At last a hot shower in Nicaragua - bliss! Great location, lovely seating areas with views and friendly helpful staff.

This hotel is just a short, cheap colectivo taxi ride from the bus station. It’s a few blocks from the main square and its impressive church, though there isn’t much else to do in town for tourists. To enter the building you need to ring the doorbell every time, which can be a bit inconvenient. There’s a communal kitchen and fridge available for guests, as well as a dining room. However, the kitchen could use a more thorough cleaning before I’d feel comfortable cooking there. There are two pleasant open-air sitting areas on the 2nd and 3rd floors, with nice mountain views from the 3rd floor. Be aware that none of the rooms actually have mountain views, despite what the booking.com description says — and some rooms don’t even have windows. When we arrived, we were given a room without a window. I asked to change, but they weren’t able to move us until the following day. If I stayed here again, it would only be if I could book a room with a window. The stairs to the upper floors are quite steep, and there’s some noise from traffic outside. Overall, it’s a decent budget choice as long as you manage to get a room with natural light.

“Very good stay”

Very lovely owner, good kitchen, comfortable room and good location. Would definitely stay there again

“Casa Brenes is spotlessly clean, can use of fridge in common area.”

Breakfast was ok, no juice or fresh fruit, 1 cup coffee, $5 USD.

Recommendation! Clean rooms, friendly owners, free parking across the street. Good located. WiFi.

“Perfect”

Everything was absolutely perfect. They offered to clean our room every day, hot water in the showers, clean and well equipped kitchen, WiFi works well. Maria is lovely and speaks perfect English. The terraces where you can hang out are brilliant with comfortable sofas. Great location too. Our only regret is not being able to stay longer.

We enjoyed our stay here. The owner is very nice and takes good care of the guests (she speaks English and Spanish) but also the staff was very kind. The place is clean and has 2 terraces with nice seating areas, where we enjoyed a full afternoon just chatting with another guest while watching the rain (it was during rainy season). The city center is quite close and everything is in walking distance. Shower was nice and hot, mattress was comfy (pillows could be a bit bigger).

“Too pricy for too little value”

Very friendly staff always here to help you Very clean