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Hotel Essencia

3.0 star property
3-star spa hotel with free breakfast

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Minibar, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes
Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; international cuisine
Exterior
Deluxe Suite, City View
Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; international cuisine

Reviews

8.4 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Spa
  • Bar
  • Room service
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping

Explore the area

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39 Real St., Corner San Juan St, Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, 6200
  • Place, Silliman University Main Campus
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Rizal Boulevard
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Place, Negros Convention Center
    ‪11 min walk‬
  • Airport, Dumaguete (DGT)
    ‪5 min drive‬

Room options

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Deluxe Twin Room, 2 Single Beds

Deluxe Twin Room, 2 Twin Beds

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful
(26 reviews)
  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Family Room

Family Room

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(8 reviews)
  • 24 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Deluxe Suite, City View

Deluxe Suite, City View

  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

About the area

Dumaguete

In Dumaguete .You'll be steps from Silliman University Anthropology Museum and a 5-minute walk from Silliman University Main Campus. Rizal Boulevard and Ninoy Aquino Freedom Park are also within half a mile (1 km).

What's nearby

  • Silliman University Main Campus - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Rizal Boulevard - 5 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Bell Tower - 7 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Negros Convention Center - 11 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Robinsons Dumaguete Shopping Center - 15 min walk - 1.3 km

Getting around

  • Dumaguete (DGT) - 9 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Chowking - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪City Burger - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Scooby's Dumaguete Main - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Mang Inasal - ‬3 min walk

About this property

Hotel Essencia

3-star spa hotel with free breakfast
Hotel Essencia offers its guests a full-service spa. There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Free breakfast is available daily. WiFi is free in public spaces.

Spa services, tour/ticket assistance, and concierge services are also featured at the business-friendly Hotel Essencia. Free self parking is available.

This 3-star Dumaguete hotel is smoke free.

  • 150 guestrooms or units
  • Meeting rooms
  • Buffet breakfast (free)
  • Dry cleaning
  • Self-service laundry
  • Front desk (24 hours)
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Front-desk safe
  • Tour and ticket information
  • Concierge
  • Elevator
  • No smoking on site
  • Bar or lounge
  • Dining venue
Hotel Essencia offers 150 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. LED televisions come with cable channels. Bathrooms include slippers, bidets, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.

This Dumaguete hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks along with free local calls (restrictions may apply). Housekeeping is provided daily.

The onsite spa has massage/treatment rooms. Services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages, sports massages, and Swedish massages. The spa is open daily.

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Property amenities

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available daily 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Full-service spa

Accessibility

  • Elevator

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • LED TV with cable channels

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Bidet
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Slippers
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Limited room service
  • Minibar

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Free local calls
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • Pets and service animals are not allowed at Hotel Essencia

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Kids stay free! Children stay free when using existing bedding. Children may not be eligible for complimentary breakfast.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express, JCB International, debit cards, and cash.

We should mention

  • Children may not be eligible for complimentary breakfast.
  • Pets and service animals are not allowed on site.

Property is also known as

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Reviews

Hotel Essencia Reviews

8.4

Very good

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 177 out of 400 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 134 out of 400 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 68 out of 400 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 12 out of 400 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 400 reviews

Reviews

8/10 Good

Mike

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is our preferred location In Dumaguete. We are always happy with the staff, location, parking, breakfast buffet, and massage and travel services in the lobby. Wifi was marginal, but no other negatives to speak of. I feel very safe and comfortable here and recommend.
Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

James

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
When we checked out they made us wait until someone could go to the room and check it for who know what before we could check out. I have never been asked this before and was strongly offended.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ophelia

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Fe, Tyler

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Barking dogs can be heard all the way to fifth floor. Otherwise,our stay was ok.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Chevrolet, Phoenix

Awesome
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kyle Maverick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rene Berro, YORKTOWN

Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

gary

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean, quiet, and convenient. Excellent staff. Breakfast buffet is awesome.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kate Loryn

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
N/A
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Floyd

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Love the hotel and its location. Major down side was the wifi you could not work from your room wifi kept going in and out and extremely slow. I would have to go sit in the hallway by the elevator or go down stairs if I really needed wifi to work. Over all a great place.
Stayed 10 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

LEONORA, OLIVER

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff are really are hard working! Breakfast foods were very excellent! Worth coming back! Highly recommend!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

James

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
No hot water
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jeffrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Had a great stay at Hotel Essencia, great location, great food options walkable.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Macoy

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
clean...safe close to mall store name lee plaza
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

James

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The hotel is undergoing maintenance / renovation to the dining area so breakfast wasn’t as good as normal as its temporary relocation is in the Lobby. Also absolutely no hot water in the bathroom for the duration of my stay (3 nights) This is my third stay and aside from the above niggles it’s a great hotel with good staff and a good central location
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Honey

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice place to stay as for my family and mama.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Estee

Business traveller
Can’t complain too much as this is already one of the better hotels in dumaguete. They didn’t refill the water or the teas, had to call and ask. Also gave me a call in the morning and woke me up. Had wanted to sleep in. Just expect basic place to live. Probably already better than others around the area.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Joseph

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Joseph

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I was not at all comfortable in hotel or in the neighborhood
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

gary

Travelled with partner
Always a great place to stay. Good food, good service, great location
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Christian

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Johnny

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I enjoyed it
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Chino

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

James

Travelled with partner
Recommend this hotel great rooms great staff and perfect downtown location just a few minutes walk to the boardwalk
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025