Eric F
Google
The Garten Hotel is a FANTASITIC place to stay. My wife and I stayed for 5 nights on a surf trip on our 3rd trip to El Salvador. We will go again & we will stay at The GARTEN. They get 5 Stars for everything! The super friendly & attentive staff get SIX STARS. About a 3 minute walk to the El Zonte beach and surf breaks & a short walk to all the great El Zonte shops, bars, & restaurants. ||A huge shout-out to the Concierge Staff ( Anna, Helen, Denisse) who can get anything you need & get it quickly. Get a WhatsApp account... they will communicate with you via WhatsApp leading up to your visit, and daily communication during your stay about transportation, housekeeping, food orders & any other little thing you may want. Their Personalized Attention Is Outstanding. Anna arranged a delicious Anniversary dessert tart delivered to our Villa for our 17th (complimentary).||The open air Restaurant is top-notch with beautiful view of the ocean. Great place for a surf-check!! Included breakfast is very nice and served until 1030. Plenty of menu options. Food and service/staff is outstanding: Larry, Raul, Julio, Jaime, and Walter will take great care of you. Food is prepared quickly and the beautiful presentation is a nice touch. If you want in-room delivery.... no problem.||If you need transportation from/to the airport, one of their staff drivers will pick you up and get you back at a very minimal cost. If you want to rent a car while in El Zonte, the Concierge Staff can arrange for one to be delivered/ returned at Hotel (we did a 2 day rental very reasonable). There is adequate Gated parking on site.||We stayed in a Villa all 5 nights. The very comfortable Villas are about a 3 minute walk from the main hotel. Each Villa has small private gated courtyard with a small pool. The pool temperature was perfect (cool for the hot afternoons), water clear and cleaned by staff daily. There is a gas cooktop and countertop oven and a counter size fridge. Huge Master BR w/super comfortable King. Huge Master bath w/ beautiful stone floor shower and glass skylight that makes the shower appear and feel like an outdoor shower. 2nd BR had bunk beds & 2nd bath also spacious. All rooms have a powerful mini-split A/C that will keep it as cool as you want.||Beautiful infinity edge pool with view of ocean directly below, and stairs leading down to beach. Another large pool with swim-up bar at Villas. Hotel bar on pool deck has great ocean views and great service from very friendly bartenders Alex, Carlos, and Gerado. ||A very well equipped gym at the Villas property with quality treadmill, bike, Concept rower, Concept Ski machine, and elliptical. Rogue half-rack with 300lbs of plates, separate bench press, and dumbbells from 5 - 65. If there is no surf you have a very complete workout option.