Remedios
Remedios is home to 604 Café Gallery, formerly the Penguin Café well-loved by artists. On the other side of the Remedios Circle is the Remedios Extension, along which can be found Arkdia ("arkeijuh"), where you can listen to some live musical acts over pizza. The Red Crab serves seafood and steaks while Tia Maria's has the best Tex-Mex flavors. Visit Cowboy Grill for Pinoy food, Akasaka for Jap videoke and Sky High Seafood Restaurant for Chinese chow. Dematisse is for Italian snacks while Café El Dorado is for Spanish ones. If you want to satisfy your stomach without making too much of a dent on your pocket, go to Sylvia's Diner and Grills or Reinaldo's Grill and Restaurant also along this street.

If you're in Remedios, the Remedios Circle can't be far, of course. You have now come full Circle (excuse the pun).

Malate's streets can be impassable when big parties are held on big occasions, like on Halloween. Parking can be a nightmare at these times, so it's better to take a cab instead. Taxis are in abundance all times of the day anyway. There are also jeepneys plying these streets, and another option is the yellow padyak or sidecar which charges P15-20 per head. Yet another option is a 100-peso ride on the calesa (a horse-drawn carriage, only modest-looking) if you want to get that old Manila feel.

You wonder how that many establishments can all be in one place, but that's the wonder of Malate. More than a bar hub, however, it is also home to several shops selling antiques, handicraft, paintings, sculpture and other curio. In this sense, Malate is also a place where artists congregate. Here thus the bar-hopping stops. Now if you start feeling guilty, you can always visit the Malate Church.