Blue Marlin Hotel

The rooms were okay but without a open window, unfortunately the experience was cheap and disappointing! They filled the filtered water dispenser only twice a day and only one dispenser was available for 25-30 rooms. One room filled up 12 bottles and used all the water, one morning. The staff refused to refill saying they only provided two bottles per day, and we would have to wait until 5pm to get drinkable water. Breakfast was rationed, with about three spoons of fresh fruit and one egg per person. They inspected the rooms on departure looking to charge for any dirty or sandy towels over and above their standard. This particular requirement was not informed in advance. One couple was charged $5 for a face cloth that they deemed too dirty. The hotel took full credit card details up front including security number (CCN). Two rooms of our group of four couples. One was dirty and the other was flooded. Did not allocate another room, but solution was covering the floor with towels to absorb the water. This hotel was cheap and a poor representation of the excellent service we had experienced throughout Peru, Equador and the Galapagos. I would highly recommend that you avoid this hotel. It ruined our stay significantly in The Galapagos where the people were kind helpful and tender. Not so the staff at this hotel. They were inflexible, rude and very cheap and stingy. Do yourself a favour and book another hotel.

Not a great hotel. We had three nights here. The room was very basic. No hairdryer or fridge. They were supposed to supply water but the water dispenser was mainly empty at most parts of the day - seemed to only have one large container per day and once that ran out they didn’t supply any more for the rest of the day. The breakfast was very small. There was no variety. You were given a small bowl of fruit and some eggs and bread. There was coffee or tea available at breakfast. It was a short walk away from the sea front. You could not choose to eat lunch or dinner in the hotel, which was probably just as well. There was a large array of restaurants and bar’s locally. The swimming pool is TINY. The rooms were clean and fresh towels provided daily. There was air conditioning which was just as well because it was quite hot here. You have to pay $3 a day to rent a towel for the beach. They are very strict on the towels and will charge you if you take bathroom towels out of the hotel. It didn’t affect us as we don’t smoke but the whole of the hotel grounds is non smoking. It was nice for those of us that don’t smoke but probably a pain for those that do. The hotel is very small and generally quiet which was a bonus for us.

Don’t touch this hotel! Unfriendly and unhelpful staff, noisy construction in progress, poor breakfast, no fridge or amenities in rooms although they advertise these and Wi-Fi only near reception. In addition they took $60 from our account, ostensibly for stained towels which were not ours, did not tell us they had done this although it related to our first night - and refused to refund when we realised - which was after we left.

We were stuck in this hotel having made the mistake of booking an Exoticca Tour of Ecuador and Peru. That's another story. In regard to this hotel be advised it is currently undergoing a major construction adding a third floor. We were on the ground floor. At times there was debris falling around us. Tarps on the ground to catch it. Another time our door was blocked by ladders. Noisy from 0600 until the afternoorn. Then they start up again at 1800. Miserable experience. don't eat breakfast there. There are many good places to eat close by. Might be an ok hotel once construction is completed.

worst hotel we’ve been in the galapagos, looks good on the outside but the service was terrible, breakfast was tiny, we had to buy more food, there was no wifi connection, the shower had barely enough hot water for one person, not only that, the hotel in on a construction site that starts early in the morning. the hot tub dosn’t get hot

Terrible hotel- we had no hot water in the showers or in the not working jacuzzi, the wifi didn’t work. There were ants in the bed, and the breakfast was miserable- dry bread and egg,and when we asked for more they refused. The hotel manager was horrible, argued with us about everything mentioned.