White Villas Resort

Very nice, clean and cozy! Value for money... we enjoyed our stay there! Breakfast options were also reasonable...

Очень комфортное проживание. Ухоженная красивая, хорошо озеленненная территория.

We got a room in a cute little cottage. Everything was clean and the resort had a nice ambiance. The resort offers immediate beach access and a nice pool, including sitting opportunities on both. During low tide it's possible to walk out further and find out what is hiding in the mud and shallow water. Sadly it's impossible not to notice the plastic that gets flushed to the beach. The restaurant was wonderful and the food and drinks were excellent. The staff were nice and when we had to leave early on our last day they agreed to make us breakfast before the time the restaurant usually opens. Generally a very good experience, including Siquijor itself. The island can be explored within a day, we had a tour guide (from Dumaguete) who showed us around. My favorites included the Balete tree, Cambugahay Falls and the underground cave.

We stayed for four nights at White Villas and would have happily stayed longer. The rooms are comfortable and tidy. Of the four hotels we stayed at in the Philippines, this was easily the best mattress. The pool is lovely and has a great view of the beach. The beach is not suitable for swimming as the water is extremely shallow and at low tide a lot of rocks are exposed; however, the beach has soft white sand with towering palm trees and is great for a beach walk. The location is very good for access to other restaurants and shops. I cannot say enough about how helpful the staff at White Villas was! They helped us book a tour, ferry tickets, and tricycles. They lent us a sewing kit one evening to repair a minor tear, and were incredibly accommodating all around. The one drawback was that the food was just ok. Breakfast was plentiful but average, and the lunch/dinner menu items were underwhelming. Better food would have earned White Villas five stars.

Let's start with the fact that I arrived at the hotel at 6 in the evening and stood for ten minutes in front of an empty reception desk. One of the workers came and took a photo of my driver's license on his phone (it is not clear why) it should be printed on a printer and not be circulated on the employees' phones. They brought me up to a room that looked fine and then they told me that this is my room. Suddenly, I see a chameleon so I asked him to throw it out of the room, and he didn't quite understand the propose of the request and squinted his eyes. After that I suddenly noticed that there were mosquitoes and flying insects all over the room and I saw 3 more chameleons. At this moment I informed him that I will not sleep in this room so he turned on a fan and tried to chase them away. He said that the guest who was before did not close the windows and that is why this is the case. When I entered the room everything was closed, either the cleaner who was cleaning didn't really clean or he just lied. After that they transferred me to the villa because it was the only room that was available. After talking to some woman on the phone she said something to them and they took me out of the villa with my luggage and told me that there is no room available, and that they would take the chameleons out of the room. Of course I didn't agree because you can't really trust them that they will clean the room from chameleon. I moved to another hotel for a lot of money because they didn't leave me a choice and they didn't solve my problem. After I spoke with Agoda, that was the one that help me. Agoda brought me a partial refund for the booking. Because the hotel simply did not agree to give me refund on the grounds that it was a last minute cancellation!!! even though they did nothing to help me. If all this is not enough while I was sitting in front of them and looking for another hotel they was laughing in Filipino. The guard (the oldest of them) said to me what are you from Israel? So are you Jewish? Jewish? I didn't understand how all this was relevant to the conversation and why it makes him laugh but it was very humiliating. Four people laughing at me and I’m alone and no one trying to help. The photos and videos appear on Google for all those interested. If you want a hotel that does not treat its guests and degrading them, go there. you have been warned!

Unfortunately we never made it to the hotel due to a dramatic personal situation. However, we want to write this review to thanks Jens and Edna for their help and understanding when we had to cancel our booking last minute. We hope to come back in the future and be able to thank you in person! ❤️