I had read some positive things in a couple guide books, so we decided to try Anchor's Inn (due to the reasonable price). We had planned on staying two nights, but left after one. We almost left in the middle of the night, as it was so noisy. Granted, we were there on a Saturday night, but it was almost impossible to sleep. There is a restaurant across the street with a pool table crowd, plus, a really noisy family across the street. The room itself was marginal. I saw a cockroach in the bathroom. For an extra $30, you can stay a couple miles away at the wonderful Passion Fruit Bed & Breakfast. Stay away from this one...

I want to start by saying that I have traveled around the world and stayed in all sorts of hostels/hotels/motels---you name it. Anchor's Inn has got to be one of the most sketchy places I have ever set foot in. Where to begin?

First of all, the area is quite sketchy and very desolate. When we walked in, there was no one around. We went to the bar and finally a woman came over. Now, my husband made the reservation in English but when we got there, no one spoke English. Fortunately, I speak Spanish. We had to have been the only people in the place (off-season), so we tried to be very sporting about this. Nonetheless, who did he make the reservation with?
A woman led us to our room, snapped on the AC, and rudely slammed the door. The room smelled like old urine. It was stuffy and poorly ventilated. There were stains on the carpet, a drab comforter on the bed, a plastic table and chairs jammed in the corner, and the bathroom...filthy beyond imagination. My husband looked at me and said, "Do you want to leave?" And leave we did. I have never done that. Never. It was like "Escape From Fajardo"! My recommendation: Go to Vieques.

I'm fairly surprised by the positive reviews. I'm not particularly fussy, but I found this property so grim (paint peeling off the strange barred red and black stripes on the exterior, dark, almost unfurnished interior room-- although I did not see any of the view rooms-- plastic covered couch in the hallway). The location is between a beautiful beach (a few minutes drive away) and the town of Fajardo, -- but the immediate area around the hotelseemed to be an unpleasant neighborhood and loud. No garden. Overall impression of an unwelcoming, dark hotel.

Anyway, although we put down a night for a deposit, we left and stayed elsewhere.

We stayed several nights at Anchor's Inn in late May. Out of all the places we stayed in PR, this was the best, by far. The prices were very moderate compared to other places in the Fajardo area, and moreover the owners and staff will treat you with a warm honest hospitality, a commodity which even in its ordinary lame rehursed form is usually worth a penny. This was the real thing. The rooms were interesting in architecture (the whole place has an interesting architecture!) and clean enough. In the restaurant, Jose-Maria, French cook and owner, makes a sauce forestiere which is beyond words - try it, if you only have one night in Puerto Rico try it! The waiter Pedro has a family recipe for a cilantro sauce he'll serve with the bread and salad which is, likewise, amazing. This is the place to come to for heavenly sauces. In addition, the place has an atmosphere which is decidedly more "genuine" than many other places.