Small hotel, authentically furnished, very clean and comfortable with good aircon and wifi. Small outdoor roof terrace where they provide an excellent cooked breakfast at no extra charge as you watch the live volcano puffing away in the distance. Get an inside room if you can - the outside ones suffer from street noise from vehicles navigating the busy cobbled road: earplugs are good. Easy walk to main attractions. More
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This is a decent hotel within walking distance from most attractions in Antigua. They offer wonderful breakfast. The rooms are decent and clean and the staff is very friendly and helpful and speaks good English.
Thank you for your comments Simone, we are happy to hear that you enjoyed our location in Antigua and breakfast.
The hotel is cosy and the staff is friendly. Our room and bathroom were clean, but the bathroom smelled like a sewer. We were traveling with other people and they had the same smell in their bathroom, so I think it is a general problem that needs to be fixed by the hotel. The room was also super noisy, we could perfectly hear the conversations from the rooms next door.
The hotel has a nice rooftop and the breakfast was good.
Thank you for sharing your experience regarding your stay with us, we wil take your observations under consideration.
We stayed here as part of a tour group for two nights arrived late evening first night. The plus points, hotel has a nice court yard and the roof top terrace with views of the volcano were amazing. Staff were friendly and attentive and the breakfasts were very good. We were allocated room 204 which was compact but adequate, bed was comfy and room was ok. Here are the negatives lighting in room was very dim and we really needed two bedside lights and as other reviewers have commented there is no hot water at best it was tepid. There is free wifi but you can only get a good signal in reception The other major problem is noise. From others comments we think that all the rooms are noisey with the worst being those on the street and ours 204 which was at the bottom of the stairs to the terrace and the kitchen was very noisey from 4.30 in the morning so if you are looking for peace and quiet don't stay here.
Thank you for your comments, we are glad to hear that you enjoyed our breakfast served in the terrace. We will take under consideration you observations.
We arrived at approximately 8pm last night after a long day traveling from Dublin. Hotel el Carmen instantly gave us the warm and inviting feeling. We were warmly greeted at check in and given our room key and WiFi information. When we got to our room I noticed it was right at the street on the second floor. When we were going out for dinner I expressed my concerns at the front desk. There were no alternative room available for last night, but I’m assured of another room tomorrow night.......210 is a well appointed and inviting room, but unfortunately every sound, and I mean, every sound from the street can be heard in the room. It’s 2:18 am as I type this, so far tonight I’ve heard cars, buses, motorcycles, party people and even couples having sex. Avoid room 210 at all costs- it is a total disaster for weary travelers, and frankly- just not good enough as the hotel management are well aware of its shortcomings, but rent it out anyway. Maybe there are other rooms in the hotel just like this. Here’s hoping I don’t find that out tomorrow night!
Thank you for your comments, this help us improve. We will take your observations under consideration.
Am not one to write reviews but feel that I have to share our bad experience at this hotel. We were booked for one night only. As recommended we asked for a deposit box to put in our money and other personal items since there was no safety deposit box in our room.
We were given a safety deposit box behind reception. Upon collecting them the next day prior departure, I found Dollars and Euros missing. The Manageress was unprofessional and rather rude even having the audacity to imply that my friend have taken it. Since she confirmed there were cameras in the corridors my friend asked her to check these out. Upon checking if they had a camera where the safety deposit boxes were located she admitted there weren't any! For this reason I would suggest to be very careful when booking this hotel.
We are very sorry you have chosen to come here to make this accusation. We take this accusation very seriously and would like to state the following:
1. We are a serious company that has been operating for more than 27 years and one of our main values is honesty.
2. Unfortunately the clients never agreed to count the money in front of us, the only proof was a worn out envelope with lots of numbers and cross-outs.
3. We immediately started an internal investigation, searching through all the staff’s belongings and didn’t find anything. The clients didn’t care about being present during this and left the hotel for about 1 hour after the incident.
4. From the beginning we offered to call the police, and the clients didn’t agree until 5 minutes before they were leaving, the police arrived 5 minutes after they left.
5. Before leaving one of the clients approached the front desk and said that “maybe she didn’t count the dollars correctly, so we should refund just the euros”.
6. A security camera was installed in the area the following day to ensure our compromise with our client’s safety and trust.
7. We are confident that the money was not stolen in our facilities.
Our other hundreds of positive reviews represent the kind of hotel that we are, and we will continue to improve to give our guests the best possible experience.
