Kota Beach Resort

I thoroughly enjoyed my stay at Kota Beach Resort in Bantayan Island. They have cheap rooms but very clean and well kept. Their resort is right in front of the beach. They have sun lounges at the beachfront where you can hang out during the day or marvel at the canopy of stars at night.

They also have a restaurant which serves good food. Shops, restaurants and bars are two - three blocks away.

The staff is very friendly and accommodating.

I would definitely recommend Kota Beach Resort to travelers.

We stayed in Kota beach for 3 nights on March 4-6, 2012. I would say it is indeed one quiet and relaxing place to stay. Kota beach resort is also just a walking distance to the prestigious restaurants in the island such as the D'Jungle, O'Portuguese, Blue Ice...and other restos which I failed to jot down the names :D I would say the resort has the best sandbar in the island. Even in low tide, you can enjoy the beach scenery. The sand is more of powderly white.

I also stayed in Ogtong Cave resort but the shore is a bit rocky and you just can't enjoy the beach much especially during low tide unlike in Kota beach where you can enjoy the beach to the fullest!

The rooms in Kota beach resort are spacious. I would recommend that you book the beach front cottages so you can readily enjoy the beach scenery when you wake up.

We stayed in Kota beach for 3 nights on March 4-6, 2012. I would say it is indeed one quiet and relaxing place to stay. Kota beach resort is also just a walking distance to the prestigious restaurants in the island such as the D'Jungle, O'Portuguese, Blue Ice...and other restos which I failed to jot down the names :D I would say the resort has the best sandbar in the island. Even in low tide, you can enjoy the beach scenery. The sand is more of powderly white.

I also stayed in Ogtong Cave resort but the shore is a bit rocky and you just can't enjoy the beach much especially during low tide unlike in Kota beach where you can enjoy the beach to the fullest!

The rooms in Kota beach resort are spacious. I would recommend that you book the beach front cottages so you can readily enjoy the beach scenery when you wake up.

This place is awesome! A place to relax, away from city life.

Their cottages are awesome and provide discount on low season. Doesn't have tv on the cottage though so you better bring a good book to read by the beach!

We booked a room for 3 for only PHp1,300 per night. Our room was at the farthest back but it's okay. it's only a minute's walk to the beach. And we were so surprise to find 2 queen sized beds and one single bed in the room. The room which was supposed to be only good for three was actually good for 5! The beds, though I know were not new, are very comfortable. The sheets are just so-so. I didn't care. And the room has A/C. The staff, although not very smiling, are responsive enough. Not really as bad as i thought staff service would be. The restaurant serves food in 30 minutes..too bad..but the food was edible enough and not so expensive..so it's fine. But the view? AWESOME. Biggest and best sandbar in the place.

The resort offers a wide variety of accommodations to choose from.

Standard room with fan: Php 770, for 3 persons

Aircon Room: 1,260, for 2 persons

Penthouse Room: 1,560, for 3 persons

Amihan Room: 1,560, for 3 persons

Non-aircon Cottage: 1,079, for 3 persons

Aircon Row House: 1,300, for 3 persons

Aircon Deluxe Cottage: 1,560, for 3 persons

Superior Cottage: 1,700, for 3 persons

Beachfront Suite: 2,000, for 3 persons

Extra Mattress: 200

I wasn’t able to see all of the rooms and cottages, only the standard room and non-aircon cottage that we got.

The beachfront suites are the ones on the first row, obviously beachfront. Next row would be the superior cottages, and last row are the non-aircon cottages, but even from that distance, you could already see the beach.

The rooms are at the back.

As I’ve said, we got the non-aircon cottage, which was very basic, a typical native hut with simple beds (a double bed and a single bed), fan (though there’s an ac and an additional fee if we use it), cabinets, and attached bathroom with toilet and shower (no hot water though).

What I like about the cottage is the native-feel to it with its capiz windows. It is also very spacious and has a balcony too.

And although we did not use the airconditioning unit, it wasn’t hot at all as we were cooled by the fresh seabreeze.

As for their restaurant, we only ate their once, at breakfast, so I couldn’t say much about the restaurant food. We had big serving of danggit, scrambled eggs, sinangag rice, coffee and mango juice. I think it was Php 120. And the daing was delicious. But of course, we’re in Cebu, known for their danggit. ☺

I’ll give credit to their staff for accommodating our request for an early breakfast. The restaurant opens at 6 A.M. and they gladly served ours at 5:30 A.M.

They also offer free transportation to/from the Sta. Fe Port. Mang Dodong, the resort’s driver, also knows a lot of bangkero for island hopping and also bike/motorbike rentals for island tour.

There's nothing much to do in the resort, except swimming. No water sports available.

I like the resort for its location. It’s near the Sta. Fe market, which is like the center of the poblacion, with lots of restaurants and mini grocery stores.

But what I like most about the resort is the peacefulness that if offers, the way a resort should be, I think.