RedDoorz @ Island Front Cottages El Nido — Hotel in El Nido

I was staying in Porto Princesa and had to book at the last minute. I was able to confirm it quite easily and it looked pretty good on the website.Its not the fanciest of hotels or the newest but I does have some good things going for it. 1. Its not in town, its right on the beach.2. We got fantastic sunsets, which you cannot get in town due to large mountain. I am not a sunrise person.\3. Access to tour boats was easy, right outside my hotel/4. Some good restauants were close by, not as much in town , but ok5. Town center was only a 10 minute, trike ride away. All in all, my experience with Red Doors was pretty good, air con worked ok, bathroom was clean, bed was comfortable, I had plenty of space in my room and best of all, I opened my door, ( ask for room 19) and the beach was literaly 10 feet...

We booked a room with airco but when we arrived we got a room without, we could change the room but for 1000 pesos a day extra. So we paid 3000 pesos a night what is way to much. I went to the bathroom in the night and got biten a lott by red ants, the next morning we figured out there was a ant nest in our room and still a big piece of chicken legg under a table. When i complain about it the guy in the recepsion told me it's normal! After there was a big rain and our cottage became a shelter for a lott of insects. After 2 nights we checked out, going to another place in el nido, we had the last breakfast there. After 1 hour my girlfriend started to vomit and me 2 hours later. We where sick for 2 days. Never ever again we stay in Island...

The rooms are ramshackle, but everything works. Ours had an astonoching view and large balcony, amd breakfast is served each morning a stones throw away from the sea. The staff are lovely, and overall the hotel has a very welcoming vibe. They even brought us medicine when we had food poisoning.

The only thing I didn't rate highly was the food. The have an advert for a veggie restaurant outside, and a huge menu of vegetarian products including seitan amd tofu... but never have any of it. They have about 10% of items on their menu, and that's pizza, chips, salad and spring rolls... they need to update that menu! As a veggie I was really...