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Reviews of Phaidon Beach Resort

3 out of 5
Phaidon Beach Resort
Pandan, Brgy. Tingib, Pandan, Antique

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 20 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 23 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 63 reviews" "

7.4/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

6.6/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

HELEN, LAKE LURE

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Aircon did not work. the rooms are quite warm. place is run down. Bathroom drains floods when use. resort owner is unfriendly. very sad for a resort that is in good location. poorly run and maintained.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Romy on 17 Apr 2024
Sorry you did not even have contact with the resort owner or staff, why you wrote like this? On your check in Day you was informed that we had a 15 hours Blackout from electricity, while our generators try to serve you well.

2/10 Terrible

Domingo, Kihei

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Meh.
Difficult situation with remnants of a typhoon.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Donna Bell

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from Bernhard on 25 May 2023
Thank you for your feedbackWe like that you enjoyed your stay

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Short family trip
A quiet little gem on the coast in Antique. Its seen better days, but that didn't make our 2 night stay any less pleasurable. My wife and I stayed in a 'cottage/cabin' and 6 family members stayed in the family villa, which was enormous in size and had a large beach front patio with a large table where we could all eat together (both food we brought, and meals we ordered from their restaurant). Both accommodation types included a fridge and the family villa also had a small kitchen sink. Great ocean view and the pool was fine. The restaurant food was quite good and reasonably priced, and overall the service provided by all the staff members we dealt with was of a very high standard. We will in all likelihood return to Phaidon.
Phaidon beach
Phaidon pool
Phaidon rear view
Phaidon sundown
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022
Response from Bernhard on 24 Dec 2022
Thank you so much, that your family enjoyed.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Bernie on 31 July 2019
Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Response from Bernie on 12 May 2019
Thank you for your review and may you come again

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It is just by the beach but away from everywhere. If you want to stay nothing around you this is perfect place. Food was good.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from Bernie on 3 Apr 2019
Thank you for your review we are glad that you enjoy our place. Have a nice day

10/10 Excellent

Rhoda, Numancia, Aklam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
we love the beach and the food.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from Bernie on 26 Feb 2019
Thank you for your response, we are glad that you enjoy our place.

10/10 Excellent

Janelle, Wisconsin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great resort
Had a great stay at the resort. Great clean beach and all surrounding areas. Bernie and his staff are amazing. Very attentive and friendly, I felt like a member of the family. Good at the restaurant is excellent and has a wide variety. Can't wait to visit again.
Stayed 17 nights in Oct 2018
Response from Bernie on 19 Nov 2018
Thank you Janelle, it was a pleasure to serve you as well we can do.

8/10 Good

Pomme, Germany

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018
Response from Bernie on 19 Sept 2018
Thank you for your review

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Very good hotel
I love that its a beach resort and our room is in the beachfront. I also love the pool, its big and warm. The food was too expensive for the actual food experience.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Maja, Philippines

Liked: Staff & service
Expedia gave wrong info of the size of the bed. I booked it because of the size of the bed but when we arrive there the bungalow room has only queen bed. A/C kinda old already and cannot cool the whole room. Lacking toiletries. Experienced brownout. Despite experiencing this we enjoyed our stay. The whole place is quiet and peaceful. Staffs are nice. The best part of the resort is their white beach. Powdery/ glittery white sand. Waters are clear and no rocks.
Stayed 1 night in May 2018
Response from Bernie on 1 June 2018
Dear Guest, Thank you for you review. At least you enjoyed your stay. Regarding Brown outs it is not our fault and we start our power backup within 1 minute or two. Also the supply from our provider is mostly lesser than normal, so Air cons running not that well. Have a nice day

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect place to relax
It's a perfect place to relax... double thumbs up!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017
Response from cris on 15 Dec 2017
Thanks for your stay and we are glad that you had a wonderful time.

10/10 Excellent

Aaron, American expat 🇺🇸👌🇵🇭 living in the P.I.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Relax and Dive
The beer is cold, food is varied and delicious, beach/water is clear and clean, pool provides a relaxing and vibrant atmosphere. If you dont leave your room, the cable tv package and air conditioning allows you to hunker down for weeks. The best cable package I have seen anywhere in Asia with several HD channels. For internet, the signal was strongest in the pool and bar area. Great scuba diving!
Response from Bernie on 30 May 2017
Thanks Aaron we had a great time and a nice dive.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
convenient
relaxing

2/10 Terrible

N.

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rude owner, don't go there.
I have book 2 Cottage in JULY for a family X-Mas trip in December 2016. The owner had 6 months to inform me about the renovation he was planning in December... He didn't. After being caught 3 days in the Typhoon with my family, we finally got there to find out that our "cottage" where the one in the back of the garden, right beside the construction site, and I mean 4 feets from it! I try to make an arrangement with him, he yell at me, I asked him to call Hotels.com he said he would never pay tor an international call for this. Finally didn't want to reimburse me. Or make any deal. So here are my pictures from the site, you can judge by yourself who was wrong. So disappointed! We left, there was no way we could stay there.
Response from cris on 28 Feb 2017
Dear Guest, Thank you for your review, which has no truth in it. Your reservation was on SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 (just 3 month) and it was already announced that you got a Promo - construction promo which was stated on your voucher. During your period of stay there was holiday for all construction workers, because of Christmas and new years week. So there was no activity on the buildings and we remember you did not see anyone working at this time. And by the way, no one was yelling, it was yourself to bring down our staff and still we try to find a solution, but you don't want to stay here you walked out right away.

4/10 Poor

JooJooBee, California, USA

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Needs some improvement...
All I am going to say is that this hotel or resort needs some sort of improvement.
Response from Bernie on 13 Oct 2016
Dear Madam, Thank you for your comment, but we are under improvement / construction at this time when you arrived.

8/10 Good

Keith , fairbanks alaska

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel and very nice beach front
Great staff. Beautiful beach front. Breakfast is good. The dinners there were very good. Phone signal works better, the closer you get to beach. You may have to wait a few minutes for local transportation to come down road to take you into Pandan. I would definitely stay there again. Price us very good for what you get.
Response from B on 23 Sept 2016
Thank you for your comment, we are glad to hear that you enjoyed your stay. May next time you can enjoy more new facilities and improvements. Have a nice day

8/10 Good

Chriselda, Manila

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had a wonderful experience staying at Phaidon resort, food was delicious, rooms were comfortable and the best thing about this is that the place is very private so you can have the unspoilt beach all to yourself.

6/10 Okay

Rodrigo Jr

Disliked: Cleanliness

6/10 Okay

hsiu, chile

kindly
Mrs Maricris is very kindly, and husband Bernie too.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Remote
...in a good way! Nice place to escape and rest.

8/10 Good

Gab, Makati City, Philippines

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Peaceful Vacay
The resort is 30mins from Pandan terminal, and an hour and 30mins if you're going to Kalibo. If you're after a peaceful, quiet vacation, this is the place to be. Their staff is amazing! From the time we asked for instructions on how to get to their resort when we were in Boracay, they kept texting us to make sure if we got to the right point heading to their resort. They were very accommodating. :) We got to the resort pretty late... around past 7pm and felt so tired to get up and have dinner. Their staff dropped by our room to check if we still wanted to have dinner. Nice place! :D Will definitely be back!

10/10 Excellent

mark, Bridgend U.K.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Paradise in Philippines, The Phaidon Beach Resort.
Initially booked for 4 nights, but, we were so impressed with this resort that we booked a further 6 nights. Brilliant initial welcome from all the team at the Phaidon Beach resort, which instantly put us at ease and we realised that we were going to have a very enjoyable and memorable stay here. Many thanks to Bernie and Mary Chris ( the owners ) and all of the staff here for making this one of the very best holiday destinations that my wife and I have ever stayed at. Amor ( the chef ) created absolutely wonderful meals for us everyday and all the staff were always so pleasant and friendly, that we seemed completely at ease the whole period of our stay here. We called this resort " Paradise " and would thoroughly recommend this to all of our friends and fellow travellers. We will definitely be coming back very soon, and would like to wish everybody there all our very best wishes for the future.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I'll go here again
This was my favorite place to stay on this trip. The downside of it was undersized airconditioning for the room and on one occasion there was a intermittent smell (light) of sewer gas. On the positive side, the staff were excellent. The food and service was excellent, especially the coffee. The beach was just as good as it gets (though not a coral reef white sand). The grounds were kept in perfect shape.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
A Bit Dissappointing
The hotel is very well laid out with nice bungalows and manicured gardens and pathways, but it still somehow looks new and a bit unfinished. It lacks soul. Some of the trips that are advertised do not run because many of the snorkeling reefs have been destroyed

2/10 Terrible

Richard, Noosa

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This is no Resort
Searched under Boracay and it appeared that this was just nearby. In fact is on another island. Will also be a $70 van rental ride from Kalibo airport. Can't imagine why anyone would want to stay here. Even at the rate we paid per night is poor value. Noisy a/c that a fan would cool better, no jug for tea, or fridge, basic furniture and dusty room. Pool is like a spa next to the dining area. Beach is ok but rubbish everywhere outside the boundary. Had an award displayed from trip advisor for this year, unbelievable!
Response from cris on 15 Nov 2014
Thank you for your review, but you did not read carefully where is the right location and even you did not watch the map. Shuttle services for about 250 km was US 60.00 for Kalibo and Catiklan. Better would be when you read the voucher more carefully. The pool is just a Kiddy pool which is stated and all other rooms except the cheap Standard room have more facilities. It is a romantic place where people come for relaxation, diving and nature lovers.

10/10 Excellent

MickeyCox, Melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Home away from home
This is our 3rd visit to Phaidon Beach Resort. It is a great place to completely chill out and forget all your worries. Not for the tourist who is looking for highlife, girls, bars, parties and noise. Phaidon Beach Resort is for the traveller looking to get away from the world....A busy day on the beach is yourself and maybe half a dozen local children swimming near by. Water is crystal clear, the white sand beach is swept daily, the rooms are comfortable and the staff are fabulous with nothing too much trouble.

8/10 Good

RJ, los angeles county

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Phaidon Beach
It is nice place and quietly area. They did a wonderful job for service and friendly. The hotel is right next the beautiful beach.

6/10 Okay

Islandgirl, Ct. U.S.A.

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Right on the beach
We had a large villa on the beach. Simple in style, but clean and comfortable. Nice friendly staff. Simple amenities . You will have a quiet relaxing vacation.

10/10 Excellent

Murat Tok

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very nice place for rest and scuba
Place is decent, very quite, boss and the staff are very kind. you feel that they try more than their best to give you service. Foods were delicious, for us this point is quite important as we are Muslim and we have to eat Halal food. The ingridients such as cheese and others they used in this place's kitchen were Halal certified. Of course the meat and chicken not an option to eat for a Muslim here, but fish was very nice. Also lasagna, pasta with cheese was delicious. If you are looking for a quite vacation, with nice sea and beach Phaidon Beach Resort is excellent. As a recommendation to the boss, they should arrange maybe one more boat with a tent to protect from the sun (which we see many in Puerto Galera) when a family book the boat for the activity other guest can not join that. Also the cost of the boat tour is more expensive when I compare to Puerto Galera. (We rented a middle size boat with tent for only 1500Pezos for all day in Puerto Galera, White Beach... in Phaidon it was like 700Pezos for 2-3 hours per person). Location of the place is little problem but they provide private Van for 1500Pezos from Caticlan.

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect place for quiet relaxing vacation
This resort was quiet, relaxing and beautiful. The staff made me feel at home from the first moment I arrived and although the staff treated me with the utmost respect and high-quality service, I didn't feel like a tourist. The diving was spectacular and the beach was so beautiful that I never left the resort. There was several adventure tour packages I had hoped to try, but the atmosphere at the resort was so perfect that I decided to just stay and enjoy the simplicity and beauty!

6/10 Okay

J Kincaid

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

8/10 Good

Geatano

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A lovely place to stay in peace and quiet

10/10 Excellent

Michelle and Darren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
hidden gem
I would like to thank the staff and management for a fantastic stay. We celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary here and a great effort was put in by all to ensure the eneving was as beautiful as possible. The location of the hotel is not convenient to any other facilities but this was exactly what we were looking for. Very safe and clean and the beach a treat to swim in. It was a great experience to be treated as part of a family instead of a faceless room number. Would definitely return again.

10/10 Excellent

Michelle Cox

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hidden treasure
Had an awesome time at the resort. Very private and secluded with almost your own beach. Staff arranged a special dinner on the beach for our wedding anniversary - magic. Don,t go if looking for nightlife and shopping but great for a romantic getaway or family vacation. Felt like part of the family by the time we lrft

6/10 Okay

Ron, Northern Michigan

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Pros and Cons
Pros: Beautiful beach and great swimming. Cons: Very amateur staff including Dive Guide that was downright obnoxious.

8/10 Good

Jean-Luc, Bienne, Switzerland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Our stay in Phaidon
Beautiful place, very good restaurant, comfortable bungalows, very kind and smilling personal. I only regret there is no fridge in the bungalow but that's all !

8/10 Good

Sheryl, Minnesota, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet Beach Holiday - Peaceful, Non-touristy!
We loved our week at Phaidon, but it is not a luxury resort. You will not find hot water or fine shampoos or refrigerators stocked with cold drinks. You will only find WIFI at the front lobby area, not in your villa or rooms. You will not find shopping or anything touristy. What you will find is peacefulness, a warm and helpful staff and opportunities to learn more about the Filippino culture. You will walk the beach to find local farmers and fisherman. You will take part in guided trips to snorkel, scuba dive or hike to waterfalls with the aid of the staff. You will find personal attention, rest and relaxation. We enjoyed our meals; the international cuisine was excellent. I tried all of the Filippino specialties as well as pizza, pasta and chicken curry. Each bit of food was made to order with fresh ingredients. My daughter loved the cheeseburger and fries as well as the fresh fruit shakes. My husband loved the pork and German specialties. Happy hour from 4-7 set a routine to our day and we enjoyed the wide variety of music played during this time. The grounds are lovely - beautiful golden coconut trees and green grass - as well as a nice beachfront. We stayed in the Villa unit and enjoyed our two hammocks on the deck and view of the beach. We would recommend this to families who are looking for more of a peaceful, non-touristy experience.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Frank, Stuttgart

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The resort has a nice location with direct beach access.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Bernie on 19 Dec 2019
Thank you for your stay we are glad that we can serve well.

6/10 Okay

Pascal

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A éviter
Resort vieillot, 2 suites "honeymoon" avec vue mer réservées mais une à l'étage avec vue unique sur les cocotiers, on a demandé de changer de chambre ce qui a été accepté mais sans vue mer...wifi qui marche uniquement au bar de la piscine, restauration (2 x 6 diners + 2 x 6 pdj) de piètre qualité moyenne et qu'il ne faut pas oublier de réserver au moins 2 à l'avance car aucun autre restaurant à moins de 25 km à la ronde, petit déjeuner continental servi froid ou tiède au mieux...2 gros chiens dans le restaurant qui viennent aux tables quémander de la nourriture, sinon personnel avenant et attentif, environnement calme et belle plage de sable blanc, nous ne recommanderons donc pas cet établissement
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

4/10 Poor

heinz, bremen

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hier gibt es nichts positives zu erzählen und negatives wird ja nicht veröffentlicht
Stayed 4 nights in May 2018
Response from John on 27 May 2018
Vielen Dank fuer den sehr informativen Review?

10/10 Excellent

Birgit

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sehr zu empfehlen
Ich kann dieses Resort nur empfehlen. Äußerst freundliches und aufmerksames Personal, wunderschöner und sauberer Strand, gutes Essen, saubere Zimmer und wenig Tourismus in der Umgebung, weshalb es sehr ruhig war und man den Strand fast für sich alleine hatte. Der Besitzer und seine Frau sind sehr nett und haben mich sogar eingeladen, sie zu einer Hochzeit zu begleiten. Das war ein ein tolles Erlebnis. Ich würde dort jederzeit wieder Urlaub machen, obwohl ich normalerweise nicht zweimal am selben Ort Urlaub mache.
Response from Bernie on 1 Mar 2018
Vielen Dank fuer ihre netten Kommentar.

8/10 Good

Simon, Hamburg

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Super Lage, direkt am Strand
Super nettes Personal, schöne und ruhige Lage am Strand, tolles Essen. Nur die Sauberkeit lässt zu wünschen übrig. Was ziemlich schade ist da der Rest wirklich perfekt war.

10/10 Excellent

mr cho, korea seoul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
만족한 여행
비치와 바로 연결되고 9세대만 운영해서 한적하고 평화로은 휴가. 일몰이 보기좋음. 칼리보 공항서 1시간 정도 . 북적거리는 휴양지는 아님. 그래서 좋음 저시라는 검정개가있어서 애가 좋아함. 사장은 오스트리아인 . 한국사람 없어서 좋음. "말룸파티 "적극 추천 리조트서 불과 3키로. 밤비엥 같은 분위기. 리조트자체에서 모든 생활가능 스노클링 스킨스쿠버 액티비티등 다양한 서비스 제공. 단점으로는 외진곳에 있어 김치등 한국음식 없고 와이파이 신호가 너무 약함. 음식주문하면 너무 늦음 . 직원들 겁나 친절함 . 재방문 할만한곳.

8/10 Good

Sheena Villar, Ålesund, Norway.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent resort!
Very nice looking hotel right by the beach. Probably the finest resort/hotel I have stayed at in Philippines for my price range. We had some small problem with ants. One room had then around the sink at the bathroom. The other atound the bed (maybe because he had food?). Other then that it was a very pleasant stay. Recommended.

8/10 Good

Thomas, Ravensburg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Traumstrand in schöner, ruhiger Umgebung
Für alle, die ein paar Tage in Ruhe am Strand und in der Natur genießen wollen ist das Phaidon Beach Resort ideal. Uns hat nicht nur der Palmenstrand - 20 - 50 m von den Zimmern und Bungalows gefallen, sondern auch das sehr freundliche Personal und die gute Küche des Restaurants. Wir kommen gerne wieder, um auszuspannen und die tollen Sonnenuntergangsfarben zu genießen.