Blue Ribbon Dive Resort

3.0 star property
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Outdoor pool
On the beach
Studio, 1 Queen Bed
Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; local and international cuisine
Private kitchen

Reviews

8.8 out of 10

Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Breakfast included
    Breakfast included
  • Room service
    Room service
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk
  • Laundry
    Laundry

Explore the area

Map
National Road Ligaya Mabini Anilao, Mabini, Calabarzon, 4202
  • Mt. Gulugod Baboy Trailhead
    17 min drive
  • Mainit Point
    19 min drive
  • Sombrero Island
    66 min drive

Room options

Premium Double Room, 1 King Bed, Partial Sea View

  • 30 sq m
  • Partial sea view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Comfort Double Room

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

Deluxe Double Room, 1 Queen Bed, Sea View

  • 20 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

Studio, 1 Queen Bed

  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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About the area

Mabini

With a stay at Blue Ribbon Dive Resort in Mabini, you'll be on the beach, and 32 mi (51.5 km) from SM City Lipa and 5 mi (8.1 km) from Mainit Point. .This beach hotel is 7 mi (11.3 km) from Masasa Beach and 7.5 mi (12.1 km) from Mt. Gulugod Baboy Trailhead.

What's nearby

  • Mt. Gulugod Baboy Trailhead - 17 min drive - 12.1 km
  • Mainit Point - 19 min drive - 8.1 km
  • SM City Batangas - 35 min drive - 27.1 km
  • Masasa Beach - 55 min drive - 11.3 km
  • Sombrero Island - 66 min drive - 17.3 km

Getting around

  • Ninoy Aquino Intl. Airport (MNL) - 150 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Ala Ehnimals Buko HaloHalo - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪Marilyn's Eatery - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Trattoria Altrov’e Anilao - ‬19 min walk
  • ‪Lawom Cafe - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Destino Beach Club Dive Resort and Hotel - ‬17 min drive

About this property

Blue Ribbon Dive Resort

Beachfront hotel with calming spa services
Blue Ribbon Dive Resort offers 7 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and bathrobes. Flat-screen televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries. This Mabini hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is offered daily and in-room massages can be requested.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool.
Make yourself at home in one of the 7 air-conditioned rooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and bathrobes. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Pamper yourself with onsite massages or enjoy recreation amenities such as an outdoor pool. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access and tour/ticket assistance.
Satisfy your appetite for lunch or dinner at the hotel's restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast is served daily from 7 AM to 9 AM.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, laundry facilities, and a safe deposit box at the front desk. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast is served each morning between 7 AM and 9 AM.
Onsite venue - This restaurant specializes in local and international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Limited on-site parking
  • 24-hour return airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Airport shuttle on request

Food and drink

  • Free cooked-to-order breakfast available daily 7 AM–9 AM
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available

Things to do

  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • Front-desk safe
  • Water dispenser

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Laundry facilities
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Beachfront location
  • Garden
  • Terrace

Spa

  • Manicures and pedicures
  • Massages

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Dressing gowns
  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • TV channels
  • Flat-screen TV

More

  • Desk
  • In-room massage
  • Safe
  • Soundproofing

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 2 PM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The property charges 5 percent for credit card payments
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for PHP 1000.0 per day

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: PHP 5000 per vehicle (one-way)
  • Airport shuttle fee per child: PHP 5000 (one-way)
  • Rollaway bed fee: PHP 1000.0 per day
  • Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge of 5 percent

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a security system

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Pool access available from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Blue Ribbon Dive Resort Mabini
Blue Ribbon Dive Mabini
Blue Ribbon Dive
Blue Ribbon Dive Resort Hotel
Blue Ribbon Dive Resort Mabini
Blue Ribbon Dive Resort Hotel Mabini

Blue Ribbon Dive Resort Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 16 out of 26 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 6 out of 26 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 26 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 26 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 26 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just ideal
The resort is very comfortable and clean! Staff are very friendly helpful and good at what they do. I thoroughly enjoyed my time and will definitely visit again. I work in Manila so it is less than three hours from Manila to the resort.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Martin, Wellingborough

Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Alexander

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Mixed
A simple diver resort, which conveniently does single dives in the afternoon as well as double dives in the morning at a reasonable price. We have visited the area several times in the past, in this resort we did not feel particularly well, including after the dives (the reason is hard to pinpoint, may or may not have to do with the resort). Room 1 had some half-dead cockroaches crawling around. Otherwise, the dining area on the terrace is nice and serves good local dishes, including coconut-based curries. The aircon is not particularly strong but can cool the room down to 22-23C. Wifi is not bad most of the time.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Professional dive masters for diving… wish them to complete their extension to have more rooms
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved Blue Ribbon - a small hotel designed for divers. The diving was excellent and Jeff was a first class frogfish spotter (although we tried but ultimately failed to find a waddling one...). All the staff working at the hotel/dive centre were kind, friendly and hard-working. The rooms are basic but you have everything you need, and the bed was comfortable. We particularly enjoyed the food offered by the restaurant. For such a small hotel there really was an exceptionally large menu and everything we ate we would have re-ordered. We recommend.
Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Iain

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Myself and my girlfriend have just stayed for 11 nights at Blue Ribbon Dive Resort in March 2023. Basic accommodation but with sunset views to die for each evening from the seawiew balcony. What a great place with fantastic diving every single day at so many different locations! Quite simply it is run by divers for divers. They have wonderful coral reef diving with exceptional sites, some just minutes from the resort, providing daily sea turtles, amazing brightly coloured nudibranch and sea creatures for macro photography. There is also a wreck dive or the beautiful Sombrero island that is sightly further away. Every dive instructor we had was so professional and knowledgeable, especially Jeff, Dang and Ogie. The office and bar staff were also friendly and extremely helpful when needed.  The resort has a first class local and international menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner with all meals cooked to order (a lot of the divers staying elsewhere would eat there before returning to their hotels). We would normally go out to eat in the evenings but there was simply no need to. They have some lovely, well looked after dogs It's fairly obvious that all of the Blue Ribbon staff are happy in their work, which is usually a very good sign, and this is one of the reasons that we will definitely be back again 😁
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Bernard

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice place on ocean. Rooms were clean and spacious. Staff very accommodating. Pool and beach area were pleasant.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

4/10 Poor

Dominador

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A bit underwhelmed & room for improvement
Check-in: There’s a steep flight of stairs heading down to the resort. We tried the intercom to ask for assistance, but it wasn’t working. We eventually lugged down our own luggages. Upon checking-in, they only prepared one room instead of my two room booking. It was eventually resolved, but I was scared we wouldn’t have enough accommodations for a few minutes as it was a small resort with few rooms. Room: Pretty basic, but clean. What I didn’t like though was that we could hear the sounds of footsteps from the floor above us and there seems to be some cigarette smells coming in from somewhere. Property: Landscaping could be improved for a better vibe. A few more plants can go a long way. Seeing just a lot of soil looks kinda sad. Common areas are just okay. Wifi connection is on/off, but this is expected in the area. Food: Hit and Miss, I personally recommend the Tikka Masala, Fajitas, and Curries. Serving is quite big, can be shared by two in some instances. For breakfast, stick to the Filipino options or the omelette. I think some of the menu items are a bit overpriced. Dive Shop: Quite good and complete, price is competitive as well among the options in the area. They tend to group divers from the resort into one boat that typically leaves at 9AM. Others: I like that their checkout time is at 2PM, right. Take note that in settling your balance, there is 5% surcharge if paying by credit card. Should have informed us beforehand so I could prepare cash.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Che wei

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021

8/10 Good

Frank

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
maybe again, but
There are 101 stairs from the road down to the resort, so if you have any problems with your legs, this place is not recommended. Down somewhat easier, but up.... Worst thing was that owners dogs and cats were all over and that was very annoying. One dog urinated on my bag on the floor at the table while we were eating. What kind of restaurang is this? Disgusting. Otherwise place was nice and staff friendly and professional.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Kendra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
The staff was friendly and helpful, but were talking loudly early in the morning right outside the guest rooms. We loved the deep pool. The roof had a leak and the restaurant menu didn’t have much variety. But the hotel allowed us to use snorkeling gear and arranged a nice boat trip for us. Beware you must be able to climb a long flight of stairs to go to and from the hotel!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff, good and big portion of food, free water, coffee and tea. The room is clean and big enough. The diving gear is in best condition. The knowledge of the divemasters is excellent. Im happy to choose Blue Ribbon for my holiday. Can only recommend for everyone.
Stayed 8 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Arye

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
ריזורט טוב
המלון מרוחק מהעיר, הרבה מדרגות, צוות המלון ומועדון הצלילה מאוד נחמדים, מומלץ למי שרוצה שקט ולצלול
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Gene, Quezon City

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location of property close enough to Manila. I like that it is small and personalized. Dive was amazing. Instructor and guides were great. Staff were very friendly and the meals were very good. Only drawback is the looooong stairway up and down to the resort. But to someone who is more fit I'm sure it's a minor issue. Thank you, John for an overall excellent stay! We enjoyed it very much and no doubt you will be seeing us again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Eugene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hideaway spot
It is in a remote spot but nice place for sunrise and sunsets. They live up to their name being a prime spot to learn how to dive.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Man Shan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Truly From My Heart!
Amazing sunset view at the bar and dinning area. Cosy; staff are friendly and welcoming! Good Value.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This small resort was clean, quiet and causy. The staff and the owner were helpful and nice. The room was clean and quiet. The dive gear was new and well maintained and the dive staff was competent. The food was good too!
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

jean luc

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
bon séjour pour la plongée
bel endroit pour un séjour plongée avec une équipe "diving" sympa. Bonne restauration sur place, chambre satisfaisante, climatisation bruyante mais fonctionnelle
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

AEJI

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good for Divers and others
I stayed 2 nights there. Friendly staff and the fantastic view of the resort as well as numerous food. I ordered several dishes and all are satisfying. I and my kid are not divers but had happy time there at the shore. One thing that needs to be corrected is the time of check out. The page at Hotels.com says it's 2p.m., but actually it is 12p.m. If you want the private picking up service, please contact to the resort. Thanks for all.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024