The Sicilian Reef Dive Resort

Great place for staycation!

Great people very accommodating! And the food is delicious!

Perfect getaway for couples who love to just chill and try some adventure! By the way, manta ray diving is a must try!

At first we were very disappointed. We thought its the usual resort / hotel but its actually a vacation house. The accommodation is expensive. What I love about the place are the water activities and the service of the people..

I stayed for a night with my parents. The place was pretty difficult to find because there were no signs by the roadside. There were only three options on their menu but they were cooked well and had reasonable prices. I enjoyed the the manta ray wing dive specially because the water has been preserved well despite being close to a residential area. I think that they are the only resort that offers this service. They even offered the use of their action cam for free for the dive.

Staff were not accommodating, they just prepared the room when we got there, they had no connections with the bankeros so we had to find our own, there was no wifi, no parking and lastly, they didn't even bother to offer us help or anything when earthquake happened.

It was more like staying in a family's storage unit. The rooms open into a small porch area where you are "supposed" to enjoy peace and quiet while watching the ocean, but it was full of junk and construction equipment and workers sawing very loudly. There were no lounge chairs or huts or hammocks, and even at the beachfront, no where to sit or hang out, just piles of metal and wood. You had to park on the road and carry your stuff about 5 blocks through a narrow maze of houses. There was a small kitchen with only 2 choices for breakfast and 3 choices at lunch. However, though the choices are few, the food tasted very good and was cheap, only 150 for grilled squid or buttered shrimp. The owner and employees are very nice and tried to be helpful. Internet didn't work so he let me use his phone to call a dive shop and when I complained politely about the noise, he asked his workers to stop the electric saw while we were having lunch. They don't have a dive shop on site, they will just call a guide for you for 2800 pesos but I went down the road a short distance and paid 1500 for a dive at Anilao Backpackers. Also, there was no way to swim in front of the resort because it was thick with trash. No hot shower, which you usually get anytime a room is priced over 1500 in the Philippines. Since there was no where to "hang out" and swim or enjoy the serenity of the ocean, we went 2 km down the road to Anilao Beach Club and for a day entrance of 750 pesos (which can be used toward meals at their restaurant with many, many choices) we could hang out there for the day. I discovered their overnight rooms were the same price (2500 pesos for 2) as Sicilian Reef, so we will stay at the Beach Club in the future- it has aircon rooms, hot showers, a nice grassy field with lots of lounge chairs/umbrellas and nipa huts and free use of all of it including kayaks, board games, etc. and parking right there by the rooms, and a calm (usually) bay for swimming (though not more coral in front, you can kayak to where there are corals across the bay).