La Mirada Hotel — Hotel in Lapu-Lapu

Stayed 4nights at La Mirada Residences||Airport pick up is courtesy by the owner (Ronald) |Airport to La Mirada Residences is about 25mins (depending on traffic)||Direction from places: |- The nearest supermarket to get your groceries (eg: water, tibits & etc ...) is 5mins drive but walk is about 20mins|- Sugbo Mercado Feast Market|(45mins - 18km)|- Osmena Peak |( 3hrs 24mins - 119km)|- Oslob Whale Watch|(3hrs 44mins - 145km)|- Tumalog Water fall |(3hrs 44mins - 145km)|(Via Oslob 9mins - 4.3km)|- Kawasan Water Fall |(3hrs 20mins - 121km)|- Balay sa Agta Cave |(2hrs 9mins - 85km + 1hr ride from the tourism office to the cave)|(Close for maintenance till 2019) ||Upon Arrival/Departure |- Pick up by Ronald’s Sister|- Checking in was easy cause it’s done by her |- Instructions given was simple & easy |- Check out was easy as well as we just need to drop the keys at the front desk (24hrs)||The Apartment |- Stayed at level 12|- Simple, nicely decorated with sea view, super quiet neighborhood & dark at certain area)|(Not advisable to walk alone for ladies or at night) |- Balcony is quite small cause the air con main units is there|- The living room has window panel which you can look out & enjoyed the view from the inside if you don’t want to stay outside |- The Kitchen is well equipped |(Note: spot 4 baby cockroaches at the kettle & kitchen table top area)|- Sea View can also be viewed from the bedroom nearest to the balcony |- Toilet was acceptable clean & with all towel folded & placed on the table top (BYO: toiletries)|- Room 2 next to the toilet is smaller but both room consisted of 1 queen size bed, small wardrobe, side table & lamp |(Bed firmness: Very firm)||Within the compound:-|3 restaurants |2 pools within the apartment is free|1 pool near the beach (100 Peso per pax after discount) to use both the pool & access the beach ||Beach 🏖 |Located at the Vista Mar Beach Resort & Country Club which is less than 3mins walk from the La Mirada Residences |Beach was a huge disappointment as there’s no operators offering water spot services (like Thailand or Boracay), only their in house service operator - certain services offered are expensive (eg: Oslob whale watching is PHP 9000 per pax)|There’s no sun deck chair with umbrellas for ppl to laze at the beach to suntan|House reef was a combination of sandy & rock bottom that offer little sighting of marine life ... (star fishes, 3bat fishes & some other little small fishes but plenty of sea grass)||Summary|- Ronald is very responsive|- He do provide services to the south at additional cost - do check with him|- Reasonable price for a decent apartment with sea view |- Overall...

The pictures I saw on another website made this hotel look fantastic with a sea view, but it's all a ruse. The hotel is in the middle of nowhere and there is no sea view because another resort by another name is blocking this hotel, but I believe it's owned by the same company. In the room there is no WiFi and it's more of suite than a hotel room. The room service was horrible. I ordered a sandwich and it was served in a styrofoam container. The room itself was so outdated, with old furniture and a door and lock that had me sleeping with one eye open. I had breakfast included in my room but it was in the other resort area and wasn't very good. Thankfully I was able to change hotels on New Year's Eve of all days and the one positive was the hotel only charged me for the one night I stayed there. But the hotel was nowhere near worth the $160.00 I paid for the...

The pictures look really great on the Internet but it is not how it really looks. Worn out. Outdated. In a really dark and sketchy end of neighborhood. No Internet except in lobby. No credit cards. Only accepts Pesos. Most of the items on the "room service" menu is not available. There is a full service restaurant - next door in another hotel but the food is barely tolerable and very small portions. We paid for full board to include meals but when you go to eat you are told that you can only have what ever is the "chef's decision". The power goes out if there is a storm and you sit in the dark until it comes back on. No one from the staff comes to check on you. Then there is the "extra fees" for calling a cab. About the only thing this place has going for it is the marginal views of cebu harbor. Rent...