Oceana Hotel & Beach Resort — Hotel in Puerto Galera

Stayed in this place due to its proximity to the venue of a friend's wedding. Read the mixed reviews to the place prior and the latest ones are negative but I had to see it myself. Entering the reception, one would compare it to an abandoned saloon, there is dust everywhere, office supplies scatter and showed evidence of disused. The grounds are open and promising with a small pool which is rather clean. We stayed in one of the beach front villa and it is dated and rustic, the bathroom was not maintained with stains all over the walls and curtains. Rust is present in metal fixtures and broken tiles all over. The water closet has been kept clean, which was a good thing. Water supply was sufficient. The room was good for 5 but we just used 2 out of the 4 beds. The air conditioner has only an on and off switch so there is no option to adjust the thermostat. It gives out a loud noise, slightly lower than a jackhammer so if not for me not having slept for a little less than 24 hours, I don't think I could have slept. It was a scorching 39 reg outside and the aircon was not good enough to cool the room except during the evenings. The main bedroom had an open view of the beach so waking up was great. The main issue for the resort was the lack of service, there was no kitchen, because there was no personnel except a lone employee that maintains the place. I had to go out and get coffee from a sari sari store which shared the story of the resort. It looked to be resort which was a popular one for a time but now, there is just nothing that...

came here thorugh the muelle port. the place is good enough if you want to visit puerto galera. it has a small clean pool which the kids may enjoy. the place is quiet and near the beach. not a fine sand though so it's a little hard to swim in this area. you can do other activities instead, like kayaking. the place is a bit far from sabang beach and a lot farther from white beach, where the party goes. there are tricycles that can take you to the white beach, if you want, but it's a little bit expensive (around P500 for a round trip). rooms are clean but they never replace towels. functioning aircon, bathrooms are okay but don't expect a hotel-like look. they have a restaurant but there are no available food. you have to tell them in advance if you're going to eat there so they could prepare your food. breakfast, very simple, so i think it's a bit expensive. no coffee or choco. their pizza is good, though. there's a good cafeteria near the area, just walk on the way out to sabang. the place is understaff. nobody mans the information. staff go home in the evening and return in the morning, which is why it will take a while before you can have your breakfast. you can't easily find them also. the korean owner, michael, is nice and very accommodating. you can address him all...

My family and I stayed here while visiting/traveling in the Puerto Galera area. Is it the most modern, up-to-date establishment on Mindoro? No. But it was clean, quiet, right on the beach, with good food and easy ways to get to the Puerto Galera/White Beach/ Batangas Ferry area.||||Out cabin was on the beach, and the porch was a beautiful place to eat an early morning breakfast. We could watch the fishermen working out on the water each morning. Michael, the owner, was friendly, helpful, and accommodating, and he and his staff were one of the factors that added to the stay there. He helped us arrange transportation, drew us a map of local landmarks and attractions, and suggested where we could exchange USD for local currency. The pool was clean, and our kids enjoyed it greatly.||||The restaurant at Oceana is not fancy, but prepared good local dishes, and would happily prepare your food from the market if you brought it to them, and would cook local foods if you talked to them ahead of time about what you might like. The pizza was also pretty good. There was a political rally held there for the soon to come election, but it didn't create any problems for us.||||I would be happy to stay there again next time we...