Hotel Caju

A lovely, small hotel on the streets of Old Town, Funchal. We stayed here for a week and really enjoyed our stay. The room was clean, modern and spacious with a balcony view onto one of the side streets. ||The bed was extremely comfortable and the rainfall shower was great! The staff on reception and in the restaurant were always welcoming and friendly, the food during breakfast and lunch was excellent! ||A great location where you can walk about Funchal easily without needing a car. However, if you do plan to rent a car whilst visiting, there is a sister hotel nearby with underground parking which you can pay for to avoid the stress of finding a parking spot on the streets.||We would highly recommend staying here and would definitely consider staying again.

We really enjoyed our stay at the petite hotel Caju in Funchal. Situated on a narrow, pedestrian road, it was nice and quiet whilst in easy walking distance of the best restaurants, historic centre, peaceful gardens and the marina.|Our room had everything that we needed, including an iron and ironing board! We slept very well too.|It was a joy to have table service at breakfast and we loved the healthy options on the menu. |Very helpful concierge who pointed us in the direction of Akua for delicious dinners.|Would love to return one day.

What an amazing hotel! The reviews are right. Firstly the location is excellent, in the centre of Funchal. Easy to walk to everything. The hotel is modern and a bit funky which is lovely. The room was big and comfortable and the breakfast was fresh and tasty. All the staff were friendly and welcoming.

I stayed in a premium room on the third floor during a solo work trip. The room was spacious, spotless, and beautifully decorated, with a lovely view. The à la carte breakfast was excellent, offering high-quality products and great service. The hotel’s location is ideal for exploring Funchal on foot, with numerous excellent restaurants nearby. A perfect choice for a business stay — but I’d happily return for a holiday too. Highly recommended!

Wonderfull cozy hotel with an excellent modern restaurant. If you are a bit tired of the standard portuguese cooking - this is for you. Asian inspired fusion dishes and bowls. Nice choices for breakfast. The best possible location in Funchal. So central but absolutely quiet. Everything is in walking distance, very nice restaurants and cafes nearby, much nicer than in Santa Maria. |The rooms are a bit quirky for my taste. Looks modern but the design makes not so much sense. For example: the toilet is in fact a bit too open to the sleeping room. No intimacy when you use it. Besides that: would go back without thinking twice.

If I were rating the property by appearance only, it would be 5 stars. However, we did encounter issues during our stay that made our experience here less than ideal. We noticed a stain on the carpet near the shower during check-in, but didn’t think much of it. While bathing that evening, the shower did not drain and would have flooded into the room if we had not turned the water off. We notified the front desk of the issue. They responded a bit nonchalantly and said someone would be by to fix the issue tomorrow. We had been traveling and walking all day and needed a shower, so we asked if there was an unoccupied room we could shower in. Initially, we were told no and that we would just have to wait until ours was fixed. After some insistence, the front desk finally made some calls and was given authorization to take us to an unoccupied room to shower. The next day, we left to explore Funchal. When we returned, sadly, the same person was working the desk. We asked if the issue was resolved, and we were told that it was fixed and that the shower was operating properly. This turned out not to be true as the shower began to flood again during use. This time, water reached the stain on the carpet, and the room began to smell of mold and mildew very badly. We again addressed the issue with the front desk person, who seemed annoyed by us, as if we were being unreasonable. Ultimately, they never fixed the drain. We had to take showers where we would turn the water on and off to avoid flooding, and we had to deal with the awful smell for three days. Based on the service provided by the front desk during our stay, I would not recommend this property. However, If you are staying here, avoid room 102.

Cute boutique hotel in the middle of Funchal. They have taken an old building and modernized/renovated it in a very interesting way. The breakfast/lunch area (also open to the public) is super, you can order off the menu for breakfast so it's all freshly prepared. everything was really delicious with especially good coffee. The bed was very comfortable and the shower was also great.|The room size was on the small size. There was no room for our two suitcases and unpacking was also not an option as limited storage space. The shower could leak if you weren't careful. The room was on the warmer side, there was a thermostat but not sure it worked well. Because it's in a pedestrian area it is tricky to get there if you have a lot of luggage. There really is no where to pullover and drop off.

It was my husband's birthday on the day we checked in and the receptionist brought a note and chocolates to the room. Fantastic staff, all extremely friendly and helpful, the breakfast at Prima Caju was also incredible. Great location, right in the centre of the old town, nice modern rooms and very clean.