Richmonde Hotel Iloilo

I was excited to go to the Richmonde Hotel, because its part of the Mega World complex and Festive Walk, I booked it specially as it appeared to have all the facilities I wanted, the roof deck pool, the Sauna, the Steam Room, Gym etc, but I was somewhat underwhelmed when seeing the room we had booked, it looks nothing like the photos on the web site, although it is the same room, amenities and decor, were not what I had hoped for, the shower in the room is glass pivot door which is good, but is rather the same Filipino design of the door opening in, and blocking off the WC area, this is common for some reason in the Philippines, (a space saving feature), we had booked a second night with breakfast, but my 1st night we had forgot to include it, so I went down to breakfast on my own in the morning, and found I could not charge it to my room card, there were issues surrounding not having the facility to do that which surprised me, I ended up scurrying back to my room and got the cash, P699.00 however, notwithstanding that issue, I found the breakfast somewhat disappointing, for this class of hotel, the Toaster was mediocre, and very few choices for foreigners, the whole of the breakfast area was mainly for Filipino tastes, however I completed my breakfast and went up to get the money to pay, most undignified, considering they had a credit card on file, a mix up and we later complained and had a refund on the next mornings breakfast, we were not able to take due to leaving early in the morning, at 4am...I got the feeling this is a Business stay over hotel, its not a luxury 5 star hotel, my advice is..try the Marriot courtyard or others in ilo Ilo, but on the whole it was ok...but just ok.

Breakfast choices - limited Rooms takes a long time for the room to be made up. No link between restaurant and reception for charging items. too pedantic about deposits and cards on file.