Submission date: 2007-03-07 - Date of Stay: January 2006
Submitted by: Bing - From: United States
Type of Traveller: Young Couple - Age Group: 31 - 40
Bad Area After Dark, Run Down
Hotel Mercedes is an old, fairly run-down hotel with cheap rates that is in a part of Cebu that is possibly dangerous after dark. In Jan 06 they were only using one of the tow elevators to save on electricity. There is a good internet cafe that you can enter inside the hotel. There is an above average restaurant immediately across the street (Pete's). Service is a bit better than most filipino hotels.Golden Valley Hotel is about 200 yards away and a bit more expensive with only one tiny elevator. I will try Kiwi Lodge on my next trip.
Prostitutes will proposition men who are not with a woman as soon as they walk out the hotel's front foor after dark.
