Ricarte’s Hill Garden Resort

My family rented the compound for 3days 2 nights. The first villa near the pool has two rooms. This has a kitchenette and entertainment area (tv and karaoke). It has one shower and toilet. There's a kiddie pool and for adults. The next house has the dining hall and two bedrooms. The first bedroom is behind the dining hall. It has two bunk beds. The toilet and shower is outside the room. The main bedroom is the biggest. It is located at the far end of the dining hall and you have to climb some steps. There is a veranda with a galinera set. It is very roomy. My guess, this is the bride prep room. It has a changing room and a toilet with shower. It has two a/c's and 3 folding sofa beds. The king bed has a pull a bed. Staff are very friendly. Maritoni and the rest of the staff are all accomodating kahit na mataray ang ibang tander. The rooms just need some updates, tweaks and repairs but otherwise, myself a very attention to detail kinda gal was able to sleep comfortably. Clean sheets! No bed bugs! Allergic ako. For those who have no exercise, this place will really give a good dose of leg warm ups. It has a wheelchair ramp too. Some areas are just impossible for the PWDs. The area is for the fit and young. My mother-in-law is telling us that it was truly a climb and her joints ache.

The location was great for our wedding. We did however have issues with the power on arrival and no staff were there to fix the issue. Everyone was hot because there were no aircons running. Eventually they decided after a few calls to the owner to start the generator. This was a bit unnecessary. There was also a bit of miscommunication about when meals would be served. Overall the stay was great however the communication between the organiser and the on site staff should be improved.

There were more than 30 of us, so it really wasn't the most comfortable stay with that much people. Breakfast was okay, function room size was okay but didn't have airconditioning. I guess it's good for families or smaller groups but for a group that big some of us had to sleep on foams on the floor. We also had to move the foams ourselves from the other villa and didn't have enough blankets.

The suite was AWESOME! My BFF for 20years just got married and booked their room for her pre-nup shoot. It was great! It had one double bed and three sofa beds. You can even request extra mattresses if you like. It is roomy and elegant. But they down side is that it only has one bathroom. Tho if you go down near the pavillion, they have extra common bathrooms. But overall, the place is great.

It's a good place for smaller and intimate weddings and other events. There's just enough parking space for a small wedding; might be a big challenge to find slots for your guests if there's more than one event in the place.