jackbest2000
Google
We stayed here for 3 nights (Sept 2nd-5th) and were significantly overcharged to what we agreed to with the owner. We were looking for somewhere to stay after the state of our original hotel (Don Giovanni. If you want to read about that dump, I left a review there too!). We were met by the Irish owner and he was welcoming and understanding. He showed us 3 rooms:|1 for 130 soles |1 for 170 soles|1 for 200 soles|And it would be 20 soles more for breakfast to be included during the stay. We repeatedly asked if this is the price for the full stay (why would we do per night when we’ve already left another hotel and only had 3 nights left?) and we were told yes it was the total. Not once did we haggle or try change the price. We agreed to 220 for the 3 nights. All goodwill was lost on our check out as 220 was listed 4 times and the owner said the cost was per night. He fabricated a story to say he started at 250 per night then came down and played dumb by saying he’d never do 70 soles a night. Not once was ‘per night’ mentioned or that the total would be 660 soles despite us repeatedly checking if the price was right. On our arrival with our luggage, I repeatedly asked to pay for the room upfront as we had been overcharged repeatedly in Mancora and was told to pay at check out. IF YOU STAY HERE, PAY UP FRONT. The owner eventually came down in price but we still ended up paying 510 Soles for the room instead of the 220 we agreed too! This 510 soles is not a discount as I can get that exact same price for 3 nights on booking.com right now (£102 = ~510 soles) - extremely frustrating. What is even more frustrating is the state the hotel was in. The room was disgusting and dirty. The noise at night from surrounding hotels/hostels was unbearable. We heard our scrambled egg breakfast get reheated in the microwave and automatically got up and went somewhere else for food and didn’t order any other food for the rest of our stay. If we knew it’d be this price we would’ve looked around Mancora for other options. We didn’t complain or take loads of photo because the 220 Soles we agreed to justified the state of the hotel. I have the notes of what we ordered throughout our stay, pictured below. An okay stay ruined by deception!