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Green Mango Inn Reviews

365 Aguirre Avenue, BF Homes, Sucat, Parañaque City, Manila, Philippines

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82%Overall Rating

From 44 ratings
  • 84%Character
  • 90%Security
  • 69%Location
  • 86%Staff
  • 82%Atmosphere
  • 82%Cleanliness

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90%

The Hostel is great for Manila as it is located in a secure gated community with good food shops & transport within a short walking distance.It was secure, clean, comfortable, cheap & the staff were friendly.I would recommend it.However don't book an airport taxi from them as its a rip off !.

Owner Comment (Show)
Hi, thanks for staying here & enjoying your stay. Green Mango Inn is indeed a very good area ideal for international tourists like you, it's very safe & in fun part of the city just 15 minutes from the airport. We're also the only garden-style hostel in Metro Manila, complete wuth 24-hours dining area & bar, plus libraries of free books/magazines, etc. Have FUN! Unwind, relax, enjoy life & experience the Philippines & Asia here :) We have a page on Facebook, hope you "like" us & also tell other travellers about Green Mango Inn---affordable but comfortable place in Metro Manila. Warmest welcome! Apologies for the taxi to the airport that our staff reserved, reserved taxis usually want to charge high, we recommend that you guests go out to the main street and hail or get any ordinary taxi to the nearby airport, so much cheaper.

67%

The hostel have bed bug. I'm very sensitive towards this kind of thing. Plus it is quite far ahead. Maybe they can give the landmark if passing thru mercury drug shop then you can see us at ur left.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 07 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Malaysia
  • Female 18-24
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hi, thanks your feedback. We immediately investigated, and yes, we discovered that a tourist seemed to have brought bedbug to one of the beds in the dorm room, so thanks to your information, we used chemicals to treat all the beds, to clean the bedbug, and we cleaned the whole dorm room for 3 days. THANK YOU VERY MUCH! We owe you for this valuable information & feedback. Can I the owner of the inn invite you to free dinner with beer in your next visit, with your friend? Just please email us in our Facebook page, or via our email, or tell our staff when you come again Taira? Thanks so very much! We always improve our place with the help & honest comments of our many international guests. Thanks. Please come again! Happy travels :)

83%

very friendly staff, made my first night in manila a pleasant. genuinely wanted to help me find everything i needed. great first stop from the airport and i would recommend hitting up a massage place nearby after a long flight.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 13 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Male 18-24
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Great to hear our USA guests enjoyed your stay here at Green Mango Inn, a relaxing, nature-friendly & affordable hostel for international tourists. We're nearest 3 airports, nice fun neighborhood too here. Which among the nice massage places nearby did you go too, so we can recommend to other tourists here? Please "like" our facebook page too or email us. Yes, our staff indeed friendly, young & pro-active to be of personalized service to our guests. Please tell us what you want or need? Even ask staff to call me the owner at my mobile phone so I can also offer assistance & good service? Green Mango Inn is not onloy the only garden-style international hostel in Metro Manila, not only reasonable room prices & affordable dorm beds, we offer you free WiFi, Free Internet, Free Library of international Books & magazines, Free tropical Gardens, 24-hour foods & cold beers for sale, Free Smiles,etc. We're continuously improving our place, making more beautiful the gardens, rooms, other facilities. Let us know your suggestions so we can even be better? Green Mango Inn is cozy place that hopes to be the best fun experience for international travellers from all over the world, Come again? Cheers!!! Smile always, happy travels!

93%

Definitely an airport stop, and a very good one. BUT try to take a metered taxi to/from the airport. In the morning it cost 144 pesos compared to 500 pesos Neighborhood is unspectacular yet there are plenty of restraurants around, and the hotel will cook you a good meal.

Owner Comment (Show)
Merci, thanks! Glad you enjoyed your stay here, we're very happy to be of service & to welcome Canadian guests like you :) Our neighborhood is quiet, elegant, safe, not noisy touristy place, but it is very secure and with lots of international restos, fastfoods,clubs, entertainment, health spas, massage centers, even churches of all kinds. And yes, our staff can cook you delightful foods too if not too busy :) Our trees, some of the leaves are excellent for traditional chicken soup, etc. Taxi ride from airports to Green Mango Inn, yes only P144 or P150 pesos if no traffic jam... suggest you call our staff to come out first before paying, just in case you have any complaints about taxi driver. Usually taxi drivers are ok. Hot summer now here in tropical paradise of Asia... Warmest welcome to Manila and the Philippines! Please "like" our Facebook page & tell other tourists/travellers about our place? Enjoy life to the fullest, travel, cheers! :)

60%

the primary complaint i have is that there were bed bugs in the dorm. i could smell insecticide when i arrived . the staff shifted us to the vacant dorm room the next day and i and the brazilian in the room once again were bitten at night. i did manage to see one of the critters with a head lamp. the dorm was far too cramped. consequently, i would never return. sincerely, jim sedoff, west palm beach, florida

  • Novice Nomad
  • 06 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Male 41+
  • (2 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
hi, Apologies & thanks for your timely complaint, we quickly investigated & discovered a tourist had previously brought bed bugs from another country (it seems) to our dorm. Yikes! We quickly fumigated that bed & the whole dorm room, plus cleaned the whole room for 3 days to make sure zero chance for any bed bug or anything else to survive. Thank you!!! We are very strict about cleanliness, so we're grateful for your timely complaint. We're thankful for your honest & timely complaint. We've totally cleaned the dorm room, hope you can visit us again Free of Charge, and our boss the owner wants to also invite you to dinner with your friend plus cold beers. We're sincerely thankful, as well as sincerely sorry. Our place is unique for it's garden atmosphere, cleanliness, safety, nice location near 3 airports, plus our reasonable room prices & dorm beds. Come again? "Like" our Facebook page? We're striving to always improve our place continuously,Thanks! Once again, our sincere best wishes, gratitude, apologies! :)

80%

verny nice hostel

  • Novice Nomad
  • 03 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Couple 25-30
  • (1 review)


87%

Stayed one night before flying out to Australia the next day. Hotel staff were polite and friendly and even accommodated a late upgrade from a dorm booking to a private ensuite room. The room was clean and comfortable with aircon and a TV. Free wireless and welcome drink was a bonus! The staff helped with finding our way around the area outside the hotel and gave the best advice for travelling safely and cheaply to the airport. Highly recommended for short stays.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 26 Feb 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Philippines
  • Female 25-30
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Green Mango Inn is not an ordinary hotel, inn or hostel, but we try to be your "home away from home" with unique garden-style ambience... Yes, we're affordable & reasonable in room rates & dorm bed prices, but we strive for excellence and sincere good personalized service to you our dear travellers. Thanks very much for your encouraging comments, we are continuously improving & even adding new exciting features to Green Mango Inn. Affordable but good, comfortable place for international & local travellers, we pledge you all these, plus our sincere service & warmest welcome. Continue to tell us your ideas, feedbacks & suggestions, "like" our Facebook page too, because we want to always improve :) Thank you! Please come again :)

67%

Twin-bed room is way too small if it's meant for two people. The shower and floor was never dry, always moist and no space to to place toothbrush etc. The A/C unit was not powerful enough to keep the room cool. Not enough table or locker space to put your stuff. The "safe box" was far from being safe, the door know was loose and you could probably crack it with a butter knife. Staff was pretty friendly and somewhat helpful.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 25 Feb 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Finland
  • Male 31-40
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hello & greetings to our guests! Thank you for saying our staff "pretty & helpful", yes they are! :) also helpful. Any help you need or requests or questions, please let our staff know or ask the owner to help too. We're sincere in service :) Our garden atmosphere is ideal for relaxation & all-night beers under the trees & stars & moon... enjoy life here! :) Sincere apologies, it seems you and your friend seem to be very tall Europeans, sorry, but you can next time ask our staff to move you to our bigger room? Showers seem not dry, because we checked, that day you stayed, we have many young European guests there too and they liked to use our showers. Safety boxes we're changed & improved for better safety, thanks your suggestions. We always improve due to guests' comments like yours, thank you so very very much!!!

70%

It was very dirty,dark and loud.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 25 Feb 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Couple 31-40
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you for staying here, we're checking what happened to your stay, because our place is always clean, well-lighted & a quiet garden-style place. Maybe you're thinking of another place? All our other foreign & local guests think that our hostel is clean, safe, well-lighted, relaxing in peace and quiet... Sorry, our staff just told me that your next-door bedroom had a young South American couple who was quite exceptionally noisy & excited the whole night with their nocturnal activities, we sincerely & deeply apologize that we were full that night so we couldn't transfer you to another quieter room... Our deep apologies! Please kindly email us your other specific complaints, so we can improve if there are shortcomings? Still, we sincerely thank you for coming here. Best wishes from all of us!

70%

The rooms were just okay, but the staff were friendly and it was awesome that they cooked us dinner one night! For the price, I would definitely return.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 17 Feb 2012
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Male 25-30
  • (1 review)


97%

Green Mango Inn is a great hostel tucked away in a residential/commercial area near MNL international airport. They have good accommodations for budget travellers. House managers Elena and Reizele go the extra mile to make sure you feel at home. At the time I was there the owner even gave a thank you dinner of delicious sphagetti, fried chicken and Filipino fried lumpia. Green Mango in is an excellent base for exploring the Philippines. This is my fourth stay and I will surely come back.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 16 Feb 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Philippines
  • Male 41+
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thanks, for your encouraging comments! Yes, our managers really are good, cheerful & helpful to all our international and domestic guests here. Yes, I'm the owner, glad you had dinner with us and our international tourists. Once in a while, we host free dinners to say our sincere Thanks to all our many guests, and to extend warm Filipino hospitality too :) We're not only relaxing, near airports and affordable in room prices, we try to give our guests good service & cheerful welcome too :) Thanks for coming here & for sharing your experiences. Maraming po, gracias, xiexie, danke! Happy travelling! Enjoy life to the fullest! Always smile :) from the managers, staff & owner of the Green Mango Inn, the only garden-style international hostel in Metro Manila :) please "like" us on Facebook

87%

I initially booked the green mango inn for 8 days because I really liked the look of the outdoor features, it was so different to the hotel rooms I had been looking at. Also the price was good in comparison to the hotels. The first room we had was disapointingly small but the following day we changed our room for a bigger one at extra cost which we were very happy with. The best recomendation I can give is that we ended up staying there for our entire three week holiday. I would recomend it

  • Novice Nomad
  • 08 Feb 2012
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Male 41+
  • (1 review)


97%

You get what you pay for, some rooms has no window and the room I stayed in was a bit tiny (room with private bathroom and toilet) even for single person and the bed was obstructing the door to the bathroom so it was a bit difficult to get in and out of the bathroom/toilet. I had stayed here before and I know that not all rooms are the same. What makes this place work is the reception staff and porters are sooo welcoming, friendly and helpful, the staff are worth staying for. =)

  • Novice Nomad
  • 03 Feb 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Philippines
  • Male 31-40
  • (1 review)


93%

Very clean and friendly staff. Near to the airport, perfect!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 30 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Switzerland
  • Couple 18-24
  • (8 reviews)


93%

I needed a hostel for one night before I caught my flight home. This hostel fit the bill. The staff was friendly and helpful.

Owner Comment (Show)
Thanks to our USA guests for your high rating & your kind words of encouragement about Green Mango Inn & our friendly young staff. We're Affordable in Room Rates & Dorm Beds, but we offer sincere personalized service & good fun international hostel/inn. Thank you for your patronage & support! American travellers like you added so much fun to our many international guests here, we look forward to your next visits. Please "like" our Facebook page too & tell others about Green Mango Inn. Advance Happy Valentine's Day! Spread love & understanding :)

70%

The Green Mango Inn is your typical hostel. My two friends and I stayed in the mixed dorm of 6 beds. Our first impression of the room was, "Whoa, this is a tight squeeze." The room is probably best suited for 4 beds, but a bed is a bed; and we only needed the place for one night. The site says that it's close to the airport, but we found it to be a bit farther than expected. It took about 20-30 minutes to get there (220 php in an airport taxi). It's in a quaint neighborhood, though.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 25 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Female 25-30
  • (4 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you to our USA guests for coming here, yes we're in a unique, charming, fun, safe & "quaint" neigyborhood :) It is relaxing too. Without traffic jams, we're only about 15 minutes away from 2 airports. In your case, you encountered rush hour traffic jam, that's why it took you 20 to 30 minutes by taxi. Yes, metered taxi about P150 pesos to P220 pesos usually in fare. In behalf of the young & cheerful staff of Green Mango Inn---the only garden-style international hostel in Metro Manila---I the owner wishes to express our sincere thanks! Please Come again! Ps tell others also about our Affordable & Reasonable Prices here :)

97%

We arrived on the evening of Chinese New Year and the staff cooked us free food and offered us complimentary drinks! Exceptionally generous and friendly staff, and had no problems getting from the hostel to the airport for an early morning flight. Excellent choice!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 22 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Male 25-30
  • (9 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you to our British guests for coming here & for enjoying your stay here. Our international guests from all the world had great fun that night, and we often have free dinners once in a while to give our many foreign tourists a chance to befriend others & to exchange fun travel stories. We're very happy that you enjoyed your stay. Affordable Prices & Reasonable Prices for air-conditioned bedrooms & dorm beds here at charming, laidback Green Mango Inn, plus a few occasional surprises to make your stay fun & comfortable. No need for High Prices, because we wish to promote travel & tourism for all tourists, especially many young people & backpackers from all over the world. Please "like" our Facebook page & tell others about Green Mango Inn as a fun & affordable international hostel in Manila? Thank you very very very much!!! Thanks for adding to the fun! :)

97%

very nice staff, very helpful at any time quiet domestic neighborhood, traditional house in tropical garden not far from airport

  • Novice Nomad
  • 21 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Female 41+
  • (2 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Danke!!! Thanks so much to our German guests. We are touched by your kind words for the comments, we are encouraged by your support for us. Why Affordable Prices here for a good & unique place? Green Mango Inn is not out to earn big profits, we are a business with a mission---that's why we have Reasonable & Affordable Room Prices & Dorm Beds, no to high prices here. We want to promote the environment, history & culture & arts of the Philippines, and we hope to encourage & promote Affordable Tourism.... Yes, Green Mango Inn is a 19th century Spanish colonial era style traditional mansion converted into an international hostel & inn, plus it has a tropical garden with trees, flowers, vegetables & greens for relaxing, comofortable nature environment. Our prime unique location is near 3 airports too. Enjoy your stay, please do come again & continue to tell others about us? Please "like" our Facebook page? Danke Thanks! Gracias! Merci!

90%

very nice place,stuff are very friend and their service are very good.i spent wonderful chinese new year evethere.thank you

  • Novice Nomad
  • 21 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • China
  • Female 25-30
  • (3 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thanks to our young guests from China, Xiexie! We are happy you enjoyed your stay, especially when we hosted a free & sumptuous Chinese New Year eve dinner feast here in Green Mango Inn with all international guests celebrating & enjoying each others' company. Our environmentally-conscious Green Mango Inn is not only nicest location in safe area, entertainments nearby & closest to 3 airports, we have beautiful tropical garden where travellers can sleep under the trees or drink cold beers under the moon-lit nights. Free WiFi, Free computer use, free library of books & magazines, and occasional free dinner parties for international guests to mix and be friends or exchange stories :) Thanks for coming!!! Yes, our young staff friendly & offer good personalized service. 感谢您对我们美妙的客人,从中华人民共和国中国和欢乐中国农历新年!我们很高兴你喜欢绿芒果国际青年旅馆,其中许多国际旅客住宿由于近3个机场,最好在安全和附近有趣的娱乐和休闲场所伟大的位置您的住宿。我们举办的中国新年前夕,我们所有的客人来自中国,欧洲,澳大利亚,加拿大,美国和其他地方的国际晚宴,我们很高兴您喜欢您的住宿。 与其他地方不同的是,我们正在为一个热带花园,safetest和最方便的地点,也负担得起的房价和宿舍床的独特。请告诉别人关于绿色芒果国际青年旅舍? 这个地方的老板是中国人,他是在菲律宾出生,他的祖先来自福建的移民,他喜欢旅游,所以他希望这个地方将会为旅客的好地方,以满足相互交流的故事,也是一个很好的地方安静入睡。 非常感谢您住在这里,请告诉在中国越来越多的游客到这里来?最热烈的问候!

93%

Great friendly people, very relaxing little garden. nice room and shower. Got pre-paid taxi from airport. metered ones give you the run around. place is hard to find so print instructions for taxi.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 15 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Ireland
  • Male 25-30
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Happy Valentine's Day today February 14 to our Irish guests! We're happy to welcome tourists from Ireland. You are great & fun people :) Yes, we have a nice tropical garden with big mango tree, coconut & palm trees, hot showers, dining hall, Free Internet, Free WiFi, Free Computer Use, and Affordable Room Prices & Dorm Beds too because we do not want to overcharge & because we sincerely want to promote Affordable Tourism to international travellers. On taxis, metered taxis usually ceaper if taxi drivers honest, so please do not pay yet taxi until you arrive at Green Mango Inn & let our staff talk to taxi driver to verify the taxi rate, also we want to copy taxi car license plate number just in case overcharge so we can complain. Usually metered taxis are cheaper, ride from airports to Green Mango Inn from P150 pesos to P250 if traffic jam during rush hour. pre-paid taxis from airports are ok too, how much did you pay? If you don't have big luggages, suggest you take the jeepney & have fun!!! email us, "Like" our Facebook page... Hi to our Irish guests & other Europeans who come here, Please Come again :) CHEERS!!!

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