| an ok hotel in boracay |
Guest Rating: 6.7 |
daniel H.
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United States
Other
Date of Stay: 05 Jun 2009 |
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2/10 |
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8/10 |
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6/10 |
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10/10 |
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8/10 |
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6/10 |
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room's nice and clean; a complimentary massage for staying bathroom's old and not impressive, a lot of hiking necessary to go to the hillside, the hotel is worn and tired looking The glory days of this hotel have definitely passed. While the room is clean and comfortable, the hotel is quite worn and tired looking. For those staying at the hillside, prepare for a lot of hiking and crossing the road! I don't think this hotel is a good value despite of its good location.
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| ONLY IF THERE IS NO OTHER HOTEL AVAILABLE.... |
Guest Rating: 3.3 |
noel M.
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Philippines
Business Traveler
Date of Stay: 27 May 2009 |
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2/10 |
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4/10 |
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2/10 |
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6/10 |
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4/10 |
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2/10 |
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no service, unfriendly staff, bad breakfast, no hot water. This is the worst hotel on boracay. Showers in your room are with either cold or colder water, not to mention the very low water pressure if you happen to be in a hillside room. Other than the receptionist who welcomes and checks you in there was not a single staff who smiled or said hello as they walked by. Don't make the mistake of using the pool - the water is so full of chlorine that your eyes and skin will burn for hours after a brief dip. Breakfast was cold and the entree choices pathetic - not worth getting up for. Oh by the way don't forget pack some patience as the hotel does not only limit guests to one beach towel, they also make you sign everytime you use one. If there is no other boracay hotel available but this one i would rather go to cebu.
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| Great stay |
Guest Rating: 8.3 |
merton D.
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United States
Couple
Date of Stay: 10 May 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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8/10 |
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10/10 |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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Courteous staff, great location if you like some quietness. We had a pool side room which was great. Great free breakfast. Good free massage. A little farther away from the night life but that's what we enjoyed. Not only for this hotel but the whole island is prone to electrical outages (we bought candles for this expectation which we did not regret.) Electrical adapter for the DVD player was missing. Lucky we brought our own. Closet and shower doors were hard to open and close. Showers has enough room for two to enjoy at the same time. This hotel is located at "Station 1." It's a little farther away from the night life but is within walking distance. We liked the distance because there is loud music at "Station 2" where all the night life is till late at night. There were not alot of people at the beach front which is nice. Most of the people congregate around "Station 2." I am planing to go back when I marry my Filipina wife from Quezon City. We had a great time getting to know each other with the quietness and semi-secluded distance of the "D Mall" and Station 2.
I have great photos of the area and like I said, my fiance' and I had a wonderful time there and it was worth every penny.
Hotel Feature Tip : Great location if don't mind a 10 minute walk to the night life area, but far enough away so you don't hear the loud music at night. Very close to beach. Beach chairs are for guests only. Very courteous staff!
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| Boracay white beach is Paradise |
Guest Rating: 7.7 |
greigor W.
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United Kingdom
Couple
Date of Stay: 12 Apr 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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6/10 |
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10/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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6/10 |
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The other half of the hotel across the road not on the beach. I just came back from Spending 2 weeks at the Pearl of the Pacific Hotel in Boracay. I stayed in a beachfront room on the first floor which was very clean and well kept. The manger of the Hotel was very attentive to my needs and the waiters were spot on. After exploring white beach i have to say i think that the Pearl of the Pacfic hotel has got to be the best location right beside willys rock. I defintaly recomend this hotel and i intend to retun on my next vacation. I do have to say though that i think a beach front room is essential when going to Boracay and staying at the Pearl of the Pacific.
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| fantastic resort |
Guest Rating: 10 |
lillet T.
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Couple
Date of Stay: 27 Mar 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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10/10 |
| Location: |
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10/10 |
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10/10 |
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10/10 |
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10/10 |
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10/10 |
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The Pearl of the Pacific is one of the coolest resorts in Boracay. Just improve the food and more events.
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| Pearl of the Pacific |
Guest Rating: 8.3 |
andrew E.
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Philippines
Couple
Date of Stay: 22 Mar 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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10/10 |
| Location: |
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10/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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6/10 |
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Location, friendly staff, big rooms, good cable tv. room access (had to take an elevator or golf cart). This is a great hotel. Its location at Station 1 is near Willy's Rock and grants you access to the best part of Boracay's beach while not keeping you too far away from D'Mall where all the good food is. Would definitely go there again! But this time hopefully in a room closer to the beach.
Restaurant Tip : Great breakfast at Tibraz near Red Coconut in Station 2.
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stian R.
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Norway
Solo Traveler
Date of Stay: 20 Mar 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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2/10 |
| Location: |
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8/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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4/10 |
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4/10 |
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4/10 |
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2/10 |
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At the arrival I was pleasantly surprised by the location right on the beach. Although it was right on the beach, it also was nice and quiet when supposed to. I had booked a room with pool accsess, which turned out to be a real waste of money. By pool accsess I expected to be able more or less jump directly from my room into the pool as I have been used to from other hotel. In this case I then would have to jump horisontally 10m from second floor.
The brakfast buffet was a real joke and absolutely not worth paying for. It turned out not even to be a buffet every day without any explanation of course.
The room itself had a nice bed and a new flat screen tv and dvd which I never even turned on. Everything else about the room was a disappointment! In short it was OLD and in desperate need of upgrading.
When checking out I was presented a bill sounding 1300pesos for something I still have no idea what was for. I didn't have time to argue...
All in all I will choose another hotel for my next stay on Boracay despite the location.
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| A Nice Resort to Consider |
Guest Rating: 7.7 |
chan K.
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Hong Kong
Couple
Date of Stay: 15 Feb 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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8/10 |
| Location: |
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8/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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6/10 |
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Stylish interior design with nice service~ The room is a little bit small. There are some negative comments about this resort before. But since this resort has done some renovation on the room, now the room has no problem and the service is nice. We got a free massage, necklace as souveneir, and a welcome drink. The reception staff is willing to help too.
I recommend this resort to you.
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| The Hotel |
Guest Rating: 9 |
alexander P.
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Philippines
Couple
Date of Stay: 08 Feb 2009 |
| Value for Money: |
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8/10 |
| Location: |
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10/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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10/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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10/10 |
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nice place,nice crew and stop. for me i dont see any weakness of the hotel, but anyway just keep the good pacilities arround the hotel its nice to stay at the pearl of the pacific, i can say that, coz' its my first time.although there is a little problem regarding the CR but they solve it verry quick. the best things for me i sleepwell at night with my GF. the stairs its too high but its good for exercise he he..
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| An Unexpected treat |
Guest Rating: 7.7 |
maria O.
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Philippines
Couple
Date of Stay: 21 Dec 2008 |
| Value for Money: |
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8/10 |
| Location: |
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8/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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6/10 |
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Very friendly staff, relaxing room (pool side), spacious beach front area with enough deck chairs, free breakfast and an unexpected spa treatment for 2! Hillside rooms are just too far to walk. They have an elevator but its quite scary to use. To be fair, they are planning to improve access via golf carts...just not sure when it will start to operate.
Insects in the bathroom that eventually went away on our second day. I have read horrifying reviews and saw some discouraging pictures about Pearl of the Pacific right after pre-paying for our 3-night stay. I wanted to cancel booking but glad that I didnt. As extra, I booked for Caticlan-resort transfers as well and was very pleased that we were well taken care of.
We had a hassle-free check-in complete with complimentary drinks and seashell necklaces. We were also given 2 complimentary spa treatments which we appreciated so much since it was unexpected. The ladies at the reception were very helpful and pleasant.
The room I booked was the pool side one and I was delighted to see that it was newly renovated/refurbished. It even has flat screen tv and dvd player.
Although you would have to cross a narrow street to get to the other half of the resort, it didnt bother us at all. They have staff on duty to make sure that you cross the street safely.
Breakfast wasn't so fabulous but it was alright to get you started. The juice that they serve is instant but the brewed coffee makes up for it. I just skipped on the juice the whole time because I just do not like the artificial taste of it. For lunch and dinner we just went to station 2 for more food choices.
The location of the resort is perfect for those with children since they do have a clean, spacious beach front area complete with chairs. There are still people trying to sell you souvenir items but not as much as in station 2.
I have booked us for island hopping and since the wind was quite strong that time the trip had to be canceled. I had no problem refunding my payment.
We had a pleasant stay altogether sop we're definitely coming back next year.
Travel tip : Just take a short tricycle ride at P10/person to get to station 2 where the better food places are. We enjoyed the barbecue buffets along the beach and the Chicken Inasal at D'Mall.
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| Good location |
Guest Rating: 5.7 |
uwe S.
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Germany
Couple
Date of Stay: 01 Dec 2008 |
| Value for Money: |
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2/10 |
| Location: |
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10/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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6/10 |
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2/10 |
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6/10 |
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The best of Pearl of the Pacific Hotel is the location at the Withe Sand Beach, the friendly staff and the nice Spa. The Deluxe Rooms are only standard quality and most of the items inside are old (except TV)and the bathroom with shower is old, dirty and destroy. It is one of the best location at the With Sand Beach but they have to made some news in the rooms. You need only a walk of 15 Minutes to the center of Withe Sand Beach where are many restaurants and shops.
Boracay is really a very nice place to relax.
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| so cool, pearl of the pacific. |
Guest Rating: 8.7 |
seongsoo K.
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South Korea
Couple
Date of Stay: 16 Nov 2008 |
| Value for Money: |
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6/10 |
| Location: |
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10/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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10/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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10/10 |
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10/10 |
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6/10 |
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impressive staff; they're very kind, good-looking :)
whenever i asked information about activities they responded with sincerity, and even connected me to activity service provider with reasonable commition fee.
next, my room was spacious and has great ocean view.
and the beach in front of hotel was so beatiful and peaceful.
i'm very satisfied with everything. well i couln't find any weakness of this hotel.
just when it comes to expenses, it was a bit expensive. impressive staff; they're very kind, good-looking :)
whenever i asked information about activities they responded with sincerity, and even connected me to activity service provider with reasonable commition fee.
next, my room was spacious and has great ocean view.
and the beach in front of hotel was so beatiful and peaceful.
i'm very satisfied with everything.
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| worst experience ever! |
Guest Rating: 3.7 |
mateo G.
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Canada
Other
Date of Stay: 28 Oct 2008 |
| Value for Money: |
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2/10 |
| Location: |
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8/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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2/10 |
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4/10 |
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4/10 |
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2/10 |
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that was an horrible experience for me!!!
when I arrived I had to wait almost two hours for my room to be ready and this was even not the categorie room I Had paid for.
the following day they upgrated me to a front beach room who end up beeing beside a room under construction, so it was impossible for me to rest at all!!!!
when i complain, the manager told me that it was the best he can offer!!!
I think that this hotel is the worst in the area, that the managing is everything but not profesional and that the price is really not relative to what you get!!!
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| NICE HOTEL |
Guest Rating: 7.3 |
eduvigis E.
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Spain
Other
Date of Stay: 20 Oct 2008 |
| Value for Money: |
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8/10 |
| Location: |
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10/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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6/10 |
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6/10 |
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6/10 |
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The best thing of this hotel is the location.\nThe rooms were big, nice and clean.\nthe staff were nice. The hotel need to be repair, the hall and the swimminpool are old.\n I liked this hotel it is just in front of the beach,the location is perfect, the rooms are nice and big, but the hotel is old, it need to be reapir.\nI dont recommed the hotel to old people, because the hotel have a lot of stairs.\nThe staff are very nice but they have pay more attention to costumers on the beach, and maybe the can put some music in the bar.
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| Nice hotel in Station 1 |
Guest Rating: 8.7 |
christine H.
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Canada
Couple
Date of Stay: 15 Oct 2008 |
| Value for Money: |
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8/10 |
| Location: |
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10/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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8/10 |
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8/10 |
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10/10 |
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location, best part of the beach for water and sand conditions. Good food. Far end of the beach away from alot of the action. THat could be a prop or con, depends on you. We had some trouble with the rooms, but after moving twice and upgrading to an ocean view room we were finally happy. The Pearl of the pacific was a nice hotel for Boracay. The being said standars in Boracay differ greatly from western hotels or even those in Thailand. The sheets and beds were very comfortable and clean, everything else was nice in its day but has obviouly been neglected over the years. Most rooms had nice new flat screen tvs, but no channels so a waste of money if you ask me. Money would be better spent maintaining the rooms. Most of the rooms are located off the beach at the back of the property, we hada few problems with those rooms, no hot water in one, no cold in the other, and of coure no view of the ocean. So we spent the extra and upgraded to an Ocean front room. Much nicer view but the room again was in need of a litlle TLC. That being said the beds were still very nice, clean and new. Which is always important that's were you spend most of your time when you in your room otherwise your on the beach. The Pool we never used as it was at he back ofthe property away from the beach. The food and drinks were excellent, you may pay more but your on the nicer end of the beach away from most of the venders trying to sell you stuff. Station 2 and 3 is were all the action is shopping, restaurants, pubs, atm, etc... I guess its all what your looking for. Other Hotels are much cheeper, book online you'll save a bundle.
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