After we had to wait a few days to fly to Boracay because of a Taifun, we finally arrived at Dave's Straw Hut Inn and we got a very warm welcom and a great stay there.
Dave's Straw Hut Inn is a very relaxed, quiet place, the bungalows are clean and the staff very helpfull.
We definitely enjoyed our stay there and we look forward to visit Boracay and Dave's Straw Hut Inn again.

It's was nice and cozy. Our rooms and premises were kept clean. While we were there, Boracay was hit by the typhoon Fengshen. The staff was very friendly and helpful; they tried to keep us updated with whatever info they were able to gather about the situation. I only wished they would pave the road from the beach to the inn. When it rains it gets muddy and hard to keep your feet from getting wet and dirty.

Dave's is an awesome place to stay on Boracay... especially if you're on a budget. The staff is super friendly and willing to accomodate all of your needs in a heartbeat. The minute we arrived we were served a cool glass of homemade mango tea and welcomed to the resort.

A note about Boracay: Depending on your plans for the island, choose your a resort that will accomodate your style. Most of the partys, bars, and popular restaurants are at the opposite end of the beach from Dave's. It's only about a 30 minute walk to trek from station 1 to 3, but if you want solitude and a nice place to kick it, Dave's is your place.

We loved it here, we stayed almost a week and our room was always well maintained and the shower/bathroom areas are SUPER clean.

Thanks again Janet and staff, we will be back again someday ;)

Well, there're loads of different resorts in Boracay - that's true. One common White Beach filled up with hotels of every kind and for every budget. I'll try to tell a story about one of them. There'll be little intro for all you readers to present the location and how do things go in Boracay. But first of all I'd love to notify that Dave's Straw Hat Inn is much more better than its website so don't be scared (smile).

As you might already know, White Beach is symbolically diverced into 3 zones in compliance with boat stations (1, 2 and 3 hehe). Most action is going on somewhere between stations 1 and 2 (D'Mall and et cetera) - but you should also remember that more action is always followed by more crowds and therefore to more noisy vendors.

So that was an intro, and now I'd love to say that we lived in small and cute resort near boat station 3 far away from vendors and all other loud stuff. Boracay is pretty small, you know - so if you'd love to hear live music, to hear all that 'parasailing-jetski-ATV' blablabla, you can always spend some 15 minutes to get into that area. But if you'd love just to swim, or lay on the beach drinking your favorite cocktails or shakes, then remote regions would be perfect. Northern part of island (station 1 and go on to the north) is owned by expensive resorts like Friday's, but my story takes place in southern part of Boracay.

You have to know Dave's Straw Hat is slightly away from the sea itself. You have to walk about 200m to reach the shore. Still we saw another advantage in such position - there's no wind that can sometimes come from the sea.

Resort consists of several houses with living rooms. Those houses come around the main desk, so it was always a pleasure not to use the phone, but go out instead to book a breakfast. Desk neighbours with several tables, couches and book-shelf where you can spend some time waiting for your order to be completed and reading favorite books - there's plenty to choose from. You can also leave or sell your own books that you brought to the island. All that atmosphere represents some kind of family neighbourhood and nicely contrasts with the front White Beach atmosphere.

Our room #7 stated as 'standard cottage' and included bed, TV, AC, phone, minibar, safe-box and shower with toilet. And that's quite enough if you have your time in Boracay activities. All your future trips to caves, stables, even to neighbour islands could be booked by very friendly and kind reception.

Now about money. 18 nights at Dave's Straw Hat Inn came out in ~38k of philippine pesos - it's about 900 USD if you count as 43 PHP to 1 USD (actual rate while we lived there during 06/08). Also there was extra-charge - 9000 PHP (200 USD) - for every-day breakfasts (yes, breakfasts are not included in room booking), for lost towel and for laundry services. We tried to breakfast in other places nearby at first and found out quickly that it's more convenient and even cheaper to start day with usual omelets and toasts in our own hotel. FYI, VISA and other cards are not accepted but there's ATM of Allied Bank nearby, also there're some other ATM's in the island (I noticed at least 5 except of that closest one).

And some little blot upon the landscape. This stuff isn't very big and disappointing minus, but review should be objective for you to get the whole piece of information. First of all, we didn't like that bottles of water should be paid too. Secondly, AC flow isn't regulated, so you'll get it straight in your body - that isn't very good if you're just out of shower. Also because of that shower-case my girl didn't like the floor - it's made of some tile and is pretty cold almost every time you step on it. And the last surprise will be some creatures living around your cottage - sometimes they'll brake in (I really don't know how they do it) and you should always be aware of any spiders, lizards or ants (these guys won't go for a walk alone) in your place.

However these bugs (imperfections, I mean, not ants and roaches) won't turn your life in constant horror, so there goes pretty simple math. For not so very big money you come to limited comfort but also to true family which takes care of you, helps you every time you in need of something, gives useful advices and does your vacation really great and comfortable. If we come Boracay once more, we'll stay at Dave's Straw Hat Inn.