Bella Mar

We enjoyed our stay at Bella Mar! We stayed in room #1 by the pool. The AC was cold and the room was clean. The views are beautiful. You have full use of the outdoor kitchen and the full size refrigerator is shared by all 6 rooms. Plenty of space for drinks etc. Caribbean Garden next door was excellent for breakfast and dinner. Another coffee shop is in the same area that looked good, but we didn't get anything there. Mango Cafe and Rosa Serenas are both within walking distance. Would definitely stay here again.

The views of the ocean were incredible. The grounds were kept clean. The property was very quiet. We stayed five days and never had room service. Towels were dropped off at the door, but the bed linens weren't changed. Several lights in the room were not working. Luckily, we were able to open the windows to obtain better lighting. We had a toilet that wouldn't flush. We requested service but no one came out to fix it. Beautiful views but I can only give the property 3.5 stars out of 5.

the view of this property wins above all and the staff are doing their best. I'd definitely come back--but hope to get a very reasonable rate. The kitchen (oven very old and in poor condition/microwave didn't work/coffee pot mini pot..we ended up buying a full-size at the grocery store/limited flatware/5 coffee cups for entire property), the pool and hot tub, loungers (many were broken), hot water in our room only worked half the time, and so on. BUT, our contact TITO was very responsive and did an excellent job, as did the housekeeper. NONE of these things made us not enjoy our stay--that's how gorgeous this location is and the restaurants within walking distance delicious. I hope this place is renovated and available next year when we come back.

The location and views of this property are absolutely amazing, as the hotel sits on a 20 foot cliff Oceanside so you have constant breezes. You can climb down the rocks and get in the ocean and if it’s not too windy, you can get in the water as it is a rocky area. Online pics are likely old when the previous owner was operating it, it has substantial wear and tear and needs some love:) Shared kitchen is ill equipped, we bought a coffee maker for our large group of 10. The AC seemed to work fine in all the rooms, although temps were mild 82 was the high, and we opened our large windows at night and did not use the AC. Our rooms were clean, but we had to maintain them on our own. There were no staff present during the day to do any room housekeeping. Manager was available & fairly responsive via text. One staff was present 9 to 5, he spent the entire day on his phone, sweeping sand off the decks areas and occasionally dropping chemicals in the pool. He did empty the trash from the common areas before he left in the late afternoon. He was under utilized and could be doing so much more to bring that place up to where it was. The pool was pretty cloudy the entire eight day stay and we addressed this concern with the manager, he said they shocked it, which I’m not positive about:( they are obviously on a shoestring budget by all appearances. It would be nice if they had on-site manager that lived in the apartment and then it could be properly cared for & maintained