Bambulo

The bamboo telegraphs has given me a RUMOR that Bambulo Resort will open again on January 8, under the same ownership but with a different kitchen crew.... I am very happy to hear that, if you have not tried Bambulo Resort it is a great place for drinks, food, swimming, and a good place to play miniature golf. NO GUARANTEES on this, but my neighbor who still works there gave me the good news... I mean rumor

 

That will be interesting. I have heard that they closed due to lack of customers, because of low standard food. We have been there and the food was not very good I must admit, but the waitresses were great and the bear was cold. We have not been back again because of the poor food. It is a pity if they can't get a good chef and good menu, because it is a great environment.

 

I do hope that they re-open (with better food); we did enjoy the swimming, atmosphere and the coldness of their SanMigs....

 

They have a small sign posted now stating the they will reopen on January 8.... so the rumor is confirmed. They also make some other statement about better food, and free use of admenties but is it not clear if it is only for that re-opening day or a continuing policy. I will try to photograph the sign and post it and you can make you own judgments or mis-judgments.... which every you are better at doing.

 

Whenever I go to a 4ner owned establishment I expect a quality of food, service and cleanliness to be comparable to our home countries. Those 3 ingredients are paramount to getting my consumer dollars.

Cleanliness and service were good at Bambulo and yes the food sucked. But..... their menu was not brain surgery and one must look at the captain of the ship as opposed to the lower man/woman on the team to ensure good food is prepared. I liked the place but quit going 6 months before they closed for reasons stated.

I hope the owners/manager's appreciate our business a second time and get their kitchen in order. I will try it again as everyone deserves a second (third) chance.. I truly hope I am impressed this time as it's close to my home and a beautiful area.......

 

Problem is with some establishments like this, the owner/drivers do not have the appropriate personalities or characters or training or know how, to operate a successful hospitality business.

 

Very Very true Roger unfortunately, when it comes to Hospitality Businesses :


“You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time”.”

JP

 

Very good quote Jack. I spoke to the Owner of Bambulo Resort yesterday and you quote hits it on the head. It seem like he just can not satisfy the foriegners here with his foreign foods. He is a foreigner himself. I think the problem is there is not such thing as "foreigner food". There is Spanish (Mexican) food, American food, Canadian food, British food but no foreigner food. We all expect our favorite meal to take like it did in our mother country.... IT WON"T... He explained that the floor here is different from our mother countries. I am not defend his food, as I have eaten there in the past. The Filipino foods are generally good.... the American food are nothing like I have expected. This it typical in this town.
Personally I avoid meals from America here because they never live up to my expectations, unless the standards are very low: ie McDonalds.

 

Ok, I photographed the sign posted but the file is too large to load here so here is a paraphrased version;

Bambulo Resort will re- open January 8.

Lower Entrance Fee and free use of Amenities: This mean there is no fee for siting in the bar or restaurant sitting areas , those areas are FREE. However if you sit in the Pool Areas lounge area to eat, drink or swim you are charged 80 P which includes the use of the pool and Miniature Golf coarse also. That is 20 P less than it use to be, which was only for the Pool. There use to be NO 150 P consumable fee, which I never found was enforced upon me. Actually I like the new system because I can use the amenities without worrying about a consumable fee.

Very low food prices of Good Food: This means that they know their prices were maybe too high and quality too low, so maybe we are looking for some improvements. There have replaced the kitchen staff and reduces some of the food prices. We can only taste the results of their new policy and staff. I think the Filipino dishes are better than the "foreign dishes". To find good "foriegner meals" I think we have to go back to our mother countries or our mother's kitchen (see previous post here)

New Hours: They will not be open from 9 AM to 9 PM. Shorter hours than previously when they were open from 6 AM to 11 AM (I think, as I never made it to closing time)

New days of being open: They will only be open Wednesday through Sunday, being closed on Monday and Tuesday.

The environment to me is the best thing about Bambulo Resort. The pools and ambien with the night lighting is beautiful. Very romantic spot, competing with Mia's by the airport but I would say better. If you want a romantic meal for the special lady or your wife or both, I can hardily recommend the environment. It is clean and very well maintained resort.

I was very disappointed when Bambulo Resort closed at the end of October as the closing put a damper on my entertaining agenda. It use to be that from Monday to Thursday, the evenings were almost empty around the pools. The place was like my private resort, and I could never figure out how they could pay the electric fees for the pool lighting and fountains for only two people eating. I would like to see everyone support Bambulo Resort because I am selfish. It is close to my house and I love the place, and would hate to see it close again.

Note they also have four cottages that are very nice. I will try to post pictures in the future.