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Reviews of Hostal Gemar - Hostel

2 out of 5
Hostal Gemar - Hostel
El Ingenio, Ave de La Paz, Calle 74, Panama City, Panama

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 17 out of 45 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 10 out of 45 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 45 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 45 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 45 reviews" "

7.8/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Johnathan

Posrian mejorar las recamaras un poco
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Heather

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Shania

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Stuart

Disliked: Staff & service
Unhelpful
I needed a place to stay for an overnight layover, and the location is good. I was there for 15 hours. Problems began when I could not use my card to pay. I am in the country for a short period of time and have no desire to take out cash to pay for the room. I paid 75% of the price in dollars and offered the balance in currencies from neighbouring countries. This was refused and I was offered to go to another hotel where I could pay by card - I'm in the room as are my bags at this point. All ATMs nearby and not so nearby wanted to charge me 20% of the cost of the room as a fee so I was forced to take out hundreds of dollars to justify this fee - all to pay this ridiculous property $7! And it's 30 degrees in reception with no sir con while I have to deal with this ridiculousness.. Was this stay relaxing? No Could this have been avoided? Yes Would I return? No
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

2/10 Terrible

Faith

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Es un lugar sencillo para pasar la nache pero no pasar el dia porque no tiene nada extra de lo que logre mirar. El personal muy atento y todo estaba limpio.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really nice property, it was better than expected. Do your going to absolutely love it there
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Darri

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was good, the ac I really enjoyed. The staff was friendly and helpful
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

2/10 Terrible

JORGE, MIAMI, FLORIDA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
IT IS A RUNDOWN HOSTAL, 14 ROOMS
NO HOT WATER, FINALLY THE LAST DAYS THEY FIX THE WATER HEATER, BROKEN GLASS ON WINDOWS, NO BREAKFAST OR FACILITIES TO GET A CUP OF COFFEE. THE A/C WAS SHUT DOWN EVERY 12 HOURS, NO DOOR ON CLOSET, NO NIGHT STAND LIGHT. NOWHERE TO OPEN THE LUGGAGE
Stayed 12 nights in Feb 2018

2/10 Terrible

adolfo, san salvador

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Unhappy
I have never been so unhappy with this hotel I think Travelocity shouldn't be advertising this motels type no hot water one channel to watch TV the AC it's under a timer so as soon as you realize the AC has stopped working the parking area it's enough to fit three cars for the whole facility the hall way is dark and night so you literally to have a flashlight to be able to see where you going horrible experience
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

8/10 Good

lion

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
No wifi
Wifi is not working in the rooms i told them as others also but they neglige to fix it

8/10 Good

Vito, Waretown, NJ

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hostel in downtown Bethania section of Panama
Very clean basic hostel with individual room, WIFI, flat screen TV, and hot water shower. A communal kitchen with 2 refrigerators. Never missed a beer or food! Gerardo and his helper Bladimir were very friendly and helpful. Introduced me to a taxi driver to take me sightseeing. His prices were on par with commercial tours but with a personal touch.Close to a busy street, but the noise was not a problem. Drivers in Panama do not use turn signals that much, they have devised a system of communicating using the auto horn. Each rhythm of beeps speaks of what their intentions are. You will hear them until everyone is home for dinner. Basic knowledge of Spanish is a must, better if you know how to use Google translate!

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I have stayed in hostels before so I knew what to expect. It was a very great experience especially sitting with other guests in the morning...wish I could have spoken spanish!

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed for three days was passing thru to David. Great and informative staff. Thank you .

10/10 Excellent

Vee, Houston, TX

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
If you need a safe, clean place to crash this is t
The staff speak mainly Spanish, but will work with you if you speak other languages to communicate with you. I arrived late and they were very understanding and helpful. My room was a double, and was very clean. There was no window in my room, but it did have air conditioning and a ceiling fan. It had all of the comforts of a three star hotel without the price! The staff assisted with coordinating my transportation to all my touring destinations. I was warned that they may not be able to keep my room while I was away touring the country, but it was still there when I came back and the staff cheerfully greeted me upon my return.They made sure I was always safe at all times. They made my trip fantastic!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
If you are just staying overnight for layover...
it is too far from the airport. It was clean but the water heater did not work when I finally arrived at night, so I had to ask them to heat up a pot of water so I could take a shower. They were very gracious and did it. If I were staying for several days and wanted a modest and clean hotel, I would pick this one.

2/10 Terrible

kay, hong kong

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
bad experience ever!!!
Don't go to this hostel!!! I went to panama from Hong Kong for vocation, the hosts and staff doesn't know English, couldn't communicate, every morning, other guests make noise so loud I can't even sleep, they turn off the lights all the time, its so creepy!! The worst experience is, I was going to check out early, they said they can't do the refund, so I leave the room with my luggage empty sometime, one day I was going back to take my thing, they rent my room to someone else without notify me!!!!!!! What is wrong with these people????? If u consider to rent this place, please think twice, the location is not really conviene at all, u either take taxi or u rent your own car, at night its quite danger, the room looks good in the photos, but it doesn't look the same in reality. Think twice, with this price, you can rent a better hotel in city!!!!!

10/10 Excellent

Arnaldo gregorio

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Roberto Carlos

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Erikc Danilo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

4/10 Poor

Clemencia

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

2/10 Terrible

Christian

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Santiago

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Carlos David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excelente hotel
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Norman

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Yaneth

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
En este lugar se respira un gran aire familiar hos
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

POLISOY

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excelente ubicación, atención y comodidad.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
La calidad de gente que presta el servicio ,siempre muy atentos a lo que se le ofrece ala personas
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
aceptable podrian mejorar
fue buena
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

2/10 Terrible

Marcello

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nunca mais
Péssimo , local muito ruim . Muito diferente das fotos publicadas
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

4/10 Poor

LUIS

Disliked: Staff & service
SI LLEGAS POR LA NOCHE CORRES EL RIESGO DE QUE TE QUEDES A FUERA. DE 8 DÍAS DE ESTANCIA NO LIMPIARON LA HABITACIÓN EN 3 OCASIONES. NO DAN JABÓN. Y POCOS LUGARES DE ESTACIONAMIENTO
Stayed 8 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Jacques, Longjumeau

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Très bonne assistance pour conseil et services
Bon rapport qualité prix Cet hotel est à 200m des métro et bus "12 de Octobre", à 2 pâtés de maison N/O en sortant du métro. Le métro mène directement à Albrook, station de bus national et à 12 de Mayo bus métropole. Le bus TOCUMEN mène directement à l'aéroport pour 0,25$. Restaurants et petit déjeuner local à proximité. WIFI redondé (2 bornes). Bref, très bien.

6/10 Okay

Inacio Loiola, Luz

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Boa
Foi boa, mas a recepcao foi deficiente , so foram liberar o quarto depois das 16 horas e o chekin estava marcado a pattir das 15 horad

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel cerca del metro
El personal es amble y tiene una cocina amplia disponible

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
me agradó

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Buena opción
Buen lugar para quién quiere algo económico y poder descansar un tiempo corto mientras resuelves tus diligencias en Panamá

2/10 Terrible

Luis Arturo, colombia

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
muy malo
No utulisamos la avitacion por lo malo se me cayo una cortina en la cara nos toco buscar hotel nos toco irnos al hotel tryp panama centro

10/10 Excellent

Juan uis, san juan de los morros

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
excelente atencion
excelente grata atencion

6/10 Okay

Hugues, Guadeloupe

Liked: Cleanliness
Bon pour une une nuit.
Pour une nuit ou deux maxi.Climatisation et cable TV ok.A proximité d'une zone un peu bruyante.Bien pour ceux qui font une escale entre deux vols par exemple.De plus il y a un grill à 20 mètre à pas cher.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Las sábanas no se cambiaron al salir el huésped anterior. El hotel es muy caro para la habitación tan sencilla, sin ventana , decoración, tamaño y distancia del aeropuerto.

8/10 Good

Philippe, Panama

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Très bon accueil - Découvrir pour une autre ambian
Il s'agit d'un hôtel de très bon rapport qualité/prix. Propreté sans reproche. Une attention est faite à la clientèle, ambiance très sympathique, près à apporter une aide. Bien que situé à l'écart, est implanté à proximité de supermarchés. Par contre, il faut préciser qu'il s'agit d'un emplacement en dehors des concepts touristiques habituels. Ce sera, à mon avis, difficile pour des familles avec enfants. C'est pour des personnes désirant s'intégrer ou vivre au plus près des panaméens. Rencontres avec les autres clients. Vous avez juste en face un petit restaurant populaire. A découvrir sans arrière pensée, excellent.