Decanter Hotel

We started our Puerto Rico adventure and came right from the airport to the Decanter. They held our luggage while we explored the Old San Juan Section of Puerto Rico as we had been there 9x in Puerto Rico but limited exposure to OSJ. We went all over OSJ and loved it attached a picture to show you some of the things we saw and did. When we finished exploring my wife was hot and winded with an eye issue she had before the trip. We asked for an early check in like 1 pm instead of the later 3 pm check in but the front desk was a little on the rude side and management charged us for an early check in even with the wife's medical condition. My wife wanted to handle the situation so I stepped back but was extremely unsatisfied with the results and how management handled this matter. The Decanter is an average hotel but it's what you paid for as it is not a high end place if you want a clean place to lay you head and shower it fits the bill but I would be wary if you have any issues that needs management attention as they don't accommodate. 2.5 stars from me as their location is ideal next to The Convent Hotel where we had breakfast and seemed like a place I would like to stay next time as my wife chose the Decanter not blaming her but I would go with the Convent Hotel next time and pay more for more comfort and better management as breakfast was great and everyone was friendly. OSJ is great with great places to stay if you are on a budget the Decanter is clean and good location. Nothing to take pictures of at the room as it was small and the hotel is small not very photogenic and OSG pics were the best thing around the Decanter.

We have stayed here four or five times in the past few years. We really want to love this hotel: it is a beautiful old hotel in our favorite part of Old San Juan, and everyone who works there is wonderful. But who ever runs it should stay sometime, to stay with some of the uncomfortable quirks: Like why is the toilet paper holder across the room from the toilet instead of next to it? And why is the king bed in this giant hotel suite pushed all the way up against the wall on one side, so that the person sleeping on the side had to crawl over the other person to get out of bed, in the middle of the night, or earlier than the other person., and there is no bedside table there for water, phone, etc.. The hotel is always very clean, and that's important. And a caution, no fault of the hotel : because it's in a great part of town, it can be noisy over night with partiers outside...

Parking lot is very expensive, I wish they just have a straight rate only $25 per day, but they private parking changing you $25 every time we leave it instead. No good.

Very close to everything in Old San Juan. Only downside is parking access is challenging as the church parking was not available due to Easter weekend activities so we ended up having to return our rental.