RMS Garden Resort

Stayed overnight at Cabana Jr 1 on a weekday (Wed-Thurs). Pros: Affordable. No corkage fee on food. Fun pool slides (which are rusted already btw), easy access to the beach. Beautiful sunset. Fine dark sand. Cool chill-out spot at night at their beach bar with the instagrammable lights and bean bags. The place itself is easy to find and very accessible. Cons: The terrible smell of cat poop outside and near the open cottages and even inside our room. Old furniture, old fridge and bathroom. The lights in our room were so dim and only one was functioning. Not enough place to hang your towels in your room. Lack of chairs - we were 5 adults and 1 kid but only 3 plastic chairs were provided. And because it's affordable and it's summer, there are a lot of guests even on a weekday! Crowded pool and also could be cleaner, crowded beach. Lot of karaokes. It was still a great experience because we had fun, especially the kid. :) I won't say we got what we paid for tho, because the room was 4k and we still had to pay for entrance fees plus fees for electric kettle and rice cooker. Also no free breakfast. We didn't had time to try the resto so I can't comment on the food.

Value for money. We stayed at the largest bungalow since it had more amenities, living room, dining table, kitchen and ref. Two large rooms (1 on the ground floor and another on the 2nd floor - which had a view of the sea. Black sand beach, clean and clear water, no sign of trash along the shore. Do not expect fine sand though. Expect ambulant vendors selling clams, kakanin and handmade bracelets, and several boatmen enticing you for a boat ride and island hopping (not sure how many and to which islands). Tourist trap did come to mind. But at least they don't pester you if you politely turn them down. And oh, no swimming past 12 midnight. Overall, clean place and courteous staff.