Fairmont El San Juan Villa Experience

Great property

The booking is a little confusing when choosing a pool Villa. You don’t get a Villa rather just a bigger room with a pool view. So not really what I expected. The manager did a decent job in taking away the resort fee. But I could of saved way more money by just booking the same room without the balcony. Everything else was amazing.

Pools.

I specifically purchase a villa room and confirmed prior to arriving to the resort. Upon arrival to the hotel, the front desk indicated they no longer had the room available. The room they had was available was in totally different part of the hotel, they upgraded the standard room to a suite as a courtesy, however the rate I paid for the villa services and room does not even compare. Confirming the room accommodations before my arrival is a general routine for me.

ROOMS ARE 3.5, BATHROOM THE SMALLER WE HAVE NEVER HAD, AMENITIES AREN'T AGRADABLE, NO DRINKS NEITHER SMALLBITES IN THE ROOM.....

My kids and I loved spending our Christmas Vacation here. We spent 1/2 of our stay in Carolina/Isla Verde PR at the Fairmount Pool Villias and the other 1/2 closer to Old SJ at a newer hotel. We enjoyed the Fairmount the best! Would recommend to all!

I truly had a spectacular time at the Fairmont. The hotel is beautiful and the grounds are vast and well kept. There are several pools including one with a swim up bar. The beach is gorgeous. I like to exercise and walked the pristine beach every morning. I am not good with distances but it must be a mile and a half. There are several restaurants all of which are very good. I loved Cana with authentic dishes and outdoor seating. (I am still very Covid conscious and avoid indoor dining as much as possible,) There is a coffee bar with great coffee and pastries; an excellent health club with several floors including open air roof access with a heavy bag and some other equipment. The beach has a jet ski rental with a great staff that appears to take safety very seriously. I loved the mellow vibe, been home for several days and am still relaxed. I do want to add this. I stayed in one of the Villas which had been recently renovated and had a beautiful view. However we traveled with another group who stayed in the Tower. They said their room needed an update and experienced minor inconveniences. If you are the type who only use the room to sleep then this may not matter. Additionally the chairs around the pools tend to fill up quickly by some dropping towels before the sun rises…but the staff is very attentive and will find you a spot. Finally a heartfelt thank you to Gabriel Rivera and Dana both of whom exemplify fantastic customer service. You made our stay so memorable.

We got a pool villa and a patio room. The pool villa was ready for us at 8:45 pm. Check-in should have been at 4:00 fortunately we had a second room which was given to us at 5:30. The patio room was on the 3rd floor and it was more like an alley. Not very attractive patio. Perhaps good for someone with a pet or a smoker. Not impressed. My pool villa was very expensive to lack in cleaningess Simply not impressed with rooms. Amenities such as pool and the isla verde beach did not disappoint. Also we ate at Meat market there in the hotel and there was a hair in our mash potatoes. Advised the waiter and he took them and brought another… sadly it had a hair in it as well. Not sure how they aren’t paying attention to service. My bill was $650.00 for 5 people and they took over an hour to get food on our table. Simply not impressed. The breakfast at Cana was excellent. I had the banana pancakes with macadamians and bananas. So good. The service was excellent. Also excellent were the service/waiters out by the beach. They were exceptional. Very Impressive day by the beach. The pools are very clean. Over all a great experience outdoors. The casino is small but nice. Night ambience excellent in the main lobby.

I enjoyed the property and amenities it was plenty to do. Going to the beach was easy with the help of staff with umbrellas and chairs included. Could not really enjoy the patio because of cat issues sitting and feces on the terrace. A big issue was washcloths our room did not have them and we were in the ocean villa and it took forever every day to get washcloths. This should be mandatory and regular to have washcloths. When requested the excuse was it had to come from another facility it was annoying to have that experience for a 5 star hotel so called.The parking lot was small at one point it was to many people and could not find a space.

It wat clean and comfortable and room service was super fast