Monday, February 6, 2012

NAIA Terminal 3 International Pre-Departure Shops and Restaurants (Updated September 2018)



We have decided to update this post since a lot of new shops have sprung up at the International Pre-Departure Area. The daunting task took us a while to complete, but this latest update (as of October 2018) will feature an almost complete list of shops and services offered. We've done the same for the Domestic Pre-departure Area if you want to check that out. Though relatively more modest than Thailand's Suvarrnabhumi, NAIA Terminal 3's shops will adequately provide for your shopping and dining requirement. These shops are as follows:



Bally

Kate Spade New York





There is a stall for Smart and Globe Telephone Sim. They offer Roaming devices for a fee for returning customers. I've tried it before while touring Nagoya and western Japan and it was impeccable roaming. However, they don't have services for Dubai and Fiji travelers. The Smart stall particularly has bored staff. They'd rather dismiss you than entertain you well.

The Great Man Han
The Great Man Han

Kaishu Rice and Noodles Express

Bridge Gastro Cafe


Tesoro's 

Tesoro's

Tesoro's 

Tesoro's

Arkay Souvenirs

Arkay Souvenirs
Arkay Souvenirs

Arkay Souvenirs

Pasalubong Philippines (the sign is gone)

Pasalubong Philippines

Trrixi shop is at the other side of Pasalubong, facing a boarding gate

Trrixi shop

Bluesmith Coffee and Kitchen is opening soon. Art's Cafe and Ice Cream used to be here.
Seattle's Best Coffee at the central aisle
Duty Free Philippines has several shops including Confectionery, Wines and Spirits, Fragrances, etc.

Outer-Space

Foreign Exchange

Starbucks


Frezbox

Bo's Coffee

Bo's Coffee

Bo's Coffee - Muffins at P170 to P200
There's a stall called Heirloom Collection (beads, trinkets, bracelets) and a Tabacalera for your cigar fix. Kenny Roger's Roasters is opening soon beside Frezbox.

Marlboro Sky Go Cafe is a smokers' lounge.

While Manila Cigars sells cigarettes, they also have interesting hobbyist stuff like miniature airplanes, gadgets, etc.

Manila Cigars

Manila Cigars

Manila Cigars
What used to be Pete's Pasalubong has now been cleared.

Aku Ning Maisog sells indigenous stuff.
Aku Ning Maisog

Aku Ning Maisog

MAC shop

Another Duty Free Philippines has Fossil, Bric Bags, Kipling, Swarowski, Ray-Ban products.



Vuelo Fil-Mex Snack Bar

Pasalubungan Express

RCK has noodles, etc.
Global Topps and Noodles have rice meals and noodles at around P110.

Global Topps and Noodles


Travel and Be Safe

Travel and Be Safe

Travel and Be Safe
WH Smith has books, magazines and travel accessories.
Fly Dragon Cafe

Lyna Treats has Filipino delicacies like polvoron, butong pakwan, dried mangoes. 
Pin Hi Lounge is near Gate 7 and sells sandwiches  (P150-170), cheese mamon (P90), ensaimada (P85)

Pin Hi Lounge also sells Cocosugar, coconut virgin oil, bottled bangus and sardines.

Muffins and sandwiches at Pin Hi Lounge
Children's Play Pen



Kaishu, a Japanese Restaurant, offers delicious set meal (karage, tempura, tonkatsu, etc.) with soup and red iced tea for PhP250. Food here, mark my work, is tasty. Through Kaishu is a massage spa, a branch of SM Kenko Spa.

Manila Cigar is located near the walkalator. The walk towards the newer boarding gates is a pleasant one because the view outside is nice - the tarmac and further on shows the old Philippine Village Hotel. At the opposite glass panels, you will see the sprawl of the ambitious Resorts World complex. The walkalator now works, and some boarding gates are now enclosed by glass walls as of September 2014. Fly Dragon smoking cafe and restaurant is open for smokers. This will be the second smoking shops  here, aside from Sky Go Cafe.

Spirits and Confectionary

Sweet Times luxurious sweets

Schedule of Shops

While many of the duty-free shops at the 4th shopping/dining level are open 24 hours, shops inside the pre-departure area have limited operations. Many of them, in fact open at 2 AM (the duty free shops, restaurants) and close at different times. Some at 6PM, and many at 10PM, The Foreign Exchange counter at the predeparture area is supposed to open 24 hours as well, like the majority of forex shops at the arrival and departure hall. 

AVOID MARY GRACE CAFE

And just so you avoid delays, if you're taking a meal or snack at the Food Court, we feel we need this special mention. Avoid Mary Grace Cafe. The place is messy, the servers take forever to serve you and they forget orders.


Major International Carriers Move to T3
(July 2014 Update)

As of July 2014 , NAIA Terminal 3 will be accepting major international carriers: Delta, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Emirates, Singapore and CathayANA has also been using this terminal a while back. This makes the terminal fully operational, which used to only operate a mere 50% of its facility and services. They've in fact opened the once-empty right wing. 

These new airline companies will also be posting shuttle bus services for its passengers with connecting flights to other terminals (1,2,4) - for free! Travel between these terminals usually take 30 to 45 minutes. These will give tourists arriving with these carriers a better impression and a more relaxed arrival in Manila. Three other carriers are slated to move from Terminals 1 ans 2 to Terminal 3 in the coming months. This was made possible after the settling of the long-running court cases related to the construction of NAIA Terminal 3.    





Duty Free Philippines now.





SELLING FOREIGN MONEY

Now here's the surprise. This Foreign Exchange counter actually sell a lot of foreign money which makes the Terminal a good option when you want foreign money which is hard to come by in forex shops outside the airport. You can get you US dollar, Japanes, Yen, Malaysian Ringgit, Singapore, Australian, Canadian and Hong Kong dollar, Chinese yuan (RMB), UAE dirham, Indonesian rupee, Qatari rital, British pound, Saudi riyal, Vietnamese dong, and even legal tenders from Taiwan, Macau, Korea and the Euro, of course. This forex shop is located just before the boarding gates.






Airport Chapel, Viewing Deck and Left Luggagehttp://eye-in-the-blue-sky.blogspot.com/2012/11/naia-terminal-3-part-6-blessed-john.html

Covered Parking http://eye-in-the-blue-sky.blogspot.com/2014/09/naia-terminal-3-covered-parking.html





Nice view of the tarmac and the defunct Philippine Village on one side.




For specific inquiries, here are some important telephone numbers and email addresses at T3:

Airport Trunkline+63.2.877-7888
Terminal Manager+63.2.666-1513tm.3@miaa.gov.ph
Asst. Terminal Manager+63.2.425-2262atm.3@miaa.gov.ph
Terminal Operations+63.2.666-1512to.3@miaa.gov.ph
Concierge+63.2.666-1474conc.3@miaa.gov.ph
Lost & Found+63.2.877-7888 loc.8139iid@miaa.gov.ph
Bureau of Animal Industry+63.2.877-7888 loc.8238/8239quarantine_bai@yahoo.com
Bureau of Customs+63.2.877-7888 loc.8127/8197info@customs.gov.ph
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources+63.2.877-7888 loc.8238/8239bfarmfdc@bfar.gov.ph
Bureau of Immigration+63.2.877-7888 loc.8128/8187xinfo@immigration.gov.ph
Bureau of Plant Industry+63.2.877-7888 loc.8238/8239buplant@yahoo.com
Bureau of Quarantine+63.2.877-7888 loc.8125/8193info@quarantine.doh.gov.ph
DENR Wildlife Traffic Monitoring Unit+63.2.877-7888 loc.8238/8239denrncr_wtmu@yahoo.com
Philippine Overseas Employment Adminnistration+63.2.877-7888 loc.8051info@poea.gov.ph
Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority+63.2.877-7888 loc.8159
Customer Relations Center+63.2.823-0669crc@miaa.gov.ph
Passenger & Customer Relations+63.2.877-7888 loc. 8044pao@miaa.gov.ph
Terminal Administration+63.2.877-7888 loc. 8074t3admin@miaa.gov.ph
Terminal Security & Safety+63.2.877-7888 loc. 8129tss@miaa.gov.ph
Terminal Engineering+63.2.877-7888te3@miaa.gov.ph