Reviews of El Navegante de Culebra

We ate a La Cocina, the hotels restaurant. Food and service were good.

Parking was a bit chaotic but it worked out in the end. Instructions could be a bit more descriptive about that. Unless you are a very strong hiker, perhaps you should affirm to people that it is in their interest to rent a car, unless they only intend to take taxis to specific places (which is viable, lots of taxi companies, some info. about taxis would help too). If you don't mind a rigorous 1/2 mile walk, you can walk to Carlos car/cart rentals from the hotel, but you are better off either taking the free shuttle right as you exit the ferry, or booking in advance (like days in advance) to be sure. I got the last rental in the last hour of the day, I regret not pre-planning. Also- rent a real car. This island is way too hilly and the roads too bumpy for golf carts. Lot's of Jeeps, but a Venue would do you just fine, easier to park it.

Right up the road from the ferry, great views of the boat-filled bay, and amazing food at the downstairs restaurant. They also allowed us a late checkout for an additional fee.

The rooms don’t have a coffee machine

good parking and is nice place

there is a like from the upper room and the wall has mold because of it. I don't know if that is the upper bathroom 😵‍💫

Location

Pillows

The ceiling was leaking and the bed was so wet. No staff for help u at all. The owner never answered the phone call.

Service. Poor service

perfect location next to the municipal port

this is our second time staying here and we could never get the hot water to work, well the cold water is very cold and where the hot water is supposed to work well it's not as cold as the cold side, but it is still cold

Everthing! We were having a difficult time at an Airbnb that had no hot water, soap, Internet, and the car we rented from the host had no speedometer, the back window wouldn’t stay up and had a little piece of paper shoved into it to keep it up, but it didn’t work. We were on a very steep hill the car stalled and lost power steering we almost had a fatal crash. At least the e brake worked! We were bound to a two day minimum stay and we got out of there as quickly as we could. We checked out El Navigante looking for a place to stay. That’s when we met Nania. We knew from the moment we met her that this was the place we wanted to stay. She was friendly, knowledgeable, gave us a map right away and told us about all the wonderful beaches as we love to snorkel. We were rattled by our BNB experience but within moments of talking to Nania, it all went away, She was our angel. The rooms were clean, the bed was great, and the view from our balcony was exceptional. Gratitude to all of the staff at El Navigante both in the hotel and the restaurant. We had a wonderful time and cannot wait to come back. Julie and Rob

Nothing

The room was neat and clean, and the adjoining restaurant had great food and friendly staff.

We could have used a chair in the bedroom.

Good location and the walking distance of all the area

The only thing was the shower because of it’s floor tile slippery . just for safety

I stayed at El Navigante in Culebra for 3 nights, and unfortunately, the experience was overwhelmingly negative. Upon arrival, the bed sheets were stained and had several hairs on them – clearly not properly cleaned. The ceiling had visible mold stains, and the entire room felt extremely damp and humid. Despite being a room for two people, the bathroom only had a single small bottle of shampoo and conditioner. There was no body wash provided. I had to ask the staff for more, and while they did respond quickly (which was the only positive aspect of the stay), it shouldn’t have been necessary in the first place. The location is decent, close to the port, but for the price paid, the quality and hygiene were absolutely unacceptable. The worst part of the stay was the cockroach infestation. During the first couple of days, we spotted several small roaches in the bathroom. But on the last night, we found a huge cockroach crawling around. It was absolutely horrifying – I even recorded a video as proof. We couldn’t sleep a minute that night. I’ve never felt so uncomfortable and disgusted in a hotel room. Overall, a terrible experience. I would absolutely not recommend staying here.

The room smelled intensely of cleaning product - it was hard for me to sleep and there were no real windows to air it out !

- Convenient to ferry and airport. Both walking distance. - Self check in/out was easy to use. - Restaurant attached had pretty good food.

- Shower needs repairs. Very low water pressure and only had hot water briefly once throughout my entire stay.

Clean very very clean

Good location, clean rooms

Hot water is inconsistent, wouldn’t stay hot and we also had to kill a couple of big cockroaches

Easy access to everything. Private parking

Nothing

They found a letter that had fallen out of my bag that was very important. And they kept it and I was able to retrieve it.

The shower thermostat was way off! Burning hot water or cold. I didn’t bug out bc I stayed one night and it was late when I was showering and it’s pointless to ruin everyone’s night for one night. But overall super clean great views.