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The staff was super friendly and always helpful. From asking to hang our wet towels somewhere to dry to assistance in ordering Pizza, they made it happen. The room was cozy and rather new, with comfy beds. In terms of location, my tip for everyone wanting to arrive by bus: Buy a ticket to “Badian” (pronounced Badjan) instead of Moalboal (its very cheap from the South Bus Terminal in Cebu City btw.). Then have the bus drop you off at Poblacion, which is the main “square” where there is a market and the mini buses start throughout the day for various destinations. The Hotel is actually a village further south than Moalboal. It is far less touristy there, which was great and even a bit closer to the south and just 15-20 mins from Moalboal. There is one motor scooter rental place on the parallel street to the hotel where we rented a brand new scooter too, to discover the surroundings.

Although the Air-condition was working and great, it was at first a bit difficult to operate, and to turn it warmer. There is no remote control to the Aircon, and it has to be done manually at the unit. But we got there in the end.

The Staff were welcoming, flexibel, uncomplicated, helped us changing our booked room to another one, showed us where to hang our wet clothes, guiding us to a restaurant nearby, and organising a massage therapist.

The room was so small, we barely had space to put our stuff. The bed was really small for 2 big people. The bathroom was always clogging and not clean. The location was right in the market, it was very noisy from early morning until late night. Badian is definitely for locals and Moalboal is for tourists. We definitely made an error choosing Badian where there was practically no variety of restaurants.