Charming hotel, owners friendly despite our lack of Spanish. We were the only ones staying. Dinner not much options but we loved the fish that was cooked for us. Pancakes next day good to. View from room stunning. Room very od, with 3 beds and a stairwell up to an attic room. Lots of paintings all apparently done by owner. One of naked bodies in our room a bit odd!!!! All clean etc. Absolutely nothing to do though so if you don't like peace and quiet not for you. Good value food.

Bare bones, but large room with hot water well woren linens and towels. It felt like the place had built 10 years ago and remained untouched except for cleaning since. If it has been thirty dollars, the value would have been about right. A room with a view in the main lodge at fifty would be worth it, even in the basic style we had. Those rooms are however hard to get when its fishing season and all above this amount.
There is an on-site restaraunt, but its hours seem to cater to fisherman, not flamingo watchers like us, so both dinner and breakfast opportunities escaped us. There are a couple of eateries on San Filipe main drag and the one we ate in had as good a selection as was on the hotel's menu and open better hours.

We saw better value and views in other hotels/inns in Rio Lagartos and would suggest bird watchers find something there as you can then walk to your tour boat and need not rush or skip breakfast. Any difference in the atmosphere between San Felipe and Rio Lagartos that once existed seems to have disappeared. Both communities seem safe and pretty clean and have relatively nice waterfront areas.

Simple rooms, a bit outdated. They look a bit shabby and dirty, especialy the bathroom. For only a few pesos extra you get a sea side room with balcony. this viwe will give you the possibility to see the sunset and sunrise in the morning. breakfast and dinner was simple but not bad.

We visited the small fishing village of San Felipe while visiting the Bioshpere reserve of Rio Lagartos and a flamingo tour.
Hotel San Felipe is a good choice for lodgings while visiting Rio Lagartos-it is a short drive from the reserve. Rooms are basic but clean and comfortable. They have a.c. but we did not need it as there was a great sea breeze that kept the room very comfortable.
Rooms overlook the lagoon and all of the fishing fleet. The little fishing village of San Felipe is very picturesque-reminds one of the Bahamas of old-small, colorfully painted wooden houses. On the way to San Felipe we stopped at Ek Balam ruins (some of the best preserved stone statuary in all of the Yucatan) and the cenote there for a swim after the ruins.
The flamingo tour is not to be missed-we saw flocks of literally thousands of flamingos and other sea birds (up close) You can take a boat to see the flamingos from San Felipe but the larger flocks are accessed from Rio Lagartos. The trip over to the beach in San Felipe is well worth the 150 peso boat ride-we had the beach totally to ourselves!!!
Not to be missed on a trip to the Yucatan.
There are a few really good seafood restaurants in the village of San Felipe-try Restarant Vaselina (yes, thats right vaseline!!!!) Don't have any idea of how they got that name!!!!