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We stayed here for six nights. The hotel can provide pick up service to and from the airport since there are no taxis (only tricycles and jeepneys). In general, everything is definitely overpriced, but for the quality of services, it’s worth it.
If you are into snorkeling or diving, this is the place to be. Dive masters and instructors are top notch, and so is the equipment. They also provide you water, coffee, and fruit after each dive. If you’re into tech diving, this is also the place to be.
I made some special requests for food and also the day with the chef, and the chef was so considerate and made all exceptions. Chef Jun studied in Manila but also trained with an Italian chef (hence a lot of the western menu is Italian based). He offers elevated Filipino food as well as western food. Very delicious.
All the staff seemed to be trained in hospitality management — very polite, also knew dining etiquette, etc.
We also had a massage — which was great. Some improvements: maybe ask the guest which area to focus the massage on, if there are places you prefer not to massage, how strong you want the massage, and let them fill out the feedback form presented at the beginning of the massage. Also we booked a 90 minute massage but it only lasted 70…but we didn’t want to argue about time. They almost forgot to offer us tea as we walked out of the facility, but then remembered.
Day with the chef was also entertaining - we learned a lot of new techniques and recipes to our cooking repertoire (we also altered the menu as we knew the standard dishes already, but the chef was so nice and adjusted). We spent almost 4 hours cooking, but it was worth it.
The beach area isn’t white sand and the water can sometimes be rough, but we didn’t come here to lounge around all day, mainly for diving. We didn’t even go into the various pools
Happy Hour is From 5-6pm, so don’t miss it.
For some reason, people were constantly mowing the crabgrass lawn starting from 2pm every day. Didn’t really understand why as it was so short already, and the noise was a bit disturbing. There is also some lively area behind the resort as we kept hearing videoke and announcements all night.
One great thing about the rooms is that there is a water jug that is refilled daily, and the resort provides you refillable water bottles to take home with you. They also provide a drying rack. These two things are always greatly appreciated in any hotel we visit! They also have Bose Bluetooth speakers in the room so we could play music (and we didn’t have to use our own).
There is also a 50% discount for locals in case you want to dine in, enjoy the facilities or even spend the night. I’d say more than 50% of the guests were Pinoy when we were here.
Thank you again for a great stay and making my birthday special. We hope to visit again soon! - via 
Dive shop only had outdated equipment. If you aren’t an advanced diver, there are only three dive sites (house reef) next to the resort. Apparently they are PADI certified (we saw stickers for 2019-2021), but you cannot find them on the PADI website.
Weren’t provided drinking water after dive, but only a towel.
Dive shop is separate to the hotel, but you won’t find this information anywhere. You need to settle your bill directly with them instead of charging it to your room.
They have a fbook page with a rating of 3.9 out of 5 - read the reviews there for more feedback.
The wet suits were all falling apart, but still useable.
I had problems with all my gear making two of the three dives not enjoyable (BCD wouldn’t stop inflating when I was at 12m, my regulator constantly kept getting water inside when under water so I was swallowing salt water, then my goggles were always filling with water so I had to constantly clear them and water also kept getting inside my nose/swallowing salt water).
I told the dive master I’m pretty nervous diving - I didn’t have enough weights and freaked out when I was run in low on air as I was floating upward, and couldn’t get his attention as I was floating upward, luckily my husband pulled me downward and the dive master could add some weight to my bcd.
The manager tried to convince us to do out advanced open water certification there - we asked if we could buy the PADI eLearning and just do the dives there. They said they offer the course with a printed book. We said we wanted eLearning, instead and we’re offered to just pay for the dives individually (which cost more than the advanced course with them instead). We said price wise it doesn’t really make sense then, and the manager called the main office for advice.
The next day we were told we would receive an email for elearning and could do the dives to less money (still wasn’t worth it). The link provided in the email was just a referral code for the dive shop. In the end, it still wasn’t worth it and I didn’t feel safe with all the equipment so we didn’t do the course. - via