Casa Hotel Istiam

Writing this on our last day here. Love this place. Excellent breakfast - love our room, love the location. They allow you to use the fridge - not always easy here in Ometepe to find. Everything you need is within walking distance - again not easy to find in Ometepe. Wed don’t want to leave. Maybe our favourite place we have stayed in Nicaragua.

Price is affordable and it is located in front of the beach. A/C works fine. Cleaning is not the best, For the entire two days of our stay, the sheets we left hanging outside were not removed by anyone.Construction staff were always wandering through the hallways, which compromised both privacy and child safety.The restaurant had no options available

I stayed for 5 weeks living in an apartment at Casa Istiam. It was amazing, loved the house and the service was the best. All the help and the rapid response whenever I needed anything. The only negative thing was the loud noice from the traffic outside which no one at Casa Istiam can do anything about, so not complaining just pointing it out. 🙏🏼

Highly recommend this little hotel. Very nice and the service was excellent. The room with Ac is the way to go. And the price is affordable.food is good cheap and convenient.

Found this while hanging at the nearby beach, ended up staying. Very good for what it is. Took the room with the shared bath at $10pp, which was warm but perfectly adequate. Initially they showed me a more expensive room which was admittedly nicer. There's a kitchen for shared use but might be awkward for cooking when the restaurant is hopping. Didn't try the food, looked ok but fairly expensive (like most places on this beach). Coffee and other handcrafted Ometepe items for sale also. Excellent, central location.

I would recommend this place. It has nice hammocks at the top. Housekeeping never came though (we stayed 2 days). Also upon arrival we were told it was cheaper than what we were charged. But it’s a language barrier so I understand. The ladies were cute and nice.

The hotel is nice, clean and has big private rooms for just $20 the person. The hotel is friendly, and has a very nice view to the beach.. the electricity went down sometimes at night but this happens in all the area, we book the tour for the volcan maderas.. the volcano is amazing but unfortenaly our tour guide lester was the worst, he start walking super fast and most of the time we lost him for 20min ( the hike is around 7 or 8 hour) in one points we have to pick left or right cuz he was to far away from us and we cant see him, on the Way back he pick another way cuz his family was waiting for him in that direction ... that way it was super complicated .... and at the end we finish 1 hour away from our hostel, ( at the begining our hostel was just at 10min from the national Park) so we were waiting for the bus and it never came, so we walk that hour until our hotel and he just stayed with his family... apparently he work for the company in ometepe if you book this tour in another hostel make sure this is not your guide (name lester)

Great value double room in an attractive property right opposite the beach. We loved the location as you can simply cross the road and watch the sunset behind Volcan Concepcion each evening – magical! Tiendas and restaurants close by, as well as places to rent scooters/motorbikes/ATVs. Hammocks and chairs to relax in. There's a kitchen where you can prepare your own meals, though it's not very well-stocked and could be cleaner. Water pressure in the shower is weak. But otherwise, a lovely stay.