While on top of the Taoist Temple in Cebu, one of the buildings that caught my eye was the imposing Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino, so I decided to pay it a visit. I took a multi-cab going that direction of the hotel but then it turns out that it wasn’t. So I ditched the multi-cab and asked around – something which I should have done in the first place. The people on the street instructed me to take a certain multi-cab which passes by the hotel.
Actually no public transport passed by the hotel. The hotel is not along a main road but there is a small access road which you can take to visit the place. The hotel facade is an impressive piece of work. Probably the most impressive on I have seen in Cebu so far. As the name implied not only is this a hotel but it also house a casino which is operated by the Philippines Amusement and Gaming Corporation or PAGCOR. I’m not into gambling so I didn’t really bother with the casino. I didn’t enter the hotel either since I wasn’t a guest. I just spent some time wandering outside the premises.
One of the things that bugged me is why they called Waterfront. I was walking around the hotel but I couldn’t find a body of water. I was expecting that the hotel would actually be beside the sea where I can take a photo. I asked a security guard on duty and he told me that there is no body of water here. I must have confused it with the one in Davao. Anyway, I didn’t really linger much there since it was already almost lunch time. I still need to do some shopping.
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Judging by a portrait in the lobby, i think this hotel is kind of a replica of the original which was on the waterfront
hi paul,
lucky for you that you managed to go in. i only had time to stand outside. i was told there was another one in davao city, though it is lower rise than the one in cebu, waterfront davao is also more true to its name since really is beside the water.
thanks for visiting!