Outdoor pool

Reviews of Rio Grande de Laoag Resort Hotel

3 out of 5
Rio Grande de Laoag Resort Hotel
La Paz Road Barangay 30-A Suyo, Laoag, Ilocos Region

Reviews

5.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 6 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 5 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 31 reviews" "

6.4/10

Cleanliness

6.8/10

Staff & service

4.4/10

Amenities

5.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Vina

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

CRISTELL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Convenient and easy to book
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Glory on Apr 24, 2024
Thank you very much in your stay in Rio Grande de laoag Resort Hotel. Your comfort and convenience are our top priority in our services. We hope to see you again soon. God bless.

2/10 Terrible

j

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
WARNING TO THOSE LOOKING AT THIS PROPERTY. The description does NOT match the actual hotel. in the description it says it is a minute walk from the sinking bell tower....well it is about 5 miles outside the city. in the middle of nowhere. it says 15 minutes drive from Kapurpurawan? it is about 2 hours drive away. No restaurants closely. . Its a trap. totally. Bookings are non refundable.. Expedia needs to remove this property on the list. .
Response from Cecil on Feb 15, 2024
Please accept our apologies for your not so good impression about Rio Grande Resort. But first, may we ask if where did you read this description of our Resort particularly on the distances of these tourist destinations you mentioned? Because Rio Grande Resort is located in Laoag City while "kapur purawan" is located in Burgos which is 2 municipalities away from Laoag City. The Laoag sand dunes or the La Paz sand dunes is a destination very accessible and near the resort. As to the Sinking bell tower its a few minutes ride away from Rio Grande Resort. You can check in the google map how far away is Rio Grande Resort in these tourist destinations. Again we are very sorry to your inconvenience.

6/10 Okay

ESTEBAN

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Expectedly simple and bare, but the toilet did not work as it should.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Florendo

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A nice overnight stay
It is a quiet resort with no permanent reception office. Looks like a deserted place with just person assisting are gardeners and maintainance persons (total of 2) to check you in and out. They are kind people. No wifi in room. You have to walk outside towards the pool to get signal and reception. TV not working. Moulding of bathroom fell off from ceiling. Property grounds green with grass.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

Victoria

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Back out next day 2/11 and 2/12/ , poor toilet /shower curtains smells ? Dirty turn on faucet water splash , room not spacious , staff can’t decide what to do /owner diff to reach out (short stafff) needs refund pls our 2days , Expedia Phil Unable to reach out ,, please response me ASAP Vikki.pimentel55@gmail.com 562/301/1671 Thanks Vikki P ( poor accommodations) Short staff
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023
Response from ana on Feb 14, 2023
Thank you for your very helpful feedback. We will give an urgent solution and attention to all your observation. Rest assured that we will look into all these not so good experience you had in your visit and stay with us. Our apologies.

4/10 Poor

claire

Travelled with family
Limited wifi , no housekeeping
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2023

2/10 Terrible

Ferdinand

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022

2/10 Terrible

James

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Treated us as if we were an inconvenience. No restaurants close. Bad view of river. Pool dirty. Top pool used as a tilapia farm. Internet only worked outside the owners room. Dark and a-lot of tripping hazards.After traveling far, tired and needed a shower, hot water heater didn’t work. Toilet backed up. We asked for another room. Attendant said wait till tomorrow. Asked to have a refund, attendant said call expedia. Would have left anyway, but most places were sold out. Don't stay here. Horrible place. They should be removed from Expedia platform.
Response from Cecil on Dec 26, 2022
Happy holidays Mr. James and family. Firstly, in behalf of the management of Rio Grande de laoag Resort we would like to thank you for choosing Rio Grande as your place of stay in your visit to Laoag City. Secondly, our apologies in your inconvenience and dissatisfaction with us and the resort as a whole. May I humbly justify and explain our side Sir on the concerns you had with us.1. Treated us as if we were an inconvenience. It is always our policy to let our guests feel at home. we did not have any intention at all to make you feel uncomfortable. Our staff tried their best to go out of their way to assist you and your family all the requests and needs you had.2. No restaurants close.There were restaurants downtown about 15 minutes away from Rio Grande Resort. We knew they were accessible and they are very easy to find through google map or waze3. Bad view of river. Rio Grande Resort is blessed to have a full view of Laoag river. We tried to maintain its natural beauty and view by not touching its sorroundings nor not putting any structures along the river banks.4. Pool dirty. Pool was clean but only with some few pieces of leaves that came from its near by trees. But as far as the water it is clean and safe to swim. The son of the owner of the resort who is a medical doctor got to swim during your stay in the resort.5.Top pool used as a tilapia farm. This area is for private use only, we do not understand why the guest got to enter this area. It was not part of the resort, there was a big serpent shaped pool for use of hotel guests, This private pool mentioned converted into a fish pond was a private area of the resort. and is exclusively for private sight/area.6, Internet only worked outside the owners room.We are very sorry the location of Rio Grande is a dead spot for globe and smart wherein, wifi signal is at its lowest 7. Dark and a-lot of tripping hazards.Lights in the resort are not switch on 24 hours. This is due to the circular of Laoag City to conserve energy. 8. After traveling far, tired and needed a shower, hot water heater didn’t work.Our apologies for this concern, this is due to the very strong pressure of our water line where our shower heads connections are lossen, however, guests were transfered to another room 9. Toilet backed up. According to our maintenance staff upon checking this happened because toilet paper were used and put inside the toilet bowl, but then again we did transferred the guest to the next room.10. We asked for another room. Attendant said wait till tomorrow.This was true because one member said to the attendant that they can transfer or change room the next day since it was late in the evening and the mother of the guest said so that they be transferred to another room the next day which we did. 11. Asked to have a refund, attendant said call expedia. This was very true since the attendant did not receive a single peso from the guest. Payment was made to Expedia, henc

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
No TV in the rooms and no window or exhaust in the restroom.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Gloria on Mar 1, 2020
Thank you for your kind review. With regards to the TV issue, in our facilities and amenities in our site we have not included TV set because we have no cable access. The location of Rio Grande unfortunately is in a dead spot. And for the other concern we will make sure that we will do something about it. Once again thank you for staying with us in Rio Grande Resort. Have a pleasant visit in Ilocos.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very scenic, quiet, enjoyed the birds and flowers. Just lovely and the staff was very nice.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from gloria on Feb 17, 2020
Thank you for your stay with us in Rio Grande Resort. It is our pleasure to be our generous guest in the resort. We hope to see you again soon Sir.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Horror Resort
Very disappointing, water brackish no hot water did not dare to use shower or brush our teeth; use our own bottled water for personal use. We came in late, as soon as we checked all lights were turned off. Very dark.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from Gloria on Feb 20, 2020
Thank you for your very kind review. Will make sure that management will look into these concerns and make urgent remedy and improvement on our service.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020
Response from gloria on Feb 17, 2020
Good morning. Thank you for your kind review. We will try our best to improve our services. We hope to see you again soon.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

2/10 Terrible

Swedish, Sweden

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The care taker is good The lady or the owner doesnt have any idea that i book two rooms .I choose superior room but i got regular room.I almost payed 5 thousand pesos with no breakfast. The swimming pool is dangerous to swim cause of sharp tiles that cut My daughters little toe.The location is far from everything .Everything look nice in pictures but in reality it is the opposite. Perhaps one of the worst hotel i been cause of experience and treatment .It is not good at all to spent a single penny ! Do not stay in this place !!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Ms. Glory on Jul 24, 2019
First of all thank you for your kind feedback and review. We appreciate very much for your concern. The reservation officer who talked to you the last time is Ms. Karen. However upon checking the rooms assigned to you Madam were 2 Superior rooms. Likewise, in your reservation with Expedia breakfast was not really included hence was not included in the room rate you paid. I was also told by our duty staff that you loved our Santol fruit and you enjoyed the fruits with our ilocos black vinegar and they were complimentary. For the issue of treatment Madam, you just mentioned earlier in your review that our caretaker was good and polite and we thanked you for this feedback. We are very sorry if we did not come up with your expectations. We will consider your review as constructive and we will improve on those concerns. Thank you once again and God bless.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019
Response from Karen on Apr 10, 2019
Thank you very much for your kind review. We appreciate and we will surely attend to your review so we may be able to improve our services. God bless and we hope you had a great vacation in Ilocos.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I like the fact that the place very peaceful and quiet. A little far from amneties poor access due to luck of staff to open locked gates.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Glory on Mar 27, 2019
Thank you very much for the feedback. We needed this kind of observation. Rest assured that we will do something to improve our service. Once again thank you for your stay with us.

8/10 Good

Steven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very helpful staff.relaxing place to stay, we shall return.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Gloria on Mar 21, 2019
Thank you for your very generous review, we will surely continue our personal way of servicing our guests in the Resort. Please do visit and stay with us again.

4/10 Poor

Felicidad

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
booked 3 rooms one has no aircon 2 no hot water
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019
Response from gloria on Mar 5, 2019
Thank you very much Ms. Fely for your feedback/review on Rio Grande de laoag Resort. I will urgently meet with my maintenance staff and look into these very important concern on our rooms in the resort. God bless.

10/10 Excellent

Dalloux

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Tout était propre
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from gloria on Feb 27, 2019
english translation (everything is clean) Thank you very much for your visit in Ilocos and in your stay in Rio Grande Resort. We look forward to your next visit. Have a safe trip back to your country.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible place. Security is very poor. The room has no deadlock, windows has poor locks. They turn off all the general lights at night which make the place pitch black at night. The bathroom cleanliness is terrible. Hairs are visible on the beddings.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The reason why we chose Rio Grande was for the swimming pool. The pool was dirty and nothing was done to clean it. The hotel rooms needs refurbishing for a most comfortable stay. Wl not visit again
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

6/10 Okay

Gerryl

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

4/10 Poor

Liezl

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Location given in the map is wrong!
The location given in the map is wrong. The room was run down and needs renovation. But the staff are nice and helpful
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

4/10 Poor

VJ, California

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel is very secluded, Check in was very unpleasant no front desk, the hotel gate was closed, you have to ring the gate buzzer and a guy named Arthur came out and have no clue about our arrival. He needed to call the owner from a remote and undisclosed area in order to check if we were really had a booking. And have to call expedia to clarify and verify pur booking. The rooms we booked was 4 all in all and none of the room was ready. They needed to call Someone to help them prepare our rooms and have to stay outside waiting for the rooms to be ready after driving long hours from Manila. The place is so dark, the pool was not kept and was dirty. But the staff who were there turned out to be friendly in the end. The place was serene and quiet if someone needed a very quiet moment. It needs serious upkeeping.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018
Response from Gloria on Nov 16, 2018
Thank you for your friendly review of our resort. However, we would like to clarify the first issue on our gate being closed on the time of the check in - the time you checked in was past 11:00 in the evening, and it our policy to close our gate by 8:00 pm in the evening to ensure safety and security of our guests. Second, on our staff not aware of your reservation - Expedia only booked 1 Standard room and we prepared 1 Standard room for the reservation. But the guest claimed that they booked 4 rooms. That is why duty staff had to call the office to verify as to how many rooms were booked. The manager had to talked to the lead guest and the lead guest called Expedia and it turned out that Expedia reserved only 1 Standard room to Rio Grande Resort. We only rely on what Expedia sent us as their reservation. The third issue - the resort as being dark, it was so late in the evening that we need to switch off other lights of the resort since all of our guests were already in their rooms. Our policy is to "Conserve energy as needed". It is our priority to give quality service to all our guests. Again that you for staying with us in Rio Grande. It was indeed our pleasure to accommodate and serve you and your family.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I can say that we had a wonderful stay at this tropical hotel . The staff are friendly, tbe room is clean and the place is just like a hidden paradise in the city.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2018
Response from Gloria on Nov 14, 2018
Thank you for your kind and generous review. It is indeed our pleasure to accommodate you and your party in Rio Grande Resort,. We hope to see in your next stay with us. God bless.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
vieja muy malcriada. clientes no estan bienvenidas
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Response from Karen on May 7, 2019
Thank you very much for your concern and your generous review. We will make sure to look into your experience as a reminder to our staff in the Resort. Once again thank you for your stay with us.