Estancia Resort, Tagaytay

We read some previous reviews about Estancia Resort before booking our reservation - most were good. One mentioned the noise from construction going on. Well, the construction is still going on, but not an inconvenience at all. It was not noisy; if it's for improvements, then great! Actually, we booked a superior room through Agoda and when we checked in, we were given a bigger, better (Executive) room at no additional charge. I'm guessing due to the on-going construction, the superior rooms were being renovated. WiFi internet reception was good even down the hill in our room away from the WiFi central area. They gave us free internet service the first day - reasonable price thereafter. Fresh vegetables, especially the crisp leaf lettuce native to cool weather climates. Staff was professional and polite. Peaceful and quiet overlooking the beautiful view of Taal Volcano and lake. Plenty of local fruit/vegetable markets. Hotel is fairly far away via trike and bus to local malls (SM & Robinsons), but we're used to local transportation. Great therapeutic messages available for about $10 per hour - so good, the entire family got one. Pool was adequate, especially for our 10-year old daughter who "lives" in water.

This hotel in my opinion has to be the worst hotel in the Philippines. It is very old and hence the rooms are very moldy and musty. The beds are damp and they have bed bugs! We could not sleep at all and fortunately was able to be moved from our "executive" suite (the name does not suit it at all) to a smaller modern room. I would definitely not recommend this hotel to anyone.

Our stay at the hotel was comfortable and in-house service was outstanding. Major reconstruction work of the front building didn't bother our stay at one of the nipa nuts which offered great view of the Taal lake in a primary forest enviroment. Food was great too. Finally the ring shape swimming pool offered us all a relaxing dip during one hot and humid afternoon.