My partner and I stayed here for two nights and overall we thought it was great! Positives: This is one of the highest rated and expensive places to stay in Port Barton, so we expected it to be quite good. Compared with most accommodation in PB, it is modern and new. We loved the pool, which was great and refreshing when chilling there. Though this place is a bit further down the main Bonifacio street than most hotels/hostels, it is close to the Fat Cat Café, and only a 10 minute walk to the beach anyway, as PB is small. The room was lovely and spacious, and aircon worked well. The bed was comfy, and the balcony area is great for chilling! The bathroom is nice and spacious too, but the second day of our stay, we noticed the tap/toilet and shower water had turned very yellow. I don’t know if they pull the water from the local stream or if it is filtered at all but this was weird and worrying especially when showering. The toilet water was brown/black for that day and the final day we left. The bathroom also has a lot of bugs falling from the roof, as there is no false ceiling in there like in the room. There was a musty/musty smell in the bathroom the whole time. Obviously, we were in a small isolated town in the jungle, which still doesn’t have stable supplies of electricity or water, and they do their best to provide a hotel service. PB is getting more and more popular, so I assume a lot of infrastructure will be coming down the line to support sustainable development of the area. We loved the resident cats who are in and out and chilling. The staff were all lovely, and made us decent breakfasts and brought to our balcony to eat, which was lovely! There is a water refilling station which was great. We paid 50 pesos for the hotel to bring us to the bus station via tricycle, which was reasonable. Areas for improvement: Apart from improving the water situation is that the driveway in should be paved and street lighting if they can make this investment, as it becomes very swampy when it rains, and hard to navigate after dark with the phone torch. Additionally, for the breakfast, they should add the option of poached eggs to the breakfast menu.
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