Name: Islandfront Cottages
Address: Sitio Lugadia, Palawan, Palawan, Palawan, 5313, Philippines
Rating: 6

Shopping on site

24-hour reception

Smoking areas

Ticket assistance

Gift shop

Express check-in/check-out

Garden

Television in lobby

Terrace

Fire Extinguisher

General

Non-smoking rooms

Room service

Family room

Rooms

Laundry

Safe-deposit box

Concierge services

Dry-cleaning

Luggage storage

Services and amenities

Breakfast

Common kitchen

Restaurant

Kitchen

Bottled water

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

Car rental

Airport transportation

Transfer services

Transfer

English

Languages Spoken

Tour assistance

Tourist services

Bike rental

Barbecue grill(s)

Picnic area

Barbeque

Recreation

Free parking

Parking nearby

Parking

Massage

Beauty and wellness

At the hotel

Room amenities

El Nido

Cesar Lim Rodriguez Airport

Islandfront Cottages

Palawan

child-bed

child-bed-fee

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king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

Rustic!! Hand built with bamboo, many years ago. Grab a beachfront room, worth the extra money. Only rooms to stay. I believe there is four facing the ocean at your doorstep, stepping down to the beach.. Family-owned, very old,  nothing fancy but clean, no bugs. Low water pressure was to be expected. I live in the Phillipines, scuba diving, this is my favorite place to stay. 4 hour bus ride from Palawan airport. It is the go to island for the locals.

Rustic old beautiful.

The rooms are basic and the bamboo walls super thin, so you hear every little noise your neighbour makes. The staff is friendly, but if you need something, better speak directly to the manager who is extremely helpful. For what we paid we didn‘t expect more and enjoyed our stay, although we did not like El Nido that much.

Good value for money

Stayed here for 2 nights, and we stayed on the second floor.
Upon check in advised that the water is not suitable for brushing teeth which made me slightly dubious to our start of our stay here.
The Room was clean upon check in, we stayed in Deluxe double room with Sea view.
Nice balcony.

Please note:
The walls are so thin here, you can have a conversation with the guest next door or enjoy his loud TV as well THROUGH THE WALL
The room next door was vacant the next day which was a blessing as it was slightly surprising how thin the walls are.

Yes the View of the sunset was worth the stay here.

The bed was comfortable. the Mosquito net worked, as no bites occurred.
The shower worked, although not a lot of water pressure,

The Breakfast is next door, and you get a voucher from reception to collect the breakfast at the next door restaurant.
Good breakfast we both agreed.

No room service unless you ask, which after a day of island hopping surprised me to see the room not touched or made up.
No Fridge in the room, and the Aircon worked well.
Got some extra towels no problem.
The Hotel arranged for us the Island hopping,the extra fees were explained, and we understood that.
The Hotel also arranged for a van to Puerto Princessa after our stay, and no issues with that and we made our way back to there after our stay here.

The Closest ATM from here is around 10 Minutes walking or 5 Minutes by Tricycle.
I would stay in Corong Corong Beach again, but perhaps with soundproof walls next time.
Close to plenty or restaurants and the bus terminal, but as mentioned before, inspect the room before you check in to ensure you know what you are in for.

The staff were young yes, but always wanting to help or explain any questions we had.

Good location but not as it seems in some photos.Inspect the room before check in.

Basic, but clean room. We didn't have to ask for new sheets, but we received them after 3 nights. They were very welcome!
It would have been nice if the staff also cleaned up the beach in front of the beach bar. There was a lot of garbage. 

Rooms are dark and cluttered with decorations. Holes in the walls and ceilings. We experienced cockroaches and a rat during our visit. Lizards as well, but that is to be expected.

Staff is nice but needs better training. 

Bathrooms are old, hot water inconsistent. 

Scenic location on the beach, but not good for swimming. 

Breakfast is good.  Self serve drinking water and coffee available. 

WiFi is OK, but in lobby only.

This place could be great if the rooms were remodeled to be much simpler, allowing for easier cleaning. Need management that is committed to maintenance and cleanliness.

I know this is in a rustic location and I had fairly low expectations at this price point. However, I feel we could have stayed at a cleaner place for about the same rate. 

We had a great time in El Nido. Could have been better if rooms were properly maintained and rodent free.

Needs maintenance, cleaning, and staff training

This hotel is without doubt the worst place I have ever stayed. From beginning till end it was a complete disaster. We arrived on day one in time for check in and was told our room hadn’t been cleaned (the pictures are not representative at all and most are of a different hotel), we waited over an hour for this to be completed. No one actually bothered to tell us it was ready and we had to go back to reception a while later and get the key. The rooms are very dark with no view of the beach just a building site and the constant smell of sewage. The shower, toilet and sink continuously stopped working. In 3 days we must of called down to reception about 5 times just to fix this. There are huge gaps in the walls so we encountered a rat which brought in rubbish and left it in a pile in our room. We booked a boat tour through the hotel, they took our money and said we needed to pay extra for the environmental licence which we obviously agreed to. We were given no receipt and when we got on the boat the next day they had no record of our booking however kindly agreed we could stay on. We decided to book our next tour through another agency who said we can use the same environmental licence we purchased previously as these last for 10 days. When we asked the hotel for this licence they could not produce it. We were told to come back later to which we replied that we wanted our money back for this as they had clearly not purchased it or paid for the previous boat trip. After a few hours they agreed to refund us for the licence. The way we were treated from start to finish was appalling. We were meant to stay for 6 nights but had to leave after 4 as it was just ruining our time. I can see from below reviews that the hotel writes that they are always willing to help when problems arise but this is completely untrue, we went countless times and nothing was done. They also change the wifi at least everyday to stop guests using it. There are plenty of places to stay in El Nido so do not pick this one as you will not have a happy stay.

Worst hotel ever

We stayed at a new part they’re building. It was a construction site. Our room had 3 big spiders that were dead (so they not clean the room properly?). 
The water stopped working like three times, every time we told the staff it was is at they got angry at us. No hot water, even though we told the staff. The WiFi wasn’t existing. Told the staff and they said they didn’t fill it up and they “don’t know”. If the staff would have been a bit nicer it would have made so much difference. 

Also the tourist bureau next door, the woman is very friendly but unreliable. We were supposed to meet her two days in a row at her place and she was 1 hour late, we didn’t know if we would catch our ferry or not even though we texted and called her, no response. 

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