Room:
Last July 2009, I had a wonderful vacation at boracay with my fiance. We stayed for 3 nights and 4 days at fat jimmy's resort. Fat jimmy from outside seems to look native. They have small landscape infront of their restaurant that really looks nice. You can also see bamboo designs anywhere. When we get inside, The lady in front desk gave us a very warm smile and assists us to our room. We are headed to the 2nd floor and the very end corner of the hall. The sliding door of the room has a medium size cracked. The room is spacious, big enough for the two of us. The room has also yellow light that looks cozy at night. Well. I would say that I also love the comfort room! :D Its very clean, cute bath tub and nice interior! I'll rate the bathroom as 10! The view from the terrace doesnt looked good, There's a creek, a patio and trashes? Anyway, we don't stay there often and we dont smell stinks from inside.
Not to forget the ate who gave us the wifi code in the middle of the night! Thanks! Kahit its not working hours na, you still gave us the code!

Food:
> Breakfast is hot and yummy! My fiance wanted rice and I want bread! love it!
> You can have coffee or tea anytime of the day

Mmmm..
They do not allow us to cook or lend a griller. But they allow us to borrow their utensils like plates, bowl, spoon, fork, knife, glass and even the sawsawan!

We stayed at Fat Jimmys during the peak of Feb 2008 (Chinese New year). Booking was easy and replying to emails were fast. I was given a family room for the price of a 2 double beds accomodation. It is a small hotel with a native setting. The accomodation includes daily bfast for 3 of us. It is abt 5 minutes walk to the beach, it is at station 2 so very close to D'mall and other restaurants. Getting there was easy.
View from one of the windows next to our toilet were residential houses (under costruction and it did not look good) we were worried abt the security of our room. But nevertheless we did not have any bad experience abt security. I agree with the dump site beside the entrance of hotel. Not only does it give a bad impression to the guests but I wish they can work with association there to move the dumping site to some other places. Although we did not smell the garbage while we were eating I think they should request to get rid of that dump site. On the positive side: the staff from the front desk to the security guard were all courteous. It was peaceful and quiet during our stay and since we are always out of our room we didnt mind to have these imperfections of the hotel.

The resort is located behind the shops, and away from the beach. However, you can walk either using the back lane or the front street (through D'mall) to get to the beach. The location is not wonderful since it is located just next to the dump, thus obscuring any good view.

However, it is value for money. One night of stay costs me P1000 and most importantly, the room is clean. Although there are black ants lurking around but still the room is clean and the staffs are friendly.

The staffs allow me to borrow their straw hat for the day at no charge too :)p
That really saved me from getting sunburned.

Overall, the stay have been pleasant despite the sudden power loss for about 10minutes and no hot shower available (it is only available when there's a heavy rain).

Fat Jimmy's is a relatively reasonable place to stay if you're on a budget. Five of us stayed in one room and it was just enough for us to enjoy the Boracay experience. If you are not planning to hang out your room the whole day and would just need a cozy and safe place to stay for rest, this is your place. They have a vault to keep your valuables, location is ok with it being just behind d'mall (if you dont mind passing through a copule of market stalls), breakfast inclusive of your stay is ok as well. The ladies welcoming you and taking care of the place are very friendly. Overall, I would consider going back there if the budget calls for it.