We left after one night because the rooms were dirty and I found a full clip of 9mm Glock bullets and an empty cocaine bag in my room.

We had a syringe under our bed, sand in our bed, no hot water. Had to wear ear plugs to sleep because the music was so loud. Our "great view" was of a storage room. Don't let the pictures fool you!! I will admit that the beach was nice.

We had the most expensive room in this boutique hotel. (Room 18).( $275 per night).
Although there were much less expensive rooms. The hotel is on 2 levels which is nice b/c no elevator waits. It is right on the beach and has plenty of nice places to sunbath without having to reserve a place before dawn as in the big hotels. The photos are accurate. HOWEVER, the noise from the bar/restaurant is outrageous until 3 a.m. Music is very loud. We had hot water (it trickled out) but every day I saw people at the reception complaining about no hot water. (I think ours had a separate tank). The restaurant used to be quite nice with good food but it changed ownership the weekend we were there (Jan.18-22) and the food turned out to be dreadful. Even the salad was tired and warm. Pity... b/c previously it was rather good when we had eaten there before. One problem is there is no visible management. Nobody really is in charge or cares. It is a great shame as the location and beach access is fabulous. The hotel is falling into disrepair, rusting railings etc. The front desk young people were always very polite. By the way the a/c in the room we had had a blue light on it that lit up the room at night. No room telephone. No soap in the bathroom. Had to ask for a hairdryer....no plug in the bathroom. No windows on the side wall only weather shutters. (this could have been why the bar/restaurant was so loud.) Take some sleeping pills with you and you 'might' be ok. I really don't believe we would stay there again even for free.

For it's price, you won't find a better place to stay on Isla Verde. It's on the beach and has tons of character, a restaurant/ bar, rooms with balconies overlooking the ocean and is affordable. However it's not excellent, and if you can afford to pay more you should consider staying elsewhere. I stayed here in Jan. of '10 and loved it despite the fact it was in a state of disrepair- nothing essential was broken but the bars under the railings were rusting and falling off, the windows were all rusted shut and there were signs of water damage everywhere. I stayed here again in Jan. '12 and it's gone even more downhill since my last visit. There was no hot water for the third night of my stay, the waitstaff were rude and inattentive (unlike in '10 when they were wonderful!) and the restaurant was inexplicably closed without warning on the last night of our stay. Again, I highly recommend this place if it's in your price range but it's a bit of a gamble.