Open water course and fun diving Perfect place to combine holidays with diving. Very friendly and helpful staff in the hotel, tasty food, very convenient to… read morePerfect place to combine holidays with diving. Very friendly and helpful staff in the hotel, tasty food, very convenient to order when you are hungry as you stay in a more remote area of Dauin. Nice rooms with a lot of comfort.

Well organised Dive shop and extremely friendly staff. Combination of local and international dive masters and instructors. Always willing to help and organise trips on your wishes. We did Apo island and Sumilon island and both were really worth going. Beautiful coral, interesting marine life. The dive masters are very good in finding macro! I loved it!

My cousin did the open water course with Rachel, special applause for her how dedicated she teaches. She is very enthousiastic and you can see she loves her job.

We will definitely come back! More read less

Great Staff, Great Diving ! I went to Dauin especially for diving as it is worldwide recognised for diving and choose Liquid Dumaguete for a… read moreI went to Dauin especially for diving as it is worldwide recognised for diving and choose Liquid Dumaguete for a few nights/dives.
I was warmly welcome by the staff, after a nice introduction of the resort, went to my room with sea view and I already felt relaxed.
Jim, Manager on site kindly help me scheduling my next dives, and I did a total of 10, all great dives.
Dive guides were very professional while giving their briefing, handling equipment (which is in good condition) and the dives were amazing !
There is everything you wanna see in Dauin if you are into small critters and they bring you on day trip to Apo Island to check out turtles, sea snakes and pristine corals !

Food was good and staffs very friendly.

I’ll definitely come back there on my next diving trip in the Philippines.

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Probably the best dive resort around Dumaguete Fifteen-villa high standard PADI 5* dive resort owned by British-Canadian couple and under the management of a British-Taiwanese couple. … read moreFifteen-villa high standard PADI 5* dive resort owned by British-Canadian couple and under the management of a British-Taiwanese couple. We stayed there for 12 days in early November. The resort is eco-friendly, e.g. you cannot buy drinking / mineral water or soft drinks in plastic bottles, so you have to buy aluminium bottles with the resort logo and then you can fill them up (for free) from a dispenser near the bar. Also eating your own meals bought outside the resort in rooms is prohibited. Breakfasts are served in the restaurant while lunches and dinners in the bar next to the pool (all meals a'la carte). Rented equipment is in excellent condition and cost 700 php daily. However, if you want to use the same set during your entire stay, you have to pay extra 300 php daily. Otherwise you will get different equipment every day. As the resort is Padi 5 * you can do a lot of training and courses during your stay. The Wi-Fi is rather average, the best in a common area, but in the rooms rather weak or almost no internet at all (room no 14). The villas are comfortable, however, during heavy rain at night our floor was a bit flooded. The room was clean, cleaned daily. The towels were changed daily or on request. The number of sockets in the room for charging cameras, torches etc. is insufficient. Tip: it's good to have… Fifteen-villa high standard PADI 5* dive resort owned by British-Canadian couple and under the management of a British-Taiwanese couple.
We stayed there for 12 days in early November.
The resort is eco-friendly, e.g. you cannot buy drinking / mineral water or soft drinks in plastic bottles, so you have to buy aluminium bottles with the resort logo and then you can fill them up (for free) from a dispenser near the bar. Also eating your own meals bought outside the resort in rooms is prohibited. Breakfasts are served in the restaurant while lunches and dinners in the bar next to the pool (all meals a’la carte).
Rented equipment is in excellent condition and cost 700 php daily. However, if you want to use the same set during your entire stay, you have to pay extra 300 php daily. Otherwise you will get different equipment every day.
As the resort is Padi 5 * you can do a lot of training and courses during your stay.
The Wi-Fi is rather average, the best in a common area, but in the rooms rather weak or almost no internet at all (room no 14).
The villas are comfortable, however, during heavy rain at night our floor was a bit flooded. The room was clean, cleaned daily. The towels were changed daily or on request. The number of sockets in the room for charging cameras, torches etc. is insufficient. Tip: it’s good to have your own extension cord with splitter.
Despite the fact that the resort is considered to be a paradise for muck divers, there was no camera room in the resort, and the boat was not equipped with a water-filled container to keep the camera in between the dives.
The engine of the only boat in the resort refused to work twice during our stay, so the plans and the location of the dives were quickly changed on the spot and we went to other places by jeep. It took some time to arrange everything since we were already on the boat transferred there by a small boat called ‘taxi’. It is necessary because of the very rocky seabed.
A big advantage during our stay was that during the entire stay we did not even hear a compressor for charging cylinders. All the staff were very professional, helpful and kind. The resort is safe and very well guarded 24/7.
After a dive you could have a nice time by the pool or in the bar chatting with other guests.
I heartily recommend the place to all divers and non-divers with families as well.

Thank you all for the great 12 days spent with you.

Special thanks to Rhanda (our dive guide during entire stay) for excellent care under water

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. More read less

Great Service, Great Dives Liquid Dumaguete is off the main national road of Dauin. It's about a 45-minute drive from Dumaguete Airport. … read moreLiquid Dumaguete is off the main national road of Dauin. It's about a 45-minute drive from Dumaguete Airport. We were met at the airport by our van driver. Very pleasant fellow. Told us a bit of Dumaguete history, he passed by Siliman University to show us what it looked like and showed us where to buy silvanas as "pasalubong" for friends and officemates. We got to the resort just before the start of happy hour. Adrian, one of the dive guides and bartender gave us a thorough briefing of the resort, showed us our room, and walked us through the salient features of the room. We went back to the bar and Adrian was there to meet us to plan the dives over the next 3 days. This was over drinks. Due to the impact of Covid 19 on the economy, many establishments had to shed employees or keep a number to double-hat. It was a good thing Adrian was our guide for the next 3 days as he seemed to be excited about diving again after a long while. He talked about the macro critters we should expect to find in Dauin, one of them is the Shaun the Sheep nudibranch that Edith and I have never seen. I thought Adrian was joking but if you google Shaun the Sheep nudibranch, it's real. Anyway, we had a great 4-night stay at Liquid. PAL had canceled the Sunday flight out… Liquid Dumaguete is off the main national road of Dauin. It’s about a 45-minute drive from Dumaguete Airport.

We were met at the airport by our van driver. Very pleasant fellow. Told us a bit of Dumaguete history, he passed by Siliman University to show us what it looked like and showed us where to buy silvanas as "pasalubong" for friends and officemates.

We got to the resort just before the start of happy hour. Adrian, one of the dive guides and bartender gave us a thorough briefing of the resort, showed us our room, and walked us through the salient features of the room. We went back to the bar and Adrian was there to meet us to plan the dives over the next 3 days. This was over drinks. Due to the impact of Covid 19 on the economy, many establishments had to shed employees or keep a number to double-hat. It was a good thing Adrian was our guide for the next 3 days as he seemed to be excited about diving again after a long while. He talked about the macro critters we should expect to find in Dauin, one of them is the Shaun the Sheep nudibranch that Edith and I have never seen. I thought Adrian was joking but if you google Shaun the Sheep nudibranch, it’s real.

Anyway, we had a great 4-night stay at Liquid. PAL had canceled the Sunday flight out of Dumaguete and moved us to the Monday flight. That was good as we got to stay one more day and do more dives.

I must say my wife and I were treated very well. Adrian and Tony (resort hand) were very good to us. They made sure we got our gear on properly and that we had food, water, and towels at the end of each dive. We were spoiled rotten by these two. Saturday, we joined a dive boat to Apo Island. If you go to Dumaguete, make sure to do Apo Island. If not diving, at least snorkel. The coral reef in Apo Island is so beautiful and healthy.

As for the other amenities and the quality of food and service at Liquid, my wife and I really like the place. There is saltwater and a freshwater pool. The bar is nice (my favorite place to hang out after a long day diving), the drinks are great, the food…oh you must try the gambas, the ceviche (kinilaw), toasted tune and the garlic shrimp penne. We had these almost every night for dinner. That’s how good they were. The owners of Liquid, Tim and Zoe, also hang out in the bar, and they are nice people.

The resort also has a backup generator that is enough to drive the air conditioners in the resort. Dumaguete has recently been scheduling brownouts on Sundays for maintenance. As such, the resort gets quite a number of guests who want to get away from the heat and no power which could last almost 9-10 hours on a Sunday.

Just to cap this review, special mention should be made of Rainer, the resort manager. He was able to service my buoyancy wing. The dump valve had a damaged spring and the inflator had a weak spring and damaged o-ring. He replaced them both and if not for the repair, my dives in Apo Island would have been not as enjoyable. I really should have my gear serviced before a trip like this. Note to self.

So if you plan to go diving in Dauin, do stay at Liquid Dumaguete. You’ll be taken care of. That’s very important to me and my wife. More read less

Excellent! From the quick responses by Tom to all my questions, all the details taken care of, incredibly friendly staff who… read moreFrom the quick responses by Tom to all my questions, all the details taken care of, incredibly friendly staff who enjoy their job and their quests, the very attentive dive masters, great food and beautiful setting, this place was simply excellent. Add in two amazing dive trips to Sumilion and Apo Islands which were spectacular.
Great value and great service.
Only issue was with our shower not working but this in no way tempered our view of Liquid. read less

Best place on Dumaguete Honeslty, I found most resorts in PH extremely overprices, Liquid beinf no exeption BUT at least here u feel better… read moreHoneslty, I found most resorts in PH extremely overprices, Liquid beinf no exeption BUT at least here u feel better about paying way to much for a vert basic room.

The resort is UR BEST OPTION on Dumagueta. Look no further. Extremely neat, clean & well manicured. Rooms are big & comfy but basic for the price.
Reception staff werw amazing. Food not to bad, great vibe by the pool & BAR. Lovely pools. Most staff were extremely friendly but on in particular named Joy Joy was far from a Joy. She was unattentive, rude & seemed unhappy when she had to tAke our order.

We booles a day trip to Apo, and as the only snorklers we felt, unimportant. It was expensive I i was extremely underwhellmed by Apo sea life. We saw amazing coral, very little fish & a good few turtles thanx to our hardworking guide – who made sure we saw turtles, think his name is Abo?

All in all a pleasant stay, and if ever I came back to Dumagueta,, which I wont, i will stay here again More read less