Club Monet Beachfront Resort by Cocotel

Not worth the 5 hour trip from Manila. Don't waste your time coming here. If you want to be welcomed by dirty rooms, uncoordinated reservation management and resort staff, then book their place. No food on the restaurant (their menu is a scam haha! They told us to choose from THEIR menu but the food will be delivered from another restaurant. What a joke!) Just search for other places to stay in Zambales. This resort is a waste of time and money.

WORST RESORT EVER! We paid full via their cocotel link but our reservation was not forwarded to the staff in the resort! Pagdating pa dun sabi ng staff "eh sabi ni maam hindi na tutuloy" LOL SAN NANGGALING YUN? Ang layo ng pinanggalingan namin tapos ang bubungad samin ganito. Ang pagkakamali lang namin hindi kami nagbasa ng reviews dito. Sobrang dami na pala naka experience nito. Baho pa ng kwarto. Kadiri ang CR! Yuck wag kayo magbook dito kung ayaw niyo mastress haha!

The place is good especially the beach, it was so clean. Best time so swim is in the morning. The only problem is low water pressure on the shower area when used simultaneously

Dirty rooms! Unresponsive and uncoordinated staff! Booking is confirmed and paument is made in full but upon arrival, rooms were not available!

We stayed overnight in Club Monet last month, May 2022. This was one of the worst accommodations I've experienced so far. I made the reservation and payment all online through a Cocotel representative who was very nice and helpful. Then came the day of our stay. We arrived at the resort and no one was at the reception. It was deserted except for several dogs they kept there as pets. We had to look for a person who would help us check in which was weird. It was a disorganized setup. The elderly lady who checked us in plus the other people who seemed to work there were very shy and didn't know how to make guests feel welcome. They also don't practice safety protocols like mask wearing. If you will be staying here, it's also recommended to bring food, because you need to notify them 2-3 hrs before meal time so they can prep a meal for you (everything's frozen so they need a lot of time for meal preps). The nearest restaurant is also far, around 2-3km away. The caretakers also didn't know that our reservation included free breakfast, we had to inform them that or else we would've been charged. The bathroom smelled bad. Water is from a deep well, so it smells funky when you shower. The shower drain was clogged with a shampoo sachet from a previous guest. The beach is ok. Watch out for dog poop in the sand since there are a lot of pet and stray dogs there. We know the place is pet friendly, but it doesn't mean that they'd just let the dogs poop and pee anywhere on the beach without clean up.

Yung ibang aircon d malamig kasi masyadong maliit para sa ibang kwarto, d gumagana yung water dispenser, barado yung drainage ng cr sa ilang rooms, though ok nman yung mga kama and foam.

We stayed there for 4 days 3 nights. The resort was clean and the location of it was near the beach. The room given to us was nice, only hoping there could be another table there and foot rugs. The owner and staff were very friend and accommodating. Their home cooked meals are really great, although good to have more options for breakfast. 10mins tricycle ride going to their public market or main town just in case you want other places to eat at.

A hidden gem, located at Cabangan Zambales. We rented the family room which is an isolated mini house with own backyard and gazebo. It has 2 big double bed that can accomodate 8pax, with own cr with hot shower. There's a river at the back where we rented a kayak for a peaceful morning ride. Infront is a beautiful open sea showing the horizon. Good for surfers as well coz of the waves. Make sure to stay on 'white waters' (the area where there's lots of waves showing white bubbles) these are shallow areas and safe to swim. Water is very clean and no tiny stones onthe shore, just soft sand as compared to other beach area. There's a grilling area though you can order food as well

Laid back beach vibe atmosphere. Owner was accomodating as always. It was our 3rd time here.

Pros:
Good food, cooked like a home meal.
Beach front with cottages out front.
Relaxing place to bond with friends and family

Cons:
We booked through Cocotel,
Cocotel promised us a family room with a queen sized bed & a double deck.
Instead we got a room with a Triple deck we weren't expecting the room but the receptionist said that when booked through Cocotel, the triple deck room would be given.

Overall we had a great time, aside from the uncomfortable sleeping situation.

I stayed here for one night on the 5th but arrived earlier than the normal check-in time and was able to negotiate a rate for each hour prior to that, it was very reasonable. We had a big group and booked a few rooms, each room was fairly clean. The beds were very comfortable and most rooms had a good AC, the room I stayed in had an AC that was barely working though. The bathrooms had a shower and toilet separated by a shower curtain but there was no hot water and there was still sand in the shower area from the prior stay.

The owners made pork sinigang for us which was extremely good! There was also a kitchen outdoors for cooking you may want to do yourself.

My only negatives here was that there were bugs on the dinner table and a local dog was able to wander around the eating area while we ate. Also, the water was turned off over night and prior to our checkout time which was odd and inconvenient due to having used the toilet and not being able to flush the deuce.

I do recommend staying here as it was a nice place and quiet.

Caution! We experienced our booking was lost during our stay scheduled time & not even in their list. We had already advance 50% payment yet they forgot our booking. And waited for almost an hour for their biased explanations.