Ratings based on 23 Verified Reviews
4.7 Room cleanliness
4.7 Service & staff
4.0 Room comfort
4.1 Hotel condition
Expedia Verified Reviews
by A verified traveler from Wellingborough
Posted 2 Apr 2024
by A verified traveler
Posted 19 Dec 2023
Professional dive masters for diving… wish them to complete their extension to have more rooms
by A verified traveler
Posted 30 Nov 2023
We loved Blue Ribbon - a small hotel designed for divers.
The diving was excellent and Jeff was a first class frogfish spotter (although we tried but ultimately failed to find a waddling one...). All the staff working at the hotel/dive centre were kind, friendly and hard-working.
The rooms are basic but you have everything you need, and the bed was comfortable.
We particularly enjoyed the food offered by the restaurant. For such a small hotel there really was an exceptionally large menu and everything we ate we would have re-ordered.
We recommend.
by A verified traveler
Posted 19 Apr 2023
Myself and my girlfriend have just stayed for 11 nights at Blue Ribbon Dive Resort in March 2023. Basic accommodation but with sunset views to die for each evening from the seawiew balcony. What a great place with fantastic diving every single day at so many different locations! Quite simply it is run by divers for divers. They have wonderful coral reef diving with exceptional sites, some just minutes from the resort, providing daily sea turtles, amazing brightly coloured nudibranch and sea creatures for macro photography. There is also a wreck dive or the beautiful Sombrero island that is sightly further away. Every dive instructor we had was so professional and knowledgeable, especially Jeff, Dang and Ogie. The office and bar staff were also friendly and extremely helpful when needed. The resort has a first class local and international menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner with all meals cooked to order (a lot of the divers staying elsewhere would eat there before returning to their hotels). We would normally go out to eat in the evenings but there was simply no need to. They have some lovely, well looked after dogs It's fairly obvious that all of the Blue Ribbon staff are happy in their work, which is usually a very good sign, and this is one of the reasons that we will definitely be back again 😁
Comment from Hotel Management
24 Apr 2023 by Jon, Hotel Management
Thank you so much for the kind words and great review. Glad you enjoyed yourself and look forward to seeing you again
by A verified traveler
Posted 14 Feb 2023
Nice place on ocean. Rooms were clean and spacious. Staff very accommodating. Pool and beach area were pleasant.
by A verified traveler
Posted 13 May 2022 on Hotels
by A verified traveler
A bit underwhelmed & room for improvement
Posted 5 Dec 2021 on HotelsCheck-in: There’s a steep flight of stairs heading down to the resort. We tried the intercom to ask for assistance, but it wasn’t working. We eventually lugged down our own luggages. Upon checking-in, they only prepared one room instead of my two room booking. It was eventually resolved, but I was scared we wouldn’t have enough accommodations for a few minutes as it was a small resort with few rooms.
Room: Pretty basic, but clean. What I didn’t like though was that we could hear the sounds of footsteps from the floor above us and there seems to be some cigarette smells coming in from somewhere.
Property: Landscaping could be improved for a better vibe. A few more plants can go a long way. Seeing just a lot of soil looks kinda sad. Common areas are just okay. Wifi connection is on/off, but this is expected in the area.
Food: Hit and Miss, I personally recommend the Tikka Masala, Fajitas, and Curries. Serving is quite big, can be shared by two in some instances. For breakfast, stick to the Filipino options or the omelette. I think some of the menu items are a bit overpriced.
Dive Shop: Quite good and complete, price is competitive as well among the options in the area. They tend to group divers from the resort into one boat that typically leaves at 9AM.
Others: I like that their checkout time is at 2PM, right. Take note that in settling your balance, there is 5% surcharge if paying by credit card. Should have informed us beforehand so I could prepare cash.
by A verified traveler
Posted 1 Nov 2021 on Hotels
by A verified traveler
Posted 13 Feb 2021
by A verified traveler
maybe again, but
Posted 14 Sep 2020 on HotelsThere are 101 stairs from the road down to the resort, so if you have any problems with your legs, this place is not recommended. Down somewhat easier, but up....
Worst thing was that owners dogs and cats were all over and that was very annoying. One dog urinated on my bag on the floor at the table while we were eating. What kind of restaurang is this? Disgusting.
Otherwise place was nice and staff friendly and professional.
Comment from Hotel Management
17 Sep 2020 by Jon - Owner, Hotel Management
Hi Frank
Thanks for staying with us and I'm sorry about the bag. Due to the Pandemic, we've been housing the staff, as we are on a skeleton crew, so all our pets have come together. This will be changed as soon as business picks up and the staff house can be rented again. We've only just been able to open for business, and we realise its not an ideal situation to have all the pets running around, but nowhere else to put them. We are trying to lock them up when people are eating.
The steps are a pain, but pretty much all of Anilao is like this, built on a cliff. Anyways, thanks for staying with us and for the nice words. Hope to get you diving next time! Thats what we are known for!
