Name: Island French Resort
Address: Baybay Tambo Babak District,, Samal, Samal, Samal, 8119, Philippines
Rating: 8

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Francisco Bangoy Intl Airport

Island French Resort

Samal

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this place will not supposed to operate,its under major renovation,beach front is dirty,pool is very dirty..200 for entrance is not worth for a cheap resort..they asked us to pay for a corkage which is way too much..no cottages and suddenly it rains and  all our food got wet and spoiled and staff didnt even bother checking on us knowing that they dont have any cottages and we are all morethan 30,as soon as they get the money they dont care anymore.. i will not going to recommend this place at all..

terrible

Our trip was more like a team outing. 
We were composed of 8 men and I as the only rose among them.

Their requirements were 
Videoke and
Pool - I asked them to choose between a pool and a nice beach and they chose pool

And my requirement, as the one controlling the budget, is minimal corkage for food and drinks, free breakfast

Not all resorts in Samal allow videoke, bringing of food and drinks and have pool so we picked the resort

PROS
1. Pool - I saw in a blog that pool is not important but since we planned for island hopping, it was relaxing to dip in a pool every night. It was a good choice to pick pool over nice beach front.
3. Ambiance - It was like our own resort! On our first night, the caretakers left us but we were allowed to get anything from the kitchen in coordination with the guard on duty
4.  Warm hospitality - Maria was very respectful and accommodating
5. Privacy
6. Safety 
7. Free trip to vanishing island - 
8. You can bring and cook your own food
9. You can rent videoke
10. Room - clean and with complete toiletries

CONS
1. The beach is not good for swimming but since we planned for island hopping - we just wanted to relax in the pool or sing through videoke at night
2. The breakfast! We had all corned beef and egg on day 1 and the serving is not enough. Same with Day 2 except we already had choices - hotdog, corned beef and dried fish (tuyo). 
3. Water - There was shortage of water in Day 2



A nice venue for team outing

This is a good place to stay if you are looking for somewhere small and quiet. The food is good, but when you order Butter Chicken, do not expect an Indian dish, it is just fried chicken with a buttery flavour. This place is good to stay for about one or two nights only, as there is not much to do at the actual resort apart from the swimming pool or sitting at the beach. They do tours to Vanishing Island and Island hopping, with snorkel gear provided. 

A small and quiet place to stay

It was my first time to travel without a clear plan. My buddy wanted it to be spontaneous. No online booking or reservation...and seriously we wasted about 3 hours looking for a decent, relaxing and reasonably priced resort. Samal is beautiful in its own right. Though it is my weakness to compare places and beaches that I have been as if I made a rubric in terms of quality of sand, clarity of water and scenery. 
We visited nearly 6 resorts before reaching Island French, mostly we went to big resorts first, but nothing stunning or anything that catches my eye ( aside from being pricey) We reached Island French and fell inlove with it at my first glance. Yes it was small, but serene, well appointed, and manicured. Their shoreline is short and shallow, but the free tour to the vanishing island is more enough to compensate for this tiny imperfection. Food taste good and enough for sharing. Bed is comfortable, Room is clean and ... just lovely! 
Over-all I had a good, relaxing stay here for one night, as we plan to check out another place. Recommended for couples and solo traveller who wants peace and quiet and a lot of photos :)

A quaint, peaceful, well appointed small resort...

The resort is basically small with a short beach front but with 2 pools. One for kids and 1 for adults about 4ft deep. We got a family room good for 5 but could accommodate up to 8 with others sharing the bunkbeds. 

Since the resort is small, there are not a lot of guests on the resort thus the feel of exclusivity. At night u one can see the city lights of Davao. Beach area is clean and they offer free trip to the vanishing island which is a plus.

To manage ur expectations, the resort as i noticed is under maintained. We can see that some of the cabana's were already dilapidated.

Overall, we enjoyed our stay in this resort.

PS
If one does not like cats, this is not a resort for u. The owner owns lots of cats that freely roams around the resort even on their restaurant area.

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