eric g.
Yelp
My group and I just had the worst experience with this place. The afternoon staff were rude, disrespectful, withheld info about our accommodations, and actively targeted us with differentiated rule enforcement. I get that there's a lot of anti-tourist sentiment in PR right now because some mainlanders have been complete douchebags and jerks. And because of that, I spoke with group about being respectful, following all COVID-related rules, and being good guests. We'd been on the island for 6 days before checking into Caribe Hotel with absolutely no problems whatsoever, until we got here.
When we arrived before check-in, they allowed us to store our luggage in a meeting room. However, when we went back later post-check in my group was yelled at for going into the room (with the staff member there) because "we can't have this many people in the room". This was after my group was yelled at while quietly waiting against a wall in the lobby while I was getting the room keys, being told, "We cannot have this many people in here! You have to leave!".
On our second night there, we came back into the hotel from dinner and the same staff person yelled at the group for forgetting to do the temp check and hand sanitizing. Again, we had no problem doing it - but the staff person's tone and volume were as if we had intentionally forgotten to do it. Here's the thing, though - I personally observed many people not wearing masks in the lobby, doing the temp check and sanitizing, and none of them were yelled at like we were.
The kicker was the fact that at no point during our stay, until I called on the second night, was I informed that we were provided free breakfast as part of our stay. I even heard the same staff woman tell others that they did, but she never said anything to me. I checked my reservation, and there's no mention of it, so I figured that we didn't get it with our rooms. But we did, and we were never informed. That's breakfast for 20 people that I didn't have to buy for them elsewhere.
The pool water was dirty and cloudy. The rooms looked like they hadn't been updated since the 60's. The location was out in the middle of nowhere. The one star is for the morning staff, who were kind and helpful. I would highly recommend NOT staying here.