EGI Taft Towers

by Janelisa G Tugcay

EGI Taft Towers is located between De La Salle University's Gokongwei Building and Velasco Building. It offers the public, mostly students, residency in hotel rooms or condominium units for lease and also houses a number of establishments on the Ground Floor of the building.

Netopia Internet Cafe

Yet another branch of one of the most popular internet shops in the Philippines found a good location at the Ground Floor of EGI Taft Towers in Taft Ave., Manila. Netopia Internet Cafe offers a wide selection of services which include internet surfing, web conferencing, internet & network gaming, international calls, and advanced printing services. The shop charges the customer per minute use of the computer and though the establishment does not have the cheapest prices when it comes to their products and services, they assure the public of excellent quality.

Speedbytes Internet Cafe

The two branches of Speedbytes Internet Cafe at the Ground Floor of EGI Taft Towers offers services such as printing, scanning, photocopy, cd/dvd burning, fax services, LAN and online games and desktop publishing. They currently offer a promo of a Php10 rate from 6pm to 12mn.

Microsmith Internet Cafe

Microsmith Internet Cafe has two shops at the Ground Floor of EGI Taft Towers to be able to attend to more customers. The computer shop offers different computer services and products and is well-known to the students for its Piso-printing promo for black & white text printing and a cheap Php5 up colored printing rate. The establishment charges Php25/hr to a customer for using the computer.

BPI Express Banking Center

Office hours : Monday - Friday 10 am - 6 pm

BPI Express Banking Center stands right on the Ground Floor of EGI Taft Towers. It provides financial services for the public and gives the costumers access to their bank accounts through the ATM located infront of the office.

Speak Up

For inquiries : Contact No. 303-1665 / (0920)4227273 / (0919)3516014

or Email at inquire.speakup@yahoo.com

Speak Up is one of the unique establishment located at the Ground Floor of EGI Taft Tower. The shop offers tutorials of different foreign languages including Nihongo,

Mandarin, Fookien, French, Spanish, Italian, English, Filipino, German and Korean. They also offer academic tutorials for subjects like Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Algebra, Calculus, Trigonometry and History and review classes for JLPT, IELTS, TOEFL and the like.

Lizmorasch Salon for Men & Women

Burgundy Transpacific Place

by Erin Grace I. Yap

Right in front of DLSU, Burgundy Transpacific Place is a condominium and hosts mostly students as residents. They also have shops and services for your basic necessities.

Fix Bench Salon



Open from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm

Contact Number: 5211224, 5210769

Bench Fix Salon is a salon for men & women. They offer haircut, styling, hair rebonds, color, makeup, and many more. Most of their customers are students that live along Taft during weekdays. You may contact them inquiry and appointment schedules.


Enchanting Waters



Open from 8:00 am to 9:00 pm

Contact Number: 5223788, 5257030, 0928-7451880

Enchanting Waters is located in the 1st floor of Burgundy Transpacific Place. They are a water refilling station and also sells water containers. They offer to deliver your water too. You may contact them for inquiry.

Malditas



Malditas is located at Burgundy Transpacific Place's ground floor. They are a mini mart that is open 24 hours a day. They sells snacks, drink, liquor, and other basic necessities. They also offer cellphone load.

Dental Clinic/ Holie Facial Spa

by Erwin Cacho



The definition of weirdness is this store. The owner thought that combining a dental clinic and a facial spa will cause a rise of interest in the people that comes across it but I’m not sure about that. I think the customers would feel uncomfortable having their face treated and teeth taken care of at the same time. It seems the owner decided to minimize the cost of the rent by offering to services to have two different profits but it in my opinion, it could prove disastrous since personally; I don’t like the combination. If it were a salon and spa or a dental clinic and another store related to teeth, it would be a great idea.

Fredy Hair Salon

by Erwin Cacho



This is somewhat a generic salon. They do not offer anything unique; they go for simple services that get the job done. Don’t let the name deceive you, they do not offer services only concerning the hair but in other parts of the body too. I consider this salon an average one since they are not on the same level as those classy salons you see in television while being above salons you see in squatter’s area where the performance is not likable.

Sure Straight Salon

by Frederick Kenji K. See



Sure Straight Salon is located beside Kassel Condominium and it is beside the Taft Avenue. In front of it is a small parking space for customers. It services haircut, hair color, hair rebonding, etc. for a cheaper price than some famous salons. Most of their customers in this salon are tenants and visitors of Kassel Condominium. Their employees sometimes stand near 7-11 or Tore Lorenzo to give flyers to people, to lure in more customers.

D'Students Place

by Jino Victor S. Ontog & Wesleigh Fenix



D' Students' Place is located infront of DLSU, and beside CSB. This is where students hang out. The building provides different services from health and beauty, food and snacks, internet and gaming, and most importantly residence for students. The establishment is manly built for the residence of the students due to high demands for internet shops and food. The second floor houses different shops for student’s need this includes net I.T. Log and MF, these are computer rental shop which provides internet, gaming, printing,xerox, scanning, and renting services. Figure-up, provides service for Cosmetic surgery and skin care .Dr. Zarate Dental Clinic, provides dental services. and a barbershop.

I.T.log



A computer rental shop which provides internet, gaming, printing,xerox, scanning, and renting services.This shop has high quality specs like wide screen lcd monitor, optical mouse, up to date computer specs.One good advantage in this cafe shop is that their log-in system, You register. Paying after you play is not a hassle because you pay for a particular load like cellphone so that you can log in and logout whenever you like. There is a mix of dlsu and csb students who plays during their free time but sometimes there is also some other student from other universities who plays. "you use a pc, you pay"

Hourly rate: 30 php/hr
Promo rate: 200 php = 10 hours
100 php = 6 hours
15 php/hr during 12am-8am
contact no.: [02] 41-444-00

Figureup



It provides service for Cosmetic surgery and skin care. Services: Lyposuction, breast enlargement, whitening, mole removal, face lift, nose lift, and butt enlargement.

Contact number: 5220088

DR. JK E. ZARATE (dental clinic)



Provides service for dental care for different kinds of customers . As you can see in the video the clinic can only accomodate one patient at a time. So, appointments are needed if you are planning to have a dental service..

Contact no.: 526-0115

Barbershop

The Barbershop renders haircut service. It is located at the D’ Students Place beside CSB and In front of north gate of Lasalle. This place is somehow hidden in a way that it is at the farthest corner of D’ students place, I can conclude that this barbershop is not profitable because it’s hidden. The only existing barbershop near Lasalle.

MF CYBERTOWN



MF CYBERTOWN renders computer rental service. It is located at the D’ Students place beside CSB and In front of north gate of Lasalle. This place is where students spend their leisure time. The shop has also a beanbag for customers, which you can sleep if you want to. This shop has a high quality specs and a good sofa set. They have the traditional login system where customers would pay after they play.


D'Students Place Videos