I'd stayed in this hotel for several times and it had always been very satisfying. However, wifi connection in the rooms were very poor or none at all so I had to use my phone's data during my entire stay. The hotel's location and very reasonable room rate is the best for vacationers. It's very close to shopping malls, fast food chains, convenience stores, drug stores, bars, etc.. Every morning, I even jogged at the Fuente Osmeña Circle just infront of the hotel. The hotel may be dated but it's fabulous, lively and fun all the time. The rooms and hallways are impeccably clean. Its best assets are its well-trained staff and it's nice ambiance. I always looked forward to its buffet breakfast.

I booked the hotel at short notice due to an urgent medical trip. I booked this hotel because of it's proximity to the medical facility I was visiting. I had sent an inquiry about parking but didn't get any reply before I left Negros to travel to Cebu.

When I got there I found they had no parking at all, and no suggestions or arrangements to park elsewhere even. No parking provided for a hotel smack dab in the center of the city. How did they get away with it. I have some apartments in Negros far from any City and had to provide parking to get approvals. Unbelievable.

Furthermore, despite the fact there was pay parking outside the hotel, max 2 hours, from 7am to 7pm. You were not allowed to park overnight or you would be clamped. I saw several cars clamped in the morning. Someone obviously has a sweetheart deal with some towing/clamping company.

Room was ok, but as others have mentioned, past it's best and only one elevator.

Breakfast was poor, no accommodation for foreigners. Ordered scrambled eggs at the egg station and got an omelet.

They did have a band every night in the bar/restaurant. There were plenty of ballroom dancers, mainly older women and paid male dancers. The second night we were there we couldn't even get a table.

We stayed at the Rajah, not by choice but because a conference we attended which was being held there. As you exit the front door of the Rajah you are immediately in the heart of the city and all its character. There are street venders, beggers, the impoverished sleeping on the sidewalk, four lanes of traffic along with their horns blowing and smoke pouring from mufflers that constantly circle the four lane rotary, malls to your right and left along with many other store and shops from MacDonalds to Mercury Drug. And just before exiting the Rajah, just at the doors, there's the smell of hair-perminent from the neighboring salon. And while all this may be an attraction for some...my wife prefers a bit of a buffer before the city slaps her in the face.

That being said: The Rajah, though dated, has clean rooms, a steady flow of hot water in the shower, a larger than most flat screen TV, including a fairly decent buffet breakfast with eggs-to-order, and the room rates are competitive.