Near Bounty Beach, Daanbantayan, Cebu, 6300 Malapascua Island, Philippines
#34 of 37 hotels in Malapascua Island
Guests' ChoiceBased on 48 hotel reviews
7.5Cleanliness
7.6
Comfort
7.5
Location
8.7
Facilities
6.9
Staff
8.5
Value for money
8.3
Free WiFi
7.5
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Reviewed: 13 April 2025
Jon
France(1) There's very little sound insulation (against cockerels crowing seemingly-constantly 5am-7am - but this is not a problem if you're diving, because dive boats leave at 6-630am). (2) The private ensuite bathroom is the tiniest I've ever seen, with very low water pressure (probably due to scarcity on the island) (use bucket & dipper for showers!). (3) The free wifi does not reach every room (but you can sit in the common area).
Cheap, centrally-located (adjacent to an ATM and the market square), has air-con, and the staff are very friendly.
Stayed in April 2025
Reviewed: 4 April 2025
James
United KingdomStayed in 3 places in Malapascua, this firmly meets the bill and has good AC
Stayed in March 2025
Reviewed: 12 March 2025
Anisha
United KingdomComfortable, great location and great price
Stayed in March 2025
Reviewed: 12 March 2025
Anisha
United KingdomComfortable, great location and great price
Stayed in March 2025
Reviewed: 12 March 2025
Anisha
United KingdomComfortable, great location and great price!
Stayed in March 2025
Reviewed: 11 March 2025
Renae
AustraliaThe villa is small but clean and comfortable. The staff were very friendly. We loved the porch.
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: 18 February 2025
Trania
PhilippinesLocation is quite near to the market.
Stayed in February 2025
Reviewed: 15 February 2025
Morgane
FranceThe shower water takes a long time to evacuate and the WiFi is bad from time to time
Next to ATM and market, pretty houses, simple but efficient
Stayed in February 2025
Reviewed: 10 February 2025
Kim
PhilippinesWater interruption. There are times that there is no water and sometimes it’s running low.
Stayed in February 2025
Reviewed: 8 May 2024
Ronald
United StatesPower was out on island for most of our stay making it difficult to see at night and uncomfortable to sleep without AC. This was no fault of hotel but was very disappointing. I would avoid Malapuscua Island until power issue resolved.
Price, AC, staff
Stayed in May 2024
Reviewed: 13 March 2024
Yasmin
United KingdomNothing to dislike
Great value for money, really good location, staff were lovely
Stayed in March 2024
Reviewed: 9 June 2023
Rocel
PhilippinesThe bathroom. Not sure if it's too small or the toilet bowl is not in the right place.
Stayed in June 2023
Reviewed: 6 April 2023
Clelia
FranceThe stay was really amazing, we finally stayed 5 nights instead of 3. The cabins are so cute, a bit old but clean. The location is amazing as you are really close to the markets, with really good and well priced food, close to the beach and to the pier. We loved the island ❤️
Stayed in April 2023
Reviewed: 22 March 2023
Will
United Kingdomno hot water
lovely place in good location
Stayed in February 2023
Reviewed: 6 March 2023
Clara
SpainThere was a charge to refill water bottles. The room was very humid and sometimes had an intense smell.
Nice to have an individual house and be able to hang towels and swimming suits outside in the porch.
Stayed in February 2023
Reviewed: 23 January 2023
Camilo
ColombiaUpon arrival they told us that they were going to move us to another hotel for one night. To which we did not agree because the agreement in the reservation was not fulfilled, luckily after speaking with the owner, they resolved the issue and gave us the correct room. It was a very awkward situation. Very bad WiFi.
Location and privacy room. Good cleaning.
Stayed in January 2023
Reviewed: 22 January 2023
Lisa
Germanywarm water would have been nice :)
nice seating area outside, food market with barbecue very close
Stayed in January 2023
Reviewed: 4 December 2022
Sofia
Spainall good
i loved this little house, was clean and next to the market that is essencial for breakfast, lunch and dinner. good value for money
Stayed in November 2022
Reviewed: 20 October 2022
Kevin
GermanyThe stuff could be more friendly, especially the owner !!
Cheap price for that what you get. There is an AC if you book it with AC. For just sleeping inside its totally enough.
Stayed in October 2022
Reviewed: 28 September 2022
Johanna
SwedenWould have loved some more hangers and shelves in the room and bathroom since the room is so small.
Cute little room. Bed comfortable. Staff nice. We had both fan and AC. Location is very central, close to the market, just a 5 min walk to the beach. The rooms are in a little garden. For the price, we are very happy with what we got!
Stayed in September 2022
Reviewed: 11 July 2024
Moises
United KingdomThe place itself seemed okay in the photos. When I arrived the room seemed cleaned but after careful inspection I could see that the floor was dirty and the whole place smelled damp. During my last night I found that under my bed I had a big rat.. I tried to call someone to assist me to put the rat out and there was no one after 11pm there to assist me. I couldn’t expel the rat from the room so I didn’t sleep the whole night. When was morning time I left and there was no one in the reception area around 10am. The worse experience avoid this place at all cost.
Stayed in July 2024
Reviewed: 31 May 2024
Victoria
ArgentinaSo so so dirty Dark Super small Noisy aircon The wather smell so bad Insects
Stayed in May 2024
Reviewed: 9 May 2024
Gyorgy
ChinaOn the second night, I woke up because something was climbing across my body. After I swept it off from me and switched on the lights, I found it was a huge cockroach. Then we tried to sleep back, which was not too easy as my girlfriend had cockroach phobia. After I switched off the lights, we heard noise again. When I switched on the lights again, there was another big cockroach on the ceiling. After killing it, we asked for a new room, but they couldn't provide it, so we got an insect spray from the receptionist. After using the spray, a lot more aunts, small and big cockroaches, and other insects climbed out from the walls and ceiling. I spent more than 3 hours cleaning, and then we tried to sleep back, but it was a horrible experience. My girlfriend was totally freaked out, and we were exhausted. In the morning we woke up with even more insects and aunts in the room. For the next night we got another room, the receptionist guaranteed that there will be no cockroaches because they haven't experienced it in that room earlier (only in the rest of the rooms). Btw the accommodation offers AC, but 2 nights out of 4, we didn't have electricity, so we couldn't use them, and these small bungalows can be really hot without a fan or AC. So I recommend choosing other types of accommodations made by brick or stone which at least can cool down a little bit at night. Ofc we asked for a refund, but we didn't get any.
The location is really close to the central area.
Stayed in May 2024
Reviewed: 13 March 2024
Sofia
AustraliaThe water in the bathroom doesn't drain after your shower. You have to stand in the puddle while brushing your teeth! They offer coffee sticks but no cream/milk to go with it.
The location was the only good thing. Very close to the food market about 30 meter walk. Lynlyn the reception/admin - was also attentive and helpful. She organized our transport from Maya port to Cebu City.
Stayed in March 2024
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