Manglar Lodge

Surprisingly wonderful little place near the beach. Rooms are well planned and well appointed. Maids need to pay a little more attention to keeping everything clean so it doesn't detract from the great rooms.

wanted to get away from busy life. This was the perfect place, secluded, beach, excellent food. The entire property looked new, sparkling clean.

a great place, very clean (common areas and room), comfortable, food was delicious!!!.. friendly and great staff!!!

The hotel is close to the beach!if you have a car you can go to other nice beaches as well!the rooms are clean and nice,but not very special!the breakfast is good!we did not try the food in the evening but it looked very good as well,but it is compared to other places in the area a lot more expensive!the hotel staff is everything else but friendly and helpful!everything seems to be too much for them!i think,smiling and being friendly and attentive is a must in this kind of business!anyhow,we are glad that we stayed there only 2 nights and we are not going there again!

We loved it. Quiet, near the beach, and perfect for our needs. The bus we rode from Panama City took us right down the side road to drop us off near the Lodge, and that was great! We just told the ticket seller and the helper on the bus we needed to go to el Palmar. Walk to the end of that road and take a left. Lodge is easy to find at the end on the left. The room was stifling when we got there and it took a very long time to cool down, but the a/c worked better when we shut off the bathroom. We still needed a fan though so we asked to borrow one and they did find one for us to use. Wifi worked really well after we figured out how to access it. The restaurant menu was a bit limited, and out of things as well, but we made do with the other good food they had. It's off season so maybe that was why. My favorite meal at the restaurant was the corvina sandwich, yum. We only found one other obvious place to eat and that was right on the beach. We walked to the beach either early morn or after 3, the middle of the day was too hot for us. There were quite a few people learning to surf there (surf schools) and the waves could be a bit rough but it was still great out in the water. The Lodge has an outdoor shower which I do recommend using before going to your room after spending time at the beach! We really loved our stay and were reluctant to leave.

This is a clean, comfortable and very reasonably priced small hotel. Staff was wonderful. Food was excellent. The only drawback was that all the guest rooms are upstairs with no elevator. We traveled with my mother, age 77, who had difficulty with the steep stairs.

Great value, helpful and intelligent staff, super location. This hotel is better than several others in this price range, but which, strangely, are rated higher.

This hotel is about 10 km from the hustle & bustle of Coronado. There is no elevator, so if you travel with heavy luggage, that is a disadvantage as all the rooms are upstairs. The beach is very rocky. At low tide, the water is very far from the hotel. There is no real ocean view from the hotel. The rooms are spacious and clean with a decent shower. The WiFi is very spotty and the signal was never above "low." All in all, a nice hotel for people who travel light and don't need fast internet.

This is a great little hotel. American standard hotel rooms with great walk in tiled shower. The whole property is clean and tidy. Ample parking. The hotel next door (there are 3 hotels in a cluster) has a great pool. Have lunch or dinner around the pool or on the extensive veranda over looking the Pacific Ocean. The restaurant at Manglar Lodge is far superior to others in the area. The desk personnel speak English and are quite helpful with area information. Very close to the beach but no beach or ocean view.

The combination of good and reasonably priced food, proximity to ocean, quaintness of property grounds and rooms made this a very pleasant first night stay in Panama.