Guest User
August 22, 2022
I stayed here for 5 days. The views are incredible, the food is great, the room was excellent, the staff was generally helpful and friendly, I was also surprised how little we ended up spending on food after all that room service. Some gardens like Alejandra are walkable if you can stand the heat. There are a view things you'll need to expect though, when coming here. They don't take credit cards, so be ready to pay cash. There is no ATM anywhere nearby, Balamban may be the closest. There are no taxis on the mountain road, and the hotel can't help find you a ride. There are vans that run up and down the road intermittently but they're usually full and won't stop. If you don't want to hitchhike, plan transportation in advance. One other unavoidable thing is bugs and lizards. It's in the middle of the mountains and surrounded by jungle so this just needs to be expected. The room was clean and comfortable but they will get in, mostly ants. There was also a power outage in just our room, they weren't aware until we contacted them and they were able to restore power once they knew. A few menu items seemed consistently unavailable. Some contacts like "front desk" were not open/responsive much, but others like the restaurant would be able to help instead, it's a small and casual place with only a framework to be bigger, a bit wonky :) Again though, as a mountain retreat, it's amazing.