Hostal Gemar - Hostel

The shared kitchen and bathroom were dirty. The oven didn’t work, and the fridge wasn’t keeping food fresh properly.

The pool was good, and reception provided great service. The room seemed good value for the price. Breakfast looked nicely laid out and offered different things, but it was all processed food, and even the fruit was tasteless. The juices were the worst, just powdered mix and water, which felt like a shame in Panama with fruit everywhere. The breakfast and bar staff seemed unhappy and bored. After exercising, the water cooler in the gym had tap water with a terrible taste, which wasn’t a nice finish to a workout.

Friendly staff, and there are lovely kids laughing and playing around the place. The room was cleaned daily, and laundry is available for a small fee if you ask. Rooms come in several sizes, with private bathrooms, hot water, and very cold AC. There’s a shared area and kitchen with two refrigerators. A few good places to eat are close by, including Rico pollo, along with fruit stands and convenience stores. Nice place for the money!

Good enough if you just need somewhere cheap to sleep and don’t expect luxury or have valuables with you. It’s near Via J. Alfaro and has parking out front, a shared kitchen, WiFi, and cable TV. The rooms are clean and have strong air conditioning, and each has its own bathroom and toilet, but there’s no hot water. You can get a room with one to four beds. There’s someone at the front desk, but the main entrance has very little security. Since it’s all on one floor, anyone could enter the corridor, and the room door locks are easy to open, which made me feel unsafe.