Casa Isleña

The food looked really good but the steak sandwich I ordered was mostly fat. Couldn’t eat it. Our room was big, nice and clean but you can hear everything happening outside. Noise levels did go down considerably past 11pm so no big whoop. Overall, you can’t beat the location and the staff was super nice as well.

Stayed here in 2 ocean view/front rooms with our family - 8 and 16 y/olds. Location is unmatched. Rooms very comfortable. Food delicious and lots of great options. Nightly acoustic live music a great touch. All in all this place was fantastic.

Eight of us went for dinner. Seven meals were very poor. Pasta dishes with just cooked pasta— no oil/butter/garlic, just a few shrimp. Salad ordered as dinner with an appetizer was skimpy. Rice and beans to go with a dinner were substituted with root vegtable(which tastes fine when done right). Five of eight dishes were just slightly warm, not close to being hot. For the cost, very disappointed. Sat next to the pool at a table to eat. Don’t bother…

Beautiful facilities infront of a surfing beach. Enjoy a morning walk around the beach. Have a breakfast next to the pool overlooking the beach with a nice DJ. Great cocktails and food.

beautiful little hotel on the ocean. The dtaff was super friendly and our room was great. Wished we could have stayed longer.

Casa Islena sadly has changed. It is no longer "a place of tranquility and relaxation" as the website indicates. it is now more of a night club than a hotel. I am glad to see that since our stay last week (2/14-2/17/24) an alert has been added to their website about the 7 day a week night club ambiance. You need to know that the musicians bring loud, huge speakers, so you will hear the music and DJ all through the hotel (we met guests from the upstairs rooms who shared the same experience) and more predominantly in the two rooms next to the pool (where we stayed) Also, the website states the music ends at 9pm. It doesn't and instead it ends at 10pm, although the concierge told us 9:30pm but the restaurant staff kept the loud music going until 10pm. This also means that the drunk restaurant guests stay late. The restaurant staff also have to clean up. They move tables, bang dishes and talk loudly late into the night. We couldn't go to bed until midnight when the loud music, restaurant staff and non hotel guests left. The restaurant opens early at 7am so you are awaken by moving tables and the kitchen banging dishes etc. You also can't relax by the pool since the pool area has been replaced by restaurant tables. Therefore, you have to share the pool with many restaurant guests. We were here on a vacation, but I also wouldn't select it for business travel. I would have to head out to the beach area (no connection) to work and take business calls. We have visited Casa Islena in the past and truly enjoyed our stay; thus the reason we selected to stay here again. We had no idea of the changes the new ownership made. Had we known of the new "ambiance" as the owner told us we would have easily selected a different hotel. Full, honest disclosure of the new ambiance would have been much appreciated. Also, if you have a car, hotel guests do not have parking priority. Most nights we had to park away from the hotel since the limited hotel parking is taken by all the night club guests. Sadly, we will not be returning to this once beautiful and once truly tranquil hotel

Wonderful staff, great food, great location

Casa Islena is a gem. I traveled solo (in my mid 70's) & had never been to Rincon. I felt very supported by Elva, their super thoughtful concierge, and by Enrique, the driver they recommended. He took me to / from the San Juan airport run plus to restaurants each evening one can't walk to. The beach is steps away from the Casa Islena & you hear the ocean from their property. Their restaurant was open every day for lunch and Tamboo Hotel (which is walkable on the beach) was open for dinner one night of my stay. Rooms are simple & very clean. Terrific price-performance in my view. Cannot wait to get back there next January!

The bathroom needs better lighting on the mirror for putting on makeup and for husband shaving. Floor was extremely sandy the first day when we checked in. They did clean the room once i told them. Otherwise nice place, food, and location.