A Hotel H2o Experience

Hotel H2o is a one of the newest hotels along Roxas Boulevard and it is conveniently located beside the Manila Ocean Park. Transportation wise, it is not difficult to go around as there are public transportation available, mostly metered fx's and shuttles.

If you're looking for a high star accommodation which is worth your money, I would not recommend it. If you would check the hotel's official web page out, you would immediately be attracted to the rooms as they aren't like the usual ones you'd find in hotels like Shangrila and Manila Penn., but unfortunately, the rooms are not as nice as they project them to be.

Just recently, I and my friends stayed at the hotel. One of my friend's parents stayed at the Aqua room while we stayed at the Park View Room, specifically rooms 3110 and 3111. The Aqua room was small and stuffed; there was only enough space for the queen-sized bed, the cabinets and some space to walk around. The bathroom was nice though, it was actually more spacious than the room considering it's proportions and function. There was a huge aquarium by the wall which lights had to be shut by 9pm.

The Park View room, literally had a view of the Ocean Park. It was small but they managed to make everything fit in it. The toilet and bath were glass and they were barely frosted. If you were going to stay with siblings, it can get quite awkward peeing and pooping as your silhouette can easily be made out. The sink was located outside of the bathroom. It seemed like it was going for a double purpose, a sink and a dresser. The carpet, the curtains and the walls had so much circles, it sometimes made us feel nauseous. The interior was seriously bad.

If you like swimming in a private pool, you will certainly not get to avail of this amenity in Hotel H2o. The pool is located beside the pool where the seals swim and where the grand stand for the audience are found. So during certain times of the day, when shows are going on, you should expect a huge crowd watching either the seals and the trainers or you, the swimming guests.

They also have another pool, a smaller one, which is sort of a Jacuzzi. It is located by the Liquid Bar. It's elevated feature makes it seem like you're putting on a show for the ones in the bar as it seems like a stage.

I don't what is it with Hotel H2o and an audience while swimming. Seriously, if some people dig that, I don't think others do too.

When you go down from your room to eat, they have limited choices of restaurants while you have the park's guests to compete with. It gets a tad crowded too as a lot of people come and go during the day.

It also took quite some time till room service arrived when we called for them.

But if all you're after is a place to sleep and watch tv from a mounted flat screen tv on the wall, the rooms are good enough.

I'd still recommend the more popular hotels if you'd want 5 star accommodations that ARE your money's worth.