Grand Hotel Leon Marino Galapagos

The staff were friendly and extremely helpful. My room was very clean and comfortable. I would stay there again.

This is the NOISEST hotel I have ever stayed ib. Thank gos there was a power cut last night as its 1130pm and all i can still hear is INCREDIBLY LOUD music constantly. Room 33 is dreadful, smells like something has died in the room. Really poor curtains so the room is so light. Deapite hanging the towels up still taken away each day massive waste of water. No fridge in the room. Breakfast if you are vegan is literally pineapple and melon. Just feels really cheap, no lamps in the rooms. No cups or glasses. I can NOT wait to leave here and get some sleep elsewhere. Beyond me why the music is so loud.

The place is very good and the people there make you feel like you are at home. There is only one thing I wish they could improve and it was the Wi-Fi connection in the bedroom.

The first room I was given overlooked the courtyard. I found it very claustrophobic. I went straight to reception to request a move. The room I moved to much better. Very comfortable & a small balcony to sit out on. Hotel is not far from the port & Charles Darwin centre.

I stayed here for 2 nights as part of a group tour. This hotel looks nice from the outside, and the rooms look nice in pictures, but it ended up being very disappointing. My main issues were that there was only wifi in the reception and restaurant area, there was no wifi in the rooms at all. Other hotels that are more basic than this one on the Galapagos can manage this, so I don't know why this bigger hotel can't. The other issue was that there were ants in my room and bathroom. Another minor issue, which isn't the hotel's fault, is that there is a lot of mud in the waterfront just in front of the hotel which makes outside the hotel smell pretty bad. Other than the issues above my room was ok, the bed was comfy but the pillow was not. There was no bedside table, I used the desk stool as a makeshift one. The air conditioning worked well. The bathroom was a nice size, but the hot water was a bit temperamental. Some of the rooms are very far away from reception and require walking a lot of stairs and corridors to get to them. Breakfast was a buffet, it wasn't anything special but it was edible. The way they'd laid the tables out made things a bit awkward. This hotel has the potential to be so much better, installing wifi and controlling the ants would be a good start. Until they've done that I would not recommend staying at this hotel.

Came with a group that promised 3/4* conditions. This was the BEST we had all trip and to be honest this is a 2* at very best. No internet in the rooms. Slow downstairs as well. Pool has missing tiles and doesn’t look like it’s cleaned. Pool table is dated and balls are cracked so no point in playing. Bed sheets were stained and there were ants in the room. No hot tap water to wash your hands or face. Towels were worn. All in all would not recommend especially with no safe and making you leave you key at desk when you leave hotel for the day (common practice on island but not comforting without a safe)