rickmalaya
January 1, 2024
We’ve been coming to this resort since I was a kid so we know what to expect and what the resort offers. Over the past few years, the resort has been making changes to their facilities, making these visits more exciting.
The rooms are newly refreshed. Beds are still comfortable and soft. Most rooms have bath tubs. Resort branded amenities are on offer, and we like the lemongrass scent. We order food ala-carte, and everything we had was really good. I personally keep coming back for their Crispy Bicol Express and Tilmok, but we found ourselves absolutely thrilled when we asked the chef to cook up something exciting (we keep raving about the Singaporean Chili Crab) with some seafood we bought along the way. Breakfast was a bit limited, but good too. The newly built recreations center offers exciting new amenities for guests - jetskis, kayaks, and paddle boards if that’s your thing. You can also dive at the resort’s house reef - honestly some of the best conserved in the Albay Gulf area.
While the main beach (close to the resort amenities and villas) is rocky, they now allow access to the area they call the Marina, which is a short stretch of beach with much better sand and better views of the open Pacific Ocean at the western side of the resort. This is also where they do their fish feeding activity. We also booked treatments in their spa, which we loved. Best of all, their staff were some of the nicest we’ve dealt with. With the service we’ve received, they made our stays here absolutely wonderful. Will definitely come back.