Oranjestad Hotels

Wait staff was slow and not attentive at the bar at the hotel.

There was nothing I did not like! Love love love the private island!!!!! Very contemporary hotel . Love it!!!

Nothing

Pool was clean and fun for the whole family, especially the waterslide. Outstanding gym, beautiful equipment. Staff was friendly. Room is adequate, clean but plain. Overall hotel is great for the price but a bit rundown in places, not luxurious in any way.

Very poorly equipped kitchen. No pan for oven, lousy utensils for cooking in general. We asked for an oven pan but was informed that they don't provide one, so the oven is useless.

Nothing!

No Wifi! To Loud! Cheap! Wants a $300 cash deposit!

The staff here exceeds expectations above and beyond. Christie was amazing and she would make anything you wanted happen. She easily handled 3 customers in her small office without any of us feeling unimportant. The location is wonderful if you plan to spend days at the beach as the front of the hotel is across the street from a nice quiet stretch of Eagle Beach (which is stunningly beautiful). The rooms are basic and comfortable, but don't stay there if you want a lot of adventure right out your doorstep- be prepared for easy bus rides up and down the west coast or info Oranjestad for about $2.60 USD/AbFl. It's a no extra fluff, fantastic for families and people wanting a comfortable home base for adventures kind of place. We loved it!

The room required the AC to be on at 22C the whole time (even when out of room) to prevent condensation. It could get a little chilly at night! The hotel restaurant was good but not so adventurous, and it did take a bus ride or a 40 min trek to some more interesting eateries.

The beach...

Not really a resort-like place. Good for what we needed, a place to lay our heads at night until it was time to move to our timeshare..

Snorkeling was great! Loved the ocean views

Drinks were reeeeeeeeeeeally weak Wife got food poisoning

Get a first floor room. Open your sliding door and your toes are in the sand. Drinks and food are decent. You will not go Hungry or thirsty. Lots of different options for snacks and food throughout the day. We loved taking long strolls on the beach. It's awesome that you have access to the Divi. Typical routine includes getting a drink at the bunker bar, walk down and sit by the pool to people watch, get a new drink (and maybe some chicken strips), continue the walk down the beach. Nice 10 minute walk to the divi... By that time you are ready for a new drink, grab one at the first bar. Continue the walk to the divi pool and beach area, people watch, lay in the sun, listen to a live band, grab another drink and take a stroll back to the Tam. Lots of activities. Book them early so you won't be directly in the sun. We did a snorkeling/snuba trip (booked at hotel). I would highly highly recommend. We did the ATV tours and it is by far the best way to see the island. We went to the natural pools, natural bridge, an old gold refinery, and a really neat rock formation. We went downtown. And it really only took us a few hours to get a good experience. We took a cab, which was fine... But we regret not using one of the hotels bikes to ride down. We aren't horribly athletic so we didn't want to commit to a bike ride downtown in a different country. However, we drove along a really nice, flat, bike path leading directly downtown... Wished right away we did the bikes. The Spa was awesome! We did massages and a body wrap.. So relaxed. Do not bring pants... You will not wear them. Bring some nicer shorts for dinner and you will be fine. Girls, sundresses and bathing suits... No need to get too fancy. always bring extra sunscreen, expensive to buy on the island.

We had to leave. Palm grill was our least favorite restaurant... But fun and worth doing once.

This hotel is outstanding - I contacted the hotel direct and upgraded to the penthouse suite, which was fantastic - would definitely recommend it for a special occasion.

A beautiful beach, a luxurious room, a true getaway. Staff was attentive, helpful, yet unobstrusive. Just lovely spot. We liked that the hotel makes a real effort to be eco-friendly. Also, there is a mini-market on premises that is reasonable. Your service was especially helpful as I realized, at almost the last minute, that I had booked the wrong days.

Just the noise from the dehumidifiers, so I turned them off at night.

I stayed at the occidental for my honeymoon. I was married at a different hotel (Manchebo) right before this stay and then moved over to the occidental for the honeymoon. The pool was wonderful. The water was warm, swim up bar had very friendly staff and the drinks never ended. The beach is very close to the hotel and if you didn't plan on leaving the hotel, it was a perfect distance. There was also a bad on the beach within feet from the water which was very useful. They let you rent these rafts to float on ( which very very relaxing) however they needed to be returned by 4pm or they charged you 76 dollars???

I didn't like the hotel as an overall. The beach front view was a partial view (they all are) unless you paid for a suite. That was a huge bummer for me. I paid the extra money to see the beach but had to look OVER the palm trees to see some ocean. The food was HORRIBLE. So bad that on my last night I left the hotel to pay for dinner because I was so sick and tired of th horrible food. For an all inclusive, this is a huge let down. There are much better hotels on ththe island with much better food than the occidental. Wifi: their "free wifi" is only in the lobby and you only get one hour. I had 30 people staying at various hotels and I desperately needed to communicate with all of them to arrange tours etc so I ended up paying an extra 70 dollars to have wifi in my room for the week. Then, it was spotty at best. I had to restart my phone over and over again just to get it to work. (I have an iPhone 6plus, not an old phone by any means) When we checked in, they gave me and my husband honeymoon t shirts, but then gave us a room with two twin beds. This is after they went to check on the room! This is my honeymoon, and you knew it was, but you put is in different beds??? So we had to switch rooms To an even worse view. It was frustrating. The Riu next door was so much better last year. Better food and better views. Same money. I would stay there over occidental any day.

Good location, spacious rooms, good bathroom and hotel areas, nice casino, nice lobby, the fruit and the croissants was good.

Beds and pillows sucks, food sucks, juices from concentrate, A/A and DVD player doesn't work and they never sent anybody, rooms door are like paper. No KIDS area in the pool!!!!!!. Aaaaand free WiFi just works at the lobby area and sucks, if you want WiFi in other areas you have to pay a lot per day and if you pay the service still poor. Guys 2015 you need better WiFi or people will not stay at the hotel!!!!!!

Clean, across from beach but has dedicated area with beach concerige. Swim up pool and amazing location. Staff all friendly...

Pillows a bit thin but minor thing

The hotel is located in the middle of a area where all the restaurants en shops are, which is excellent. Everything is on walking distance.

Manchebo sits on a large beach with plenty of chairs/huts per the amount of people staying at the resort. I was able to walk up at noon, and pick out a spot on the frontline. It was a decent walk to the water, but nothing terrible. Never used the pool, but it looked great. Best happy hour on the island! 2 for 1 drinks from 4 to 6. Very quite resort.

They literally ran out of shampoo at the resort. Also, while we had a garden view room, the workers hung out in that area occasionally, leaving us little to no privacy. Thankfully, we didn't mind that too much, as we hardly were in our room for most of the day.

Beautiful beach and very laid back resort. Quiet and relaxed atmosphere, not wall-to-wall people like the larger resorts. French Steakhouse restaurant on the premises is excellent. Hotel staff is friendly and helpful. Room was adequate, although a little tired. Spa was wonderful.

Giorgios Italian restaurant was not good. Service was very slow and they obviously need someone who knows how to cook good Italian food if they are going to call themselves an Italian restaurant.

Beach and location

Room needs to be updated

Location was perfect, malls and restaurants right in front and the Beach is beautiful!

Dont have microwave in the room

Staff very friendly

Good

If is late and you need water for your room they do not send you water in to the room . Yo have to go to the lobby to purchased a bottle of water. For a 5 star hotel is a litle bit dissapoinment . The should have this kind of service .

Staff was very nice:)

Was father from the ocean then thought. Was not within walking distance.

Checking out of there!!!

The overwhelming smell of crap.Check in lady Cindy brought me to my room and told me we are not aloud to put used toilet paper in the toilet and that after we go to the bathroom we are to put used paper in little waste basket next to toilet. Nasty!!!!!!

We stayed out of the room all day and night because of the smell. If we had to go to bathroom we had to leave and find a public toilet to use.The door to the room had several holes in it and a gap at the top letting lizards from outside in the room which we have pictures of everything. It was absolutely disgusting!! I dont know how anyone in their right mind could have tolerated this. My wife and I when we tried to sleep in the room had to use our beach towels that we traveled with to cover our faces not to breath the crap smell. It has got to be the worst place we have ever stayed. Bugs and flies everywhere. The other interesting thing is in the bathroom where you cant flush toilet paper there is no soap no anything so I can only imagine how clean the sink and faucets are from people wiping themselves and then washing with water only. Good Luck to anyone who tries to stay here. Anyone who stays here deserves an award!!! There is a sign in the bathroom telling you to not put any toilet paper in the toilet. .. I thought it was called toilet paper for a reason.....to go in the 'Toilet'!!!! Flies on the bed , dirt and hair over the whole room!! I couldn't believe my eyes. Please sleep in your car if you have to!!!! Not this place!!! I have video proof of this place and my review.

This place was the best decision I could have made. Not only was the bed and breakfast beautiful, the breakfast was above my expectation. Ingrid the hosts was extremely friendly and surprisingly helpful with everything.

If you stay at the fuego mio you should rent a car because it is far from most tourist attractions.

I can't think of anything I did not like.

1-bedroom unit and amenities were more than adequate and clean.

Infinity pool needs some maintenance. Tiles along side are falling off. Contaminated water at the end of our stay make a lot of people sick and staff was not forthright in dealing with it. As of this writing, they're still handing out bottled water. Not sure they handled this emergency well at all! Too bad.....

My wife, 9 months old and I had a great time at this hotel. Our little one loved the kiddie pool and even though there were plenty of kids in the hotel, it was never crowded and always clean. The beach is just across the street and it is absolutely gorgeous. We were always able to get lounge chairs and found a shady area to relax, I gave this hotel 4 stars because the food at the one restaurant available for lunch was not that great. The staff was nice but not efficient. The casino was pretty small and it did not have a lot of choices.

We had an amazing time at Amsterdam Manor the rooms were clean and the staff was very accommodating. The beach was the highlight. It never gets too crowded and it so beautiful.

Food was overpriced it wasn't that delicious

Beach was steps from the front of the hotel and there was always an umbrella, beach chairs, and towels ready for us. The happy hours were great. The beds were incredibly comfortable, and we loved that the rooms had kitchens so you could grab groceries for the Super Food down the street. Such a nice addition. There is also a mini market at the hotel in case you need something quickly.

More families than I had expected. The pool was used by children exclusively. The location has ups and downs - there is nothing to the north until the high rises so you are a bit isolated. It is nice because it isn't super crowded and it is intimate, but it also means you have to travel a bit to get to other restaurants and activities.

Great location, value and experience. Quiet, peaceful, and relaxing area. Not touristy and very nice cultural experience at a family house. Be sure to ask for recommendations of beaches and restaurants as they were PERFECT for avoiding the tourist traps.

Breakfast was good but light and not very filling. Don't rely on if you're used to big breakfasts. Need car to visit anywhere but that goes for Aruba in itself as it's the only way to truly experience Aruba and all of its culture.

A really great experience for a young married couple looking to explore the country of Aruba. A great value compared to many of the hotels. Couldn't walk right out of our room onto the beach which may not be what others are looking for, but all the beaches in Aruba are open and very accessible. A very safe country in which we were very thankful we spent less money on the room to do more exploring and eating at the terrific Aruban restaurants!

Walkable to everything (even though we still had a car and drive lots). Easy to walk to to breakfast/dinner everyday. We didn't reserve a renovated King room but were given it at no cost. I didn't have much staff interaction but was impressed with them when I did. I also liked to see how thoroughly the pool was cleaned daily. It's an older resort but I feel like they've spent money updating the important things. Incredible value for what we paid. Very, very cold AC in the room.

Unfortunately there was an international youth baseball tournament in Aruba the same week we were there. Just about every rowdy kid was staying at the Mill. I don't fault the Mill. They apologized for the Inconvience and did what they could to seperate us from them.

The staff was very friendly.

The cleanliness of the hotel overall was mediocre.

The room we had looked fresh and clean. All the appliances worked. The free WiFi was fast. The room had no smell , the A/C worked well. The balcony was adequate with a nice view from our room. The hotel was in a good location close to lots of amenities .

Considering the price we paid . There was nothing we did not like about this establishment.

It was recently renovated along with the surrounding area. When you get your suite . It is your responsibility to do your own housekeeping it is un serviced. There was no phone in our room. There is only one tap on the kitchen sink,bathroom sink and shower, so only one temperature of water. The security is good your door has two locks and the gate at the end of the landing also has a lock. Free parking a few steps away. Friendly owner.

This hotel is located as the first one in the zone of "High Rise Hotels" meaning that this zone contains the high buildings, being this spectacular because you have a wonderful view of the nicest ocean I've ever seen. I reccommend it widely.

Relaxing,great vieuw, romantic, nice hotel, great entertaiment,easy to find, all of all it was a great hotel didn't expect it was that nice

They way you have to deal with the inventory form the staff should tell about it or take the inventory with the guest for the mis understanding because there was no superviser when you needed

Staff, size, parking

Wonders has a bed and breakfast atmosphere. We felt very welcome. Owner and staff make you feel right at home in their charming home. The breakfast is so delicious and filling. the owner aims to please all of his guests with any requests.

-loud partying after hours, with no hotel staff to control-worn out linens, towels, blankets, beds, furniture-doors defective-dated air conditioner-further from beach than is advertised-

Very kind and helpful staff! Good experience

FYI no hot water

Lobby. No porters