Hotel Solymar

I travel a lot for work and pleasure so to say this is the best hotel ever is saying a lot. The pictures on their website are exactly how everything looked. No photo shop going on. The hotel is on the water and right in the middle of town. Close to everything! We just arrived home from the Galapagos Islands. Our trip included being evacuated for the Tsunami and the clean up afterwards. We were not treated as guests that had to be evacuated but as family who needed to be taking care of because we were important. The morning after with no water or electricity, they still some how pulled off an amazing breakfast. The rooms are clean and comfortable, the food was amazing, the wildlife just at the hotel was breath taking but the best part of this hotel is the staff and owners. Anything we needed or wanted was taking care of with a smile and immediately. We honestly felt like family (those you want to spend time with and visit often LOL). This hotel had everything you could ask for and more.

The hotel, the room, the restaurant, the location all perfect. I enjoyed three meals in the restaurant and each was delicious. Every employee was warm and welcoming but the girl at the front desk went above and beyond for me as I almost went to the wrong dock to find my cruise. I cannot thank her enough. I would definitly stay here again. The bed was comfy, the view of the harbor from my room was absolutely divine. Any questions I would be more than happy to try to answer them

We booked this extremely last minute when we were already on the island and needed a hotel for the night. For the value I’d say it was pretty overpriced—while the rooms are quite clean, they are very dated (bathrooms and such) BUT I was told this is the last hotel that is exclusively run by Galapagonian owners (I think third generation if I remember correctly), so for that I would book again. It is also extremely well located steps away from all the shops and restaurants. However the #1 reason to book this hotel is for WENDY THE RESIDENT SEA LION!!! If you have kids, I feel they would get a kick out of waking up and seeing Wendy right outside their window. She lives there and freely hops from the lawn chairs in to the pool and then in to the sea. This hotel is the most oceanfront hotel I have ever seen, and that is saying a lot growing up in Hawaii! It’s a gem. We didn’t appreciate that the included breakfast ended at 8am (!?), so we skipped that, but if you are getting up early for an excursion it will work perfectly. One night was enough but we are sure glad we stayed here!! Gracias SolyMar!

This hotel has 2 buildings all the pictures you see are from the new building, The old building the rooms are shabby, the floor looks dirty all the time you have to wear flipflops. Our rooms faced the street so noisy like hell. the air-condition on your bed so you either freeze or sweat. and the highlight ... all activities on the island begin at 06:30 at the pier, their breakfast begins at 06:30 so you either eat all your stay lunchbox or you sneak at 06:15 to have a rush breakfast, how come an hotel that serves the island activities did adjust to activities schedule. I wouldn't recommend this hotel but if you get the nice rooms in the pictures, there are hotels less expensive and much nicer and quiקter, also better services.

You can't really get more central than this hotel. It is right on the main ***** so you have restaurants and shops right on your doorstep. The ATM is also nearby as are a couple of mini markets. You can walk to the boat pier and the Darwin Research centre and there is a small Handicraft Market with booths almost across the road. It can get noisy with music that you can hear from your room so something to be mindful of. It is also so close to the fish market you can see it from your room window. I was able to keep an eye out and then head out when the activity started. I just had breakfast here and it was all ok and service was fast. I was in the building opposite the main lobby. This side no longer has a manned reception desk with the area now housing tea and coffee making facilities with a kettle you can use if (like me) you bring your own soup powders and pot noodles! i also liked that every floor had huge water cooler tanks where you could refill your bottles. The undoubted highlight though was seeing some wildlife at the hotel itself. The sea lion had snared one of the sun loungers for the afternoon and also a blue footed booby turned up on the outside wall at the dining tables. Lovely!

We stayed here in April for our 20 year anniversary. We had ocean front room, the room was nice however we in front on the patio/restaurant/bar/pool. During the evenings the bar tender would blast his music very loud when no one was even at the bar. The best part was right beside the hotel their was a outdoor rave/party going on, where the music/dj went on until early mornings. This happened two evenings in a row. One of the nights we were there the security alarm went off in the middle of the night at 12 am, we had to evacuate the building. Our room was right beside the main desk (lobby) and you could hear people talking in the lobby at all hours at night. If you would like a good night sleep and quiet, stay away from this hotel.