Setting the standard for flashpacker comfort, this large hostel in Manila features slick industrial-chic design and some of the best common areas you'll find on your travels. The open kitchen offers great views over town, but the panoramas are even better from the upstairs lounge and phenomenal rooftop. Modern dorms are equipped with privacy curtains and male/female bathrooms.
There's also an on-site Spanish school and tour desk, while on the ground floor the hip food market means you won't have to go far to get something to eat.