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Hama Street, Barangay Masagana, Palawan, 5313 El Nido, Philippines

#133 of 136 B&Bs and inns in El Nido

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Review Score

Based on 38 hotel reviews

4.5

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    5.3

  • Comfort

    5.3

  • Location

    7.6

  • Facilities

    4.8

  • Staff

    5.7

  • Value for money

    5.8

  • Free Wifi

    7.5

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  • Reviewed: May 9, 2025

    3.0
    It’s worth it if you just use your room to sleep. I would never stay and chill in the room
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Basic Triple Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    It was dirty, the water stopped working for 5 h, no toilettpaper and dirty towels and dirty sheets

    Good spot

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: July 11, 2024

    4.0
    Disappointing
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Triple Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The room was dirty, floor was dusty, the mirror is not hanged on the wall. The table has leftover toothpaste from ither guests.

    It's close to everything.

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: March 16, 2024

    5.0
    Fair
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Double Room with Two Double Beds
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    It was in extremly noisy area, i couldn sleep , the music was from 20:00-4:00 in the morning

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: February 8, 2024

    5.0
    Fair
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Too noisy

    Close to the beach

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: May 2, 2023

    5.0
    Fair
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Standard Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    -Really loud neiborhood (bars/club etc)

    -Friendly staff (if you find them), helped us book our bus to Puerto Princesa. -cheap

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: February 13, 2023

    3.0
    Disappointed
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The stairs were dangerous, it was nosier than most hotels and there were no water for showering

    It were close to where we needed to be

    Stayed in February 2023

  • Reviewed: April 26, 2025

    1.0
    Total Scam & Filth – Nightmare Hostel with No Refund
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Triple Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    • Fake photos and description: the “hostel” is a dark, garbage-strewn corridor. • No room available: they had no record of my booking and offered zero alternative. • Filthy conditions: accumulated dirt, foul odors, and rubbish everywhere. • Useless staff: reception claimed they “couldn’t do anything” and provided no apology or solution. • Three days of silence: over 72 hours of complaints with no reply or refund. • Total loss of money: PHP 4,536 paid via PayPal and never refunded.

    Absolutely nothing; it was a complete lie from start to finish

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: March 23, 2025

    1.0
    Great location, extremely loud music up to 4AM, no make up / clean up room during the stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Travelers with friends
    • Double Room with Two Double Beds
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The place is due for a lot of maintenance, starting with lamps within the property, we also asked to make up / clean up the room on the 3rd day however even requesting nothing was done. The loud music is not their fault but it’s hard to impossible to sleep before the music stops at 4AM

    The location is great at the heart of downtown El Nido.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: March 21, 2025

    10
    I will return there when being in El Nido.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The hotel has a great location next to the beach and also bars, restaurants etc. The room was very clean, you have also a balcony and a place where you can dry your clothes outside. Inside there is a ventilator and also an air conditioner. The staff it’s very friendly and helpful. I was afraid because of the bad reviews but honestly it was just perfect and I don’t know why people are so mean when writing bed things. At first I had a 2 nights reservation and then I extended 2 night more.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: March 10, 2025

    2.0
    Very Poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Double Room with Two Double Beds
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Very noisy, club across the street goes until 4 a.m. everyday.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: March 3, 2025

    1.0
    Very Poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Two Double Beds
    • Stayed 6 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    We were given a room in this hotel overlooking the main street, it was terribly loud because of bars and clubs. Garbage was taken out in the morning. Even earplugs didn't help me. I asked to give us another room since we will stay in this hotel for five days. But we were politely answered no, what is hardly possible because everything has already been booked and they cannot change the room. It was the worst hotel I've ever been in, it was terribly loud and noisy.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: January 12, 2025

    2.0
    worst
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Triple Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    all

    nothing

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: October 4, 2024

    1.0
    I'm so dissappointed. We literally booked the world's most disgusting pension hotel. they doesn'
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double Room with Two Double Beds
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    clenliness

    it's pretty close to all establishment

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: July 16, 2024

    1.0
    Don’t do it!
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Basic Triple Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    We didnt get the room we ordered , the rooms was dirty and without sheets and with stinky smell

    Nothing it was the worst place i have ever slept at

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: April 2, 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Travelers with friends
    • Double Room with Two Double Beds
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The staff was sleeping when we arrived. We didn’t expected us tho as we booked on the same morning.

    Was close to the centre

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: February 29, 2024

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Travelers with friends
    • Double Room with Two Double Beds
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Don't expect too much, good Location, for young people who looking for night out all night and noise will not bother, they working on do much renovation ,

    Location best nice people

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: February 16, 2024

    2.0
    Very Poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    No water

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: January 24, 2024

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    [ noisy at night ( close to bars). There is no WiFi in the room (only in reception)

    The staff is very friendly. Located near bars and restaurants good value.for.money

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: January 5, 2024

    2.0
    Very Poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Standard Double Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Stairs to room are very danger. In room is very noisy i can't sleep. Right on other side is big disco. They play music loud and doors isolate so bad the sounds. Even lights go thfru the doors. Air condition doesn't work as should. Problem with water. No toilet paper and towels in room you need to go to reception and ask for it.

    Location is close to centrum of attractions. But that is also a minus.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: December 6, 2023

    10
    Great hospitality
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    N/A

    Location , price and specially the hospitality I was dealing directly with the owner and she is so flexible with check in and out timings etc

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: March 4, 2023

    1.0
    the location was great however it’s super loud with the music from the nightclub and smells very bad
    • Leisure trip
    • Travelers with friends
    • Standard Triple Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    it’s dirty, smelly and is across from a night club. you can hear the music as clear as if you were in it

    nothing

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: February 16, 2023

    1.0
    Though we came with not much expectation, still very disappointed with the place.
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Double Room with Two Double Beds
    • Stayed 3 nights

    We tried to communicate with the guesthouse in advance about tour booking and transport but they did not reply. When we arrived, they brought us to a one-bed room, saying that the twin-bed room with ocean view we booked was not available!!! And we paid for that room already when the booking was made! I was very upset and said I will complain to booking.com. They should respect their guests - once guests paid for the room, it should be reserved for the guests and should not be sold to other guests even when they offered to pay a higher price. But we had no choice as all rooms were fully booked, and at very late evening after a long travel from Puerto Princesa we were too tired to go out and find another place to stay. The bedsheet was not clean, no towels in the room, the shower was too weak and most importantly, there was no hot water, so I went to sleep dirty. The next day they apologized that they missed our booking therefore allowed a guest to extend their stay in the room we booked, and that the guest would check out soon and they will move us to that room. After the tour we came back, the room for the 2nd night was exactly the room we booked, and although the shower was still weak, at least there was hot water. But then the 3rd day things got bad again: no hot water, and then at night the water stopped running, no water for flushing the toilet at all. We went down to the reception at 7am but did not find anybody for help, so we had to use the water tap on the ground floor in the public area. About the staff, although they are very economical in terms of smiling, most of them were friendly and helpful, we appreciated that. Regarding the location, the guesthouse is in the most busy street, in close distance to restaurants and bars, but the noise from music in bars is very loud all the night (starts in the evening and stops at around 4-5am in the morning), so if one wants a quiet place or have difficulties with sleep, then you should choose another place.

    Stayed in January 2023

  • Reviewed: January 29, 2023

    1.0
    Dont go there!
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Double Room with Two Double Beds
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Soo noisy, right next to the club amigos who plays reggaeton till 4am, you have 2 hours to sleep till the trafic starts at 6am. It was very frustration with that club playing so loud music and all the drunk people walking by on the street yelling and screaming. Except from that they turned off the hot water all the time, even when you told them to turn it on they didnt. Wifi does not work on the top floor, the router is in the reception only, and its very slow even if you get connected. The TV is just decoration since they dont have any channels, they said wifi only, though with that slow wifi you will not becable to watch anything anyway. They say every room has a firealarm, as you can see mine was missing. The staff looked soo troubled everytime you asked for anything at all, toiletpaper, a towel or to turn on the water it looked like the world came crashing down on them. One time at 2pm when most guest are out suddenly my doorknob turned and the door slowly opened so i pulled it open and said what are you doing, they guy who is always there wearing a cap said oh sorry sir and showed me a broom like if he was cleaning, very weird since there was a lady who did the cleaning and why on earth turn my doorknob, watch the photo i took of my door and ask youself if they need to open the door to broom there, well you be the judge. The only one that was actually nice was the woman who also lives in denmark, I dont know if she was the owner but at least very friendly and nice to talk to. All in all, dont go there, rent something 200 meters in either direction, probably cheaper and you will get some sleep the further away from amigos you are.

    I did not like anything.

    Stayed in January 2023

  • Reviewed: May 3, 2024

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Two Double Beds
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    There are no comments available for this review

    Stayed in April 2024

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