Went to Cintai Coritos to celebrate Mothers’ Day with my wife and mother-in-law.
The place is a veritable garden of Eden with an Indonesian motif. The gardens are expansive and immaculately maintained, the facilities tastefully decorated and the staff friendly and courteous. The food is quite good and relatively affordable by Manila standards.
The facilities are spread over a hilly terrain that is too strenuous for most senior citizens to walk around. The pathways are not wheelchair or stroller friendly. It is a bit of a strain to walk from the villas to the pools and the spa area. The sole dining area is set on top of a steep hill that requires three or four sets of outdoor stairs to reach from the villas – quite a cardio exercise especially with a toddler in your arms. The kitchen is set quite a distance from the dining area, and ala carte orders take some 45 minutes to an hour to complete. Despite this, the resort does not provide room service.
The resort is open for day visitors to use its facilities. Stay-in guests may often times find the pool area crowded or the garden area noisy. Good thing the villas are tucked away in a more secluded section of the resort. With only a limited seating available at the dining area, stay-in guests do find themselves crowded out during the lunch hour crunch.
All told, it is still a nice place to visit – once.