HOTEL Villa Angelina — Hotel in Legazpi

Was not planning on staying in Legazpi, so this was one of those last minute, same day selections. Was pleased to see that the shuttle van was there to pick me up (though this would be an issue the next day when it was time to leave). Seemed sort of an out of the way place (but then, so do a lot of the hotels in the P.I's.) When you walk in and the first thing you see is that spiral staircase, you know it's one of those, "looks like I'm walking" moments. But then you are met with the simple elegance of the parlor/dining area, with plenty of lounges and chairs for one's comfort. Also, for the coffee drinkers, there is the welcoming aroma of coffee brewing in the coffee maker. Your body immediately goes into relax mode. The room was spartan, but utilitarian. with just enough bare bones amenities to get you through a one night stay. Enjoyed having a nice large window in the room. Many places I've stayed, I've been in windowless rooms. This might have been one time when I wish I had a windowless room, as I had to spend most of the night listening to a karaoke machine playing nearby. The bathroom was clean, and, compared to other budget hotels, quite large. The free wifi was constant. ||||Had some trouble communicating with the young man at the front desk though. He seemed sullen and a little uncooperative. Perhaps it was the language barrier. Who knows, maybe he just didn't like me.. And the lizards on the wall, and the lizard droppings on the window sill didn't do much to endear me to the hotel either. Nor did the time I went downstairs to the front desk and finding no one, going to the staff lounge/work room, and finding it empty too. Not the most reassuring of moments when you can't find an hotel employee when you need one. And as I mentioned earlier, when it was time to head to the airport, to find that the hotel suddenly didn't have a shuttle van was frustrating. But you get what you pay for, so you roll with it and keep...

We arrived in Legaspi after a 10-hour bus ride from Manila, took a tric, the tric driver was very friendly and helped me and my 2 friends to look for a place to stay at 4 am in the morning. It was the week before the Palarong Pambansa and most of the hotels and inns were already fully booked. Since we were all tired we settled in this Hotel and I said I will just talk to the person in charge in the morning for everything, just let me take a quick nap since I am sooo tired from the trip so the the guy staff said that he will just forward our charges to the person who will be in charge in the morning. 3 hours after checking in I was having my coffee and a girl approached me and said the check out is 12 pm. I said ok I'll go ahead and talk to them about how long we are going stay and pay. After 15 minutes, my friend said that she was approached again by the staff that we need to pay already this is around 8 am in the morning. ||We arrived 4am decided to checked out at 12 pm We pay the whole day PHP 1800 no discount no, no receipt. There were 3 person who booked before us and they provided a lower rate. As a well travelled person, I understand how a 5 Star Hotel and Backpacking Inns works and provides service, this place has nice clean rooms with dirty toilet bowl water and not working electric outlets inside the room. I would not recommend this...

We found it difficult to find a hotel in Legazpi City which could accommodate four people in a room and ended up booking this one. Firstly, the location is not ideal - the tricycle rider from the bus station didn't know where it was - it is situated at the end of a very poorly lit little road which raised safety concerns when out at night. It is in Old Albay where there are a handful of places to eat but not much going on. The main issue was the room itself - it was very spartan, not particularly clean and the shower was cold. Our room was on the fourth floor and we had to lug our luggage up a very narrow staircase. The staff didn't bother to clean our room whilst we were there and we had to ask for extra toilet paper when we ran out. It rained when we were there and this leaked into the room, leaving pools of water on the floor. The aircon was pre-historic and the TV was small with poor reception. In terms of other facilities there was no food available at all and the 'free' wifi was simply appalling. I am used to staying in budget hotels across Asia but this simply didn't meet the minimum standards expected - I would have rated as 'Terrible' except for the useful little gym/fitness area and the fact that the hotel manager was...