Batangas | Happy Family Weekend @ Blue Coral Beach Resort

Blue Coral Beach Resort - Laiya, San Juan, Batangas
Blue Coral Beach Resort - Laiya, San Juan, Batangas

Last July, my family had this relaxing and fun overnight stay at Blue Coral Beach Resort. As mentioned in my previous post, my brother took a vacation from his work and invited us in his family's weekend getaway. It was just an overnight stay, yes. But it was such a happy and stress-free vacation, especially for me since I didn't spend a single cent on this short getaway...hehe. Thank you, brother! ^_^

Anyway, Blue Coral Beach Resort is one of the beach resorts located in the shoreline of Laiya in San Juan, Batangas. It offers rooms and suites (furnished with basic amenities) and other facilities (swimming pools (for kids, adults), water sports equipment, restaurant, videoke bar, etc.) for their guests to enjoy. It also has free WiFi, for those who need to go online during their stay.

Blue Coral Beach Resort (in photos)

a quiet early evening at the beach, there's only a few guests at that time
beach front at night
pool area at night

The Poolside Family Room


our room and a photo at the entrance

Our room is an air-conditioned family room located in the resort's poolside area, with two double-size beds, a double deck and two extra mattresses (dorm-type). It also has basic amenities like private bathroom/CR (with hot and cold shower), TV and mini-bar ref as well as complimentary toiletries (soap, shampoo/conditioner, toothbrush). The room costs 8,700 PhP per night. We were quite comfortable with this room; it's spacious enough for us, nine adults and 2 kiddos. 

pool area, overlooking the beach
the kiddie pool
kiddos enjoying the pool

The two kiddos at the swimming pool, they are my nephews. They really enjoyed the pool very much. It was their first time together, at a resort. At first, one of them was hesitant. He just stayed on the pool's steps. But later on, he conquered his fear and went swimming and playing, too. I had fun watching and taking photos of them. Hopefully, there would be more family getaways like this to come, in the future. :)

my family and my brother's family friends enjoying the pool

Buffet @ Blue Coral Beach Resort

Although the resort allows bringing of foods during lean season, we didn't bring our own. Instead, we availed of the buffet dinner offered by the resort. It's 475 PhP per person, half the price for kids. Following are the choices for the buffet that time:

buffet choices, CW: soup, steamed rice, shanghai rolls, steamed dory w/ black beans, beef brisket,
white chicken with cauliflower, mixed vegetables and fruit salad
my first plate...
my second plate...
last: fruit salad...

How was our dinner? Almost all of us didn't enjoy our buffet dinner that much. The soup was not steaming hot; shanghai rolls were chewy; steamed fish a bit salty (for my taste, I've low tolerance for salt, by the way); beef was not so tender. Only the mixed vegetables and the fruit salad were the ones I enjoyed. The foods are not  really bad. It's just that, for 475 pesos per person? Not worth the price, I would say. We should have chosen ala carte instead, since my family and friends are not big-eaters, anyway. And so the next morning, we decided to go ala carte. The problem? Most of our supposed choices were not available; we had to change orders and be contented with what was available. Tsk! That's why we opted to try Cafeno Coffee House for our next meal.


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PS: I had stomach cramps that night (hyper-acidity attack) but I'm thankful because we don't have to look for a drugstore, the resort's staff gave me some free antacids (I forgot mine, which I usually bring with me wherever I'm going). To the resort's staff: thank you very much! We may not have a very satisfying dinner (or breakfast) but we definitely had a fun and relaxing stay. My family (and friends) enjoyed our short weekend-getaway there.

Blue Coral Beach Resort
Laiya, San Juan, Batangas
www.bluecoralbeachresort.com.ph 
Date of Visit: July 12 - 13, 2013


~ oo00oo ~

Blessed Sunday everyone!

20 comments:

  1. Hey Tal! Na-miss ko 'tong blog mo ah! New look na, ang tagal ko na palang di nag blog-hopping, super busy ako lately! :)

    And ang sarap naman nito, swimming + food!

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  2. siguro na ano ka dun sa food nila .... ang mhal for 475 pesos , cguro kung 200 okay pa ,

    on the other hand yung pool ang ganda

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  3. @Edmar: Hi Edmar, salamat sa pagbisita ulit dito, ok lang na di ka nakakadalaw, I know you're busy, dami mong raket eh...hehe. :)

    @Anon: di naman masyado, marami lang tingnan sa pic yan..hehe. parang kilala kita, hmmm. :)

    @Kulapitot: na-ano Josh, hehe! ang mahal talaga, baon ka na lang kung punta ka dun. hehe... ;)

    @ManongUnyol: maganda talaga yun place, very relaxing,, sarap magbabad sa pool. napaganda din kase timing namin, unti lang tao that time. :)

    anyway, salamat po sa inyong lahat. :)
    (di nagwo-work ang reply link ko, asarrr...)

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  4. Nice bonding at nagutom ako. Pero parang expensive yung 475 kung yun lang ang food sa buffet table ha.

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  5. Nice sana ang place kaso sayang ang food according to your review

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  6. This is a great resort. i love to vist there.i also got all information which i want to get.
    Matt Levine

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  7. Beautiful! We're planning to visit there this summer.
    Sana naman worth it na yung buffet nila. :)

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    1. hehe, sana nga ok na yun buffet kapag punta nyo, required ang buffet on summer days eh, peak season kase. anyway, thanks for visiting here Sashi. :)

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  8. pwede mag swimming sa dagat? or may offers ba like jetski?

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    1. oo, pwede naman, di naman bawal, hehe. may mga water sports equipment sila, not sure kung may jet ski tho. :)

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  9. LAIYA AUSTRIA BEACH

    Looking for cheapest accomodations in Laiya, Batangas?

    We have cheap rates for big groups and family accomodation.

    Executive Room - good for 4-6 pax at P4,500 per night
    Cottage Vans - good for 8 to 12 pax at P5,000 to P5,500 per night
    Private Villa - max of 15 pax at P10,000
    Family Suite - good for 6 pax at P6,500

    You may bring and cook your own food NO CORKAGE or ENTRANCE FEEs.

    Call or text us at 0915-7459396 look for Grace

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  10. nag pa reserve ka po ba? o nag walk in lang? yung meal kasi nila, 1450 na yung buffet. bat yung sayo 475 lng?

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    1. 1450?! grabe, mas mahal pa sa mga buffet restos dito sa Manila. but yep, nagpa-reserve kami that time. btw, pls do check out their website for the updated rates.

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  11. Not a good resort, we stayed at the Main House and others at Penthouse, poor airconditioning, pool closes at 10PM, and beach 7PM so what's the sense of "OVERNIGHT"??? Food is also expensive, Php1450 for breakfast lunch and dinner, we had tuna at Lunch, and they repeat it again at lunch with the same taste, just added squid in it, even their dining area is too HOT!! SO BAD EXPERIENCE!!!

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  13. Hi good day ask ko lang po pano po kayo nakapag pareserve???

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  14. Grace of Laiya AustriaNovember 20, 2014 at 3:02 PM

    UPDATED CONTACT INFO 0998-5314730

    LAIYA AUSTRIA BEACH RESORT

    Looking for cheapest accomodations in Laiya, Batangas?

    We have cheap rates for big groups and family accomodation.

    Executive Room - good for 4-6 pax at P4,500 per night
    Cottage Vans - good for 8 to 12 pax at P5,000 to P5,500 per night
    Private Villa (excl accomodation w/ 2 big rooms) - max of 15 pax at P10,000
    Family Suite (beach front)- good for 6 pax at P6,500

    You may bring and cook your own food NO CORKAGE or ENTRANCE FEEs.

    Call or text us at 0998-5314730 look for Grace

    yahoo ID: greyzie777
    yahoo mail: greyzie777@yahoo.com
    viber me: 9985314730

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  15. hello may I ask paano kau nagpareserve?

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    1. hi Mae! I texted/called them for the booking, kindly check their website (link above) for the contact details.

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