Resort Review: Momarco Resort & Hotel (Tanay, Rizal)

Date of Stay: April 4-5, 2016

RATING (Scale of 1 to 10)

Location: ******

Rooms: ********

Condition and Cleanliness: ********

Staff Performance: ********

Room Comfort: *******

Food and Beverage: ******

Other Amenities: *******

Value for Money: *******

Momarco Resort & Hotel

The 2-storey hotel

Reception Desk

This spacious, cool, breezy and well-maintained resort, with lots of greenery, has various types of rooms available to cater to different needs with a newly built hotel and casitas with suites good for couples.  

Hotel lobby

The 2-storey hotel  has airconditioned rooms with LED cable TV, minibar, smart key card, writing desk and private bath with hot and cold shower, hair dryer and hygiene kit – Superior A (PhP5,625-6,200, 1 queen-size bed and 1 single bed ), Superior B (PhP3,750-4,125, 1 queen-size bed) and Superior C (PhP3,750-4,125, 2 single beds). 

It also has nice and spacious, airconditioned single detached casitas with LCD cable TV, minibar, barbecue grille, outdoor garden set and private bath with hot and cold shower, hair dryer and hygiene kit – Casita De Luxe for 2 (PhP3,250-3,575, 1 king-size bed), Casita De Luxe for 6 (PhP6,750-7,000, 3 double beds) and Casita De Luxe for 7 (PhP7,875-8,125, 2 double beds and 1 bunk bed with pull out). 

Superior C Room - 207

Hotel balcony

Their regular airconditioned rooms have common wash areas, barbecue grilles and common outdoor garden table – Regular A/C for 2 (PhP1,600-1,760, 1 queen or 2 single beds), Regular A/C for 4 (PhP2,600-2,860, 2 bunk beds) and Regular A/C for 10 (PhP6,450-6,700, 5 bunk beds). 

Casita

Large groups are 
accommodated in basic fan-cooled room with double deck beds, good for youth camps and budgeted group outings (PhP425-450). Casa Lucia (PhP18,500-20,000), the yellow house on the hill, can sleep 30 persons. This full service house has a kitchen, dining and living areas.  

Bedrooms are fan-cooled and furnished with queen-size beds and or double deck beds. Bahay ni Inday (PhP11,750-12,000), good for 8 persons, has 2 airconditioned bedrooms and a living, dining and kitchen area. The Gazebo, good for 10 pax, has 2 fan-cooled rooms with bunk beds, It is furnished with grille, dining area and a service kitchen.

The Lanai Restaurant

The resort also has a restaurant (The Lanai, open 6 AM – 8 PM), bar and KTV (Bathala), function rooms (40-pax Laiban A & B, 60-80-pax Sampaloc Hall, 100-150-pax Aldea Hall, Kubo Hall), a huge, kidney-shaped outdoor swimming pool (open 7 AM – 5 PM), two smaller pools (a children’s pool with fountain and the other a manmade lagoon, lined with natural pebbles, with small waterfalls and rock features), poolside cabanas, view deck, , hiking path, mini zoo with some birds an snakes, sundry shop, basketball court, tennis court, sports center (billiards, table tennis, darts),and children’s playground. They've got bikes for rent (PhP100/hour) which you can use on the challenging Bathala Bike Trail of humps, rollers, jumps, berms and other obstacles. They offer videoke rental. 

The huge outdoor swimming pool

The food at the restaurant is reasonably priced and there are quite a lot of options. Whether you are on foot or on a wheelchair, you can get to where you want to be as there are ramps going to the swimming pool, the casitas and the resort’s other amenities. The staff was courteous and helpful. However, internet is only available at the hotel lobby. 

Koi pond

Function hall

This is a good place to unwind as it is close to nature, with massive trees of all sorts. It's also a great place for youth camps, religious activities and teambuilding. 

The resort is also open for those who want to try camping around the rolling terrain or forest trails. Its location, far from the main road, makes it more private and somehow secluded. However, the winding access road leading to the resort was bumpy. There was ample and secure parking space. 

Mini zoo

Momarco Resort & Hotel: Sampaloc Road, Sitio Bathala, Brgy. Plaza Aldea, Tanay, Rizal. Teleax:: +632-4274476. Mobile numbers: (0917) 851-3626, (0928) 559-5306, (0927) 822-9865 and (0918) 942-9873. Email: momarcoresort@yahoo.com. Website: www.momarcoresort.com. Facebook: Momarco Resort and Hotel. Entrance fee: PhP250/person (3 yrs up, inclusive of use of swimming pool). Food corkage: PhP50/pax. No pets allowed.