Ozen Freediving Hostel

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Dormitory has two bathrooms, the beds are very comfy, the staff is so friendly and helpful

Very noisy at night until like 3 am because of the events nearby

Nette Leute Guter Ausgangspunkt

Freediving und die Kurse stehen im Vordergrund. Es gibt viele Hunde, darunter auch vom Besitzer, sowie Straßenhunde. Das hat zur Folge, daß es rund um die Uhr zu Gejaule kommen kann. Die Dogge vom Besitzer ist nicht erzogen, sie hat einen Gast gebissen. Die Wunde musste meiner Meinung nach, ärztlich versorgt werden

הצוות היו ממש נחמדים

לא נקי, ריח מסריח, מלא חרקים, מרוחק, מזגן או מקפיא או לא עובד, מקלחת פעם רותח פעם קפוא , נפלה לי המגבת אז ביקשתי חדשה ואמרו שמחדשים כל שלושה ימים, שטיח ממש מגעיל, אין שירותי כביסה רק חיכיתי ללכת משם

Location, private room was nice

no one around, no sense of costumer service, chaotic check in, we were apparently given the wrong room the first night much to our surprise and then were kicked out the next morning and moved to the correct room… we are used to island living and we are chill but when electricity was off because off weather they didn’t do anything like telling us at least, there was no water, no power. But here was no effort! We saw other homestays that put candles out and had generators brought. And we understand Islandlife but then the price was too high for no effort! Everyone left and it was dark.

Good location Nice staff Nice room

Felt uncomfortable when the staff and their friends started flirting with us

Staff is really friendly

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Hidden gem. I liked how clean it was.

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Super nette Menschen, toller Vibe. Ausstattung war gut. Immer einen Ansprechpartner vor Ort. Kostenloses parken und kostenloses WLAN.

Der Geruch im Badezimmer. Wir hatten wohl Bettwanzen in der Matratze.

La ubiacion y el staff

El baño olia un poco mal

Le personnel tres aimable

Les coupures d'électricité et le générateur de secours qui ne marche pas.

Super chill hostel and they cook and eat with everyone.its nice

I went rainy season but we still went surfing

The staff were incredibly friendly but that’s about all I can say about the accommodation.

The noise pollution from next door went long into the night and with thin walls it felt like we could feel the bass and microphone like we were there. The room was just ok as far as cleanliness. The water system went out as well halfway through our trip and required emergency maintenance but we checked out before the repair ever showed up. As far as meeting other travelers as well, you will have better luck elsewhere. There is a shared kitchen but not really a common area to socialize.

El alojamiento está en un entorno acogedor, rodeado de naturaleza. Es un lugar muy tranquilo y confortable. Fueron muy amables y siempre estuvieron dispuestas a ayudar. Sin duda, lo recomiendo.

Me gusto mucho su ubicación y la comodidad de la habitación, tiene dos ducha y dos baños para 10 personas.

Carece de zonas comunes para sentarse cómodo y no se suele renovar el papel de baño

Super comfy beds and a chill, spacious hostel! You can tell everything’s well thought out for a smooth stay. The staff and freediving coaches are all super friendly too. Definitely try one of their freediving classes! Loved that each dorm has 2 showers and 2 toilets, no long waits, just easy and convenient. Location is perfect. Also very pet-friendly! Can't wait to come back!

Such a nice place! I stayed in the dorm and the bathroom and beds were good. The kitchen has everything you could wish for. Free drinking water and coffee. The staff was also very friendly. Not a party place. I would come back.

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It’s my second time staying here and I still love it. The place has a relaxed charm outside and feels modern and comfortable inside. The shared kitchen is convenient, and the location is great — walking distance to surf spots, food, fruit stands, laundry, and an ATM. Most of all, the people are warm, kind, and make the stay feel really welcoming.

Nothing really stood out — I had a great stay.

Simple, warm, and comfortable, with unassuming charm.

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Ozen has a beautiful room, well designed, and cold. Its perfect because its hot outside but the room is cold. I will certainly go back

It was well located, in a calm place. Beds and bathrooms were clean.

Too small the dorms, there was no place at all to put your stuff and there were lugagges everywhere in the floor! They turn off AC during the day

Amazing staff and place. Specially Markitos

All great

"I have already written a review, but I would like to clarify the situation."

I recently left an honest review about my stay at your hostel. However, I noticed that your response contains false claims about my behavior. I want to clarify that I was always respectful and composed. It seems that you have confused my review with a completely different situation that occurred during my stay. In particular, I want to emphasize that neither I nor my colleague took the mattress—this was someone else. Your response misrepresents my actions, which is unacceptable. I kindly ask you to correct your response accordingly or to stick to the actual circumstances mentioned in my review. A fair and factual exchange should be a given for both sides. Best regards

On the positive side, the beds are comfortable for sleeping. When you are lucky because not everyone had a good mattress.

Unfortunately, my stay at this accommodation was disappointing. The reception staff seemed unfriendly and unprofessional. What bothered me the most was the video surveillance in the room, which I was not informed about – this is absolutely unacceptable. The chill area is very small and mostly occupied by the staff, leaving little space for guests. The kitchen is available but poorly equipped and often dirty. The rooms are extremely cramped, with no proper storage space for backpacks, creating a chaotic atmosphere. Given these issues, the price-performance ratio is absolutely unjustified. There are definitely better options for the same or even a lower price. Overall, it was not a pleasant stay – I would not come back.

Good location & spacious room. Few friendly hostel dogs around as well.

Was quite a few mosquitoes in the room that kept coming in. Didn’t find the staff too helpful. Not much shared social space just a sofa next to reception

Amazing people working there. Very caring about the guest. Invited guests to activities like surfing, sunsets and partying.

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The only positives I can mention are the location’s proximity to Cloud 9 and that the shower had hot water.

**Disappointing Stay – Not What Was Promised** I recently stayed at this hostel for four nights, and it was a major disappointment. Having traveled throughout the Philippines for over a month, I’ve stayed at numerous hostels of similar caliber, and all of them had friendly, welcoming staff and good service. Unfortunately, this hostel was a stark contrast to my previous experiences. First, the staff were consistently unhelpful and seemed confused about basic operations. Unlike at other hostels, where staff went out of their way to help with booking activities, transport, or offering local recommendations, here there was none of that. It felt like there was a complete lack of hospitality, which really affected the overall experience. The room itself did not match the online listing at all. The ad claimed there was a kitchenette, but it was a complete misrepresentation. We found empty product bottles, no amenities, and no toilet paper. The bathroom had a strong sewage odor, making it unpleasant to use. What's more, despite staying for four nights, no one offered to clean the room, replace towels, or even empty the napkin bin — something that was hard to tolerate, especially considering we were expected to dispose of toilet paper waste in the bin. The property itself was nothing like the photos on Booking.com, which seemed to only showcase the best room on-site or a mixture of all the rooms in their most glorified state. The rest of the place resembled more of a backyard than a properly maintained, functional hostel. There was no common area or any space to socialize, and the overall lack of amenities made it feel more like a makeshift accommodation rather than a proper hostel. Considering the price, this place was a total letdown. Nearby hostels, many offering better value (such as pools or beachfront access), were priced similarly or even cheaper. The only positives I can mention are the location’s proximity to Cloud 9 and that the shower had hot water.

You can’t lock the room from inside, the body gel is empty, the water didn’t run!

The private room was spacious and clean. Location was walking distance from the beach. Staff was very helpful and nice. There was a communal fridge and seating area. Value for money.

Bathroom had a bit of a funky smell. We had problems with the door lock many times. Dogs outside barked a lot at night.

Close to beach & sunset bridge

Very few seats around

The location was excellent, those who surf very close to cloud 9 even those who don't surf a perfect beach! Besides that, our room was big and the air conditioner worked well and the staff was very nice :)

The handles in all the rooms were broken but they gave us a discount and said they would fix them soon

Good location, to surf and snorkel

Inappropriate and unprofessional staff.

Location was okay

No privacy in dorm room, smelly unclean bathrooms and cockroaches

Staff were amazing and the double room was nice. The location was so good and tenting the scooter at a good price made seeing Siargao so easy.

The room we stayed in didn’t really look like the pictures. The doors on the rooms were in poor condition so many bugs got in the room. Mosquitos with white spots also in the room but the woman on the desk was kind enough to help out with bug spray. It’s a great place to stay in Siargao, but the facilities aren’t anything too good

Clean Comfortable Very social Good and quiet Location Friendly and helpful Staff Cute dogs

There is nothing i can complain about

Quite at night and my sleep was very good

Relaxing ambiance , friendly staff and professional freediving coaches

Rooms were airy and relatively spacious compared to other hostels. Bathrooms were always clean. Staff were friendly and free diving intro course was great!

It lacks any cooking facilities and a primarily social space

Amazing Staff and Great Value

No Common Area and Not very social

Great location, right by cloud 9! The Cat and Gun cafe is particularly nice just next door. Nice staff, super helpful (our air conditioning didn’t work and they replaced the next day)

We stayed in the apartment which was nice but Air con only in bedroom and no where to sit inside other than on the bed. Bathroom didn’t have a fan so stayed super wet and no toiletries!

- Lovely Little private apartment with balcony with plenty of space and table and chairs outside and hanging rack outside for clothes - really good value for money for whole private apartment compared to rest of the area - would definitely recommend staying here and would come again! - staff were on the whole very friendly and always happy to help - they kindly arranged airport transfer for when we arrived and also helped us easily arrange a boat tour and scooter hire all for a good price - nice chill out area at reception with hammocks etc - WiFi wasn’t amazing in the room but worked on the balcony - cute puppies! - location was slightly out of the main busy GL area which we quite liked but still on the same road and easy to get everywhere - very close to some nice breakfast/brunch/lunch spots including Cat & Gun and Outer Cafe and good dinner spots easily reached by trike or scooter - on the main Tourism Road so easy to get around by scooter/trike. - walkable to Jackinghorse/cloud 9 beach for surfing - quick 5-10 min scooter ride into town to the main restaurants at the bottom of General Luna - soap in the room and towels provided - kettle & basic crockery and cutlery in the room too & drinking water provided at reception - aircon worked pretty well on the whole in the bedroom - staff happy to help and were able to replenish toilet roll etc when we asked them (and had we asked im sure the bins could’ve been emptied too) - they offer freediving intro courses and fun dives too of course for those who want it

- there were quite a few flying ants in the bedroom when we arrived but they quickly got us some ant spray when we told them and was no problem - just be aware there are bugs around and able to get in (which didn’t bother us really) - the bathroom tiling in our apartment was at an angle that the wet room didn’t drain properly into the drains so the floor was always wet (again not huge issue for us) and sometimes the drains were a bit smelly but not unusual for the philippines and not offensive. - location slightly away from some of the main developments in GL but we knew this and liked it and enough around and happily got around cheaply by trike (30 pesos per person one way) and scooter

Staff were really nice and friendly. It was better than we expected and the location was just perfect.

Bathrooms were a bit uncomfy just for the fact that there was no curtain and water splashed everywhere. Water also ran a bit slow but nothing really bad.

Clean and affordable place very near Cloud 9 and other areas of interest. The owner, Jennifer, was very accommodating and friendly. The staff helped arranged our Sohoton trip and lent us snorkelers for free!!

We had an electrical issue which was a bit scary since the electrical board got busted and started smoking. I was not too happy with one of the guys who seems to have a bit of an attitude--more polite with foreigners than to locals.

Great people. Great vibes. Dorms were super clean.

Location is nice, staff is great and helpful and there’s puppy’s and kittens on the property and in the common area.

Private room bed and covers were small so don’t really recommend it for two people. The apartment is spacious but the “living room” area stays pretty much unused since there are no chairs/appliances and no airco. WiFi was also not available in our room and was not consistent at all. Water did not work out last night which was a bit disappointing but we get that that’s just how the island works.

Beautiful hostel 🙂 you can do the freediving with Jen !!

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Clean, easy to check in

Clean, comfortable, close to main town. Relaxing space. Host is very responsive and accommodating to all our needs. It felt like having a local friend.

There was an issue with water one night and the owner took care of it immediately.

cute place

place asked for double payment out of a sudden by arrival, when everything was paid online already, didnt wanted to give money back and let us look like idiots, blamed it on booking.com and us

Great price, quiet hostel and close to sunset bridge and they offer free diving weather permitting.

No real social aspect, could do with a communal hangout are.

Great price, quiet hostel and close to sunset bridge and they offer free diving weather permitting. L

No real social aspect, could do with a communal hangout are.

Great price, quiet hostel and close to sunset bridge and they offer free diving weather permitting.

No real social aspect, could do with a communal hangout are.

Nice people , clean

The is AC and it is near pretty much everything in GL

There was coackroach in the shower and worms. The shower was also very dirty.

Very friendly staff and you have a big fridge where you can store water and food.

No Wifi

Good Location, Nice property and beds.

There was no internet, no connection for data and no where to chill out side of the from often if it was raining there was no where you could go like a common area to chill and make calls

I love my private bungalow. The room is spacious, very comfortable bed and pillows. The staff was super nice and helpful.

- early check-in was possible - comfortable beds - friendly staff

- there is a lack of a cosy corner or seating

Great location and facilities.

This hostel is way more cheaper than the other accoms in the area since we booked a separate room for two which has its own CR, kitchen, aircon and refrigerator. It was a really good deal.

The property has its pet dog. Though it’s kinda friendly to customers, my partner’s sandals were pretty chewed up. I would suggest that their pet should be caged during night time to avoid inconvenience with other clients

The location is easily accessible from the main road and has a nice enough garden. The dorm room is clean with enough bathrooms and a water dispenser inside - super convenient. Extra effort was put into dorm beds that have a curtain each - even upper bunks so everyone has their privacy - I loved that. Beds are comfy and have actual fluffy cozy blanket instead of a white sheet like in many other places. Staff is lovely and friendly, offers freediving lessons too. Walking distance to Cloud 9 (maybe 10min?) or just ride a bike, next to restaurants and shops.

Beware the place has no wifi YET. This will likely change in a near future but for now some of you may want to know. Or just get a cheap local SIM and you’re sorted :) As the place opened recently, they have no lockers for dorm room either - the place is safe but I would prefer bit of a peace of mind re my valuables. A little thing - the wood the beds are made of is a bit rough so i was constantly afraid of getting splinters when climbing up/down, or my cloths would get caught. This could be perhaps easy enough to smoothen? Either way, the things described above are not necessarily bad things, more like FYI. I still liked the place and would recommend for good value.

I like how every bed has private curtains. The comfort rooms are inside the room itself, which is really nice that I don't have to walk outside. They also offer a freediving class, which is really interesting to try. There are a lot of cafes and small restaurants nearby.

The place is cozy, clean, and peaceful. Right at the heart of General Luna, I really enjoyed my stay here (the staff are very friendly). The biggest plus for me is that it is pet-friendly (happy fur mom here).Salamat Ozen Freediving Hostel, be right back! <3

The private bungalow is a cosy, charming space, with everything you need for a short or longer stay. It’s a gem for Freediving enthusiasts, as you are literally in the heart of the best Freediving school in the island, which made my trainings more focused. The staff is friendly and passionate about what they are doing. They made our stay special and helped us to make the most of our time in Siargao!

all great!