Los Barriles Hotel

Poor Value For Money This hotel does virtually nothing to earn your patronage. It just exists in a good location and obviously just rakes in the money. For starters, it advertises that it is pet friendly but when we arrived with our cat we were charged $21 US per night for her……..and of course we brought our own litter bin. What a rip-off!! It has the potential to be a high-quality hotel worthy of the big bucks but when you scratch the surface you soon see it is poor value for money. For example: it has a lovely clean and inviting swimming pool but the paving stone and cement walkways around the pool are dusty all day but by far the worst part of the pool experience were the filthy pool cushions on the pool lounge chairs. Not once in the 3 days that we were there in February 2025 was any effort made even to brush off the cushions let alone clean the bird poop off of a number of them. You simply wouldn’t want to lie down on any of them; that’s if you would want to hang out in the pool area at all. There was a constant faint septic odour that never went away which probably explained why little black flies were constantly menacing us. Meanwhile, the duty persons sitting at the front desk are just sitting there playing with their phones. The older of the two male duty managers was at least friendly and was happy to get us an extra towel but the younger male on duty had a very surly disposition and when asked for an extra towel gave the impression it was an imposition to him. The room itself had a gritty and dusty floor and was lacking in some basic items that you find in almost any other hotel rooms; things like a separate garbage bin for the room separate from the garbage bin in the bathroom, only 1 single towel rack, no shampoos, no face cloths to go with the towels, the overhead fan was noisy, the AC unit did not provide heat which you need at night during the early winter season. But the worst part of the whole hotel experience was the bed. The top part of the mattress felt like you were lying on a plywood board laid over top of bare springs and we simply could not sleep on one side or the other without developing pain at points of contact. What a disappointment!

Enjoyed our stay very much. Hotel was clean and quiet with comfortable beds and pillows. Good water pressure with plenty of hot water and nice soft towels. The pool area is a beautiful oasis. Staff were friendly and helpful. Hotel is very well located and prices are reasonable.