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Reviews of Express Inn Coronado Hotel & Camping

2.5 out of 5
Express Inn Coronado Hotel & Camping
Pan American Highway, Las Lajas, Panama

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 20 out of 125 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 45 out of 125 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 33 out of 125 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 17 out of 125 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 10 out of 125 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

7.2/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Aaron, Grass valley

Traveled with family and small children, Business traveler, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
this is a nice clean and quiet hotel with lots of space and a wonderful helpful host. Nice little breakfast as well.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

Erick A

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
PTY 4
Great stay…….. pool, staff and close to the hiway. Wish the bar and restaurant were open
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

Marcela

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

2/10 Terrible

Dean

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Horrible
Bad. Key wouldn’t work well, toilet seat broken. Had to move to another room. Breakfast was not served as the website said. It smelled of urine. The swimming pool was green from being unkept.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Justin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Fine for overnight stay.
Only local channels, and even they were cutting out. YouTube available and NetFlix, but have to have own account. Not really close to anything, so I would recommend a car. Coronado beach is amazing.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2022

4/10 Poor

Johannes m

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A smile cost nothing
Overpriced for sure and the place needs a makeover. The service was soso and they don’t like to smile . Even when I returned the remote of the airco ( I drove back for 30 minutes ) the only response was ‘OK ‘ No thank you or nothing. Unfortunately there is not much better in that area for that price or you have to pay $200,- plus . Panama City has much better hotels for reasonable prices
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

4/10 Poor

JAGRAJ

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The rooms are not comfortable. The beds are hard and the pillows are small and few. The air conditioned was noisy and leaking water. Had a nice pool.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

6/10 Okay

Nora

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

2/10 Terrible

Ramon

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
There were cats all over the property, the whole place smelled horrible of cat poop, the beds were old and out of shape, not recommended at all!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

6/10 Okay

Vicente

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
It is perfect to sleep and continue your travel next day. Bedroom is simple and clean. I didn't like that it said breakfast included but it is not true, and also the air-conditioning started dripping water.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Roberto Enrique

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The Stay was fine! The room was super clean! I didn’t really like nor used the pool area! It looked like it had mold everywhere.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Property manager was very helpful and hospitable .
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
lindo hotel, buena atencion. excelente el desayuno y la vista a la piscina desde el valcon de tu habitacion.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

2/10 Terrible

Mary Brenda

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
“Hotel camping”
This place was not as advertised. Clearly states on website free local shuttle which is a big part of why we booked. It does not exist. As we arrived. By bus we were forced to take taxis back and forth to Coronado for meals. The place also advertised a restaurant but never once in our 3 day stay did we see anyone eat there. Also mentioned a room safe,also not available. We even had to ask for toilet paper as there was not a single piece to be found in our room. The room also had a very odd smell. On the plus side we had the pool to our selves and the shower water pressure was very good. Bring your own shampoo. This was definitely “hotel camping”. If you do decide to stay there.....eat T breakfast at 7am when they put it out as it sits there till 10. Be prepared to make your own bed too. Took 6 hours for the air conditioning to catch up after we arrived. Photos also show a nice display on desk with bottled water, yes well also non existent.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Basic but clean and maintained. An interesting combination of lodging and facilities. Reception showed no customer service. No welcome, said nothing other than to sign the form. Nothing about the place or amenities.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Playa y Sol
Excellent location to explore area beautiful beaches. Friendly and accommodating staff. The pool was nice and clean. Seemed like some rooms are going thru staggered renovations.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Christiane, Cheshire/ UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
On Panamerican Highway
Simple clean Hotel with large rooms and great big pool, Basic unhealthy breakfast but free
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

David, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Conveniently located
We enjoyed a 3 nights here. The staff is very nice and accommodating. Good breakfast is provided. Central location to many things in the area.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
All the rooms are on the second floor so this is not a good hotel for someone that has a problem with climbing stairs. The room was clean and the bed comfortable. There was an issue with the electricity, it went out 3 times during the night but for short periods of time. Im sure this is beyond the hotels control.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Guillermo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

4/10 Poor

Avoid!, S

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room quality much lower than shown in pictures
Our bed was broke/hanging through on left side, entrance door key defective, towels very old, WIFI does not work, TV has only 4 channels, no pool towels and pretty bad breakfast "buffet" Positive note: staff is friendly and helpful. Changed our room and tried to fix the wifi.

8/10 Good

Kris, Saint Paul, Mn.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good free breakfast on the weekends, but not so good during the week, just so-so

10/10 Excellent

Bullis, Eston Sask. Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Xpresso industry and campground.
Lovely stay, easy to find right on the Panama highway. Lovely pool, good breakfast room. Would highly recommend this place.

4/10 Poor

Experienced, s

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Poor overnight stay
The room was hot. Had to wait to cool down to sleep. Breakfast eggs And sauage not good. Recommend eating some place else. No shampoo or hair dryer.

8/10 Good

CarolG, Brantford Ontario

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Exactly what we needed.
This is a very clean and friendly hotel along the Panamericana which was a perfect pit-stop on our way West from the airport. Broke up our trip, safe, good sleep, air conditioning. Thank you.

4/10 Poor

Traveling alone

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
On the highway away from everything
Even though the hotel is new, construction is poor. When you turn on the shower it shoots into bathroom (not opposite wall of shower). Air conditioning hits center of bed so you either freeze or sweat. Even though room was second floor there were ants on the walls I kept killing. There were few other guests and when I asked for a hairdryer at the front desk they didn't have one.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
it is ok...Like the location near by shopping and playas

6/10 Okay

Maxim, Caracas

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Watch out for rooms on the front side
The hotel is normal, next to the highway. Rooms are relatively ok cleaned, and ample. The only big issue I had, is the first night we were given a room towards the highway and the noise didn't allow me to sleep. Next night, room towards the back, good night sleep. The hotel is basic, but for the price, it's ok.

8/10 Good

Jerónimo, PTY

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Near the beaches, at an excellent rate.
It was a quite stay. Breakfast included. Comfortably Beds. Good rate. Fully Recommended

6/10 Okay

Anand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

8/10 Good

carlos, Dallas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good
Perfect for the price

6/10 Okay

Mountain moma

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Great pool
Easy to find.....go from here to wherever. Not fond of Panama but if you're coming here this place will save you $$

6/10 Okay

Sara, Perth

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location, nothing else
The hotel looks nice in pictures, but is nothing as depicted. The room smell funny and the bathroom wasnt pristine clean. Breakfast buffet left a lot to desire, not enough choices. Full of flies, even in the food. Didnt go to the pool, we saw it and didnt luke it. For one night, good if you just want to sleep.

8/10 Good

mary, Florida, US

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
newer hotel, manager spoke English.
comfortable, clean room, not far from some shopping, not close to beach or anything like that. Manager supplied us with 2 bottled waters.

10/10 Excellent

RAFAEL

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

8/10 Good

Andres, Panama

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good stay
The hotel is fairly new and not quite finished yet. It's clean comfortable and has complementary breakfast it's a great deal for the price

4/10 Poor

Joanna Massara, Parker, Colorado

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Expected more
The hotel does not compare well with other Panamanian facilities in which we have stayed. Staff was competent or better. Beds excellent, free breakfast average. Reception/restaurant, halls, rooms and pool clean. Stairs only to second floor. AC in rooms only and located so it blew directly on one bed. Excluding towels, soap only in bath, no other amenities. WiFi intermittent and seldom available. TV three channels only, in Spanish--cartoons, local news and something else. Virtually impossible to find at night, a simple banner labeled "HOTEL" is on the face of the black building about 150' from the road behind a fence; a more suitable sign seemed to under construction. For a new facility, Express Inn appears to be a work in progress and there's a lot to do.

6/10 Okay

Gene Towne, Parker, Colorado

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Location close to Playa iCoronado a plus
We have traveled in Panama before and were surprised at this "new" facility. It was difficult to find from the road; an unlighted banner saying only "HOTEL" on a building more than 150' from the highway is of little value, particularly at night. Only the rooms had AC, the restaurant and sitting area did not. WiFi worked intermittently and seldom, a staffer our second day apologized for outages and was very helpful. If in-room TV is for you, there are 3 channels only, one cartoon, one undetermined, one local news--all in Spanish. Beds were excellent. Shower had no mat, shower floor serving as soap, shampoo holder, only soap provided. Pool was excellent, breakfast good. We quite understand that the hotel is new, but there is much to be done to bring it to the standards that we found elsewhere in Panamanian lodgings of comparable value.

8/10 Good

Pete, New York

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to shopping and beaches
Very good staff and English spoken. Hotel very clean but pool needed some attention. Room very clean.

8/10 Good

Kate, New york

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to all shops and beach
We had a very comfortable stay. the staff were very helpful and courteous.

4/10 Poor

M. K., Battlement Mesa,CO

New hotel, not quite into customer service yet.
Not happy! It was hard to find, the hotel did not have a decent sign yet. The shower is not properly installed, the water goes straight to the head, not the body. Stepping into the room is a bit dangerous, the room floor is an inch lower than the hallway, tricky for the back. No elevators, and all of the rooms are on the second floor, absolutely no help with the suitcases. Extra charges for silly stuff, like ice for example. No Premium TV channels, as announced on the company website, only three local channels. And the list goes on, loud music all afternoon and evening (noise!). Disappointing.

6/10 Okay

M. K., Battlement Mesa,CO,USA

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
You get what you pay for
Rates are decent for the area. However, several 'poor' services made us question this newly opened hotel. The write-up mentioned 'Premium TV channels', all we got was 3 local Panamanian channels in Spanish. Breakfast was the exact same eggs every morning and a tiny bit of fruit. We had to pay for a little bit of ice, no ice machine. The shower in the room was hopeless, the tiny shower head pretty much sprayed the water straight on our heads and could not be adjusted, plus, the shower itself was very poorly designed. Also, watch your step when walking into the room, the room floor is about 1 inch lower than the hallway floor. We hurt our backs a few times. The loud and 'dumb' (noise) music in the afternoon and evenings was not appropriate either. These people have to learn how to build hotels and how to manage them: with a client centered attitude would be better. It was also hard to find, they could have placed a decent hotel sign.

10/10 Excellent

Camilo, Panamá

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comments
This place has a good relation between price and quality. It's located very close to the beaches and other amenities, the only thing I did not like is the appearance of the hotel, it is not related with the service and quality which are very good. A place to stay if you want to know the beaches, mountains and valleys surrounding the area.

8/10 Good

Paul, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Best bang for your buck!
The location is convenient, as it's on the main highway. right between Coronado and Nueva Gorgona--perfect since I was house hunting between the two towns. The hotel is brand new, so everything is clean and in great shape. The hotel staff was all very friendly, check-in / out were fast, the breakfast was basic (self-service toast, coffee, juice, pineapple chunks, and eggs cooked to order), but that's to be expected at this price level. The pool area is clean and hast plenty of palapas and lounge chairs.

4/10 Poor

Constance, Canada

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Brand new hotel on the Inter Americana highway
This hotel opened 2 weeks prior to our stay & probably wasn't ready to open. Many construction workers still on site. Problems with the air conditioning in some of the rooms as well the dining room. The pool was closed for 1&1/2 days for maintenance. The room furnishings were minimal & although all rooms had nice balconies, none of them were furnished. No bath mats , no pillow cases under the pillow shams.

6/10 Okay

Norma

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

Hector

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023