe another cocktail for me. Lucy's on the mocktails, but I've been enjoying a cocktail or two here, shall we say, and really been looked after here at Peninsula. They have seven restaurants, which we didn't quite realize because we've only come to the lobby before, but yeah, seven different restaurants. And we're about to head to the next one now. ♪ Honest, honestly don't. ♪ ♪ I should be the last to know. ♪ ♪ All in days, I stand alone. ♪ Wow, so we're now in Old Manila, the restaurant, which is the fine dining restaurant. And we've actually got a private room and a table big enough for 24 people. So yeah, very unique experience being looked after very well here. Coda's high chair is already set up for him. No, he's just been sat on his own, it's massive to me. Yeah, actually we should get a photo. Very compressed size of black pork, actually this is from Spain. Same as with that robot, it's from- Mama! Also have this Mediterranean sea bass from Benidorm and also a slowly raised after-steak chicken fillet. I'm very impressed. ♪ The engine glowed. ♪ ♪ I guess you always seem to know. ♪ ♪ Hello moon. ♪ ♪ I push back the serious feeling. ♪ ♪ The hands unknown. ♪ ♪ To get back the life I used to know. ♪ The presentation. They've got like the fancy cutlery and cutlery. Oh wow. Those. Lovely. The sauce roughly two litre broth. So what an experience so far. We just met the chef here and he recommended the beef cheeks and I've just cut into this and this is probably the softest beef I have ever had. Let me try and get a shot here for you guys to see this. Welcome to the fine dining restaurant where our son's foot is on the table. He feels at home. Look at that, cutting into that. You can see just how soft this beef is. Let's try. Good? So good. Oh, so much flavour. Beautiful. We haven't had a meal like this for a long time. This is very nice. Now and then it's so nice to... Yeah. Now and then it's so nice to really have a beautiful meal and slow it down, take your time with the food, hear about every dish and why the chef chose a certain way to do things and the presentation, the meaning behind the dishes and all the things that make it special. Oh, lovely. So we're currently mixing the halo-halo and there's quite an art to it that I've learnt this evening, it seems. Years of practice, all of a sudden. I was planning on taking the ice cream off the top because there wasn't enough room, but actually you've managed to mix it into it without spilling a drop, so I'm very impressed. A few, a few, a few, a few. That's good. I really don't think I could fit another, anything in my stomach. It's actually bursting. But wow, what an evening, what a special evening that was. Amazing food, amazing company. It was so great to try so many of the restaurants here in one go. We had like a four-course meal, but then each course had multiple courses. So it was this like crazy food journey we went on this evening. Highlight to me were the pho. I never know if I'm pronouncing that correctly. The Vietnamese soup spices. The beef cheeks in the fine dining restaurant were exceptional. And we just had some desserts in the lobby. I think we filmed that and they were great as well. And we also had the Shanghai Lumpia with queso de pollo. I again, don't know if I'm pronouncing that correctly, but that was delicious. And loads of lovely drinks to go along with it. I didn't actually drink alcohol, but George did. I'm not pregnant, if anyone's wondering, that's not the reason I'm not drinking alcohol. I just haven't had a drink for a little while now. Personal choice, no real reason, but it was such a lovely evening. We've been so well looked after and the staff here are just amazing. So much so, when we got back, the guy did like the turndown service in our room. Really nice guy was in here and he was just finishing off as we came back in and he's left a little treat for us. Not that I have any more room. Just here, how special. Wow, that's so heavy. Look at that. Stunning. And a bottle of wine. So we have to have a little nibble of that, I'm not sure. Really? Do you still have a room? Just a tiny bit, I don't want to take it away. That's true. It's gonna be quite hard to show you as well, but we've got the most insane view of BGC at night time. Yeah, so nice. Let me try. Okay, I'm really sorry guys, this is the worst filming we've ever done, but you can maybe see the view. But we're gonna go and end off this vlog here. That was such a good night. Lucy and I have been fortunate enough over the last five years, since doing YouTube and everything, to have some amazing restaurant invitations, some incredible dining experiences in different cities, towns, countries all over the world. But tonight, something about that. That was the director of marketing for Peninsula who joined us for the whole evening. And guys, it's a Friday night here, so he didn't have to do that. He's probably wanting to get home, but he stayed with us till 8 p.m. and told us so many cool things about the hotel. So many, a lot of stories of how they adapted during the pandemic and stuff like that. I had a few cocktails, then had a glass of wine, an amazing red wine. Then right at the end, I had a whiskey. My first whiskey since our cruise. If you watch the vlogs we went on the cruise last August, that was my last whiskey. So seven months since my last whiskey. And I had a little one, little scotch on ice on the rocks to finish off the night, mixed with Halo Halo. Ooh, I wonder if anyone's ever put whiskey in Halo Halo. We're onto something there. Comment below if you've ever put mixed alcohol with Halo Halo. I don't know if that's a thing. Probably not. But we're gonna end off this vlog here. What a day. What an experience. Peninsula, thank you. We appreciate everything you've done for us. And honestly, as you always know, honest reviews on this channel. If we're unhappy with something, we'll often say. If we're not liking the food too much or it's not to our taste, we'll often say. But this stay has been faultless. It's not surprising to us because this hotel has been here for many, many years in the Philippines. I think they're 40 plus years, maybe. So if you're coming and you wanna stay in the Makati area, then definitely consider the Peninsula. Check it out, go online, have a look. You can see our previous videos here where we came to try the Halo Halo and the afternoon tea. We're filming another video here tomorrow. So yeah, juicy vlog, stamp of approval for the Peninsula. But we do need to get to bed. We need to get some sleep. The beauty of having a baby, it's only 8.50 p.m. So we're back. We're gonna sleep by 9, 9.30, fresh and ready for a new day tomorrow. So thanks so much for watching. 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