El Haciendero Private Hotel — Hotel in Iloilo City

Stayed here for five nights in January. Choose it because I needed to be in this area of Jaro.||||I'm not sure why it is called a "private hotel". Essentially, it is a pension house (or quite similar to one) so if you are happy with those types of amenities (i.e., just need a place to sleep with a bathroom) there are cheaper pensionnes in the area. Or for the same rate as El Haciendero you can probably find a better hotel somewhere else in Iloilo if you don't particularly need to be in Jaro.||||Our room was tidy but could have used a good scrubbing (floors kinda filmy, bathroom could have used a good scrub). Small, basic bathroom facilities which is fine, but the shower pressure was terrible (although the water did get really hot which was nice). It was difficult to wash my hair with the lack of shower pressure. Needed to ask the cleaning staff to turn down the room - they didn't do it routinely each day (which was fine, but why call it a hotel?). Some of the towels we used were gross (stained and frayed).||||The mattresses are a basic light-medium density foam. I didn't mind them but my husband found them super uncomfortable so after the 5th night we moved to Smallville 21 Hotel (twice the cost but much nicer) .|||| If this place was priced about 20% less (in range with other pensionnes in Jaro) it would have felt like fair value and adequate for the price. Really there is no reason to stay here unless it's for the particular location. Even then there are other similar accommodations in the area, or better value for the money elsewhere in Iloilo. If I go back, I will probably stay at the new Go Hotel in Iloilo. I stayed at one in Manila and it was the perfect combination of value and functionality in a hotel room. Incredibly, their rates are also currently lower than at...

The hotel is not in the city centre yet it is accessible to public transportation so not really a biggie unless you want a busy environment. It is walking distance to Robinson's Jaro Mall so it is very likely that you can buy anything you need from there including "pasalubong" because there is a Biscocho Haus stall in that mall. You can even watch a movie if you have time to spare.||||Staff are friendly and accommodating. They let us hung out in the lobby when we were already checked out and they kept our luggage because we had a late evening flight. No elevator though, so this could be a problem for those who don't like using the stairs. Also, the free breakfast is actually from Jollibee with only 4 breakfast meals to choose from. ||||There were towels, small soap, shampoos in sachet provided. Kind of weird though that no toilet paper was given. Not sure if it was an oversight but we were just too lazy to go down and ask for one. They don't have a phone in the room too. But...

I arrived early in the morning and requested for early check-in. The front desk staff called someone and asked me to wait for the "manager". When the manager came, I asked if I could check-in early so that I can go on a full-day tour, if there's any available room. It was breakfast hour and their restaurant looked empty. She offered to store my luggage while I go out. That did not do the trick as I needed to rearrange my belonging and get ready for a tour.||That hiccup was just the beginning. The security guard was very attentive. He did not fail to open the door for me every time I headed out. I came to know that he was on a 24-hour shift and it was so impressive.||Location is not the best, I had to take taxi to go to any shopping mall, spa or dining places. Not recommended...