I DID NOT FEEL SAFE HERE!
The only reason they even get 1 star:
the beach and the food were great! (when it was available). NO SAFE IN THE ROOM!
We really tried for 3 nights to see the positives over the negatives. We arrived at about 8-9 pm and were walked to our room (not the beautiful ocean view room we booked) and were left without any communication- (what the WiFi password was, where the front desk is, who to contact if we had a problem- you know, normal hotel stuff).
We were not given the room we booked until we expressed our frustration that the hot and humid bathroom was separated from the room by a very hot and humid hallway, the sliding door did not lock unless 2 people pulled it together and locked it with some creativity, the wiring in the outlets and fan in the ceiling looked like they were going to light the place on fire .
We went to have breakfast the next morning, and ordered food - the listing on Bookings.com says "breakfast included in the price of the room" we got charged for breakfast. (The breakfast they include is a "continental breakfast" toast, butter, jam, coffee, juice- while everyone else around you eats eggs and potatoes from the menu).
If you want to carry a block of wood on a rope with 4 keys on it so you can fumble through the keys every time you get to your door, then you should stay here. We basically would have to bring a big enough bag to the beach for a place to keep the keys .
The staff is very suspicious of you if you decide to put your food bill on your tab so you can pay it all at the end. They kept bothering us to make us pay for the whole 5 days at the hotel even though they already had my credit card info. They thought we were going to leave without paying (because other people have done that to them) so we were treated like we were going to steal from them. The ironic part about it- the first day we were there- our bags were dug through by the cleaning staff. There is no safe in the room - and this is not our first trip out of the country- we kept all of our passports/cash/credit cards/phones, etc on us at all times... so nothing that we noticed was missing. It was obvious to me that they had been in my bag, because the way they zipped it is not the way I ever zip my bag- two, too perfectly placed zipper loops right on top- nope- I zip both zippers all the way to one side so the zippers aren't visible. Nothing was missing- so I didn't complain- what would I say- they were allegedly looking for stuff to allegedly steal?
If you don't speak Spanish- DON'T STAY HERE! I understand enough Spanish to know the content and subject of the conversation... Many of the employees speak English to you, but when conveying the message about you/your room/your food to each other - in front of you, they speak Spanish. Even the owner -Ana- speaks English to your face, but when another employee (who also speaks English) brought our tab for the food- they spoke in Spanish about our bill/us/our situation . Very rude.
Bottom line- there are much nicer places to stay- for less money, where you will be given better service (anything is better than no service at all!) read more