This must be the best dorm in Belize. Really lux dorm.And for 20 belize each! Very clean with wonderful wood and carved doors. If you dont want to stay in dorms they have beautiful private rooms too with own veranda. It's in new management now and the food is absolutely superb! So so good! All homemade and its served on their veranda. We were just going to stay one night before heading over to Guatemala but decided to stay another because it was so relaxed and beautiful and rejuvenating environment here compare to so many other Belize hotels. They also have massages, sound therapy and yoga. We took an excellent yoga class in the morning. Very friendly and sweet staff with excellent service and smiles. They also have laundry service and pick up service. The toilets and showers are also beautiful with mosaic and they do have hot showers available! We really recommend this place and its also really close to Xunantunich as well as the border. So if you want a clean, spacious, homefeeling, warm atmosphere come here!

This gem of a hotel is like coming home. The staff are friendly, helpful and always smiling. Along with fountains and flowers, the hotel is decorated with beautiful woodwork and ornately carved doors, doorways and furniture. The well appointed rooms are open and spacious with high vaulted ceilings, extra large shower and very comfy beds. Lovely sitting chairs and a substantial table and chairs (all in native hardwoods) furnished our balcony where we could sit and return e-mails as we looked out on the Mopan river, colorful flowering trees and even some parrots flying overhead! A massage and facial in the spa were so very welcomed after a long day of hiking and touring the many Maya ruins in the area. We will definitely stay here again when we return to Belize this winter.

This is a nice building and would be awesome if they actually had staff to clean and supply the rooms. No hot water, no air conditioning as promised.

We squeezed in a quick trip to Tikal before embarking on a week long sailing trip out of Placencia. Benque House was a charming, lovingly decorated guesthouse perfectly located near the Belize/Guatemalan border. We enjoyed our private balcony which overlooked the Mopan River. Although it was 'low season', our host Michael was helpful in directing us to a restaurant for dinner, and helped us arrange transportation to Tikal the next day. Lydia cooked us a hearty, yummy breakfast before sending us on our way. Our only regret is that we could not stay longer to explore this beautiful part of Belize! We will certainly return in future!