Date
of Stay: January 27 - 29, 2009
RATING
(Scale of 1 to 10)
Location:
******
Rooms:
******
Condition
and Cleanliness: ******
Staff
Performance: ******
Room
Comfort: ******
Food
and Beverage: ******
Other
Amenities: ****
Value
for Money: *******
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| Simon Viewpoint Inn and Restaurant |
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| Food at Simon's Inn |
Simon Viewpoint Inn and
Restaurant, one of the biggest in Batad, is basically a backpacker
accommodation, with large rooms with multiple beds and shared bathrooms., From
its concrete, railing-less view deck, one can get a breathtaking amphitheater vista
of the Batad
Rice Terraces. The inn can accommodate around 50 guest at a time.
The inn also has a pair of
seemingly authentic rectangular and nailless one-room bale huts at
the back. Used for cooking and sleeping, the huts are built on four
sturdy amugawan tree trunk posts, 2-3 m. from the ground, to keep the
vermin out.
Access to the hut is through
a steep, removable bamboo or wooden ladder. The hut also has outward
slanting waist or chest-high walls, two doors, a wooden plank floor and no
windows. The steep, pyramidal, reed and grass-thatched roof conceals the
walls.
The inn's restaurant also
serves good food (pizza, pita bread, highland rice, veggies, fries, etc.) and
wine (native rice wine called tappuy).
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| A pair of Ifugao huts at the back of the inn |
Simon Viewpoint Inn and
Restaurant: Brgy. Batad, Banaue, Ifugao. Mobile number: (0919) 261-9566
(Simon Ilag).
