Mountainside Inn — Hotel in El Nido

My wife and I stayed here for 3 nights. The accommodation is more of a family run Homestay rather than a hotel. |Cons:|Rooms are very small even for a couple with limited luggage. Bathroom is even smaller, with the shower almost on top of the toilet. In addition the toilet did not have a seat cover means the entire place is wet after use. Lighting in the room is very dim, and you wouldn't be able to draw the curtains as our room window opened onto the main staircase, which was not ideal.|It's a budget friendly place if you just planning to sleep when you get to the room. But as you most probably will be Island hopping during the day, chances are you will need to dry your clothes in the small room making it very musty with no ventilation.|Pros:|The property on the whole including the room is clean and well kept. The staff are friendly helpful and polite. They help organise tours and even replenish any towels or toilet tissues you may need. Coffee available to make at any time as well as hot and cold drinking water.|Loved the little breakfast area in the morning. As the hotel is about 50m from the main road, it's quieter and nice to have a coffee in the morning hours. Internet was quite good as well and we had no issues with it. Fan and Aircon in room. Location if the hotel is about 4 mins walk to the beach and island hopping tours, and several eating options along the way. |This is a budget friendly homestay and it's important for guests to make that distinction before booking. Overall a...

El nido is a town with high accomodation prices when compared to the rest of the Philippines. My wife and I found a limited range of mid range options so were lucky enough to find this place for 3 nights back in April 2019. Here are a few of my thoughts.||||PROS||* Cost/Value - Although the accomodation was a bit basic, the price of 45AUD (roughly 30USD) was quite good when compared to the competition||* Location - It was located in the centre of el nido town which was good for access to restaurants, bars, etc which were within walking distance. We were also able to walk to and from the port. ||* Off street - One of the big issues with accomodation in el nido town is noise from the street. This accomodation was great as it was located BEHIND the building that was adjacent to the street, down a side alley. Therefore, you didn't get street noise.||* Wifi - Worked surprisingly well.||* Service was good enough staff were friendly.||* Room - Basic and small but the bed was comfortable enough and the air conditioner worked fine||||CONS||* No hot water but given the water come out hot this doesn't matter.||||Overall this is a good option for budget...

Honestly if there is electricity 24/7 the place is a gem. However, when power is out the place is horrible. They have a generator but refused to turn it on for a fully booked house. It was 30C out at night and no fan or AC available. We open the window and there's a neighbors generator right outside sending all the fumes right inside our window... When we went down to ask them to turn on a generator they said no because they would run out of fuel... your place is fully booked... go buy some. It's crazy how little they would do to satisfy the customers. We had to leave our room at 3 at night because it was unbearable. We asked if anything was open and the lady said no it's late. We still went out and there is literally a 24h bar across the street... at least after arguing they gave us a refund for our 4 day stay with a little cancelation fee. Also later in the night the father of the family turned on the generator which we really appreciated even if the lady said they...