FOR a limited promotional period until mid-March, the lunch and dinner buffet of newly rebranded Marcelino Café at Manila Prince Hotel along Marcelino Street in the City of Manila is available for only P899 per diner; down from the usual rate of P1,500 per diner wherein lunch is from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. while dinner is from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Adjacent to Manila Prince Hotel's renowned Chinese restaurant, Dragon Court, and across the hotel lobby, the newly extended dining area of Marcelino Café is expansive and inviting, made more enticing for feasts with its Piet Mondrian-like walls of red, yellow and orange rectangles, delineated with black borders and white panels. The tables, chairs and booths in the extended area are notable for being a tad more contemporary and a smidgen more youthful than the furniture in the interior dining hall.