Best Hotels near Playa El Toro, Mano Juan

The hotel is super central in the place. All you need is reachable in 5min (the place is not so large in itself) The checkin has worked super fix and the two booked rooms were also as shown in the pictures. Rooms work through the floor and furniture quite dark, but let nothing miss. Daily we were asked whether we wanted to clean the rooms. Owner José was a supporter and helped with all questions. When I come to this hotel, I'd like to come back to this hotel. Theme ”Noise”: whoever travels to the Dominican Republic will soon realize that the Dominicans like a little more loud. So here too. Not every evening, but always plays sound music and the sound motorcycles drive through the small streets. But this theme has nothing changed in the cozy atmosphere of the hotel. It is a ”usuality” that you find in many places. The only preaching of the church on Monday evening, which was to hear up to 23Uhr throughout the place, was new to me.

We stayed here for 11 nights, and credit where it's due... I'd definitely return. The hotel itself is quite a small complex, which I actually prefer. Do not expect 5 star as this is not a 5 star resort. It's cheap and cheerful. And if you're into your travelling, it's fine to use as a base. First impressions when we arrived.. I was sceptical. In the middle of nowhere. We checked in, and everything was lovely and smooth. Got to our room, and our room was superb. Big, spacious, huge bed, huge TV with English channels, and lots of wardrobe space , beautiful bathroom with shower, and a lovely big balcony with part sea view. I was very happy. Lovely lobby bar with lovely cocktails and drinks. The staff work so hard to please everybody. They are smiling. Please remember you are in a spanish speaking country, so the staff speak broken English. I'm sick of reading reviews on here with people complaining about staff not speaking English!!!!! I tell you what... learn some Spanish instead like I did. My Spanish isn't perfect, but at least I was making an effort to try, and it got me a long way :) People moaning that they weren't getting served quick enough at the bar etc. You try working a shift in that heat with 90% humidity. Some people love to moan for the sake of it because they think they're entitled! The Restaurant was lovely. I'm a fussy eater and there was always something for me to eat. Lots of choice to choose from. The fruits in the mornings were my favourite. They do have themed nights with food such as Chinese, Mexican, Dominican, Italian etc.. and all was delicious and fresh. The wifi is amazing. I've never been to a country where the WiFi was so strong and it worked around the whole of the hotel. Even down by the sea walls. Absolutely brilliant. The grounds and surroundings are lovely. Watch out for the little crabs and lizards. Staff always cleaning , making the garden parts lovely, trimming palm trees etc. The pools are lovely and big and right on the edge with the ocean as a backdrop. Always being cleaned. They have a bar down there and a food truck which does burgers , hotdogs, fries etc. Which is included in your all inclusive. Food truck was good. Apart from I did get a nasty electric shock in both hands when I touched the metal counter to pick up my food. Which blew the electrics in the truck, and was very painful. I don't know what happened. The bar down that side is not as good as lobby bar for alcoholic drinks. All served in plastic cups and made differently I found. Fine for soft drinks though. Always lots of sunbeds around everywhere. So no getting up early to get one. Juan in reception will sort your trips out of you fancy doing any. He's a nice guy, speaks English, and reasonably priced. There is no kettle in the room, if you're British like me and love your tea. I did find out a few days before leaving was that the big water dispensers does boiling water aswell as cold. Hold in the red button an

The Maura typical cabin manager told us that he is no longer working with Trip.com, who only do it with Booking or Airbnb because they don't charge any fees. When we arrived, we told us we had no reservation, we cancel if we had done it at Trip.com, we still wait for the reimbursement of Trip.com and we had to pay for the stay in cash.