Las Vegas Lodge & Restaurant — Hotel in Banaue

This is one of the most difficult reviews to write because we loved the hosts and it pains me that we can't give them an excellent review. During our stay, we were even invited to join in on a neighbor's Birthday party which he was celebrating in the Las Vegas Lodge, and we got to meet all the family of Las Vegas Lodge and their friends. Everyone was very friendly and super nice. The trips to rice fields were also very nice and without any issues. So hospitality I would rate as 8/10, day trips also 8/10, however, the rooms and accommodation, in general, was around 2/10.

The room was just 4 bare walls with a bed, a window (with a beautiful view) and just a light bulb. There was no electricity in the room, everyone has to charge their devices upstairs at the bar. Most of the toilets use a bucket flush (not uncommon in the Philippines). There was some kind of animal running inside the ceiling above our room all night long, it could have been a big rat or a ferret since it sounded really loud. We never saw the animal but this made it difficult to sleep, but the really bad part was - We had a scorpion in our room which we had to kill, and there was a spider the size of my palm on the toilet door right in front of our room (supposedly just a "house spider"). The spider might not have been dangerous at all, but we are not used to spiders of this size, but a scorpion is always really dangerous. Now, I understand that Banaue is in nature, and these animals can just be there and it's not easy to control them, however this really ruined our stay because we were terrified to enter our room or any toilet from then on. So if you want to stay, be ready for this and you'll have...

I find that it is the people that make travelling a pleasure and it is the people that make this accommodation and restaurant so wonderful. |Sure it is a 1.4 km walk uphill from the Tourism Centre in town, but it's 1.4 km DOWNHILL going back. Sure my single room was spartan with no window to the outside, but l only went to my room to sleep. Upstairs in the restaurant there are plenty of windows with a wonderful view of nature; I'm not sure what rooms in town would offer. Of course in March when l visited it was cold at night and the blanket provided was thin, but Celine readily found me two more blankets and l slept very well. The bathrooms are basic but certainly clean and YES there is hot water if you follow instructions. Since the water is heated as it flows through the heating element, the slower the flow, the hotter the water. Final note on the accommodation, I think an electrical outlet in the room to charge devices would be a big improvement but again Celine offered to charge my phone upstairs. I had a Globe SIM card and found my data reception was hit and miss in the mountains but l did get my messages on and off. As the sign says, there's no Wi-Fi so pretend it's 1995 and talk to people. And that's where l started my review - the people. Celine particularly looked after me with excellent meals, a tricycle to Batad and Bangaan, extra blankets, charging my phone, arranging for the CODA bus from Sagada to drop me outside Las Vegas and for the Ohayami bus to Manila to pick me up in the rain outside Las Vegas, and generally chatted with me as if l was family. Much appreciated and highly...

After having a very bad experience and unfortunate event in Manila , I arrived a day late to my booking at Las Vegas Lodge. I was greeted with a warm smile by Cloyd the Owner/Manager who was extremely friendly. He showed me to my room and within minutes arranged a private driver/tour guide to The Rice Terrance at a very discounted price. My Guide was amazing - i had a awesome day. The next morning Cloyd helped me to plan my day by giving me suggestions of things to check out (View Point, souvenir shops, local town, restaurants) . He wanted to make sure I make the most of my stay in Banaue. The Lodge itself is very clean, beds are very comfortable , HOT SHOWER (SO GOOD!!), Short walk into the local village ,Amazing views from the bedrooms, very warm/welcoming atmosphere- wish i could have stayed longer! Must stay if you are...