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Reviews of Batad Transient House

2.5 out of 5
Batad Transient House
Batad, Banaue

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 15 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 17 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 44 reviews" "

7.4/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Winson

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dennis

Travelled with family, Travelled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Batad Rice Terraces is a must see, but have to be physically fit for it is very steep, high, narrow and very very long walk. But once you overcome the almost 1 hour walk with rest, it is worth to see the place. Definitely, get a guide and a stick to go with you. The owner of the place gave an excellent service.

10/10 Excellent

Neil

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Irene did a great job accommodating our needs and showing us hospitality. I liked Transient house because it seems the best balance between all criteria - value, service... but also elevation: it is located high enuf to give great views but not too far from valley/ village. We got to go to a wedding while we were here. Very cool!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Marieflor

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Host is very friendly and pleasant.Location of the house is excellent with awesome view of the Rice Terraces .
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

6/10 Okay

Stella, Hong Kong

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness
The balcony is cool. But the room, toilet and everywhere else don’t seem clean at all.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Batad Transient Home has a truly breathtaking view over the rice terraces of Batad - i loved staying there. The rooms are simple and clean, the host is really nice and helpful - food & drinks were fine too. Remember that you're in the middle of nature there and that no road leads all the way to the houses/homestays of batad - when you consider this, it is truly amazing how all things - food, drinks etc are carried there by foot to make it an awesome stay for guests.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Best view in Batad
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

DT, New York, NY

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This homestay has the most jaw-dropping, spectacular view of the Batad rice terraces from its restaurant! This placed offered basic accommodations, so do not expect too much in that regard. Thy have one restaurant with about 4-5 tables that you can hang at and 2 communal bathrooms/showers. You will probably get all your meals at this place; they are very good! They have Filipino food and American food. Make sure to place your order for meals ahead of time, otherwise you may be waiting longer than expected. We stayed in the "Nipa hut", which had its own outdoor toilet/cold shower nearby. It got kind of cold at night, so you may want to request more blankets. The way to flush the toilets is to pour water down. Irene, who checked us in, was very nice and we hired her mom as a tour guide for a roundtrip hike through the beautiful rice terraces to the Tappiyah waterfalls. Definitely recommend; she didn’t speak much English, but she was patient and an expert at navigating. For check-in: we arrived around 4pm and it seemed that there was no one to check us in at the desk. An employee saw our group and informed us that someone would be with us soon. We were fine to wait around and admire the view; be patient with service :) Getting there was a 20-30 minute track downhill on a narrow path and steep steps from the Saddle. Definitely not for the faint of heart. I'd recommend packing light and use only a large/ backpacker's backpack! Thanks Irene and family, we had a wonderful time!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Home Away From Home
Our home away from home. Had a great 3days stay here at Batad Transient House. Amazing view of the Batad Rice terraces.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Batad Transient House was a great stay. My family staid in the nipa hut, which was a new experience that none of us ever had. The view from the transient house was spectacular. It’s so peaceful and breath taking. I love that there are no vehicles or machinery. The staff are wonderful. They make you feel welcome and comfortable. The food is great. The grilled chicken and rice is out of this world. The rice is from the batad terraces, and only for consumption in the village. It tastes great. Faith was our tour guide through rice terraces. She was wonderful and patient with us. She gave an excellent tour. The tour is also breathtaking with the views, and physical breath taking too. We highly recommend the Batad Transient House house and batad. Be advised that it is very physical but worth the time energy and sweat.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Nobody ever mentioned that arriving to the place is impossible with a vehicle of any kind
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Chloe, France

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A wonderful hotel with a beautiful view on the terraces . An incredible experience!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Shane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rice terraces butad
I enjoyed it immensely can't complain nice family run business good food amazing views we stayed in one of the NEPA huts loved it
Stayed 3 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Outstanding Experience
Wife's trip with 3 friends and relatives, incredible view, warm hospitality, excellent food, great value for the money; recommend booking weeks or months ahead, as accommodations fill quickly, especially at peak tourist seasons.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

8/10 Good

Gracie, Las Piñas City

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Awesome view deck
Near the mountain view and rice terraces. Affordable food and its good for two. Easy access to Tappiya falls. (2 hrs trek & vice versa) Overnight stay is a must to feel the perfect silence of the night with nature. Batad Rice Terraces is a place that all people must see and experience before they retire.
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

Pedro Jr

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Joy, New York

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice view. Panoramic
All of the homestay in Batad. This one has a very nice view. Best location. All homestay and inns in batad are all the same. So all i can say, For for this one
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Kevin

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Rocelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Love the owners of the place. They are so sweet and helpful. Also the rooms were basic but thats enough. A bit disappointed by the comfort room as it was a bit dirty and the water ran out. But I guess thats normal in Batad and wouldn't have expected anything else. Would recommend this place to others.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Awesome experience.
We enjoyed the scenery of the rice terraces from the inn. Although we did not trekked down to the fall near by, we had a relaxing time The trip to Batad was somewhat scary because of the road condition. There was steep steps to walk down to the inn.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

4/10 Poor

Ramon, New Zealand

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Only the Panoramic View, Sadly Nothing More
We were convinced to book this place because of rave reviews posted here .Unfortunately, the previous reviews seemed far from the truth. There was only one bathroom shared by five rooms. There was not even a hook or rack to hang your clothes in either bedroom or toilet! The curtain and the rod in our room just fell on my head after a mild wind gust. The sheets looked and smelled like they were used by a previous occupant. Worst, the staff was caught a few times throwing garbage right outside the porch and into the front of the property where guests would gaze for a view of the terraces. Trekking around, one sees a lot of garbage strewn everywhere. How sad. The Bontoc and Sagada terraces are far more preserved, more actively used and far more pristine and picturesque. A group of European guests ordered grilled chicken; They were asked to grill the meat themselves in an electric grill that wont work! How embarrassing. We saw their faces drop from disappointment and hunger. We ordered at 10 AM for an 1130 lunch which was served at 1 PM! Service and flavor were better in the homey restaurant just two minutes away.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness
Felt very pushed
It was an alright stay. However the owner was pushy on us having a tour guide despite it being relatively easy to find your own way around with simple instructions she could have easily given. Also On the way down to the place we stopped for lunch at a home stay that we passed on the way down. When we arrived the owner got upset we didn't eat at their place for lunch. I feel like if you're not spending money at their hotel for breakfast lunch and dinner they get upset. I was a bit put off by this. Also we were made to check out at 10 AM not by the owner but another lady even though it said noon is check out. Also on second day found mouse feces on bed sheet. Also watch out for young peeping boys who watch you when using the toilet.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

4/10 Poor

Dorte

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very primitive
We ordered two nights here, but stayed only one. We had a small room with bunkbeds. It was very cold in the evening and night and we only got some thin, synthetic blankets with no cover. Very low standard of clinliness. The hostess had a little boy, who was left alone most of the time, spilling milk and peeing on the floor, and it was not cleaned.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Peter, Seewis Schmitten

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

Martina

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Louis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Shell Inn
Le des meilleur rapport qualité-prix depuis les début de mon séjour il y a 15 jours au Philippines
Vue de la fenêtre de ma chambre
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Geweldig uitzicht. Vriendelijk en behulpzaam personeel.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Laurent

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Vue magnifique, terrasse sympa
Guesthouse basique a Batad. Chambres rudimentaires mais eau chaude dans la salle de bains commune L'atout majeur, la terrasse et la vue magnifique bon rapport qualité-prix
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
La vue magnifique et panoramique sur les rizières; Pour le reste confort plus que minimaliste, repas très simple pas de grand choix et cher... hygiène douteuse dans les 2 Sdb de l’etablissement; Etablissement situé à 20 mn de l’arret Des véhicules c’est quand même sport... surtout la montée;
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

2/10 Terrible

bernard

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Grosse déception , a éviter ..
Faire plus simple c’est impossible Chambre !!! Un lit rien d’autre ,une Couverture, pas de simple placard ,´ pas de table , pas de chaise.., les wc communs, La cuvette tellement petite que personne ne peut s’asseoir, on marche dans le pipi de tout le monde, un lavabo pour tous dans la salle ou l’on mange Pas de prise de courant dans les chambres une seule par étage !!! Bref rien aucune recherche même simple d’aménagement...aucune idée.. Les repas fait sans goût... Le site ...ne justifie pas la galère pour arriver à Batad.....12 h de trajet..car et route pourri, finir le chemin à pied....tres difficile d’accès, en plus météo pourrie, très dangereux de partir sans guide Bref il y a mieux à faire dans le monde,
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
世界遺産を間近で見ることの出来るいいホテルだった。 ただ、電波は非常に通りにくいので携帯は使えない。
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Los dueños son encantadores. La comida muy rica y el entorno...maravilloso
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Anders Mattias

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best place in Batad
This is the best place in Batad. Owner is super hospitable and can help with everything you need in the town. If I am coming back to Batad I will stay here. The kitchen is very good, and the view from the terrance is splendid. I have a couple of minor suggestions in order to make the stay more comfortable for the guests: Some reviews comment about the bathroom - I dont understand why because it is quite good bathroom. The only problem with it is that the floor is wrongly constructed, and the floor tiles do not have the correct slope towards the drain, which makes a pool of water collected on the floor as it is combined toilet/shower. It would therefore be very nice to have a floor wiper in there to get rid of excess floor water. Also, you dont walk with shoes on the terrace. For guests who like to use socks, it is very incompatible with the wet toilet floor. Please put some communal plastic sandals outside the toilet which you can bstep into when going bathroom. Then this place is truly perfect.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
trotz buchung mit vorab zahlung war das gebuchte doppelzimmer nicht verfügbar: Kommentar "first come first serve" dazu dann noch unfreundliche Kommentare, wie sich herausstellte hat das System um die Auslastung zu "optimieren"
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Lasse

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Transient House has an amzing spot facing the rices terrasses. This is tough to get there and difficult to find the location as the hotel do not have any indication, but the villagers around are always open to help. The host was very nice and treat us very well. Do not expect to have Wifi or connection as this is based in the middle of the nowhere, the wifi isn't able in Batad. In term of food, they do not have everything as it shows in the menus, this will depend of the season (fishes, fruits or vegetable), you'll just need to adapt their situation. The room are ok, you'll find only the beds not other things, I believe they should invest more on this by adding a mirror for example or wardrobes or providing towels. The bathrooms are for sharing but are clean at all the times. Globally, we had a very good times there, this is very peaceful and for the quality of prices this is definitely recommendable.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Vue magnifique
Hotel un peu surbooker le premier jour donc pas possible d'avoir notre hute salle de bain un peu sommaire service repas très long mais le lendemain la vue magnifique sur les rizières fait oublier tous ces désagréments
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Julie, Québec

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bel emplacement, belle vue!!!
Une bonne marche à partir de la route qui vaut la peine!! Des sentiers un peu dangereux (avec des gros packsacs), mais le charme de ce village en vaut la peine!!! Personnel très accueillant!! Les chambres sont correctes, mais la vue sur les rizières est tout simplement splendide
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

sandrine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
un Endroit sublime
Un endroit fabuleux, surplombant les plus belles rizières du monde, une vue magnifique et une famille aux petits soins pour rendre notre séjour des plus agréables. Vraiment je recommande ce lieux. Par contre, même en étant de nature sportive, la remontée jusqu’a la route a été éprouvante au moment de repartir. Heureusement, le maître des lieux nous a aidé à porter nos sacs, sinon on n’y serait jamais arrivé seul. Mais tout était vraiment parfait.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

jean-christophe

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Batad se mérite .... confort rustique (douches communes à l ancienne. Accès pas évident mais quel bonheur pour les yeux. La vue de la terrasse est à couper le souffle . L accueil fort sympathique ,nourriture bonne et copieuse. Je vous recommande vivement l adresse et le site .
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018