Montebello Villa Hotel

The staff were great, slow with check in and check out but it’s a big place. The grounds were really well kept and huge grass area with open doors - felt like a castle. 2 pools and a pond where people can ‘fish’ I guess. Nice wine for the middle of thick Cebu City The doorman helps arrange taxis are super cool, we’re away from the main road so you’ll walk about 10 mins if you need to grab a taxi yourself (nice to be tucked away actually).

I liked everything except the rooms..lol First room we had was hotboxed with a lemon cleaning chemical that tried to cover up some sort of order (admitted by the maid). We opened the windows, blasted the AC and came back a few hours later, still there like a punch in the face. Like putting a freshener in front of your nose - auto headache and dizziness. They changed our room after sending someone up to ‘evaluate the situation’ as if I was making it up. He could barely stay in the room for the call downstairs and covered his nose. They changed our room to another non-functional room. Sockets hanging out of the wall, shower with water pouring out the bath tap and the shower at the same time. The bath tap was the hot water so my feet got a good soak but rest of my body was cold/luke warm. There was also the strong lemon chemical cleaning smell in the bathroom. Not sure if this is the case for all rooms, could have just been bad luck. At the end of day it’s a really nice hotel (building/grounds/staff) but rooms we experienced hadn’t been updated for quite some time and that’s probably why prices are so low. They should sell it to someone who wants to vamp up or invest in upgrades cause the rooms are bit embarrassing with regards to the rest of the hotel. It was one night stay and we were in the city the whole time so if it came down to it - I might spend USD60 to stay again

Only the breakfast unfortunately they served cold coffee,the upgrade us a family room but surprisingly needs dating ,the lights too dim,spooky rundown in short floortiles few were broken feels no security that place only the package beautiful plants and swimming pool

Spooky ,boring family room on the third floor not worth the value of my money extra payment