Hotel berhampiran McDuffies Paradise, Cebu

Just a 3 night stay with my husband and kids but for sure this is the best resort in this area. This resort is brand new. Has a very large swimming pool and easy access into the ocean. We were amongst the first customers here and I could see there were the usual teething problems when a business starts up...but OMG the scenery and views from the rooms more than made up for anything else. Friendly staff. Norven was particularly helpful. The area is quite remote and very quiet so ideal place to destress from city life. At night time we could hear only the sound of the ocean.

Stayed here for 4D/3N and really enjoyed ourselves! We were in Ohana 1 (seaside hut) and we had our own private beach hut but we rarely used it because we just liked hanging out in our veranda... in fact we took most of our meals here! Staff was super nice, friendly and accommodating. The intercom to buzz the front desk took a bit getting used to, but it was helpful. Our room was super spacious and well-appointed. We loved that the ref wasn't one of those useless bar refs but was in fact a real mini-ref (with separate freezer) and we appreciated that we could just buy a bag of ice for P120 to use during our stay. Also loved that the toilet has a bidet. Water pressure was strong and hot water came on quickly. We also loved these other features: split-type aircon, lots of surfaces to put your stuff on, multi-plug on the table (to charge our many devices). We were just planning to indulge in the resort, but the staff suggested that we go for the Sardine run and omg best suggestion ever!! Ryan fetched us on his scooter and took amazing videos of our experience (using his GoPro Hero 9, which we were thankful for because we didn't pack an underwater camera). They also rented out graded masks for the Sardine run and they should make this a standard for all places! Snorkeling in front of Hale Manna was good too! Rent of Snorkeling gear is free (alas no graded masks). Tip: just hang out by the floating raft of the resort. There's already a small group of sardines there and lots of other marine life! The corals were damaged during Odette, but it looks like it's recovering. Would definitely come back here again for some r&r!

We loved staying here in the honeymoon suite! The staff was very friendly and helpful; it was so easy to book all of our adventure excursions. Make sure you do the canyoneering - it was a highlight of our trip for sure! There is also fantastic snorkeling available right at the house reef. We saw a sea turtle our very first morning at the resort. The food cooked right in the resort was delicious and had plenty of variety from breakfast to dinner. The pork adobo here was possibly our favorite dish we had during our entire Philippines trip. It was also very easy to arrange a trike to go into town for dinner too. We liked Ven’z Kitchen a lot! The resort staff was great about helping us arrange all our transport, including to and from the airport in Cebu City. The only thing we weren’t expecting was that they do not accept credit cards for payment. Every cost at the resort goes on a tab and you pay upon check out. Cash, Paypal, or other wire transfer only. It wasn’t difficult but just be prepared.

A lovely isolated venue to get away from it all and soak up the sounds of the sea. The studio rooms are good, although the beds could do with a headboard- a few times I woke up with the pillars on the floor behind the bed. The pool is small, but adequate and there are plenty of other spaces to chill out and bathe in solitude. The shoreline is very tidal and you don’t get to water above knee height until you get over 100 metres out, but, once you get to deep water there is a very impressive reef with lots of fish and even sharks- of the safe variety. The food is of a reasonable standard, but it’s a limited menu and after 3 days, I think I had covered everything I could possibly eat. I do recommend the shrimp curry. Breakfasts were very good. There is work to do in customer service here- although the staff are very cooperative and pleasant, there are not many smiles shown and they seem to be a bit stuck in their ways and timelines. Requesting to have dinner at 7.30pm seemed an issue, as they came knocking on our door at 7.20pm and the food was already out! Playing pool with another couple until 9pm seemed an irritation to them and a request to have breakfast at 7.30am instead of the usual 8am start fell on deaf ears as we sat there from 7.30am until 8am when breakfast was then served..,, no big deal, but this place could be amazing with some thought and planning on making the facilities and staff as well as the location fantastic too.

We had a perfect stay at Dolphin House. The bungalow was spacious and clean. The service was very, very friendly. The hotel premises where very green and colorful with all the lovely flowers growing everywhere, you felt like walking in a park. Also the bay/beach were clean and peaceful. We went snorkeling directly from the beach everyday and saw a lot of fish and even some turtles at the reef.

Ini adalah kali kedua saya menggunakan perkhidmatan ini dan saya sangat berpuas hati. Ia adalah hotel termurah di Cebu, dan pada hari ini, ia adalah sebuah bilik besar dengan dua katil double yang boleh memuatkan tiga orang. Cucu saya, yang suka bersenam, sangat gembira dengan bilik gim, yang mempunyai jurulatih yang bertugas, ruang yang luas dengan banyak peralatan, dan studio tarian yang berasingan dengan cermin besar. Makan malam adalah perkhidmatan bilik pada harga yang rendah, dengan menu sihat berpusat pada sayur-sayuran, dan dihantar serta-merta selepas membuat pesanan. Jika anda akan menginap di Cebu, Allson,s Inn akan menjadi pilihan anda yang seterusnya.

Kami meraikan hari lahir saya dan suami di resort ini dengan penginapan Bermalam. Kami berbesar hati kerana dapat menempah di hotel ini sehari sebelum penginapan yang dirancang dengan jumlah yang lebih rendah. Setibanya, kami disambut oleh kakitangan mereka yang mesra. Kami berseronok menerokai seluruh resort, dari berkanu di pantai hingga berenang hampir semua kolam. Kami diberi bilik dengan pemandangan laut yang menghadap ke seberang resort. Dan saya menyukainya kerana ia lebih tenang dan jauh dari kesibukan. Saya juga cuba menempah kek untuk Hari Lahir kami pada keesokan harinya dan meminta kakitangan mereka menghantar kek semasa sarapan untuk memberi sedikit kejutan untuk hubby. Kami sangat gembira kerana kami bukan sahaja menghantar kek ke meja kami, malah beberapa kakitangan mereka juga menyediakan nombor tarian sambil menyanyi di atas meja kami. Cara untuk memulakan hari anda, bukan? Terima kasih kepada semua kakitangan dari Solea Mactan Resort kerana menjadikan hari kami sebagai tambahan untuk kami. Kami sangat ingin kembali ke resort ini pada percutian keluarga masa depan kami lagi!

I'm a bit disappointed. I've emailed them about the arrangement regarding the bed since this is supposed to be our anniversary celebration and they replied back acknowledging my email and they said that they have the service. But on our check-in, they said that they haven't prepared the room (this is already past 3pm) and that they will just send a cake but no cake was sent to our room. The room smells moldy and the flush in the toilet is not strong enough to flush everything away and takes a long time to have a 2nd flush (I have to take a bath first before doing the 2nd flush). The swimming pool was nice but it would be better if the water is heated since it is very cold up in the 22nd floor. The breakfast buffet is good and they have a variety of cuisines and they keep on refilling them.