Tablas Island Hotels

• sirenna
• Reviews: 260

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Rencio's, Odiongan: Sleepless Nights

We arrived at Rencio's exhausted after a day's travel, and just wanted a place to get a good night's sleep. As we were looking for affordable rooms, we were quite surprised at the P1300 price tag - steep by local standards, especially given the level of facilities.
The small room was clean, had air conditioning and a relatively comfortable bed, but aside from that was pretty basic. The lightbulbs were very dim and it was hard to read a book. The TV picture was so fuzzy it was hardly worth watching and it had no remote. There was no hot shower, the toilet was broken and they didn't provide us with towels.
The food in the restaurant was not bad, but service was slow and staff inattentive. It was possible to order San Miguel Beer, but not a lot else, not even a local rum and coke on the menu.
There's a small swimming pool (we didn't try this) and the hotel is surrounded by sludgy green-coloured fish ponds, which emitted a strong swampy odour.
The worst thing, for us, was the incredibly loud videoke in the bar/restaurant area, which not only ruined our dinner but also our night's sleep - totally unacceptable in a hotel.
We did notice another new-looking hotel in the Baywalk area of town, though sadly we'd already checked into Rencio's by that stage and didn't have time to tour the new one. There are nice ocean views at Baywalk, and a cosy little resto called Pearl's Cafe, so next time we're in town we'll choose that area instead.

• Opinion of Price: more expensive than average
• Written May 6, 2011

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• wjpepperell
• Reviews: 7

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August Inn: San Agustin

Another basic room, but for P200 who's complaining. My room had bunks as well as a single bed. very small rooms. Bed linen was supplied but you need to ask for towels. Rooms are upstairs, very steep! and a Dining area downstairs.

• Opinion of Price: least expensive
• Related to: Budget Travel
• Written November 21, 2010

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• wjpepperell
• Reviews: 7

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Beverly Hills: San Andres

This place is located on the main highway on the right, look out for the sign on the 2-3 storey building - pink. P500 with aircon. Again basic accommodation but as well as linen, they provided soap and basic toiletries. Watch out they close the gate at 11:30 so don't stay to long at the bars across the road. Shower head (Cold) and splash bucket.

• Opinion of Price: about average
• Written November 21, 2010

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• wjpepperell
• Reviews: 7

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Angelic Inn: Looc

Like most (all?) accommodation on Tablas, this is best described as backpacker. Pleasant rooms with either a Fan P300 or Aircon P400. Sheets, pillows and towels provided. No TV. Dining room with restaurant downstairs with quite a diverse menu. BYO coffee with hot water through water cooler.

• Opinion of Price: about average
• Related to: Eco-Tourism
• Written November 21, 2010

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• sirenna
• Reviews: 260

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Angelique Inn: Tablas Stopover

We stayed at this cosy little inn during our one-night stopover in Looc, Tablas Island. It is run by a nice friendly family, and rooms are reasonably priced - our small aircon room was P500 per night, and was basic but clean (and it's not often you come across a TV older than yourself!).
The restaurant serves passable Filipino food and it is better to stick with this than any attempts to recreate western style dishes.
We enjoyed the pork chops and fried chicken, and for breakfast, try a big plate of beefsteak tagalog with fried rice and egg.

• Opinion of Price: about average
• Related to: Backpacking, Budget Travel
• Written September 19, 2007

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• DODJIE
• Reviews: 4

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