During our 10 day stay over in Cebu, we decided to stay at the Holiday Spa which came highly recommended by one of ours friends. We booked a pool view room, 1500php. We arrived early, before check in time and unlike the previous hotel, the receptionist, simply said check in is at 2pm, Sir. Our bags were stored and we went off to the hospital to visit a friend there. When we returned in late evening after a busy day, hospital, mall, lunch meeting, shopping, dinner meeting, we discovered that our check in form had been lost, consequently i had to do it all again. The porter carried the one small shopping bag to the room even thought i insisted not to, just give me the key, i hate others carrying my bags. When we arrived at the room he proceeded to turn on the tv air con and every light, and then waited for his tip . . i proceeded to turn off the aircon tv and most of the lights and waited for him to leave. My wife and i got changed to take a 2130hrs swim in then huge pool. We went to the pool side only to be informed it was closed for cleaning !!! grr this was the sole purpose for booking this hotel, so we could take a late night swim. The room was however very large and gave the impression of high quality, the bed massive, however only 4 terrible pillows. A large amount of budget had been spent on the room, but the shower head was aweful, saved money there . .
In the morning i was woken to the noise of swimmers right outside my window, and also the bright sunlight streaming in. No black out curtain used here. We got up and had a little swim in the pool, however its not a fun pool it was filled with serious swimmer types, kind of off putting if ur a terrible swimmer... Whist its in a prime location, the facilities are good, but i wouldnt stay here again . . over priced for what we recieved, like so many other hotels . .

Just spent two weeks at this hotel at the promo rate of 1500 per night, for deluxe room with no window. Great value for money. Room was large and well presented, fan a/c, good selection of tv channels, Cinemax had some good action films on. The room was cleaned daily, with fresh sheets and towels. Shower worked well, with plenty of constant hot water. A bath would have been nice, but not the norm, I think. Cleaning staff where friendly and helpful. Eating in was nice, not bad choice, well priced and plentiful, my favourite was the chocolate shake, hehe. Gym and pool was nice also.

Wi-fi, worked well in the room, but not so good in reception. You have to pay for wi-fi in room. Reception staff were always friendly and happy. Location was pretty good, with food outlets fairly close. I will stay here again in the future, great.

I have stayed three times at the Holiday Spa Hotel. First time was April 2011 and then on two separate occasions in September 2012.

HSH is located close to Ayala Mall and Gaisano Country Mall - approximate 70p and 50p respectively in a taxi. The hotel was originally a health spa with the accommodation rooms added in 2010 - or so I believe.

The hay pool-view rooms and viewless room with a couple of hundred pesos difference in price. As I sat by the pool I saw no pool-view rooms with their curtains drawm back 0 so you might want to think about paying extra for a view you won't look at. The reason being is that the pool is a lap pool. It is not a resort pool. It is approx 25 metres long and line-marked for swimming. I have to say that the water was very clean and not over chlorinated.

The room are very big and clean. I stayed in a room with a king-sized bed. The linen was fresh and the towels small but clean. The shower had some mould in the grout of the floor tiles of the shower recess, but I have seen that in the Crown Regency and other more expensive hotels. There was plenty of water pressure and the hot water was hot.

The walls are covered in a brown felt-type material which does a great job of sound-proofing the room. The curtains were thick, so if you like a very dark room to sleep in (as I do), this is for you. I like a firm bed - firmer than most, but the bed was too firm for me - I woke with a sore back each morning. Perhaps they are not meant for solo sleeping.

The skirting boards of the rooms are made of MDF and therefore are swelling and cracking from the continual mopping of the floor. There was an LCD TV mounted on the wall and the ubiquitous cable channels to choose from. There was no refrigerator in the room.

For 150p guests can use the gym. It is a well-equiped gym with most things the average user needs. As a gym-rat, I found the only thing lacking was a seated-row machine - but most gym-goers won't notice. There is a great array of dum-bells up to 110lb.

There is a small cafe with ala carte menu - but if you ask nicely, the chef might make a meal that you request. The brewed coffee is very good - I love coffee and most times the brewed coffee at cafes in the Philippines is thin and bitter. The coffee here is great. My only two gripes are that the coffee comes in small cups. I asked for a large cup and got it - with the small cup amount in the bottom......the second gripe is: the advertised prices on their menu board is WITHOUT sales tax - so add 10% to the price of what you buy.

The girls and guys at the desk are friendly and accommodating - try using some Bisaya and they will like you even more.

Taxis are usually not a problem as there are usually a few at the end of the drive and the security guard will whistle for them.

Overall: I like this place - it's clean, the rooms are big and very quiet, the service is good, the coffee is good and the hotel is in a handy location.

We picked this hotel mainly because of the pool for my daughter, and it looked clean and safe from the pictures we saw on the net. We were using this hotel as a base or a kind of stepping stone until we found an apartment to move into, the location of the hotel is fantastic and near both of the major malls and very close the Cebu IT park which has some great bars and restaurants.

The room was ok, and came with cable TV and a great AC unit. The only downside was there wasn't a window in the room, we didn't spend much time in the room so we weren't really bothered by this.

They have free wifi in the lobby area and in the lobby cafe, where I spent most of my time, but the internet seemed very intermittent.

Food was ok, a little expense compared to eating out of the hotel and the portions were very small. I actually counted 7 fries on my plate when I ordered a burger.

All in all a good hotel especially if you have younger children as it was safe and clean and the bell boy was always there to help with bags and getting taxis