The hotel is located in a quite place, overlooking the ocean and just few minutes walk from the port. The rooms are spacious and with balcony. There is the refrigerator and the safe. The airconditioning works perfectly and it is silent. The staff is very friendly! Great breakfast!

Stayed in August 2025

Best place to stay on the island for sure

Stayed in May 2025

There were lots of stairs so we got our workout.

Private beach with good snorkeling close to the dive shops we dove with. AC was essential because it was way to hot out. On-site massage and spa.

Stayed in April 2025

None of these presented problems for us, but FYI: (1) Rooms have wooden floors and they are creaky! One person just walking in the room can wake up another person sleeping. Also people on the first floor in 2-floor bungalows can hear people walking on the second floor. (2) Air conditioner blows directly on to the bed, so it's often cold when turned on and hot when turned off. I dealt with this by almost closing the vent manually so that air goes directly down. (3) Strange policy: you need to show the credit card used to book the hotel, like they try to combat fraud. This is a thing some airlines (rarely) do, but I've never seen this in a hotel. The card I used was a virtual card so it doesn't exist in physical form, but they accepted seeing the card in my bank application. (4) Reception has a sign "water refill" but there is no water refill there actually, so if 1 liter of free drinking water per day is not enough you'll need to buy bottles of water from mini-bar at 80 PHP per bottle (inflated price obviously). (5) Hotel's partner restaurant used for breakfasts and dinners, called Amihana, is let's say below average, food is not very tasty. (6) If you (as most people) come there for diving, one important thing to consider is the distance from your hotel to the dive shop. You will need to walk to and from your chosen dive shop every day, often on sand (I don't think most dive shops offer pick ups), often early in the morning. This hotel is in one corner of the island, so distance to dive shops on the other side might be too large to be comfortable, make sure you check the distance when you make plans.

(1) Perfect location: very quiet, on the other side of a hill so sounds from beach bars don't reach the rooms. It's especially apparent when you walk from the room to the beach in the evening: after you cross the summit you start hearing music from beach bars / restaurants, ones you didn't hear close to the room. (2) Quiet air conditioner: not very strong but sufficient for the room. (3) Decent-sized (not a small minibar type) and quiet (!) fridge, we for example bought fruits and stored them in it. (4) Basically nothing disturbs your sleep when in the room (except possibly your partner? ;-). (5) The real hidden gem is hotel's private beach, snorkeling on it you can see plenty of baby reef sharks!!! I saw maybe about 12 at the same time. Pro tip: don't swim too fast or too much, actually move your hands and feet as little as possible, otherwise you'll scare the sharks. Just get to the right place (a bit further out from the shore, near the rope) and wait a bit. Sharks will come. And don't swim in the area to the right of the entrance limited by rope, it's an area reserved only for the sharks. Instead, hold on to the rope so that you don't need to move and don't scare sharks away. (6) Nearby hotel Blanco Beach Resort has a very good restaurant next to the Tepanee's private beach, and this restaurant serves very tasty food and fresh juices. (7) Soft, comfortable beds (memory foam but it's fine). (8) Nice furnuture, room had a work table. (9) Good WiFi. (10) Hotel is built on a hill so you can save up on gym - just walking to / from your bungalow will burn enough calories ;-) (11) Views from this hill and the partner restaurant are breath-taking.

Stayed in April 2025

I had an awesome week in my little bungalow. The private beach to go snorkeling is perfect, and staff really take care of it. At night it is quiet and the room is spacious and airco works well. The bathroom is a good size, and the shower is great. The matras is more on the older side, but still I slept really well. There is instant coffee in the room, and the mini fridge is filled with drinks. The breakfast buffet is basic, but it has everything you would want. In general, food on the island anywhere ranges from 'meeeeeeh' to 'urgh', so I enjoyed breakfast even more. There are a lot of steps to walk up and down, which might be a challenge for some. All in all I very much enjoyed my stay! Would recommend and I would come back!

Stayed in April 2025

I booked dives at a dive shop and upon arrival found out it was pretty far of a walk through sand with my big camera system. It was no problem for the diveshop to send a small boat and pick me up and drop me off at the beach next to hotel daily.

Maybe the best location on the whole island. Right next to the baby sharks and the best beach I found on malapascua. Peaceful, quiet, excellent breakfast, conveniently located to everything. There are a lot of long/small stairs to walk up and down around this whole place (cause its built on the side of a hill). Didnt really bother me, but could maybe see it bothering some, so you should be ok with that.

Stayed in March 2025

I would prefer more filipino traditional food options

The people are friendly and The property feels perfect- beach, peace and quiet vibes.

Stayed in March 2025

The beds, pillows and towels. Pillows are not comfortable and old, towels small and you only get one each

Beautiful place, great location, amazing staff, great food, great, relaxed, fun atmosphere. I arrived for a few days and decided to stay longer. Had a perfect vacation there.

Stayed in January 2025

Would recommend going elsewhere for food.

An amazing resort. Beautiful location, the huts are beautiful and comfortable, the views from the huts are incredible. Staff are very friendly and helpful. A nice house reef right out the front, which has baby black tip reef sharks.

Stayed in February 2025

Snorkeling was amazing

Stayed in January 2025

quiet room with a pleasant garden view where we could relax and chat quietly. Beach area had comfortable recliners with drinks service 20m away at most. My partner loved the friendly cats and dogs. Restaurant was good with possibly the best views in town. We enjoyed talking with the owners. For me, it was the perfect jump off point for my thresher shark dives.

Stayed in January 2025

Maybe more options at breakfast.

Best hotel in the Philippines! This was my fourth stay at Tepanee Beach Resort. The Italian owners are great, so welcoming and friendly. I enjoyed my chats with Andrea each day. Their marine reserve is absolutely amazing. My son and I went snorkelling with the black tip reef sharks several times a day - this was an absolute highlight. They have a small gym on site which functions quite well and the view from the bungalows are stunning. Can't wait to come back again.

Stayed in December 2024

Would have preferred some more breakfast options - restaurant food was lovely though!

Easily the best hotel on the island and so glad we were here for Christmas. The highlight was the marine nature reserve - snorkeling and seeing all the different fish and black tips was exciting and enjoyable. Andrea is a fabulous host, taking the time to get to know guests and help in anyway he can. All other staff were also friendly and accommodating. Our room was spacious and clean, lovely ocean view from the bed which was lovely each morning.

Stayed in December 2024

I loved this place and my stay in Tepanee The Location Is amazing very well located, great views, great vibes and excellent service!! I spent there 1 week and it was perfect. Andrea (the owner) is a perfect host, he helped me with contacts and lot of interesting Info about the isaland 100% recomended!!!

Stayed in January 2025

Very serene and peaceful

Stayed in January 2025

We had another room on top of us and we could hear everything, the floor creaks with every step they took. Breakfast could have more options, the quality of bread and the yogurt they offered wasn’t good.Fruits were also limited.

Location is GREAT! Totally worth it for the protected beach with amazing marine life. The resort looks lovely and you can notice they really take care of it. Staff is friendly.

Stayed in December 2024

Loved everything about it

Very clean, amazing view, restaurant on site was really good. Staff was very nice and helpful. Breakfast was buffet style really good.

Stayed in December 2024

Ambience, location, facilities available, choice of restaurants...

Stayed in December 2024

Some services require extra payment

Beautiful property in a quiet area with private beach Rooms with an old style but very nice I only stayed one night but I had a good time here

Stayed in November 2024

Nothing- loved our stay

Private cabin, overlooking the ocean with good AC. Food at restaurant and beach bar was really good and reasonably priced. Snorkelling in the house reef was gorgeous, lovely to see the baby black tip reef sharks! Staff were wonderful! Great base for diving with one of the local dive shops, we used thresher shark divers who were brilliant.

Stayed in November 2024

Absolutely everything!! The location, the room, the food of the restaurant , the owners and the workers are so nice!!! I could do diving thanks to them, absolutely thankful for all in my stay at Tepanee. I highly recommend it! I will come back for sure!!!

Stayed in August 2024

Breakfast can improve with it's portion. Maybe mosquito lights as there are a lot of mosquitos especially in the morning.

Shower has a good pressure clean and new room

Stayed in October 2024

Clean and loverly staff perfect location

Stayed in September 2024

Beautiful location and you can swim from shore to see the black tip sharks

Stayed in July 2024