Pines Kitchenette and Inn — Restaurant in Mountain Province

Coming from a 12-hour bus ride from Manila where we took a midnight bus to Baguio and a morning standard bus to Bontoc, our first choice for the guesthouse was fully booked right before we arrived so we walked and scoured the town center for any decent place to stay and we ended up going to Bontoc's first lodge--the Pines Kitchenette and Inn. What is perhaps one of the proudest moments of the lodge is President Quezon's visit as a portrait hangs in the lobby, on the way to the upper floor where the rooms are. The staff was very accommodating and charming as they give you tips about where to go and so on. The food they serve is just enough for the price and we had some entertainment listening to other guests going on and on, on the karaoke machine before curfew hits.||||At PHP 300.00 a night, you get a 12 sq m room with one to two beds, depending on which one you choose, with a shared bathroom for the entire floor. However, some of the rooms on the Southern end, which my friend took, had an en suite bathroom. While some guests might poke at the age of the place, the wooden floors are well-maintained, but the walls can use a bit of cleaning up. And despite the shared bathroom having decent plumbing, the cleanliness can be improved. Our rooms were basically our own nests, as we headed to neighboring towns during the day, and the lodge is centrally-located: minivans and tricycles are a few meters from the doorstep while buses and cargo vehicles going off to other places park in front of the lodge. The market is within walking distance, as with places to...

Coming from a 12-hour bus ride from Manila where we took a midnight bus to Baguio and a morning standard bus to Bontoc, our first choice for the guesthouse was fully booked right before we arrived so we walked and scoured the town center for any decent place to stay and we ended up going to Bontoc's first lodge--the Pines Kitchenette and Inn. What is perhaps one of the proudest moments of the lodge is President Quezon's visit as a portrait hangs in the lobby, on the way to the upper floor where the rooms are. The staff was very accommodating and charming as they give you tips about where to go and so on. The food they serve is just enough for the price and we had some entertainment listening to other guests going on and on, on the karaoke machine before curfew hits.||||At PHP 300.00 a night, you get a 12 sq m room with one to two beds, depending on which one you choose, with a shared bathroom for the entire floor. However, some of the rooms on the Southern end, which my friend took, had an en suite bathroom. While some guests might poke at the age of the place, the wooden floors are well-maintained, but the walls can use a bit of cleaning up. And despite the shared bathroom having decent plumbing, the cleanliness can be improved. Our rooms were basically our own nests, as we headed to neighboring towns during the day, and the lodge is centrally-located: minivans and tricycles are a few meters from the doorstep while buses and cargo vehicles going off to other places park in front of the lodge. The market is within walking distance, as with places to...

I've arrived to Bontok from Baguio in the evening. I have got down just behiond one of the local central squares. Neighboring streets at this time were the street market. This guest house was in fact the first into which I looked. The room and the guesthouse itself have everything, but at a minimum. Price (300 pesos) corresponded to offered degree of facilities and amenities. I paid for two nights. Despite the proximity of the busiest streets and markets, the interior was quite quiet. Also, I found a computer with internet (terribly slow, but I could check the mail and send letters).||The terminal of minivans to Sagada and Banaue was about 300 meters from the square. It occurs a decent rain, and I gave up the idea to go to Sagada. I asked the driver, and he 'reserved" for me a seat inside. I took my things, they easily returned me my money for the second night, and I quickly reached the square where we were arranging to meet, where I...