There is much to commend the Dream Resort: beautifully styled, generous public spaces - we loved the yoga pavilion, and the pool is larger than the pics suggest - and blessed with stunning ocean views. The villas are spacious, bed comfortable and firm, and private - no noisy hotel room neighbours here. A work desk and chair in the villa are lacking, especially as the wifi was generally much better in the room than the restaurant. Food was fair to good but nothing special. For some reason we found food in the Philippines to be generally bland compared to elsewhere in Southeast Asia; and we’ve travelled to all the ASEAN countries bar Brunei. The downside of the resort is that it’s fairly isolated. There’s very little in the way of alternative restaurants in Taytay. A new kid in town, Leonidas, is 10 minutes north, and a viable option for lunches and dinner - and proper coffee. One suggestion for the Dream team (😉) would be to have a water station in the restaurant or filled bottles at the bar ready for collection (as other places we stayed at did) as we found the need to have to find a staff member to fill our water bottle a little annoying. (Tap water is not potable in the Philippines outside Manila.) The gardens will delight birders. In addition to the ubiquitous Palawan sunbird we saw ioras, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, two kingfishers, amongst many others along the shore. And we loved walking out on to the extensive mudflats at low tide. Note, though, that the beach isn’t one for swimming. Staff were always welcoming and helpful. A few minor improvements would make it a 5-star boutique resort.
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