Gustavs Place

I've stayed 4 days at Gustav's place and I really recommand to choose it while you stay at Sablayan. All the staff is very friendly and very helpful. The owners are also very kind. You definitly feel like home. I went on an overnight dive trip at Apo Reef and it was amazing. The service was very efficient and the staff again very friendly. For the foodies, very tasty food has been made and served during the trip, you won't leave empty stomach. If I have the chance to go back to Sablayan I will definitely come back at Gustav's place !

Wonderful stay, we spent 3 days (2 nights) at gustav's place. The place is a little hard to find (either go from the beach After crossing the bridge or ask for a bark at the end of the road for 20pesos/person ) but this little travel will be rewarded. Once there you will meet Gustav and his wife, the nicest people we met during our travel, they took great care of us and made everything easy ! The place is beautiful and the accomodations were perfect with view on the sea !

Not gonna lie but this resort is the cheapest and peaceful place I have been to. Staffs are friendly and are very helpful with everything you need! I don't know why some people like these Bulgarians, tend to leave a review that is ALL-BIASED and UNTRUE.

The worst managed resort I've been to so far. don't even think about making a trip to Apo Reef with them. They don't have a certified guide in the dive resort, I don't know if they have a boat, if they do - can you travel with it - for sure doesn't have what is necessary to provide first aid (oxygen - that will be in your dreams). The air unit is older than my years, the air in the tanks is dirty , it is not healthy for the body. We was a group of 13 person, and we plan this trip 5months early, the trip was full prepaid. We got nothing more then a lies. The trip with overnight to Apo reef didnt happen. On the resort works legally (my be i am not sure about) only the cook and a "reception" lady. The man who presented himself to us as a dive guide turned out to be an ordinary tourist who is a musician......Can you imagine the whole group of divers trusting him with their lives, in case of an accident he would surely play music for them.....And a lot of things like this, for the rooms and hygiene i will not say a lot-Dirty,Dirty,Dirty........By the way in the town works tourist police if you need help. CHOOSE OTHER PLACE

In this so called resort there is no room service staff and therefore no one to clean your room and change your towels! Also the water pressure is weak and in 5 days I was able to shower only once, but those are the minor problems here! They crowded us 13 people, the whole diving equipment and 30 bottles on a boat that was for a maximum of 6 people and which is not diving boat! No briefing of course! The air in the bottles was also bad! Our stay there was pre-paid and we got to go to Apo Reef with an overnight stay there! After 2 days of lying we didn't go anywhere! We asked for an explanation from the main guide, but he turned out to be a guest friend of the owner who was only helping and has no LICENSE as a diving guide! The owner and the manager of this place were hiding and the correspondence was only through the waitress or the cook! After 2 days of arguments with the police and conversations with our consul, we got our money back! Since 10 years I like to go all over Asia and since 5 years I have been diving there and I have not been in a worse and more dangerous place. My advice: STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE!

If you are near Sablayan, Mindoro and wishing to do scuba diving or just relaxing near the see than Gustav’s is definitely NOT the place you want to go. Everything in this resort is wrong and there is no responsible person you can speak with. As a start rooms are very dirty and there is no service to clean or tidy them up. Second if you have a schedule like my group to visit Apo reef - you will get lie after lie like the boat is broken, but they have found alternative. The sea is not safe, but when you look at it - it is pan flat. The diving centre in this place also is unknown who is responsible as a dive master and/or instructor. Just stay out of trouble finding another place in this beat up area and don’t waste your valuable time with Gustav’s