This Inn is built on the side of a steep hill but is only one block from the beach and has 10 rooms on 5 levels going up steep stairs. It is nice to look at and the rooms are large. Ours (#3 and 4)had a deck but no view of the ocean. There are apparently views from the top 2 units. The price was right at $75 per night USD. The best feature of this hotel is location, especially if you want to be near the gay beach at Blue Chairs which is a 5 min walk away. The beach is also arguably the nicest one in PV. The staff at the hotel were very nice. The cleaning was substandard though.
The 2 main problems made this someplace we would not return to: the tiny uncomfortable bed and the smell. The beds were billed as Queen but definately were doubles at best. Every room has the same sized beds. We could not fit 2 people anywhere near comfortably. I am 6'2" and my feet hung out the end of this hard pedestal style bed by at least 6 inches. The sheets were also rough and thread bare and barely wide enough to cover the width of the bed. There was a strong and pervasive musty smell in our room that was present in the other rooms we visited as well. It was present regardless of use of the Airconditioning and mitigated only partially by keeping the ceiling fan on and the patio doors wide open when you were in. Because the patio door was the only entrance and open to the public if they so wished during the day you could not leave it that way and came back to shockingly musty air in the room. Our friends in an adjacent room risked it and left their doors open when they were gone anyways because it was so bad.
The management could make this place so much better with some relatively inexpensive upgrades: It is actually quite a nice place otherwise. It needs new larger beds and at least new linens that fit the already too small beds. There is lots of room for king sized beds in these rooms, or at least Queens. Somehow fix the air circulation and smell. Provide some extra and softer towels. How about some cheap (or not) shampoo instead of none and decent soap. Actually clean the floors every day properly. Provide proper lighting (after fixing the cleaning problem).
I would actually like the this place a lot if they fixed these problems. The woman who checked us in was extremely nice and helpful. The (presumed)owners were around a lot and seemed nice. In summary: it has potential.
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