Best Hotels near Balboa Union Church, Panama City

Excellent choice in Panama City, the rooms are perfect, neighbourhood is great with endless number of restaurants. Continental breakfast is amazing. We stayed here for 10 days, however 1 single issue did confuse & upset us: Here was the scenario explained to them: - 10 nights of stay - guest A&B stayed for the first 6 days. - guest A alone 7th day - guest A&C the last 3 nights. Told them upfront that 1 guest leaves & another will join later. They charged $27.5/day, admin fee to change a guest name!? This was after suggesting that we cancel with Trip.com & rebook again with the correct names. We told them it doesn’t make sense to do that & it was disappointing that they couldn’t offer any solution to a customer who just gave them 10 days of business & being a Riu Class member loyal to this chain.

Really good hotel in the middle of what it looks like Chinatown, a lot of restaurants and good places around, nice pool and breakfast was pretty good too. You get the city experience without it being too loud, you can get some traffic since it is in the middle of everything.

The Room - The queen-sized bed was luxurious, the pillows were comfortable, the rain shower in the bathroom was refreshing, the air conditioning was cold. The room also had a large closet with drawers, a TV with remote, a desk and two chairs, and the room was VERY clean. The WIFI was free, strong and very useful to me! They also have an in-room safe for your valuables, a pool and their own parking garage but I did not use them. The Metro Stop at Via Argentina is close by. I had a beautiful view of the city from my 5th floor window where I could enjoy the rain storms and the city lights at night. The Staff and Surroundings - I felt VERY safe! The staff answered questions, ordered taxis for me (until my Uber App started working) and was welcoming and accommodating. Cesar Ramirez especially (I believe he is the front desk manager) spoke English and was so very helpful to me!! EXCELLENT STAFF - EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE!! They also spent time with a taxi driver helping him to understand that I wanted him to take me one place, wait for me to finish, then take me to my final destination--the trip was a success! The mini market next door is super convenient (with American items and pricing). The Tsugoi Restaurant next door was a treat for me. Sushi and Yakisoba! YUM!! If you want all the amenities of a 5-star resort, you might not find them in the room: an alarm clock (you have one on your cell phone), complimentary shampoo and conditioner (just buy or bring your own), a coffee maker (I think the mini market next door has some--it's Panama, go on a coffee adventure and try some of the best coffee in the world)

1) First 3 nights, pool was closed for renovation. Reception said ”No pool available”. Only this, I thought, the pool was completely closed. On the forth day, I saw, guests were swimming. I asked the reception. ”Yes, you can swim”. Why the reception could not inform us only 3 days closed? 2) No towel after cleaning. Also first 3 nights. I thought that the clean team forgot to leave it, but it was not forgetting, but not ready. Towels were delivered around 19:00 first 3 nights. I called the reception every night and they said ”We inform the responsible staff” and waited for hours. Why reception didn't answer ”Towels will be delivered around 19:00 today” or advised us for delay delivering in advance? Then I didn't have to call the reception every day. Anyway, I had to wait to take shower till 19:00. Outside was 30degrees, and I wanted to take a shower immediately. 3) Weak WIFI. WIFI at Reception was with 96 Mbps, however, room at the door was 14 Mbps and at bed, no signal anymore. At desk also 2 Mbps or no signal. It's impossible to watch streaming like Netflix or web meeting. Also no smart TV. 4) My room card key was invalided every day. I had to go to the reception after back to the hotel (Elevator works with valid room card key). If no guests are at the reception, it takes soon, but one day, big group was there, and I had to wait more than 10min or more. I had a take away food, and it was no more warm when I was back to the room. 5) They asked me an advance payment even flex rate booking. They need cash? 6) No refrigerator in a room.

Good rooms and a nice little dipping pool on the roof. Close to the metro with good access to the old town and the airport (much much cheaper than a taxi). We didn’t eat here as there are so many good eating places in the area.

We stayed here for 5 nights to be able to acclimatise to the weather in Panama. We got a room with windows to the floor, which gives a nice touch for the view over the city. The room is ok, spacious, but worn out. Specially the bathroom is in need of a make-over. The beds were mixed, one had a good mattress the other a soft one with a dent in it. Wifi worked very well. Very friendly staff. My main reason for 3 starts is that this hotel advertises itself as adhering to Planet 21, (link to Accor Planet 21 site removed  ) meaning amongst others that they are reducing food waste. Well, have a look at the pictures here and you'll see that a small portion of jelly is in a plastic cup, the abricot jam is in plastic, the butter is in plastic, and the youghurt as well. The third picture shows you the waste after having had breakfast... I know I have a sweet tooth ;) So, not really planet 21...

The hotel is located in the city center, the rooms are large, the breakfast category is many, and the fruit is very good. The bathroom only has a shower, which is not very good. In addition, the window can not be opened, and the room always feels a heavy smell.

This hotel is located on a quiet street within the center of El Cangrejo. A good laundry is next door, with Rey's large grocery, dining, and other stores within a walkable half mile. The 9 floor building offers a small roof top pool with a view, a clean gym with cardio equipment and dumbbells on the 8th floor, parking garage on the 3rd floor, restaurant on the 2nd floor, and attractive 1st floor lobby with a 24/7 front desk. I found the English speaking front desk staff extremely professional, friendly, and helpful in a variety of contacts and matters. The maids, though lacking English, were equally good staff. Mask wearing was required and prevalent throughout the building, as well as outside on the sidewalks and businesses. Booking.com gave me a free upgrade to an executive room that actually consisted of 2 large rooms and an unusually huge bathroom. My 8th floor room offered an open city view, wall sized windows, and good ambient light. It was modern, clean, bug free, comfortably furnished, and reasonably supplied with bed pillows, bath toiletries, iron, board, coffee maker, and small fridge. The AC and TV worked well, with some English channels being included in the cable lineup. Besides aging furniture, this hotel has problems lowering the rating from what could and should be a 5 star place. First, my connecting room door (not requested) offered little sound proofing from the adjacent loud family. Second, the rolling bed was a stupid inconvenience every evening when leaning back to watch TV. Third, my room had at least 6 maintenance issues - all small but a sign of neglect. Fourth, the bathroom lacked a hair dryer which any nice hotel should have. Fifth, and most significantly, was the poor wifi that plagued my room for the entire 6 night stay. It was weak at best and would lose signal multiple times throughout the day for minutes at a time. No place in the room worked better, and the service tec did nothing to solve the problem. In fact, he advised that the router was 2 rooms down, disappeared, and never returned. Perhaps some rooms do better than others, but this critical amenity's failure for my stay would prevent me from returning. This is a nice hotel in a good location with a great staff, but its poor wifi alone should cause pause for anyone really needing reliable service. For more money, the Best Western Plus is definitely a better prospect; and for comparable money, smaller windows, and a lesser view, the nearby Coral Suites offers nice rooms with a kitchen and consistently higher review ratings.

it's a great location in Panama near of restaurant, activities, etc