Lake

Reviews of Finca San Juan de la Isla

3 out of 5
Finca San Juan de la Isla
2.3 km. to East, Altagracia

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 109 out of 157 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 28 out of 157 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 14 out of 157 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 157 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 157 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
A nice quiet getaway.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from The staff at Hotel San Juan Ometepe on Apr 18, 2024
Thank you Robert for sharing your positive experience with us. We do try to provide our guests with comfortable and peaceful experience. Think of us as your little oasis in the middle of a tropical jungle. Come and visit us again!

10/10 Excellent

Alfredo, Las Vegas

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The setting in front of the lake is perfect. Staff is really friendly. Breakfast was amazing.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from The staff at Hotel San Juan Ometepe on Apr 1, 2024
Thank you Alfredo for your sharing your experience with us and for your positive comments. Please come and visit us again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Marta

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We love Finca San Juan! The facility is gorgeous. we found it very clean, calming, friendly, and serene. The staff were wonderful and conscious to our needs. Thanks to all the staff and especially thanks to Carlos, Diego, and Juan Jose that made our stay a memorable one.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2024
Response from The administration at Hotel San Juan Ometepe on Mar 25, 2024
Thank you Marta for sharing your positive experience with us. It’s wonderful to know our guests enjoyed their stay and it makes the hard work of our staff well worth it. Do come and visit us again.

10/10 Excellent

Roberto

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall the place is beautiful. We stayed in the cabins facing the lake, it felt like we were in front of the ocean. The view, breeze and wave sounds were simply amazing. You see a lot of wildlife, monkeys and all kinds of birds mainly. The staff was great, specifically at the restaurant. Would definitely love to stay there once again.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from The administration at Hotel San Juan Ometepe on Mar 19, 2024
Roberto, we are thrilled you enjoyed your stay with us and appreciate our little oasis in the middle of our tropical jungle. It would be an honor to serve you again. Please come and visit soon.

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from The administration at Hotel San Juan Ometepe on Mar 19, 2024
Thank you Steve for sharing your positive experience with us. Please come again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was paradise! Wonderful resort ; very clean and well located in the middle of the island. Set on a beautiful volcanic beach and with a wonderful restaurant, which had reasonable prices. The staff were friendly and can't wait to return!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from The administration ar Hotel San Juan Ometepe on Mar 19, 2024
Thank you Anthony for sharing your positive experience with us. We are very happy and grateful you enjoyed yourself. Come again and visit us soon!

10/10 Excellent

Pat

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from The administration at Hotel San Juan Ometepe on Mar 19, 2024
Thank you Pat for sharing your positive experience with us. Please come and visit again.

4/10 Poor

Vincent

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Irma

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from The administration at Hotel San Juan Ometepe on Mar 19, 2024
Thank you Irma for sharing your positive experience with us. Please come again soon

10/10 Excellent

Enrique

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

10/10 Excellent

Helen Adilia

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Alexander

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joaquin

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Besides the entrance to the property that needs to be paved. Everything was wonderful.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Hotel San Juan Team on Dec 11, 2023
Thank you for your feedback, your opinion is very important for us, is the way to improve every day. Thank you for coming...All the best.

4/10 Poor

Yelena

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023
Response from The staff at Hotel San Juan Ometepe on Apr 1, 2024
Hello Yelena, we appreciate your feedback and are sorry your stay wasn’t ideal. We take our clients comments into consideration and always try to do what we can to offer a great experience.

8/10 Good

Walter

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My family and I stayed in 3 different rooms. All with A/C and private bathrooms. The room in the beach had some common dirt in furniture. All the rest of the rooms were clean and comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Doraldina Arguello on Dec 5, 2023
Thank you for your feedback on your stay. Hotel San Juan is situated in the middle of a plantain farm on the shores of Lake Nicaragüa. Part of the appeal is the exuberant vegetation and animal life that surrounds us. Unfortunately it’s hard to seal 100% log cabins in front of the lake but we hope that the gorgeous view of our fresh water sea and the nice surrounding make up for it.

8/10 Good

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Given the hotel is a bit isolated, it would improve a customers stay if some transport was provided to make it easier to get into town. Pleasant surrounds, breakfast adequate and plenty of hot water. Econ rooms sufficient for the stay. One slight problem, but rectifies soon enough.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Doraldina Arguello on Dec 5, 2023
Thank you for your positive feedback on your stay. We do have taxi service available to our customers from the hotel. You can ask at reception to arrange for transportation at any time. Our unique location in the midst of a working farm does give us some seclusion along with the peace and charm of being away from noise and bustle of crowds but at the same time having available all creature comforts we have grown used to expect. You can relax on a hammock or take a nature walk along the beach among a number of other activities.

10/10 Excellent

Antonella

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Service and property. Really nice cabins!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from hotel San Juan Team on Dec 11, 2023
Thank you for your feedback, always you are very welcome. Best regards

10/10 Excellent

Brenan

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Hotel San Juan Team on Dec 11, 2023
Thank you for your feedback, your comments are very important for us. All the best

10/10 Excellent

Dailyn

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from The staff at Hotel San Juan Ometepe on Dec 13, 2023
Thank you for your positive feedback.

10/10 Excellent

PAUL

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from The staff at Hotel San Juan Ometepe on Oct 1, 2023
Thank you for type positive review. Please come and visit us again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Juan, Yucaipa

Traveled with group, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent service beachfront dining quiet and secluded
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from The staff of Hotel San Juan Ometepe. on Sep 9, 2023
Thank you Juan for your positive feedback. We are glad you appreciate our little piece of paradise. Come again soon!

10/10 Excellent

Maxime

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect spot right on the lake, beautiful beach. The gardens are amazing, breakfast ( included ) are delicious. Staff super polite and helpful. Couldn’t recommend it more. We traveled with 2 kids ( 8 and 10 ) and rented the family room for 3 nights. It was perfect.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from The staff at Hotel San Juan Ometepe on Sep 9, 2023
Thank you Maxime for your positive review. We are delighted you had a good time at Hotel San Juan in Ometepe. It’s really wonderful when the efforts we make have good results! Please come back and visit us again.

6/10 Okay

JACOB

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from The management at Hotel San Juan Ometepe on Aug 29, 2023
Thank you for your feedback.

8/10 Good

Shirley

Traveled with partner, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Absolutely beautiful flora and fauna, an idyllic location. Bonus to have breakfast included. Food quality at dinner ok. Comfortable hammocks. The 3-person room we had was clean, comfortable with AC that worked well, but interior lighting was quite dim, and wifi was very sporadic. Otherwise an absolutely stunning location right on the lake with a beach that you could walk out part way into the water.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from The management at Hotel San Juan Ometepe on Aug 21, 2023
Thank you Shirley for your positive review. We are constantly working towards improving our facilities and will take your comments about lighting and Wify in consideration. In fact, we have a project in the works we hope will significantly improve our internet service in the near future. We welcome you to visit us again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Claudia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Response from The staff at Hotel San Juan Ometepe on Aug 17, 2023
Thank you for your feedback. We welcome you to visit us again.

8/10 Good

Leticia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Response from The Management at Hotel San Juan Ometepe on Aug 14, 2023
Thank you for your positive feedback

10/10 Excellent

Ann

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was a wonderful place to stay with my grandkids! Everything was perfect except the bugs at dinner. I am sure they will fix it, but the geckos would poop on us. Everything else was w fantastic!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Response from The Management at Hotel San Juan Ometepe on Aug 14, 2023
Hello Ann and thank you for your positive feedback. The geckos love it here where there is an abundance of food to keep them happy and well fed. It’s part of our exuberant tropical paradise and also part of what makes Ometepe so special, big frogs, holler monkeys, luscious vegetation and bugs. I would love to tell you we can fix it, but I would be lying to you… we learn to wear bug spray and embrace it as part of this unique ecosystem. Thank you for visiting and appreciating our little piece of paradise!

10/10 Excellent

NORMA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Response from The Administration at Hotel San Juan Ometepe there on Jul 7, 2023
Thank you for your positive review. We hope to see you again. Warm regards.

10/10 Excellent

Samantha

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Finca San Juan was a wonderful place to stay! The farm was so beautiful and it felt like a private oasis. Everything was clean and the grounds were pristinely kept. The staff was excellent. Everyone was so friendly. We do not speak Spanish well but the staff was patient and kind in communicating with us. The farm is 2 kilometers off the road and the terrain is tough. We were able to get to and from the farm on a motorbike but an ATV or dirt bike would have probably been the best option. Also, the food and drinks were excellent! Juan makes the best margarita I have ever had! The AC in the room was great as well as the hot water. We had a great stay here.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from The administration at Hotel San Juan Ometepe on Jul 7, 2023
Thank you for your comment. We are delighted you had positive experience and are happy you appreciate our efforts and what our little piece of paradise is all about. Please come again and bring your friends!

6/10 Okay

Panorama

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from The Management at Hotel San Juan Ometepe on Aug 14, 2023
Thank you for your positive feedback

2/10 Terrible

denisse

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
They need to get new AC units in the rooms, they moved me 3 times of the rooms cause the AC broke down 3 times 😒 to finally they moved me to a different room with a better AC unit, also they should have some from reception at least till 8pm in case of the emergency, the lady they have she leaves before 5pm so disappointed
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from The administration at Hotel San Juan on Jul 7, 2023
Dear Denisse, we are very sorry you had a frustrating experience with the A/C let me assure you that our clients comfort is a priority and the problems with those AC units have been fixed! At Hotel San Juan Ometepe we do preventive maintenance and are on top of it basically daily. It’s part of being an oasis in the middle of a tropical forest. Every once in a while something happens and this time it happened to you. For that we sincerely apologize. We hope you enjoyed the free upgrade to our beautiful lake front cabins.

10/10 Excellent

mohamed

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very nice place, good service and a beautiful view. Bring a moskito net, bugs are horrible.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Hotel San Juan Ometepe on Jun 23, 2023
Muchas gracias por su visita, le esperamos pronto. Saludos.

6/10 Okay

Anabel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
No abia ningún entretenimiento. No abia televisión en la abitacion.habían demaciados chayules que tubimos que encerrarnos en la habitacion.No pudimos disfrutar del bar de la finca por que no se podía estar afuera. La propiedad es muy bonita y tranquila.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from La administración on Jun 2, 2023
Estimada Anabel, nuestro hotel en el corazón de una plantación de plátano en las faldas del lago de Nicaragüa ofrece actividades en comunión con la naturaleza. Caminatas donde se pueden apreciar gran diversidad de aves, diversidad de vegetación y familias enteras de monos aulladores. Adicionalmente las vistas de los volcanes Concepción y Ometepe además de baños en las aguas del lago. Maravillosas noches de luna llena y cielos estrellados sin la polución de luces comunes en las ciudades. No ofrecemos televisiones en nuestras habitaciones pues nuestros clientes gustan de levantarse temprano para escalar volcanes o gozar de actividades matutinas. Somos un pequeño oasis en medio de un entorno tropical pero si tenemos wifi con el cual se pueden acceder a música y vídeos en sus computadoras o tabletas personales. Con respecto a los chayules, esos son parte de la ecología del lago de Nicaragüa y se pueden encontrar alrededor de toda la costa del lago en diferentes momentos especialmente al comienzo de la época lluviosa. La gran mayoría del tiempo no molestan. Pero son impredecibles. Para esas ocasiones en que están presentes contamos con un comedor climatizado con cedazos en las ventanas y abanicos. Lo mismo en las habitaciones. Espero que esta información le sea útil para el futuro y le ayude a darle otra oportunidad a nuestra bella isla. Saludos cordiales.

10/10 Excellent

Hyoungsoo

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023
Response from Hotel San Juan Ometepe on Jun 23, 2023
Muchas gracias por su visita, les esperamos pronto.

10/10 Excellent

Hanan

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A slice of heaven on earth. We were blown away by the nature and beauty of this hotel. We only had 1 night booked but refused to leave and stayed an extra night. If I can give it more than 5 stars I would!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from The Management team on Jun 2, 2023
Hello Hanan, we are delighted you had a good time at Hotel San Juan and really appreciate the natural beauty of Ometepe please come and visit us again soon!

8/10 Good

Dr Dennis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Paradise
Very nice stay. If you do not have transportation, it is a bit isolated. Room was nice, breakfast was very good. Dinner was very well the one night we ate there.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Doraldina on Mar 14, 2023
Hi Dr Dennis, thank you for sharing tour positive experience with us. Our unique location in the middle of a working farm right by the lake gives us peace and seclusion away from traffic. Our farm to market products such as our homemade cheese made every day and served to you with our complementary breakfast are second to none. We also offer homemade pesto from our own herbs and beans and plantains from our own farms. We invite you to get away from the noise and bustle of everyday life into our little tropicalparadise! Thank you again for visiting us.

10/10 Excellent

Jocelynn

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Hotel San Juan Team on Mar 11, 2023
Thank you, we are very happy to know about your experience with us. All the best

10/10 Excellent

Jan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023
Response from Doraldina on Mar 19, 2023
Thank you for your positive feedback!

10/10 Excellent

Beth

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Finca San Juan de la Isla is a gem, hidden on a island paradise. The lakeside cabins are clean, comfortable, and situated right in front of the lake, with melodic waves lapping the shore as you sleep. We stayed two nights. Dinners were delicious, ranging with grass-fed meat options to whole fried fish. Hammocks, space, rocking chairs all around. We packed in a lot while visiting the island. We went to Ojo de Aguas, climbed Maderas to the falls, and kayaked on the Istian River. All of this can be arranged through the hotel. The owner is intent on making it a magical experience for all her guests.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023
Response from Hotel San Juan Team on Feb 8, 2023
Thank you , we really happy to know about your experience, always youll very welcome.

8/10 Good

Joseph, Irvine

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from Hotel San Juan Team on Mar 11, 2023
Thank you, we are very happy to know about your experience with us. All the best

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Business traveler, Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A beautiful, relaxing setting. The beachside cabins were splendid.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2023
Response from Doraldina on Jan 30, 2023
We are pleased you had a positive experience at our hotel. Thank you for your comments. Please come again soon!

10/10 Excellent

karen, golden

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful surroundings ..landscaping is magic...right on the lake...monkeys everywhere..it was ideal.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2023
Response from Doraldina on Jan 26, 2023
We are so pleased you enjoyed yourself. Thank you very much for your nice comments. We do try to make our little tropical paradise a welcoming oasis for our guests. Please come again!

10/10 Excellent

Deidre

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Finca San Juan de la Isla has the nicest, most courteous, and most accomodating staff of any hotel. Highly recommend.
Response from Hotel San Juan Team on Jan 13, 2023
Thank you so much, always you are very welcome.

10/10 Excellent

Nohemi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Response from Doraldina on Mar 21, 2023
We are pleased you had a positive experience at our hotel. Please come again soon.

10/10 Excellent

TheGamerHenstrike

Traveled with pets, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Spectacular view and room, friendly staff, great food and drinks.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022
Response from Hotel San Juan Team on Dec 31, 2022
Thank you very much, we are very happy that you enjoyed in Hotel San Juan Ometepe. All the best.

10/10 Excellent

Melissa

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We rented the cabin on lake and I can’t say enough great things about it. The pictures did not even do the cabin justice, it was 100 times better than pictured. Waking up to looking at the sunrise and the lake at the foot of your bed was amazing. The staff was very friendly. The food in the restaurant was delicious. The entire area was fantastic, definitely highly recommend
Response from Hotel San Juan Team on Dec 19, 2022
Thank you very much, we are very happy that you enjoyed your stay with us, we hope to see you soon in the near future.. best regards

8/10 Good

Julio César

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff was awesome, visitors are pretty confined to the hotel grounds ,somewhat hard to get to , the place and it's grounds are amazing in view. tranquility and disconnect from everything is what you get . Hardly any wifi. Find out ahead of time where to go or plan for exit and then get internet to help out with it . Overall a very nice experience .
Response from Hotel San Juan Team on Dec 6, 2022
Muchas gracias por sus comentarios, esperamos atenderle pronto nuevamente.

10/10 Excellent

Jesus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It is a beautifu place in the deep of Nature. The gardens are gorgeous. The service was excellent. The people very friendly. The only I did not like it was no find TV into the room. Thanks
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022
Response from Hotel San Juan Team on Nov 17, 2022
Thank you for your comments, we really appreciate it. We hope to see you in the future. Best regards

10/10 Excellent

Erik

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Service and food was great and the resort was beautiful!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022
Response from Hotel San Juan Team on Oct 24, 2022
Muchas gracias por sus comentarios, esperamos poder recibirles pronto nuevamente, saludos

10/10 Excellent

Myriam, Miami

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful place! Already wishing to go back!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Hotel San Juan Team on Oct 11, 2022
Thank you for your comments, we really appreciate that you take the time. We hope have with us again. Best regards