San Remigio maybe three hours away from Cebu City, and it is one of the visited towns in Central Visayas — in addition to this, Elegant Beach Resort, one of the most popular and preferred resorts in northern Cebu.
Why Elegant Beach Resort?
Elegant Beach Resort was featured in sugbo.ph, with promising reviews, my team was captivated with the resort experience. However, this contradicts on what’s being advertised.
Disclaimer. This is my honest review for Elegant Beach Resort and my intentions are bringing awareness to its owners and to their future guest.
How to get there? ![1f697 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](//cityescape.ph/wp-content/plugins/a3-lazy-load/assets/images/lazy_placeholder.gif)
If you wish to take public transportation, go to North Bus Terminal, then look for a bus going to San Remigio. Your drop off point should be in a school in Brgy. Tambongon near Aqua Water Refilling Station.
Bus fare is PHP150-160 and from there, ride a motorbike going to the Elegant Beach Resort, with a PHP30-40 per person.
Facilities ![1f6d2 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](//cityescape.ph/wp-content/plugins/a3-lazy-load/assets/images/lazy_placeholder.gif)
- Air-conditioned rooms.
- Swimming pool.
- Jacuzzi.
- Children’s Playground.
- Hammock.
- Parking lot.
- Common kitchen.
How was the Customer Service?
Staffs were not accommodating as expected, no short explanation where their amenities are, or how we can get them if we need their support. Clearly, they are not trained yet.
Why do this matter?
— Simply, your business won’t last if you don’t have any customers, and the first impression matters as advertised.
Air-conditioned rooms.
We had 3 rooms reserved and all of them are fully air-conditioned. Here is the price sheet below:
Double Room: PHP 1,960 per night, good for 2pax
Triple Room: PHP 2,185 per night, good for 3pax
Dorm Type 1: PHP 4,000 per night, good for 8pax
Dorm Type 2: PHP 5,000 per night, good for 10pax— Excess charge is PHP 350 per pax per night
— Check-in: 2PM / Check-out: 12NN
Swimming pool and Jacuzzi.
Clean and relaxing pool, until 10 PM use only.
![IMG_20181007_054808-768x1024 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181007_054808-768x1024.jpg)
Staff Pool Cleaning in Elegant Beach Resort
![IMG_20181007_054841-768x1024 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181007_054841-768x1024.jpg)
Swimming Pool Regulation in Elegant Beach Resort
![IMG_20181007_054920-1024x768 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181007_054920-1024x768.jpg)
Jacuzzi in Elegant Beach Resort — in the photo Maricel Ramos
![IMG_20181007_102740-1024x768 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181007_102740-1024x768.jpg)
Jacuzzi in Elegant Beach Resort — from left Carl Philip, John Rosen, Kurt, and Nel
![IMG_20181006_192434-1024x768 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181006_192434-1024x768.jpg)
Swimming pool night view in Elegant Beach Resort — credits to Shira Barbs
Hammock.
![IMG_20181007_054328-1024x768 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181007_054328-1024x768.jpg)
Hammock and Rent House in Elegant Beach Resort
![IMG_20181007_062233-768x1024 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181007_062233-768x1024.jpg)
Hammock view in Elegant Beach Resort
Parking lot.
You have a lot of space for your car, this will not be a problem for sure.
![IMG_20181007_054058-1024x768 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181007_054058-1024x768.jpg)
Parking area in Elegant Beach Resort
Common Kitchen.
Spacious kitchen, with these price range below:
10 pax below: PHP 1,000 per day
11-20 pax below: PHP 1,500 per day
21 pax above: PHP 3,000 per day
![IMG_20181006_151848_1-1024x768 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181006_151848_1-1024x768.jpg)
Common kitchen — in the photo Cris John and Jefferson
![IMG_20181006_141400_1-1024x768 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181006_141400_1-1024x768.jpg)
Spacious kitchen in Elegant Beach Resort — in the photo John Rosen while preparing a dish
![IMG_20181006_140727_1-1024x768 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181006_140727_1-1024x768.jpg)
Spacious kitchen in Elegant Beach Resort — from left Romeo, Jeff, Phil, Rosen, Mico, Cris, and Nel
Mini Watch Tower
![IMG_20181007_062210-1024x768 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181007_062210-1024x768.jpg)
Mini Watch Tower during sunrise in Elegant Beach Resort
![IMG_20181007_054052-1024x768 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181007_054052-1024x768.jpg)
Shots we had on Mini Watch Tower.
![IMG_20181007_103850-768x1024 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181007_103850-768x1024.jpg)
Shots we had on Mini Watch Tower — credits to Shira Barb
![IMG_20181007_053905-768x1024 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181007_053905-768x1024.jpg)
Shots we had on Mini Watch Tower — in the photo Maricel Ramos
![IMG_20181007_054230-768x1024 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181007_054230-768x1024.jpg)
From Mini Watch Tower to the Beach in Elegant Beach Resort.
How was the beach expectation?
If you have seen sugbo.ph photos, you should be familiar with these two:
Promising right? However, these were not the case, here are the shots we had along the shoreline.
![IMG_20181006_160612-1024x768 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181006_160612-1024x768.jpg)
Seaweeds wash up along the shoreline in Elegant Beach Resort
![IMG_20181006_160827_1-768x1024 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181006_160827_1-768x1024.jpg)
Muddy texture sand in Elegant Beach Resort
![IMG_20181006_160940-1024x768 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181006_160940-1024x768.jpg)
Locals collecting sea urchin during low tide condition.
![IMG_20181006_161029-1024x768 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181006_161029-1024x768.jpg)
Coconut husk washed up along the shore.
![IMG_20181006_161131-1024x768 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181006_161131-1024x768.jpg)
Muddy texture sand.
![IMG_20181006_161307-1024x768 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181006_161307-1024x768.jpg)
Plastics and seaweeds.
![IMG_20181006_161316-1024x768 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181006_161316-1024x768.jpg)
Plastics and seaweeds during low tide condition.
As I walked along the shore with disappointments, I found a stream, and this might be the culprit for that garbage washed along the beach line. Here are the photos below:
![IMG_20181006_161701-1024x768 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181006_161701-1024x768.jpg)
Discolored white sand.
![IMG_20181006_161828-1-1024x768 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181006_161828-1-1024x768.jpg)
Discolored white sand.
![IMG_20181006_161835-1024x768 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181006_161835-1024x768.jpg)
Another view where you can see the great number trash piled up along the shore during the low tide condition.
![IMG_20181007_052704-1024x768 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181007_052704-1024x768.jpg)
Piled up trash after our first night, yet no staff care to clean these mess.
![IMG_20181007_053244-768x1024 Elegant Beach Resort, San Remigio, Cebu](https://cityescape.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_20181007_053244-768x1024.jpg)
Muddy texture sand.
How was the entire experience?
— Elegant Beach Resort has potential, it just happened staffs were not trained for Customer Service yet and no dedicated maintenance on their beach line. I hope this review will help both resort owners and their future guest.
For the Resort owner of Elegant Beach Resort, it would be best if you could listen to your previous guest Google Reviews, here are some entry below:
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