La Posta Del Cangrejo

Beautiful jewel property in La Barra. Great views for morning sunrise. Excellent English speaking friendly staff. Delicious breakfast and overall value for money .

I came in off season and even though I was the only person here I think. $70. But I was tired of wandering around the area and didn't feel like going to a city after Montvideo. Room is clean, large bed. With a fridge! Right on the main street though, so a bit noisy. Easy parking. Warning to tourists: at this time of the year many hotels and restaurants are closed. And the restaurants that are open, generally don't open until 8 PM.

I came here only to realize that i had accidentally booked for three weeks in advance. Normally this shouldn’t be a problem, but they don’t refund, even three weeks in advance. The lady at the reception was very kind and although she didn’t speak english, she tried her hardest to understand my broken spanish. I didn’t mind changing my dates as the hotel was currently full but she didn’t have access to the availability for the coming weeks which I found odd, and the manager/was no where to be found. I left, uncertain as to what would come of my reservation and luckily found a lovely place much further from the beach were after a day or two, I was able to amend my reservation on booking.com without response from the hotel manager. When I finally returned, I was excited to be back near the beach and went to pay but the payment would not go through. They quickly gave up trying to make it work and stated that my card was dead…I had just used it 20 minutes prior. Once again, the manager/owner was not there and I doubt that he ever is, which is strange considering it was high season and he left only one person at the desk who did not have any of the tools she needed to do her job properly. Upon, them stating that my card would not be accepted and that they would keep the 400 dollar charge that I agreed to upon making the reservation, I was absolutely shocked that they would think about going ahead and pursuing it, saying there was nothing else they could do. Right after, I went and found a different hotel and paid with that same card for a higher price and it went through directly. Avoid this place as they obviously don’t know how to run a business with proper service, and honestly, it is a burst of unnecessary stress that no one needs on their trip.