Tambuli Seaside Resort and Spa

Een mooie resort. Een hoop zwembaden en een eigen strand.

All the staff was wonderful! Definitely treated us like we were a part of the family. I definitely recommend y’all staying here and checking out the bar. Rey was super friendly and made sure we were well taken care of during all our hospitality here.

Great place and sumptuous food🥰
Me and my wife had a lunch at Caverna Restaurant - beach front.
We we're amazed by the food + a very friendly-accomodating team.
Busog kaauuu👌🫶
Thanks to Junel and Juan and to the Lyn...you guys did it well.👍👍

“Started our day with a good breakfast at Cafe Hojas. Arian’s welcoming attitude and lovely smile made the experience extra special. Great service overall!”

The service was outstanding throughout the entire experience. The staff were professional, attentive, friendly, and always ready to assist with a smile. Even during busy periods, they consistently went above and beyond, putting in their best effort to ensure guest satisfaction. Their prompt response to requests and genuine hospitality made us feel valued and well taken care of. Overall, the exceptional service greatly enhanced our visit and left a lasting positive impression.

Kudos to all Tipsy Dog Team! 👏

Cafe Hojas offers delicious and well-prepared food made with quality ingredients. The dishes are flavorful, beautifully presented, and worth trying. The staff are friendly, attentive, and provide excellent customer service. The restaurant has a relaxing and inviting ambiance that enhances our morning breakfast. Overall, Cafe Hojas is a great place for good food, outstanding service, and a memorable meal.

Beautiful resort

The overall design of the resort and beauty of the gardens are exceptional. The entire resort is accessible and the staff went out of their way to know our names and greet us. Our room was new and clean and comfortable. Amenities and activities were excellent. WiFi was generous and consistent. The gym is well equipped.

Pool

That there’s a kitchen, very practical with a 6 month old baby

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The rooms & facilities were wonderful although there were hiccups at the point of check in. The staff named Ms Jomari & Ms Faye were exceptionally amazing & helpful

L’appartement très propre,grand.Les piscines,bar,restaurant,la petite plage privée de l’établissement.Petit déjeuner très copieux sucré ,salé y’en a pour tous les goûts.

The grounds are fantastic, so many trees preserved and really makes you feel you are in a resort, with good swimming pools

Very nice pools

This is the most appropriate accommodation to enjoy the details. Also, the staff in Montanba is so friendly and provides excellent service. I visited here alone, and we talked a lot so that I wouldn't be bored.

Thank you for Maico, Rey, Rod, Belle, Sam💙

We stayed at Tambuli expecting a luxury beachfront resort experience and unfortunately, left fairly disappointed. The marketing and photos create the impression of a high-end resort hotel, but in reality, it feels much more like a collection of residential apartment towers with shared facilities rather than a purpose-built luxury resort.

The first thing to understand is that this is not a traditional hotel. Accommodation is spread across large condo-style tower blocks, many of which include privately owned Airbnb units alongside hotel-managed rooms. This creates a mixed and inconsistent standard, and in several cases the Airbnb units within the same buildings appeared better furnished and better value than the official hotel rooms.

The room itself was underwhelming for the price point. There was effectively no proper seating area at all — just a single uncomfortable chair placed in a large empty space and two dining chairs at the counter. Despite sufficient space to design a small lounge area, nothing has been done to make the room feel comfortable or relaxing. There was no coffee table or anywhere to put down a drink beside the chair. The overall layout felt awkward, more like a bed placed inside a basic kitchen setup than a resort room designed for leisure.

The kitchen facilities were also disappointing and felt far from “fully equipped” as advertised. There was no sharp knife provided at all, leaving only very basic utensils such as a spoon and a spatula, which makes even simple cooking impractical.

The bathroom experience did not meet expectations either. The shower pressure was very weak and the water temperature was, at best, lukewarm and inconsistent, which further added to the sense that maintenance and quality control are not a priority.

The balcony, which should have been a highlight, was also poorly designed. A large external air-conditioning unit takes up roughly half the usable space, leaving very little room to actually sit and enjoy it. When in use, the unit also pulses on and off noisily, which detracts significantly from any sense of relaxation or “resort” atmosphere.

In addition, there are security cameras positioned on the balcony area, which significantly reduces any sense of privacy. This is particularly uncomfortable when the expectation is a private outdoor space to relax in.

Maintenance and general upkeep around the property were also inconsistent. Some areas appear unfinished or poorly maintained, and the “garden view” room category is particularly misleading. Rather than landscaped gardens, the view largely consisted of dirt areas, construction materials, and unfinished landscaping, which does not match the expectation created by the description.

On arrival, we found the in-room safe to be non-functional. A team came to repair it after about an hour, but 30 minutes later they gave up and replaced it with one from another unit — only for that replacement to run out of battery power after a short period.

Another major issue was the day pass system. The resort appears to sell a large number of day passes to non-residents, which makes the facilities unpredictably busy throughout the day. As a paying guest, there is no clear priority or separation between hotel guests and day visitors. This means pools, beachfront areas, and common spaces can become crowded at peak times without warning, undermining any sense of exclusivity or relaxation that a resort of this type is expected to provide.



Breakfast included with the stay was also poor quality, lacking flavour, and if you arrive after 9:00 am there is very little left and it is not replenished.

The overall environment feels more like a busy residential condominium complex than a resort. With multiple tower blocks, a high number of families, and constant external visitor traffic, it lacks the calm, curated atmosphere usually associated with a high-end beachfront stay.

The beachfront during our stay was busy and unexpectedly rocky, with seaweed and some trash accumulation. We did not end up using the facilities we had paid a premium for, as they fell short of expectation, were crowded, and not particularly well maintained.

To be fair, some staff were polite and doing their best. However, the property feels caught between residential development and resort branding, without fully succeeding as either.

We are sharing this feedback as we were not aware of most of these issues despite extensive research and reading prior reviews of Tambuli.

At its current pricing, Tambuli does not offer good value compared with other beachfront stays in Cebu and falls short of expectations set by its marketing.