ALFA Garden Lodge

The room was nice

Water from the shower it's brown and smeel bad When I let them know they told it's impossible because they have UV filter😒

Nice room

Water was brown and smell so bad

The balcony with garden view was nice. We were able to rent a motorbike with the hotel. They let us leave our big luggage there for one night while we were in Darocotan island.

The picture of the room has a fan but there was no fan in our room, which would have been appreciated so as not to sleep with the AC all night. There is a water problem in El Nido so the water comes out brown, pretty disgusting but not just this hotel’s problem. I highly suggest not brushing your teeth or cleaning your face with tap water. The hotel provides free drinking water.

The garden and porch were lovely.

The water is brown. So not so nice.

Location is good.

The room that we stayed in needs some urgent plumbing attention. The water was not working for most of the two days we were there. Staff said it had been fixed at one stage... But it stopped running again after 20 minutes. Old style air conditioner was difficult to get right

Staff was friendly and helped us with everything we needed. Close to Corong Corong beach. Room was very clean, no bugs or anything like that.

Place is older, water pressure in shower was horrible. Water from faucet and shower was brown and smelled like rotten eggs. Toilet didn’t flush very well. There was some construction for some Survivor show right across the path from us. Woke up at 7am every mornin to hammering, saws going, banging and lasted ALL DAY every day.

The location is perfect if you want to avoid the traffic and the chaos in El Nido, it is just a 10 minutes ride to where all the tours leave from. The property is on a side street of the main road and basically attached to Coron Coron beach, a little gem which is almost always deserted. Beth is extremely nice!

It was just outdated, especially the bathroom.

We stayed at Alfa Garden Lodge for a week. So I can say that my review will be quite objective given the long stay. The strengths of this accommodation are: -The location. The beach is only 70 metres away where there are all the restaurants and bars. -The staff is very friendly, welcoming and smiling. -The room was clean

The list will unfortunately be quite long: - The room is not cosy at all. It is neglected. The ceiling crumbles, the mattress is not there, there is only a layer of Foam. The bathroom lacks a shelf for soaps. There is no armchair, or hanger, or hook, or drawers that would make the room tidier. Rather there is an armchair that takes up space and makes no sense. We had unpacked luggage and had clothes everywhere all the time. The sheets are made of plastic, I understand that they dry sooner once washed but sleeping on them is a nightmare, I asked to them to replace the bedsheets and they gave us plastic ones again which fortunately were slightly better. From the owner I expect minimal expense for these little things that make a difference. -In 7 nights they emptied our bins and changed our breakfast cups only once and only because I asked for. I understand that this is not a 5 star hotel but a minimum of attention was expected. -The running water stinks and stains your clothes if you try to rinse them, I would advise against it. The shower pressure in the evening is not enough to wash yourself, you have to ask to increase the pressure each time. -The air-conditioning cannot be kept on at night because it is very noisy, plus it either freezes or you die of heat. -This is not the fault of the facility, but in front of the accommodation someone is building something, so early in the morning work starts and noise from construction machines. This place is worth less than 32€ per night.

Price

No water pressure. Rooms are small you get what you paid for