A-rena Homestay

A lovely homestay in a quiet location about a 10 minute walk from the main bars & restaurants..nice big room with lounge,bedroom & bathroom,clean & comfortable & nicely decorated,very comfortable bed ,quiet AC and hot water shower..simple but adequate breakfast,which changed every day,polite & friendly staff..they also rent motorcycles…Great value for money,would definitely stay again

My only complaint is would be nice to have coffee with breakfast

Big room, comfortable bed, nice staff

The shower flow is weak, and there is no separation between the shower and the toilet, so the floor was wet.

Host was extremely lovely and very accommodating. Place was exceptionally clean and bed was super comfy! I enjoyed having the separate living area with sofa and tv

The shower wasn’t as hot as I would have liked but an apart from that everything else was fab! Would highly recommend staying here

- The room looks decent and it’s nice to have your own livingroom -the kitchen is well equipped, but need to make sure you rinse everything before use. We did find moldy kitchen ustencils and the mat to dry the glasses was full of maggots one day (ok, this could go to the cons side too) -the mattress is really comfortable -you can use the washing machine for only 50pesos if you have your own detergent

-the bathroom door just has a sign to not close it, but you cannot poop with the door open; when you want to open it you put your finger in that hole and you can get cut very easily. -the bathroom smells bad from the pipes -the shower head was already cracked when we arrived and in a few days broke for good. We went to buy a new shower head by ourselves, but the shower set was so old, we couldn’t fix it. Their solution? “Sorry? We cannot fix it!” So we showered for 2 weeks with the hose, like you would wash a car -cold shower! Yes, if the power goes out, the shower heater resets and they have to start it manually. I’ve asked 3 times to start it and waited from 11am till 2pm to get it started. I was dirty and sweaty from the gym and just had to wait for them to come home and do it. - when the electricity is out, the shower water doesn’t have any pressure as well, is not only cold. -the room was cleaned only once in 1 month, and just because of e asked. How is the room cleaned? Just a swipe of the floor, that’s it! And I could swear it looked the same as before. -if you ask to unclog the drain or change the towels, they’ll do only that, even though the rest needs cleaning or the garbage empty. -the generator schedule is not respected. So, if the electricity goes out they have a generator, but they don’t use it all the time as is mentioned on their schedule. So from 1pm-6pm they won’t start it. But today, the electricity when out since 11 and they didn’t start it till 1pm how it was mentioned. -the starlink internet is not great and it doesn’t get to all rooms. We used our own internet cable directly from the router and it was decent the speed. Room 4 gets the wifi signal but the room 5 doesn’t get it at all. -the bathroom is not properly cleaned, not even after the e asked for it (please see the picture) -there is no process regarding the cleanness and maintenance.