Tambuli Beach Resort, Lapu-Lapu City

Summary - The local boat operator (Kuya Rudy) tried to fleece us for alot of dough. Some of the charges came up AFTER we were on the water. Facility - It is OK, the room have a nice A/C. Beds are typical hard asian beds. Bathroom is basic, has toilet seat and hot water heater. Resturant is open 24/7. We ate at midnight and it was decent. No internet available in the rooms, wireless in the lobby. A low wireless signal leaks into the resturant. City - This place is about 35-45 mins from the city by cab. This a fairly new resort (I've heard) and it away from the city. Beach - Sand is coarse, but OK. Water is beautiful, looks shades of blue. No mud or silt in the surf. Boating Details - I'm on the 2nd day of 4 day stay here with 7 friends and 2 kids. Scheduled a "island" hopping / snorkel trip with lunch at floating resturaunt. The initial white-man price was 4500php for the boat, way out of line (I live in the Phils). We eventually settled on 2500php. Mask / Snorkel rental was added n150php/each. AFTER we are on the water, stopped and anchored at the "Snorkel Spot", the guide tells us that there is an ADDITIONAL charge of 600php to snorkel in the santuary. No official receipt. We snorkeled to find the current was probably 5 knots and all the coral on the sea floor (3-4 meters) was dead. The fish that were there was because the operator tossed Rice over. Water WAS beautiful, but the area was pretty dead. Next to the floating resturant where the live seafood (Prawns, Lapu lapu, crabs, clams) looked good. However no menu, only pricing after we selected. We choose 2 live lapu lapu and 6 prawns. The bill presented was 1800php. About 5x higher than normal. We declined. next stop was home. There was no more trip? No other islands (per Kuya Rudy). Bottom line - Stay away from their bait and switch offers. Highly opportunistic. 44.5php = 1 USD these days.

The resort has good staff and very well-maintained room. Room service was satisfactory. Breakfast was yummy and I love the peaceful atmosphere.However prices of activities to do around the beach are extorbitant! they should not rip off tourists and vacationers. To sum this review up the resort is beautiful place but be ready to spend much money to enjoy your vacation totally.

the beaches in mactan are terrible and tambuli is totally rundown..the pics of the resort on their webpage must have been taken 30 years ago....the food was overpriced...good snorkeling at hilungutan island thats about it...im going back to boracay!

we received a call in our room and asking for money and if we refuse to give we are in trouble. I'm glad i got a courage to asked help to our neighbors guest and rang my family to help us out in that resort. we left the resort at the middle of that night with police assistance. i dont wanna go back to that resort, its not very safe. hope this will not happen to others.

last time we had a vacation with my husband..after our dinner we received a call in our room. He said he was a supervisor in the resort and asking for money and if we will not give we are in trouble. It was a traumatic experience for me. im glad i have a courage to went out and asked help to our neighbor guests and rang my family to pick up and get out of that resort. we reported to the hotel but they said the call was not from them. hope this incident will not happen to others.

what i like this place are:its cool,nice view,peace and quite place for me and my partner,,but what i didnt like was their service,it tooks long time if u ordered some foods,and also there connection was so weak,that why i didnt used mg loptop.but anyways,for its a nice place to have your honeymoon here.

Nice clean resort. The staff was friendly and helpful. The massage ladies were very sweet and did a good job. The beach is small but nice. I was not impressed with their buffet breakfast, lunch, or dinners. Better to go ala cart. The resort is a 400 peso ride away from anything if u want to do something in the city. I'd stay here again though. It was a relaxing place.

The service is poor. I had to call 5 times and wait 30 minutes to get a pitcher of water from room service. The breakfast is poor, with no fresh fruit, instant coffee and powdered juice. The staff hangs around in cliques smoking and talking and is difficult to get response for service. The beach is not cleaned and has broken glass, seaweed and refuse all over it. And they had the nerve to charge $78 complete charge with tax, per night.

No white sand at all! A total rip off! Looking at the pictures in the net I thought that they have white sand all the while they only have stones! I had an itch after bathing in the beach... The water is so polluted. I will never return to this place.

Staff is friendly, food is great, and I love the water skiing. But need to update their bathroom. It's a great place during our honeymoon, we love it!