Ahana Resort El Nido

We had a lovely stay here. I must disagree with the bad reviews! Yes the location is a little further out from the town - but wouldn’t you know that if you googled it? It was further out but we wanted a couple of days here just to switch off and relax. There is a mountain hike and waterfalls to go and view just round the corner. The hotel itself is beautiful, the views are amazing, and the hotel is clean. The service from the receptionist and bar man is as fantastic. Loved it!

What a great place to stay with such beautiful and friendly staff. Absolutely loved staying at this accommodation and would absolutely recommend it.

👍 Friendly staff, quiet place, nice view. 👎 No access for transportation to town centre being off the road. Complimentary drop off and pick up to and from town centre for guests would be nice. Not much seafood on the menu.

DONT STAY HERE !! Worst place I have ever stayed at . No hot water for 4 days and then they finally moved me . To get drinking water took up to 30 mins and one day they ran out so I had to purchase their expensive water . They hardly answer the phone to get picked up and believe me it’s a long way up a steep dusty and hot hill . No curtain at front door so everyone can see u in bed . Air con is poor and it took them 2 days to get me a fan . Internet continues to drop out . I spoke to Marrianne the manager and for all that I had to put up with she offered me one free meal . If you think this is untrue read everyone’s reviews, they all sound the same cause it’s true

I often shrug off some bad reviews thinking it can't be that bad, but genuinely this hotel is the worsts I have experienced and feels like a complete tourist trap. Having travelled extensively across SE Asia & Asia as a whole staying in a range of places from budget hostels to luxury hotels, nothing has been so disappointing as this. Main Issues: Location: It's badly located on top of a hill around 25 mins from El Nido town, the area is a building site with nothing else around. Taxis, TukTuks etc. won't go up the hill so you will likely have to walk up at some point. This is essentially a 10-15min Uphill walk on a rocky path. They state 5min somewhere which is hugely unrealistic, it's a 10-15 min uphill trek. Instead of running complimentary shuttles to El Nido Town, they capatilise on the fact you are stuck by charging you 10x the local taxi rate to use their 4x4, they also have only one which you will be competing for with other guests and I had to wait 3 hours to be picked up when using it. The round trip cost to El Nido Town is 30 USD (Should be 3 USD in a tuktuk) Given you are on a hill with nothing else around, you will likely be forced to use this service. Facilities: The hotel itself has a small pool, restaurant and 5 rooms. You may think on the images it looks nice, this is completely superficial and you quickly find out it is tired and impractical. The restaurant is open and has no aircon, the food is expensive and of poor quality compared to El Nido Town, you also aren't allowed to bring food or drink from outside and again given the poor location will be forced to eat there. No fridge, dirty rooms, ant infested and mouldy. Staff were rude and unhelpful, rooms had no curtains so you can see the bed from outside, and the bathroom had a seethrough netting with staff lingering outside. Also even when no one is in the hotel they blast music from the bar (mostly the same loop of cheesy EDM) with disproportionately loud sub which was really loud in the room played from like 8A.M to around 10/11PM nice little cherry on top of the roasting hot room. Not an issue given the room was so hot but they didn't have hot water in our room ( or anyone else's there at the time ) not sure why you'd want a cold bath but that's all you'll get. Genuinely don't believe anyone could be happy staying here, Philippines hotels generally aren't the best value but this takes it to a whole new level