Sophias Beach Guest House

It was right on the beach. Loved the breakfast view from the balcony! 8 different choices for breakfast to choose from. Really good staff! Very helpful and could organise tours. Close to the boat tours. You could walk along the beach to several bars and nice restaurants. Good scooters for rent for only 500 pesos a day. Big clean room, with zero mosquitos in it. A bit away from town, with just a busy road behind it. But you couldn’t hear the road from the hotel, and easy to get a trike into town for 100 pesos. We preferred the location to staying in town anyway. Wi-Fi was a bit hit and miss and it was a bit expensive, but those two things seem to apply to many places in El Nido. Do not use the closest laundry place! They ruined our clothes, so do your research and go to one with good reviews instead of choosing the one closest to the hotel.

Backdrop to the property was literally the ocean. When it was high tide the waves actually came up to the back door steps. My room was downstairs, back balcony facing so it was one of the older rooms, the a/c was outdated and loud but worked, the bathroom could also do with an upgrade, a little old despite the new shower head and hose and the water didn’t go down the drains fast enough. The bed was big, the overall space in the room was good, my only complaint is the mosquitoes. There were many and they somehow were always in our room, despite keeping the doors closed. The front receptionist made our trip amazing! She is the best and so is all the other staff. She is helpful, accommodating, always allowed us to have a late breakfast coming from the gym and gave us towels, our breakfast was fresh, and they were always happy to give us more of anything when we requested. She was also helpful with your bookings and taxis to and from the airport.

Great location. Away from the hectic of El Nido town, and therefore quiet, but still very close by and easy to get to by tricycle. Great bars and restaurants close by. Right at the beach. You can rent a kayak and snorkel and kayak to Seven Commando Beach. Staff was super friendly. Always smiling and happy to help whenever. Breakfast was basic but good and convenient to have at the accommodation. Airconditioning worked well but was quite noisy.

We arrived there around 9:00 in the evening. I wasn’t difficult to find it because it was along the road. Our van had just dropped us in front of their signage. We googled it and it was accurate as where the van stopped. Just few steps away from the road and then we did check in. I like how it is on the beach front. Very nice view and was a real good spot for the tours. Just a walking distance to the port. What I really commend on top of this all were there staffs. I remember Ate who booked us the ferry trip to Coron! After all the days there were no trips to and fro and we were anxious we might not get a trip because of the weather. But Ate did booked us! She was our angel and she was soooo damn nice huhuhu we love her!!! And we also love the hotel Sophia’s. So nice and accommodating. I highly recommended!

The location was great, right on the beach and just outside of the main town but so close to the lovely sunset bars along that way like in one photo. If you want to do boat day trips this is the perfect place to be as most boats depart from this beach. The place looks much better and charming than in the photos and we were very pleasantly surprised as we didn’t have any particular expectations. It was nice having breakfast overlooking the bay. The atmosphere in the evening with the lights and the big swing at the front was lovely and peaceful. The bed was good quality and there was always hot water to shower. Good size rooms and cupboard with desk and kettle for tea and coffee. The stuff is very friendly and accommodating, you can arrange all your tours, transport and bike rental with them. The breakfast is very good with good choice that you need to choose the night before. All in all we were very pleased with our choice.