{"id":1224,"date":"2018-02-22T05:31:03","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T05:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/queencitycebu.com\/?p=1224"},"modified":"2018-02-26T09:14:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T09:14:50","slug":"abaca-boutique-resort-review-by-a-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queencitycebu.com\/abaca-boutique-resort-review-by-a-local\/","title":{"rendered":"Abaca Boutique Resort & Restaurant Review from a Cebuano Guest with a Kid Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"
Abaca Boutique Resort<\/strong> is by no means what I have in mind for a quick city getaway back in early 2014. I reckon they were relatively new in the scene back then and I never heard anybody of my real life friends talk about it at all. Nonetheless, given my background in the search engine marketing world, I know a trick or two on how to find the better places to get that well deserved break from it all.<\/p>\n
(c) Booking.com<\/p><\/div>\n
The Backstory<\/strong><\/h2>\n
After doing a quick search for “the best resort in mactan”, naturally Trip Advisor came up on top. When I visited it, I got to navigate and was surprised to see that Shangri-la isn’t on top of the list anymore. Guess who took its place? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Right! Jason Hyatt’s Abaca Boutique Resort!<\/p>\n
This naturally got me intrigued enough to check it out more to see if it’ll fit my then family of 3, and the pictures did more than enough to tell me it does.<\/p>\n
However, given the fact that I know how marketing works, I was still skeptical.\u00a0I have to be, especially with\u00a0the rate of their Poolside Oceanfront Suite which will set you back more than PHP 20,000.00 a night with gourmet breakfast (not buffet). I mean back then, this was about double the rate we get at Shangri-la’s ocean view rooms and the latter already comes with their renowned breakfast buffet at Tides Restaurant. Plus of course the latter is tried and tested so things weren’t really going in favor of this resort during my initial research phase.<\/p>\n
Please take note guests can choice their gourmet breakfast and the offering varies depending on availability of ingredients and seasonality. (c) abaca resort<\/p><\/div>\n
Unfortunately or fortunately, our go-to resort was fully booked already. I never really book in advance as I’m one of them few people that think “planning” for a trip does not equate to relaxation. I go when I go and adjust accordingly while on the trip. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n