San Antonio Plaza Arcade — Local services in Makati

High end eateries,supermarket,near the enclaves of the old and noveau riche, FORBES PARK, and DASMARINAS VILLAGE where your pockets would easily be set back by a minimum of USD 10million. Walking distance to the church,Catholic. And a school,by car. Hardly anyone here goes on foot, not even the househelp. The ubiquitous Mercury Drug Store. Gourmet foods available. Service however is not as uppity as...

A good place of relative solitude in the middle of Makati and Taguig. Parking is normally easy to find because of constant comings and goings to and from the Marketplace grocery. A good Starbucks with large seating area and a good sunset view. An Italian restaurant, a Japanese restaurant and a few places to pick up deli and snack foods/meals like Kashmir for Indian, Gourmet Corner for deli, Pembrera...

The only place I visited mainly is BPI (Forbes Park) with great service (reps very helpful in straightening transactions). I love the refrigerated Filipino dishes cooked & served by professional clerks in Pimbrera ng Barasoian. But I get no respect from that Italian place as the waiters distance themselves from me for any reason whatsoever. National Book Store is too small for what...