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Reviews of Marlins Beach Resort

3 out of 5
Marlins Beach Resort
F. Roska Street, Talisay, Santa Fe, Cebu

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 16 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 32 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 18 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 67 reviews" "

7.8/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Veronica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
My room was on the street side. The construction and vehicle noise started at 6:30 am.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Marlin's team on 2 Jul 2023
Good day Ma'am, Hello! 6:30 am is too early for that noise, construction starts at 8 in the morning, Ma'am Veronica. Thus, some things happen we can't avoid that is out of our establishment's control but we do everything we can to make our guest satisfied and comfortable. About what happened to you earlier, Our apologies. We appreciate your feedback Ma'am, Thank you and Have a good day!

10/10 Excellent

Jeffrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Marlin's team on 25 May 2023
Hallo Jeffrey,Thank you so much for staying with us.See you next time.

8/10 Good

Patrick

Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Marlin's team on 25 May 2023
Hallo Patrick,Thank you so much.We're looking forward to see you again.

8/10 Good

Ira

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Marlin's team on 25 May 2023
Hallo Ira,Thank you so much and looking forward to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

William

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Tess

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kayla

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Right on the beach! The staff was great and the location is perfect, within easy walking distance of Santa Fe's restaurants and tourism scene.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

may, baltimore

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fast to the port, perfect water. Both beach and walk in to the medium part. Water is very warm in this area which is perfect. Things i didn't like are the plastics in the water. But that is for the whole island. I think they need to get together and get all the plastics off the beach and out of the water throughout the island.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022

6/10 Okay

Daniel

Meh.
The rooms are okay. The restaurant is slow and below average. The beach has good views.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Andres

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

10/10 Excellent

Arnold

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Solo cation in Paradise
Beachfront resort in Beautiful Bantayan stone throws away from the nearby restaurants. Although room is a little outdated it's still clean and cozy. Big enough for 3 people. Will comeback soon with Friends.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great location Great people No TV No internet No room service No spa Restaurant and food so-so
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We are an older couple and had stayed at a more rustic resort a little nearer the port before moving to Marlins. Had a beach front room 32 ground floor , the nearest the sea.. almost new inside! Had things the 1st resort didn't. Quiet spot AC, hot water in sink, shower a lot more powerful, better lights, mirrors, tea/coffee making . Good buffet breakfast, better beach. Beach gets better further from the port and for swimming is best nearer the sandbar 4 mins away. Has ferry shuttle and only couple minutes walk to restaurants. Staff helpful and can arrange Island hopping from beach in front. Would definitely recommend! Only downside was the transport arranged to get back to airport. Driver was in his old maroon van and did not look for us after we got of ferry. Found him by accident! Within a few minutes driving he was texting on phone and answering calls ...no hands free. Wife asked him to stop whilst he was talking on phone. He did not like that and continued to drive in a very jerky manner for the rest of the 3 hour trip. He pulled into a petrol station and demanded his 3500 fare. We thought for buying petrol but he just pulled out and continued. When at the airport he just stopped and sat in his seat with engine running, whilst we struggled with our bags. So rude and not a good end to a great holiday. Fellow traveler at marlins only paid 2500 after haggling with taxi driver at airport. Beware! But Marlins was a great experience!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020
Response from jojan on 27 Jan 2020
Thank you for visiting this island particularly Marlin's Beach Resort for having a great stayed with us. And appreciating the friendly staffs as well as the amenities inside the room,location and the activity that we offered. Indeed,this great review is a bit of surprised to us with regards to the transport back to Cebu. And we're asking your apologized for what you had experienced. In fact,we already talked to him that he shouldn't do it while on driving.And it would be a pleasure to welcome you back in the coming future.

10/10 Excellent

Bjørn Vegard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020
Response from jojan on 24 Jan 2020
Thank you for giving us a perfect rating.We look forward for your next visit.

8/10 Good

James, Buffalo NY

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The new and remodeled rooms are much nicer than the economy rooms. New dining area is very nice. Great location in town.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Response from jojan on 29 Nov 2019
Thank you for your comment.We're hoping to seeing you next time.

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great location helpful and friendly staff
Friendly helpful staff. Wonderful location right on the beach.Only issue was on checking in the room did not have a fridge so they moved us to a room with a fridge however Air Con not good in that room so they moved us to a third room also with Broken Air Con. However after this they moved us to a beach front room which was more expensive for the same price so in the end we were extremely happy.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from jojan on 29 Nov 2019
Apologized for what happened at that time but we're happy that in the end you've a great stay with us.Thank you for your comment.

8/10 Good

Patrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Chad

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great resort on remote island
Right in the beautiful beach with very friendly staff (especially at the restaurant)! Fantastic price for room and at the restaurant for dinner/drinks! Breakfast was very nice too! Jerry was able to coordinate our transportation too which was A+++. Couple of areas for improvement...AC couldn’t keep room cool enough and would only work when you were in the room (electric key card inserted)...personally I would rather be charged more $ and always have a cool room! Like many other reviews, we were accused of taking a $1 plastic coffee cup from the room at checkout. That is just absurd...stop accusing guests of theft as it leaves a bad taste after an otherwise wonderful experience and price in occasionally missing items to your nightly costs.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Mylen on 13 Jan 2019
We're very sorry for what had happened during your stay.And the cup that you mentioned was found and we're supposedly inform you that day but you're leaving already.Anyways,we're very thankful for staying with us and hoping that you will come back to us particularly this resort.

10/10 Excellent

John

This is a great family/couple friendly resort, the surroundings are beautiful, location is the best on the island and the staff are wonderful. Highly recommend this resort, I will return for sure.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2018
Response from Mylen on 9 Dec 2018
Really appreciated..and hopefully this is not the last visit you had particularly in Marlin's Beach Resort.Have a nice day.

8/10 Good

tanaka, Japan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel staff can only speak English, so I was a little troubled.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018
Response from Mylen on 19 Oct 2018
We're sorry about that.But we 're now starting studying Nihongo.Kondo mata ne

6/10 Okay

Jeffrey

Pls provide basic room amenities such as instant coffee / tea and kettle.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018
Response from Mylen on 21 Jun 2018
Hallo Jeffrey, Those amenities you'd mentioned is available on the beachfront room.Thank you for staying with us and hope to seeing you next time.

8/10 Good

Joachim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Response from Mylen on 6 Mar 2018
Thank you.Looking forward to see you next time.Appreciate it.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Our 2nd visit
This was our 2nd visit to Bantayan and decided to go back to Marlin, it was different from the first visit last March as it was on their high season. Didn't know that we were in low season and thing were different....NO Breakfast Buffet, the Hotel was being renovated, Not as much employees around abit quiter. They do have a free pick up and dropped off shuttle from Santa Fe pier.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2017
Response from my-my on 17 Nov 2017
Thank you for your feedback.We will not serve buffet breakfast during low season and apologized for that.Hope you will come and stay again.

6/10 Okay

Jamie, Manila

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Service and Friendly Staff
The hotel offered free transfers to and from the port. When we got to the port there was a nice van waiting for us to take us to the resort. The resort is conveniently located 1 min away from the street where the restaurants are. They have beach chairs that are guests are free to use anytime. You can order food and drinks while you lounge. The only thing I didn't like is that it's quite a walk from the nice shore. The beachfront near the resort is quite dirty so you'd have to walk towards Kota beach which is around 5 mins away.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017

6/10 Okay

r, usa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
No tv or wifi
The motel is nice ,clean and located near small market and restaurants. You can get scoot for 350. Island tour thry asked 1500 for boat ride but you can walk 2 blocks down on right and get ride for 800 from jay diamante. The room we booked was being renovated so they gave a bigger room which was nice. The breakfast at motel was good. Only bad things was no tv in room but was told they plan to put in later. Wifi is very bad, cant connect inside room have to go out to balcony.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2017

8/10 Good

Ernest

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Quite the view
Hot , no tv , but great Ac , and believe that's important , nice location really close the restaurants , bars , town goodies white beaches ,
Stayed 2 nights in May 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in May 2017

8/10 Good

Deon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staying in Paradise
Good Buffett breakfast , comfortable room , clean and fresh linen . beautiful view ,nice white swimmable sand beach , cold beer and close to the all the eating places in Santa Fe . Although the food served in town not up to good standards. Still a beautiful peace full town and hotel to rest and clean the head.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Restaurant staff was friendly & Marlin's have nice beach front. Although, shower in the rooms are my only complain but would definitely recommend this to friends.

8/10 Good

Elson, North Dakota, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Hotel in bantayan
Overall, it was a pleasant hotel. No TV in the room and wifi is slow a bit.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great resort
Overall it was great! I love the buffet breakfast and the kitchen/restaurant staff was amazing. The beach is pristine. This resort is a good choice when visiting sta fe.

6/10 Okay

Don, San Francisco

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nothing special except LOCATION
The place wss decent and the staff was polite. Extremely dated, don't expect a tv, Wi-Fi to work in the room or even 50 percent. They did stand adv island hopping with snorkeling equipment, No fins. The resto was decent, The only and there was a big dog tied tho a post right in front of our beachfront room that barked all day. No-one seemed tho care and the dog got no attention. The only reason tho stay here I'd the great location. On the beach, 2 minute walls tho bars,restaurants, shops.

6/10 Okay

John, Philadelphia, PA USA

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Just an overnighter in Bantayan
My stay was just for one night. It seems the island and hotel are still recovering from the devastating typhoon a couple years ago. The room was big enough however I had no hot water though I was assured at the front desk that there was. However I still did not have any the following AM. The food at dinner was very good but the breakfast buffet was minimal for the cost of the room.

8/10 Good

Roland, Munich

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hotel at the beach
The rooms are very large - but with little atmosphere. Every room has a veranda or a balcony with see-view. The hotel is directly on the beach. The staff is very friendly and the cook knows how to cook.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A very good hote.,good accomodation,service is very good,staff memebers are very courteous.It's a good place to relax and unwind.

10/10 Excellent

Mike, washington spokane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very nice
its just picture perfect there hotel staff are great and friendly

6/10 Okay

Marlou, New York

Courteous and friendly staff
The room (deluxe garden view) was spacious and still had a good view of the water from the balcony. However, the water pressure in the shower is very low and the water temperature cannot be regulated. The food in their restaurant is okay. Continental breakfast is included and there's a sign that it is served between 6:00-10:00am. But on our first morning, the cook was very late (came 8:30!), the kitchen was closed and we had to wait. We were given coffee while waiting but when the continental breakfast was served, we were told we have to pay for the coffee because we were given coffee already. Talk about customer service! The beach area is nice, there are many lounging chairs and umbrellas, and the staff are courteous and friendly.

8/10 Good

Rosemarie Anne

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

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Rooms need a facelift
Good location on the beach with new sunbeds and with walking distance to restaurants. Our beach front room didn't have fly screens fitted to the sliding window and so you get a lot of mosquitoes if you want sea breeze. The air-con was TOO NOISY and the TV didn't work (apparently due to the last typhoon - but TV worked at a nearby Cafe). Poor internet connection in the room, shower door did not close properly, wardrobe had awful smell, fridge was too noisy and had to be switched off at night. The food was below average in Marlins restaurant and they did not notify us about an extra charge for more coffee and bread for breakfast which should have been included in the "Room with breakfast" rate.

2/10 Terrible

ste, thailand

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disgraceful
It is nothing like the place advertised give it a wide birth...

8/10 Good

Shawn, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Hotel
Hotels.com advertises this hotel with breakfast included but when we got there, they said this is a mistake on the website, breakfast is not included but the WiFi is free. So, we were disappointed and did not expect hotels.com to make a mistake like this. Hotels.com should fix this so customers don't get frustrated over this.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Clean and the beach
Very pleasant and helpful hotel staff, affordable food prices.

10/10 Excellent

Mary Kay, Oy-Mittelberg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Jmarc, Marseille

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
La plage est vraiment le plus Le personnel est nombreux et souriant Pour le moins le menage est tres léger si ce n'est inexistant
Stayed 12 nights in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Julia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Eric

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Très bon hotel rien à dire le prix était vrai mais derrière il a du service on ne manque de rien c'est propre
Stayed 10 nights in Jan 2020
Response from jojan on 28 Jan 2020
Thank you for choosing Marlins as your destination and describing us an excellent resort.Guests like you make our jobs delightfully and we're even more inspired by our work. And we look forward to welcome you in the next visit.

8/10 Good

Ryuta

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
総合的にみると良いホテルです Totally great hotel
４泊しました。部屋によりますが、ロケーション、価格を含め総合的に考えるとSatafe内では良いホテルと思います。 海へのアクセスは、プライベートビーチがあるのでとても良いです。干潮の差がありますが、ビーチは広く遠浅でとてもきれいです。 ダウンタウンへも２-３００メートルの距離で非常に便利です。 だたし、宿泊環境は部屋によります。海側の部屋は静かで快適ですが、ダウンタウン側の部屋は近隣のレストランの演奏が毎晩遅くまで鳴り響き、音が苦手な宿泊者にはお勧めできません。 海側の部屋は若干狭めですが、設備も新しく、とても快適です。 滞在中他のホテルも少し覗きましたが、価格/ローケーション面でも総合的に考えるととても良い施設です。 海側の部屋予約できれば、再訪すると思います。 Stayed 4 night. This hotel is totally quite fine. They have beautiful long beach and downtown access are also helpful. Though facility and condition depend on the room,seaside room is great which makes you so comfortable and you have great relaxed time. I will visit again, if i can keep the seaside room.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2020
Response from jojan on 10 Jan 2020
Thank you for your comment.And hope you will stay with us next time

8/10 Good

Anneli

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Rummen var stora och välstädade. Personalen tillmötesgående och hjälpsamma. Frukosten var beroende på antal gäster ibland buffe och ibland ala carte. Idet stora hela ett bra hotell men lite opersonligt. Stranden Ok.
Stayed 10 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Jojan on 3 Dec 2019
Thank you for your comment.Hope this is not be your last visit because we're very pleased to have you back to our beautiful island particularly to our resort.

6/10 Okay

Marte

Liked: Cleanliness
Needs improvement price/quality..
Our main remark is that for the higher price you pay in this resort, there is not enough you receive for it. The breakfast needs improvement, not needing to ask for the coffee to be refilled, fresh fruit well available instead of slim pickings, fresh juice instead of insta product, ... the lunch that we had was of better standard. As mentioned the price/quality needs some improvement, small details like beachtowels are an easy fix. Kind regards
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

6/10 Okay

Chris, Germany

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Nice hotel at the beach
Our deluxe room was big and clean. It had a nice balcony with view of the ocean. Good location in Santa Fe. The included breakfast was ok. Overall the resort seemed to be very clean and well maintained. They provide free transport from and to the ferry pier. The WiFi was almost completely unusable in our room. At check out we had a rather unpleasant experience. In the beginning we had five towels in our room but after the first cleaning we only got three new ones. At checkout they now claimed two towels were missing and suggested they might be in our bags and wanted to examine them and didn’t want to let us leave. That’s not how a hotel should treat its guests.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2018