Conrad Manila

An Infinity Pool Aimed at Manila Bay

Conrad Manila rises at Seaside Boulevard and Coral Way inside the SM Mall of Asia complex in Pasay, and its best-known feature sits three floors up: a coral-shaped infinity pool that lines up with the bay's horizon for one of the city's most photographed sunset views. The 347-room hotel is a Hilton luxury flagship rather than an independent boutique, and it shows in the consistency, with review counts running into the thousands held steady above nine out of ten across platforms. It is a hotel built around a single, unmistakable image, and it earns the attention that image gets.

Why It Works

We chose Conrad for a combination that is harder to find in Manila than the city's hotel count suggests: an internationally managed five-star property, a signature pool deck worth the trip on its own, and the kind of mall-adjacent convenience that turns a stay into a base rather than an obligation. Conrad Spa's six treatment rooms and soaking tubs back up the pool with a genuine wellness offer rather than a token spa menu, and Brasserie on 3's all-day dining means the hotel itself can carry a full day without a guest ever stepping outside.

Why This Location

The SM Mall of Asia complex in Pasay sits directly on Manila Bay, giving Conrad guests the waterfront promenade, the Mall of Asia Arena and one of the largest shopping centres in the Philippines within walking distance, alongside the bay's sunset views that the hotel's own pool deck is built to capture. It trades Makati's business-district polish or Intramuros's colonial streets for sheer convenience: shopping, entertainment and the airport all closer than from almost anywhere else in the city. For a stay built around ease rather than heritage, the location does most of the work.

Fast Facts

• Price: €€€, Hilton five-star Manila Bay rates

• Vibe: polished, bay-view, mall-adjacent convenience

• Rooms: 347 rooms and suites

• Best For: sunset-seekers, shopping trips, and travellers wanting bay views with mall convenience

• Our Favorite Thing About the Hotel: the coral-shaped infinity pool lined up with the Manila Bay sunset

• Amenities: infinity pool, Conrad Spa with six treatment rooms, fitness centre, Brasserie on 3 and C Lounge

• Attractions: SM Mall of Asia, Manila Bay waterfront promenade, Mall of Asia Arena

The Pool and the Spa

The infinity pool's coral shape is more than a design flourish: the curved edge keeps sightlines open toward the bay from almost every lounger, which is why it shows up in guest photos more often than the rooms themselves. Conrad Spa sits just off the pool deck, with six treatment rooms and soaking tubs that have picked up awards of their own, giving the third-floor wellness level a genuine spa programme rather than a gesture toward one. Together they make the hotel's third floor, not the lobby or the rooms, the part of a stay guests remember longest.

Dining and the Mall at the Door

Brasserie on 3 covers all-day dining with an international menu built for both business breakfasts and long dinners, while C Lounge handles the hotel's bar and lighter-fare end of the table. Beyond the hotel itself, the SM Mall of Asia complex supplies the rest: restaurants by the hundred, a cinema, the Mall of Asia Arena for concerts and sport, and a seafront promenade that turns an evening walk into part of the stay rather than an errand off-site. Few Manila hotels put this much beyond the lobby doors within an actual walk rather than a taxi ride. The Mall of Asia Arena's concert calendar alone is reason enough for some guests to time a stay around it.