Mazarine by the Sea is not fancy, but it has everything you need. It’s an easy walk into Hamilton and the bus stop into Hamilton and on toward St. George is down the road and around the corner. Each room could benefit with a room safe, there didn’t appear to be one.

Rooms have old school style keys with two locks: a deadbolt and a passage lock at the bottom. I managed to lock myself out on one instance. Rhonda was very accommodating and sent someone to let me in. That’s the kind of sweet, kind understanding service at this facility.

The pool probably needs more regular pool cleaning since birds tend to frequent the pool. Overall, the guest apartments have incredible views. Room 4 is an ocean view, and well equipped in the main building. Room 7 is also ocean view, but a bungalow - separate cottage - a dream setting with a walk out to private garden. Room 7 has more up to date decorating and is very comfortable. The number of guests are few even though the apartments were sold out during my stay. Guests all seemed quite appropriate and even with the place being sold out, it would seem as though you have the place to yourself. From a housekeeping perspective, the place could use a more extensive cleaning in the baths.

Rhonda is very accommodating and considerate. All facilities were in good repair in these small studio apartments. There was no evidence of wifi or internet, which was a negative. All of the furnishings could use an update, but that’s not really a requirement. Both of my rooms had a phone in the room, but no phone number. There were references to a ‘blue book’, I never saw one; I suspect this book had good information.

Overall, Mazarine by the Sea was an affordable and good location for a low key getaway to Bermuda.

Overall we had a great stay at Mazarine by the Sea.

The location of this property is on the coast, which makes for a nice view but it isn't really close to much else. It is in a residential area near Hamilton. If you want to be able to just throw on your bathing suit and walk to the beaches this is not the place for you.

Renting mopeds to get around is must in my eyes! The location of this guest house is in a residential area, not in walking distance of any beaches. So to get anywhere you either have to call a cab (which will get expensive if its your main mode of transportation), take the bus (which can be a pain), rent mopeds (very cost effective and super fun) or walk (we walked to Hamilton many times and it's not bad, just not well lit at night).

The great things about Mazarine by the Sea are the quaint feel, full kitchen to help you save money on eating out, the price, the selection of television channels and the view.

The bad things about this property are the construction next door, no internet connection (when it says there is in the Bermuda guide books), roaches crawling around at night (mostly outside) and location in relation to sightseeing & beaches.

Don't expect a luxury stay but expect to get what you pay for. It is a perfect place to rest your head at night.

We didn't spend too much time in the room anyway. There is so much to do and see!

Pros: Mazarine is in an excellent location - you'll avoid the tourist traffic on the south shore and can easily get into Hamilton. Rates are reasonable. The view is gorgeous.

Cons: As was mentioned in the last review, the lack of any form of on-site staffing makes the service at the Mazarine very sub-standard. We rented multiple rooms with differing check out dates and found a total lack of communication about the procedure to check out of rooms (the maid told us to hold the key, but the owner of the property tried to charge us for an extra night).

There was a large cockroach in one of our rooms one night (there are a number of critters that live outside, I think this one came in through an open door) - there was no way for us to get help in removing it. Instead we had to use one of the pots in the kitchen to capture it. Our daughter couldn't sleep all night after seeing the thing.

The Mazarine has great potential, but we found the staff's lack of availability to deal with any issues (and generally laissez faire attitude towards its guests) off-putting and far below the very high standards for customer service that we are used to in Bermuda. We will not be returning.

Our family of 4 stayed at Mazarine by the Sea for 7 nights. We rented rooms 5 and 1. The view is wonderful and the staff is friendly. The beds are comfortable and we walked daily into Hamilton to catch a bus to the beach. The walk to the bus terminal was about 20 minutes. Don’t pay the bus fare with coins or tokens. You can buy a sheet of bus tickets at the terminal called the 15 pack- 3 zone pass, and the cost per ride ends up being a bit over a dollar each way to the beach, rather than $3 each way. We had problems with the A/C in room 5, and it did not get fixed until sometime on day four of our stay. We mentioned it to the maid shortly after checking in on Saturday at noon, and were told it could not be checked until Monday. Monday was a holiday and when we got home from the beach it was still warm in the room. Our room was never under 78 until we came home from the beach on Tuesday. Because we rented two rooms we think the second room helped keep our room temp at 78. On our last two nights we also had problems with a group of 7 to 10 men who rented 3 of the seven rooms at Mazarine and sort of took over the pool and grassy area drinking, using foul language and being loud for our last two nights. At least it ended at sunset. When we were on our balcony my husband had to ask them to stop using the F word. It was being said a lot. Basically they made us feel like we could not use the pool in the early evening at and sunset. My daughters age 15 and 18 were intimidated by them and all eyes were on them going in and out of the pool the first night the men were there. Needless to say they would go nowhere near the pool on our last night. I'm sure this is not a usual occurrence, but it was ours, and it stunk. These men were old enough to know better. They were in their 30's and 40's. They left empty beer bottles and wine bottles on the grass that my husband cleaned up, so we did not have to look at them out of our sliding glass door after they left the pool area. I did let management know about it, but even having to do that takes away from our vacation and the joy of being in Bermuda. So for me the drawback is no staff on site to help with the problems that need to be nipped in the bud. We also lost water to both of our units on our first day there, and that was not fun for my husband because he was half way through a shower and it took about 60 to 90 minutes to fix. He had to put his bathing suit on and go into the pool to rinse the soap off. The owner did do her best to fix the problem quickly, and she succeeded. I did leave one tub full of water for the duration of our stay in case it happened again, but we didn't need to use it. We were told after the water problems to not drink the water just use it for bathing. Maybe we just had a bit of bad luck, but it is enough to make me look elsewhere for accommodations when we return to Bermuda. I think that if the A/C worked well, and the other guests were respectful of others I would feel differently, but I must base my opinion on my experience and it is what it is. BTW...The first photo and the third photo attached were taken at Mazarine by the Sea. It does have a beautiful view!