Summer Dream Hotel Boutique

“Excellent Boutique Hotel In San Andres”

We had a wonderful time in San Andres the first week of August. Kara and his beautiful wife were amazing. They provided an excellent guide for the island and also always have a great Taxi service or car rental whenever we needed to go to the center of island or any other place. They offer great foo… more

We had a wonderful time in San Andres the first week of August. Kara and his beautiful wife were amazing. They provided an excellent guide for the island and also always have a great Taxi service or car rental whenever we needed to go to the center of island or any other place. They offer great food if you are interested in staying in the evening. Everything was very well kept and a very friendly service all the time. It was a pleasure meeting them and look forward to seeing them again in the future. Great location for couples or families. Very quite and has a great pool. This location is very close to the natural pools in the Island. Perfect for snorkeling. The sand beach are about 10min in a car.

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“A pleasant stay with a sting at the end”

We spent four nights in the Summer Dream Hotel. It was mostly pleasant, the hosts Karam and Suad are friendly and attentive. Our room was ample and comfortable. We enjoyed the quietness of the location but there is very little around that you could walk to. So you may find it too remote if you don’… more

We spent four nights in the Summer Dream Hotel. It was mostly pleasant, the hosts Karam and Suad are friendly and attentive. Our room was ample and comfortable. We enjoyed the quietness of the location but there is very little around that you could walk to. So you may find it too remote if you don’t intend to have your own transport or feel uneasy to use the bus, especially in the evening (the last one leaves town at 8:30pm). There are no marked stops for the bus, they stop wherever a person makes a hand signal and if you are on board, you need to shout to the driver ‘parada’ when you want to get off. Some things you may want to know about the Summer Dream before you make your booking. It is not a hotel, it is a guest house with four en-suite rooms (ours had one double bed and one single bed). Usually, the hosts are around, but not always they have noticed us arriving/leaving. We have noticed two staff, a very pleasant lady that helps with breakfast and does the cleaning and the gardener. The front door is kept open until the guests return to the rooms in the evening. The house has a well-appointed leaving room, but on the fancy side and I have never seen a guest using it (perhaps a simpler and more cosy room with sofas or chairs that guests feel invited to use would be more appealing and of better added value for guests (besides the room, guests use the pool lounges and have dinner in the kiosk garden). During our entire stay, the pool was green and we could not use it at all. We had issues of lack of water overnight twice in our room (shower, toilet and wash basin). The shower had very little pressure/water (be aware there is no hot water at all, as most places in the Caribbean coast/islands of Colombia. Breakfast is good (fruit, juice, bread, jam, omelette or eggs to your liking) and included in the room rate. We paid COP 400,000 per night, which is at the top range of San Andres, excluding the all-inclusive options. They also offer cocktails and dinner on demand. We had a couple of meals (one of fish fillet and the other of beef) and few cocktails (the margarita was good) and a ‘big’ surprise when we got the bill. It was our fault that we didn’t ask the prices beforehand, but not in our wildest ‘Dream’, we thought it would be at the range of a London top restaurant (we paid less for a 3-course with wine at Marco Pierre and others!). The bill was more than twice of what I was expecting. I got so shocked I could not make any comments. To my dismay, the same wines (and same vintage) they have charged us COP 160,000 for a bottle, we found for sale for COP 42,000 in San Andres city centre. I thought it was outrageous. I did send this review to the hosts before posting it, their reply was merely based on the quality and exclusivity of their services, what in my view did not fairly justify their high costs for food and wine.

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“It is a B&B, not a hotel”

The positive things first: very clean, friendly host and maid Hilda, nice pool, great looking chambers, good-working airco, breakfast ok. Negative things: very bad toilet in the bathroom, flushing was almost impossible and during two nights we had no water in the bathroom at all. I always went to … more

The positive things first: very clean, friendly host and maid Hilda, nice pool, great looking chambers, good-working airco, breakfast ok. Negative things: very bad toilet in the bathroom, flushing was almost impossible and during two nights we had no water in the bathroom at all. I always went to the toilet in the hall. Because of an error by the plumber we had salty water in the bathroom. We had some bottles of water for free to brush our teeth. We almost always showered in the shower near the pool, that worked fine. It is a bit far from the center. For me personally I liked the quiet nature of the place, but people who want some action will not like it. We also hired a 'mula', a little car, to explore the island. We payed 300000 cop for this.

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