Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao

The hotel still has beautiful grounds. A unique one in Davao.

We asked for a quiet room and told them we prefered not to stay along with the rooms facing the walkway but were told that , that would be an upgrade . As it was a business trip for one night, we decided against upgrading. We knew the room was old but were very dissapointed that we were put in a room that was 1) besides construction - we literally heard a hammer pounding away endlessly till our complaints got them to stop 2) on top or near their laundry, they told us that it would stop at 8pm but the amazing thing is why put guests in an empty hotel in your worst room , they obviously knew of the problem but why would they expect guests to accept that excuse that the noise would end at a certain time. WE didnt bother moving because it was only one night and we were going to be back in the room at 10pm. Sadly we were woken up by the same noise at 8am. We were going to complain to the manager but they had an earthquake scare that evacuated the building so were too busy to address guest needs so we just left. 3) for some reason there was an alarm that went off every 30 minutes or so with a PA system , we went out several times and so no one . Extremely bizarre. It's too bad that the old classic Insular hotel has fallen on this way side , its no wonder we seemed like one of the few guests there. I dont recommend this hotel anymore.

Hotel associates were friendly

Four employees during check out and it took them 25 minutes to process my info.. it should only take max 10mins. Also, i could not bring any outside food or drinks.. have to spend inside at a ridiculous price.. 1 small coke can is 163 pesos