Mangrove Resort HotelBaloy Long Beach, Barrio Barretto — off the highway · Subic Bay

Mangrove Resort Hotel is on Baloy Long Beach, the strip of sand a kilometre north of the main Barretto bar run and down a side road off the National Highway. That single kilometre is the reason to book it: Baloy is quiet, the sand is better than Barretto’s, the water is cleaner, and the jeepneys and trucks that grind through the middle of the bar strip all night are not audible from your balcony.

The hotel’s best feature is the third-floor pool, which looks straight out across Subic Bay and is regularly named by guests as the best pool view in the area. Below it there is a private beach with free kayaks, a restaurant that gets consistent praise for large, cheap plates, and sea-view rooms with comfortable beds. Staff scores are among the highest of any property we list here — reviewers name people, which is always the tell. The recurring complaints in 2025–26 reviews are in-room wifi that drops, air conditioning that struggles in the larger rooms, and the occasional musty or over-mopped room; nothing structural, but worth knowing before you arrive expecting a resort in the international sense.

The trade is distance. Barrio Barretto and its bars are about fifteen minutes on foot along the beach road and the highway, or a dollar by tricycle, which is what almost everyone does after dark — and should, because the highway is fast and unlit at night. Baloy has a handful of its own bars and restaurants on the sand, so you are not stranded. The dive operators here run the wreck trips into the bay, which for a lot of guests is the whole reason to be on this stretch.

The visitor question is unpublished, as it is everywhere in Subic, so we have it as “ask.” The local norm is a photo ID at the desk and no charge, but ask rather than assume — see how guest-friendly works. Rates started around $45–65 (₱2,550–3,700) in August 2026. If you want the beach half of a Subic stay rather than the bar half, this is the one.