The Reef Hotel and Residences

The place is very clean,I realy love the ambiance and our room is in thr front of the beach.

The location is nice :)

This hotel clearly needs complete overhaul. -The towels were very old and didnt look clean for me to use it -They only provide you with 1 keycard so when you take the keycard and go out of your room, you can't leave the a/c running when going out -The a/c and tv remote were not working. I had to turn off the a/c from the main breaker to turn it off since you cant even adjust the settings -Flooring discoloration can be seen due to old age -very understaffed: i only saw 1 maintenance employee during our whole stay -event outside went on til 12am and it was a very loud for us to sleep The only positive thing I noticed was the beautiful location of the hotel. Other than that, i would recommend staying on it.

No pool and breakfast. Room is a little dark as well. But besides that, our stay was all good.

I've now stayed at the Reef 3x and have already booked my 4th stay. Five reasons why I like it and 2 suggestions for improvement: Likes 1.It's located on Waterfront Road which is a much livelier and more pleasant area than Dewey Ave where I used to stay in Mango Valley 2.While there are very few staff (vs most other Subic hotels with too many staff but most without a clue what to do), they are efficient, pleasant and know what they're doing 3.If you book at the hotel, it's a mere P2300 for a park facing room. That's less expensive than booking online and less expensive than any other decently-rated hotel in the area 4.Room as fridge and it gets cold quickly (some of fridges at Mango Valley takes hours to get cool) 5.Lots of natural light in the rooms and in the entire hotel Potential improvements: 1.Rooms have the card system where power goes off when card out of slot. This means after 10 hrs of cycling, I come back to a warm room vs being able to leave a/c on at low level while I'm gone 2.Rooms starting to look rather worn. Some fresh paint wouldn't go amiss. This has been a great budget choice for me when all I need is a place to crash overnight when I'm cycling for two days.

Overall, it was ok because of its location. It is along Waterfront Boulevard so it is accessible to dining places and also to the boulevard to watch sunset, have a walk, bike or jog. There is a 7-11 store just at the ground floor of the hotel so very convenient too. The big minus point is that the hotel did not have elevator. Very difficult for my 89-year old mom. When I booked the hotel online, I already sent a message that we have a senior with us and accessibility is very important. I asked that we be given a room at the ground floor. Turns out, there is no hotel room at the ground floor. All rooms are from second floor and up. The big plus point is that the hotel staff were so helpful and attentive. They helped carry our bags to our rooms. And they immediately changed one of the rooms when (upon our return from dinner), we discovered the room to be heavily infested with red ants. The immediately gave us a new family room near our other rooms. There is no free breakfast (contrary to what is published here). They do not serve breakfast at all. No swimming pool. Parking is free and just in front of the hotel.