Reviews of Hostal Familiar Argeñal

Everything is worn out and behind bars - it felt like a ghetto. Staff let us wait for 1,5h in front of the property - even if we tried to contact them on every channel. It's a no-go for me!

In not even 20 mins you can walk to the main bus station

Air conditioned room, comfortable bed, perfectly adequate bath arrangement that was well kept.

I struggled every day with the lock on the front entrance. It actually worked fine. It was just different from what I used to. No big deal.

Clean, good value, comfortable room

A little bit of a walk but neighbourhood seems safe

It was all good

Not too far from the bus station, near some shops and accessible from the Panamerican Highway. Room was a decent size with AC and cable. Free filtered water and shared kitchen were a plus.

Walls are very thin and you can hear your neighbor’s conversations. Rooms are not in the best shape. Bathroom vanity was nearly falling apart and saw cockroaches - probably coming in from outside but not something you want to see. Toilet seat had seen better days. Staff not there for much of the day.

location and it was clean. had a room to myself. comfortable beds

No option for coffee for 1. no hot water in showers

The property is in a quiet neighbourhood, a bit far(~1 km) from the centre, but taxi in this city is inexpensive (2-2.5 $ each trip) The room was large and nice. The facilities such as kitchen etc were good. They even had netflix available if one wanted. It was good value for money that I paid!

The staff is not available at the property. You have to call them from a bungalow 25-30 metre away. (To be fair, they explain everything when you check-in, & you may not need them again) The swimming pool, which is advertised, was not functional. There was a cat on the property. (I personally don't like pets)

Really comfy beds! Very close to the bus station and many grocery stores ($2 Uber ride)

Air conditioning

No hot water. Extremely loud snoring

more security in the rooms

in the waiting room, it was dirty

Friendly staff. Good vibe. Well equipped kitchen. I've stayed here multiple times because I like it.

These are specific to the particular room we stayed in this time. No hot water in shower, but cold water wasn't super cold so it was a minor inconvenience. Light switch in our room was outside of the room and there was no light by the bed so after I reached out the open door to turn off the light i had to find my way to the bed in the dark. It wasn't pitch black but a light by the bed would be a big improvement.

The people running it are nice and It's clean, inexpensive and in a great location. I use this place as my stop between Bocas/Almirante and Panama City and it's perfectly located for that.

We can definitely recommend this hostel for families with children. We liked absolutely everything: the pool deep enough for jumping, the basket ground, the sitting area, the rooms and bathrooms. And especially the totally friendly hosts - when they saw us hanging cloths to dry, they offered drying machine and washing machine.. And it is in walking distance from the bus station even with 5 to 11 year olds. Very close to shopping malls.

Staff

a lot of noise from other visitors