Reviews of Hiwang Native House Inn & Viewdeck

The location was amazing, the native hut was an excellent

There was nothing I did not like

The place is a very nice, rural place. Facilities are very good, staff is very very kind. Right inside the Banaue region. I definitely recommend this place if you organise your Manila-Banaue-Manila transfer. Requires some adaptation to local reality, but yhis is expected and also a target of the trip. I was going to rate it less fot the issues with had with services, but I need to increase by 1 mark thanks to the wonderful smile and eyes of the very young lady at the hotel who was always around trying (and succeeding) to communicate and be useful.

1) At the hotel, jnfortunately nobody spoke more than 3 words of english, although they were making efforts. 2) We reserved all services through the hotel. The Manila to Banaue transfer was perfect, the tours were very good, the return transfer to Manila was an absolute nightmare. This takes the evaluation down

So nice place so nice family in the restaurant ❤️❤️

Location is stunning and very unique. Incredible views and the feeling of being in the forest high in the mountain.

Nothing really.

The house itself offered a rustic charm, giving us a glimpse into traditional living. The peaceful surroundings and cultural atmosphere made it feel like a true escape into nature.

while the experience was authentic, some modern comforts were lacking, making the stay a bit less comfortable than expected

The food in the restaurant was pretty good and very reasonably priced. Nona Gloria was very accommodating.

The native hut was very difficult to access and way too basic with outdoor facilities (it was raining!). But Nona Gloria put us in an indoor room with a wonderful view.

The property is good and it’s nice and cozy

I guess what we didn’t like about it is that we got robbed twice! Not once, but twice! Our food that we brought for bonfire was underneath our hut together with our shoes and other things and it was robbed just on the first day. From there it was already horrific because there were no areas where we can buy our food, everything is so far away. After that, we just played card games and drank some local wine and bought ready-made food near a restaurant. The next night, our playing cards along with some other socks were gone when we head back to sleep! It’s crazy how there were no people there, i’m almost 100% sure that it was one of the staff or helper staying there that robbed us.

Very charming traditional houses remodeled to guest rooms, on the top of the hill with a great feeling and view whether there was fog or sunshine. Bare minimum amenities and bathrooms outside of the room (quite obvious) so you don’t come here for these but for the location and the experience. Good food also provided on demand.

Native house experience.

Staff are not so accommodating. There was a black out in the morning. Water heater is not working.

The hosts and staff were wonderful.

Not all costs were known up front.

Cozy room, free toiletries

Our room did not have wifi yet, toilet is a bit far and is advisable to bring a portable toilet for old people who frequent toilet visits especially at night. Kept banging our head because of low clearance but it is not the property’s fault; slippery stairs going up again not the property’s fault because we stayed while it was raining and fogging (Dec 24)

Good food

It was a unique experience staying in a native hut