Rooms pretty basic for this price point. I stayed in two different rooms, and one had a struggling aircon.

Brilliant, beautiful and peaceful location with good food, excellent staff and dive and snorkel resources at your fingertips.

Stayed in April 2024

The pool is awful they need to treat it badly. The water was so cloudy and dirty no one would swim in it. We dove with the resort, worse dives of the entire trip. So disorganized, terrible almost unsafe dive master. Boat was not there when we surfaced spent over 30 minutes hanging on to another boat in the water till our boat could be located.

Location was great. Snorkeling was nice

Stayed in April 2024

Kind of simple rooms, which are ok, but missing safety box and place to put a laptop and do some work.

Great and natural surrounding, lots of shadow, access to the sea. Scuba inhouse.

Stayed in April 2024

Great location with beach front access. Liked that the resort could accommodate our family of 5. Family room was spacious. The view was amazing, and the kids (tweens) loved how easy it was to enter the water. Lots of sea life at all times of the day. They also loved being able to take a dip in the pool at any time (open 24/7). Really appreciated that they had a restaurant that was opened all day with a good variety of food items and drinks. Getting in town was also a breeze as the resort had a local tricycle driver, Patrick, who was great! We also really enjoyed getting on their boat for a snorkling outing. We tagged along with the divers and had a snorkle at the sardine run and at a second spot that wasn't quite accessible from the beach (this was our favourite spot). Also recommend getting a massage over the water. Staff were all friendly and informative. Never pressured us to do any of the activities, which we liked/appreciated. Very happy go lucky attitudes and gave us insightful information and tips. Overall, we really enjoyed the relaxing vibe of the place, friendly and lovely staff, and that it's tucked away from the crowds. Would definitely return!

Stayed in April 2024

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Was a bit out of the way of the town, but lovely and calm, quite and peaceful. The location is on the beach with an amazing private (natural) coral reef on the door step. The staff were willing to go above and beyond, booking tours (in house private tours) and even made vegan pancakes!! The rooms were lovely, spacious and clean and had amazing air con.

Stayed in April 2024

The single aircon in the poolview family room is not enough for the size of room. Really needs a second unit.

Food was nice and served hot. Location was good.

Stayed in April 2024

Great location and beautiful views

Stayed in April 2024

Beds are quite old

Very quiet resort, large room and friendly staff

Stayed in March 2024

The standard is not really like home though. Cleaning, internet, toilet, water. It is good considering it's location, but some stuff leaves room for improvment. Nothing that really affected my stay in a negative way though.

Very cosy and calm resort some distance from town. Friendly and helpful staff, both the locals and foreign employees. The athmosphere is great and it is well maintained making it an oasis to come back to after you been gone on adventure.

Stayed in March 2024

Little far from center. Also everyone was very nice except the lady who handled our check out. To me, she didn't look like she care about guests much. We asked her to call tricycle. Then we said we ll wait in the restaurant and asked her to let us know when the driver arrives. After waiting around 45 minutes, i went to reception area and asked her again. Trycycle was there, and she said he just arrived. When we were on the way, I asked to the driver and he said he was waiting there around 20 minutes. If we kept waiting we could stayed in the restaurant few more hours i guess. :)

Staff were generally nice and helpful. The owner (i think his name is michael) is very friendly. Food was okay. Room was good. Clean and good view with balcony.

Stayed in February 2024

We had lunch and it was fair for the cost

We had a packed sandwich before leaving for Oslob

Stayed in February 2024

It's a bit far away from the main town, but we were mainly in the area to dive so this was a great place to stay for that.

We felt very at home at the Blue Orchid! The staff was great, always able to help with things. I got my PADI diving certification here and it was great! Room was basic but comfortable. The location was peaceful. Loved the grounds and the view of the ocean.

Stayed in February 2024

The mattress was way too hard and uncomfy and I had some restless nights here. I like firmer mattresses, but this was like sleeping on concrete. No shower gel or shampoo.

The location was perfect, away from all the noise. It's 10 min drive from the bus stop and the city. Beautifully located in a garden, right by the sea, so we walked out of the room into the sea. Also the beautiful White Beach is only a 10 min walk away. The staff was super friendly and helpful. They helped us rent a motorbike, they organise all sorts of trips and activities. We did a fun snorkeling boat trip with them. There is no breakfast included, but there is a bar and restaurant on site and the food is ok and decently priced. We also loved the atmosphere of the place. Lots of cool people. We meet plenty of nice people, made some new friends.

Stayed in February 2024

Nothing to complain about

The food was very tasty. We planned on going into town for meals since we had spent the previous 3 days in town. However the food at the the Blue Orchid was so good and the ambience and company were so amazing that we ate all our meals at the resort. We did the SCUBA refresher course with Jeff one day and dove with the sardines etc the next day. My wife hadn’t dove for 15 years and was a bit apprehensive. We were very grateful for Jeff’s gentle and patient approach to getting us back underwater. The dives were so amazing and hugely exceeded our expectations. Thank you Jeff! Erica and Connor also well above and beyond in their amazing helpfulness and support. You guys rock!!!

Stayed in February 2024

The location is quite offbeat from the city. The reception closes at 8pm. So if there's anything you need after that, you are bound to struggle. We booked 4 rooms and not all had same basic infra. The lower rooms lacked table.

The massage location is spot on! Free gears and location for snorkelling.

Stayed in February 2024

Excellent location and very friendly and supportive staff.

Stayed in February 2024

The bed was large and comfy but could use some more blankets.

I liked the staff service, onsite restaurant and onsite snorkelling.

Stayed in January 2024

The location was beautiful and all of the staff were incredible!!

Stayed in January 2024

Not a bad word to say. I wish we had of stayed longer and experienced more diving and snorkelling adventures.

Great location, 10mins trike ride out of Panagsama which I really liked because it’s more relaxed than the hectic streets of Moalboal and Panagsama. If you want to go their for night life etc it’s super easy but then you get to come home to paradise. The reef is literally right on the doorstep of your room and easy access. First snorkel we saw turtles, loads of coral and different fishes. The staff are super friendly and cater for everything you want to do in the region like canyoneering and diving etc.

Stayed in January 2024

The bathroom or more specifically, the plumbing could use some updating. The toilet smelled sometimes and wouldn’t flush. The property could use better shower head and be elevated easily if they offered better toiletries as the safeguard soap can be too harsh on sensitive skin. The room that we stayed in had a bird living outside the wall and would wake us up at night, which is fine since it’s nature, but thought I would mention it incase someone needs peace and quiet for sleep.

I liked that they had a restaurant in the resort. The food was excellent, deserving of a 3.5 star resort. I loved learning to dive with the dive master, Jeff. We saw two turtles on our first dive and felt very safe in the water with him.

Stayed in January 2024

Very friendly. Super comfy beds. Great food and location!

Stayed in January 2024

Location is great - quiet and nature. Good diving on the reef, and great snorkeling. So many sea turtles!

Stayed in December 2023

Nothing

The location is amazing. This place is peaceful. The personnel are really helpful.

Stayed in December 2023

The staff could be more attentive as far as service goes in the restaurant.

Stunning location close enough but also not too close to the busy but quaint town of Moalboal. Really enjoyed the feel of having your own cottage with sea view. We walked out of our cottage right down to the shore where we could start snorkelling immediately and saw the most incredible corals and marine life. Sea turtles, banded sea snake were highlights but we saw much more. Overall a very relaxing stay and we would have stayed longer if we could.

Stayed in December 2023