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Some people fall in love with someone, with a song, with a memory, or with a place. These are places so beautiful and so surreal in their poignancy that they permeate into that part of our brains where our deepest, most unforgettable loves go. It’s like falling in love with a person, but the difference is that a place often does not change. You may have meandered far but the place you love will have reserved a place for you, along with its archive of stories that you have been a part of. Manila Hotel’s Champagne Room is one place anyone would definitely fall in love with.

Deep in the middle of the bustling city of Manila is a place so extraordinary in its timeless elegance that if its walls could speak, they would surely regale us with countless stories of dashing young men who, with pounding hearts, asked their beloveds the question of their lives. Surely, the stories will also include those of blushing brides donned with elegant white gowns, of shy debutantes eager to know the ways of the world, of memorable first dates, of parties so elegant that no other restaurant would have been more appropriate for the setting.

Walking into the restaurant elicits the feeling that many great things have transpired in it. And if you felt this, you would not have been mistaken. Since 1912, the Champagne Room has always been the place to be seen. Through the years, many prominent personalities have lounged on the restaurant’s ethereal couches, beneath the gold wrought-iron chandeliers and crystal palm trees. Praised for its excellent authentic French and Italian cuisine and stately ambiance, it perfectly captures the Grand Dame’s decades of fine tradition.

The Champagne Room is located at Manila Hotel, One Rizal Park 0913 Manila. For reservations, please contact (02) 527 0011 or visit www.manila-hotel.com.ph for more details.