New Village Lodge

“Pleasant stay. Rested well.”

Resort is clean and well maintained. Check in was a breeze thanks to Salv. Salv extended herself to b sure we were properly situated. Room was clean and spacious. The kitchen is fine with full menu. You can order your meal at the front desk in advance.

“One of the most unique lodges I’ve been in”

It’s a nice place to stay for a few nights. It’s very unique with it’s Japanese garden type aesthetic with a bar area. There’s even a pan in the middle where you can experience a hot bath like you are being cooked. The staff here are really helpful and really dedicated to making your experience lov… more

It’s a nice place to stay for a few nights. It’s very unique with it’s Japanese garden type aesthetic with a bar area. There’s even a pan in the middle where you can experience a hot bath like you are being cooked. The staff here are really helpful and really dedicated to making your experience lovely. Plus they have a cute, hardworking staff member there so that’s always a plus! 👍 The area is also close the whale shark tourist attraction and Tumalong falls by car (about 10-15 minutes). If you don’t have a car, the staff will help you plan a tour which includes getting transportation for those tourist areas. The room was decent. Booked a double bedroom on the 2nd floor and it was really nice looking. Also they do have fair room service food pricing and they cook it fresh. Really loved the quiet atmosphere of this lounge, especially at night were it had a gorgeous view. Pros - Fair pricing for the type of room and experience you get - Close to the whale shark and waterfall attractions - Staff can help you book tours if you didn’t plan ahead - Quiet and relaxing outside with a Japanese garden aesthetic - Rooms have AC and hot water - Staff are very helpful and will attend to your every need Cons - The Wi-fi is pretty spotty depending on which room you book, especially on the rooms on the 2nd floor. Sometimes it would find the wi-fi network and then immediately then can’t find it. 1st floor rooms seem to be more consistent with wi-fi compared to the 2nd floor, but some of the 1st floor rooms have a communal bathroom and shower (kind of like US colleges) There is probably a dead zone in the first rooms of the 2nd floor. Getting a stronger/additional wifi extender/receiver probably can fix this - I don’t if it’s just the room I booked, but there were only 3 channels on the tv cable and none of them were watchable. It was kind of surreal since I never seen a lodge with that limited of a cable selection, so don’t plan to be watching cable here when you stay. The good news is that none of the tv ports are blocked off so you can technically connect a HDMI cable if you have one to the tv and hook up an external device like your laptop or Apple TV and watch tv that way. Despite these flaws, I really enjoyed the 1 and half days that I stayed there. It was a place where you can truly relax and meditate after you visit the tourist areas. The wifi issue and the cable issue really didn’t bother me much since this is place you would usually stay for about 1-2 days max to see the attractions and then leave.

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“worth the stay!”

lodge's location is a 10 min. ride to oslob tourism office. dont worry they offer a ride going to oslob tourism office and back to hotel. they even assist us when we arrive to tourism office and patiently wait for us. we stayed in a room with 2 bunk beds. airconditioned. the place is ig worthy as w… more

lodge's location is a 10 min. ride to oslob tourism office. dont worry they offer a ride going to oslob tourism office and back to hotel. they even assist us when we arrive to tourism office and patiently wait for us. we stayed in a room with 2 bunk beds. airconditioned. the place is ig worthy as well. walkable from the hiway for less than 5 min. we checked in super late still they accomodate us. there's no wifi but signal is cellular signal is good. also another point for the lodge that it is just 5 min walk to cuartel ruins. so before we checked out, we visit the ruins and had some photo ops. im not sure if they have a cafeteria, but anyway there's some on the main road. over all we had a great stay here even just for a night,

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“Economical stay in Oslob.”

The rooms were good. Nice design, spacious especially at the front to sit and relax outside. The staff were very friendly and helpful. Limited food and drinks can be purchased from reception. Wifi was ok. Variable at times but worked. My only complaint would be the toilet inside the bathroom. The… more

The rooms were good. Nice design, spacious especially at the front to sit and relax outside. The staff were very friendly and helpful. Limited food and drinks can be purchased from reception. Wifi was ok. Variable at times but worked. My only complaint would be the toilet inside the bathroom. The flush was broken so needed manual flushing with a bucket. There were a couple of toilets and showers in public areas outside that worked perfectly fine. Just disappointing the room one did not! The location was good as short walk to a few shops and main road and town centre. For us this was convenient to stay as after we went to do whale shark swimming and then proceeded next day to Kawasan Falls.

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“Damp rooms, great staff”

The staff here was super friendly and went out of their way to help. One person personally escorted me to the ATM and the coffee shop so I wouldn't get lost. They also arranged my tour to the whale sharks for a nominal fee. Unfortunately, the room was very damp and the property had a ton of mosquit… more

The staff here was super friendly and went out of their way to help. One person personally escorted me to the ATM and the coffee shop so I wouldn't get lost. They also arranged my tour to the whale sharks for a nominal fee. Unfortunately, the room was very damp and the property had a ton of mosquitos which left no place to just relax.

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