Mangata Beach

The only thing that I could note that might be a negative for some people is the rooms don't have a great sound barrier agains the beach club outside. So during the day you can hear the music and outside guests but it did not bother us at all.

Le réseau wifi qui n’était vraiment pas terrible
Nous n’avons pas eu d’eau pendant une période

Lo único malo que podría destacar es que tiene una zona de playa muy pequeña, pero de igual manera se disfrutó.

O hotel é realmente mais Beach Club do que qualquer outra coisa e tudo gira em torno disso. A música, a comida, os preços... A música, conforme mencionado nos outros comentários, fica alta das 9h às 15h, 16h, até o pessoal que veio passar o dia ir embora. O preço da comida durante o dia é pratocamente o dobro de Cartagena (+100, 120k). Denoite tem um cardapio italiano caro mas mais acessivel que o cardápio diurno. No café da manhã os funcionários não deixam claro o que tem ou não.. e algumas coisas são pagas mas não é avisado. Os hóspedes nao podem usar as esteiras de frente para a praia das 9h às 15h da tarde. Os banheiros possuem um piso estranho que suja facilmente e não tem limpeza de quarto ( a menos que seja solicitado). A praia é ótima mas tem bastante pedra.

La atención a través del chat de Booking podría mejorar. Sería útil contar con una repisa en la ducha para colocar productos como shampoo y jabón, lo que mejoraría la funcionalidad de la habitación. Una hamaca o sillas para el jardín estaría ideal junto con mejor iluminación exterior. Duchas eléctricas de agua caliente, a veces por los días lluviosos hace frío y bañarse con agua fría no es agradable.

Que alquilamos con aire acondicionado y no funcionaba, alquilamos con heladera y la habitación no tenía. Es un hotel ubicado lejos de todo y de algún modo uno tiene que consumir allí y se aprovechan de los precios. En nuestra estancia en las instalaciones del hotel se llevó a cabo una fiesta electrónica por 12 hs . Sin importar los huéspedes . Esa noche nadie durmió, fue un desastre , una burla a quienes elegimos dormir ahí, estanco incluso propietarios presentes. Una VERGÜENZA

Beware, there is a live DJ from 9 am in the morning until 3 pm playing extremely loud music to the day trippers who take up all the facilities and sunbeds and daybeds.
If you want a quiet getaway in the daytime, this place is not for you however, after 3 pm, it is like a morgue.

None of the staff speak any English, and it is extremely difficult to communicate without a decent level of Spanish.

Cold shower.

I barely ever write a review but I must write one for Mangata. We were given a room with paint all over the floors , on furniture, and bed. Room was very dirty with broken entry door that wouldn’t close and no way to lock the door , windows were shattered and wouldn’t close because of that room wouldn’t get cooled.

Finally after making a complaint with the front desk we were given a different room which was little better than the first one but without hot water. We never had a room cleaning during our stay , never changed bedsheets or gave us new towels and We had to go ask for towels. We had over 20 bug/insect bites from the room not being cleaned.

It took us 2 hours to get our lunch after after speaking with the manager as they were too busy serving the day passers. We weren’t able to get a cabana on our first day and got one on the second day but found out after an hour that it was one of the other guests whereas the staff removed the belongings and gave it to us which ended up being a shit show.

They really don’t have good food menu and the prices are ridiculous. They charge you $135,000 pesos for a fried fish with rice whereas the price on the island is between $65,000 to $85,000. They didn’t even have typical island food options available other than pizza or pasta.

We had a boat transfer by the hotel. Boat left 4 passengers behind including us two so we had to speak with the manager and he sent a small boat to another hotel where the original boat was picking up other passengers.

Please do not stay at this hotel as it’s not tailored towards day passers as that’s where they make their money.

A bit messy to get to and from the island. The hotel helps you get a seat on a daily shuttle boat. But they gave the wrong departing pier to many guests. Some guests they said they could not help either getting to/from the island.

Hotel guests were down prioritized against day-trippers. Hotel initially said the sun beds were not for hotel guests, only day trippers. Eventually they were ok with us using the sun beds.

We had to ask the staff to clean the room and give us new towels.

Food was good but overpriced (COP 100-150k for most main courses).

The room was very basic with limited amenities. Eg no safety box, no toiletries, no hand towels. Water did not work much of the time. Eg could not shower of flush the toilet for hours. No warm water.

The hotel cooperated with a local boat rental for day trips to the nearby islands. The rental service was good but on both of our day trips we were given one price before departing. When we got back the rental guy demanded COP 50-150k more than what we said initially. The situation got a bit aggressive so we just paid.

Staff barely spoke English which led to a couple of misunderstandings when ordering food/drinks.

Mangata Beach club is just that, not a hotel. There are a few rooms but really it’s not set up for people staying, the focus is on the day trippers who arrive on boats at around 9am and leave at 3pm. During this time they ramp the music up for a super loud ‘party vibe’ and charge extortionate prices for drinks as once you’re there you’re pretty mush stuck.

Once 3pm comes, the day boats all leave and they shut the place down. There is zero ambience at night, the restaurant isn’t even open and they want you to pre order any dinner as you’re one of only a handful of people there.

Breakfast is less than enticing too and again the staff however nice they are (which they mostly are) are too busy getting the beds set up for the boats which are about to arrive. As a hotel guest you’re left feeling a bit of an inconvenience.

The rooms are ok. Ours was right next to the generator that kicked off early. There was an outside area to our room, which was unkempt and the jacuzzi, dirty and empty.

Make sure to check your bill, ours had way more put on it than we had which was already a stupid amount of money for what we did.

Come 9am when the DJ ramped the music right back up again we couldn’t get out of there quick enough. We paid extra to get a private boat away.

Again the staff where on the whole nice and it might appeal to you if you like beach clubs and super loud music but if that’s the case come for the day and don’t waste money staying in a ghost hotel at night.

No information about anything, and as an overnight guest you have no access to the beach club. On my second day I was told to stay only on the dock as the rest of the place was booked for day visiters. Highly misleading information and marketing about the accommodation. This establishment should not be allowed to brand themselves as a hotel. I strongly recommend not to book. When telling the manager that I were dissapointed he just ran off and avoided the conversation.

la playa es pequeña, linda eso si

Tienen problemas de presión con el agua y eso hace que sea más lento el drenado de aguas residuales y en la cama las sábanas no eran tan cómodas

Poca variedad de comida

Las cortinas de la habitación son transparentes durante la noche se ve todo desde afuera. Faltan enchufes en la habitación.