I spent my 1st 2 nights in PR at the Sandy Beach Hotel. The staff was helpful. The location is a short bus ride from Old San Juan and my kids loved the smashing waves on the beach right outside the hotel. Walk one block and you are on the main drag for the Condado section of San Juan. We walked a long distance checking out all the eating options (more to the left but the Subway and Wendys are to the right). Complimentary continental breakfast was an added bonus. The hotel is not a place where you want to spend the day, but as a jumping off point to see Old San Juan or other parts of PR it is great. If you have a rental car you may have a rough time finding parking (I didn't ask). But when I went to get my rental car to go to the awesome Camuy caves, I just parked out front for a few minutes. My 3 kids and I loved our trip and the 2 nights we spent at Sandy Beach were a great start. Now if I could just find that octopus necklace.

My fiancee and I booked this hotel online for five nights! Based on the reviews we were not expecting much. However, our experience was nothing like some that were described. Our room was a bit small, but clean and well maintained. The breakfast provided was enough to get you started, and the food was fresh and tasteful. The staff was very helpful in helping us book tours and providing information about the area. The location was great and surrounded with many nice restaurants. I even liked the beach at this hotel. The waters were a little rough compared to other beaches in the area, but more exciting in my opinion. The other beaches were so calm they felt more like lakes. My only complaint would be that we had to ask for towels a few times because the housekeeper forgot to put them in our room. Overall, we enjoyed our stay at the Sandy Beach Hotel and would definitely stay there again. Although you have to consider the price your paying! Because If your getting a hotel for this reasonable there are some things that would be foolish to complain about.

I am not a big traveler. I came to visit my son who is stationed in the coast guard here. It was just me and my 14 yr old son. I was nervous about vacationing with him. The staff was great they let my older son stay the first night at no charge and even gave us extra towels for the beach. The beach was only 50ft at worst from the hotel and they have a shower outside to
get off the extra salt and sand.
Taxis were outside the hotel at all
times and cost about 15$ to go to
almost anywhere. The breakfast
could have been better with
different choices of fruit and
pastries each day, but overall ok for
free. The location in san Juan is
great but the area food is
expensive. I spent $100 for a lunch
for 3. This is the "rich" district so
staying at a cheap hotel is the ONLY money you will save. If you stay here make sure not to put the housekeeping sign on the door the housekeeper thinks if it's out that no service is wanted so leave it off the door if you want clean sheets and towels.

Yes this is right on the beach (not one you'd probably spend much time at), and we were fortunate to find parking right in front of the hotel's side street (we were not told about available hotel parking, which was full). The room was small and dirty. The bed was extremely uncomfortable. Thankfully our cellphones held enough charge for our alarms to go off, because we did not receive our requested wake up call.