Listen to me.

Before booking the El Pescador hotel, I read all the reviews I could find. Most were positive, saying it was basically an older hotel with a beach front hotel and clean. All the pictures I looked at convinced me that it looked good enough for us. We figured that's what we were looking for. We are a two to three star type of people, like Super 8's, Comfort Inn type of hotel renters.

We'll let me tell you this hotel is a one star. The room was the worst we ever stayed in. It would be like a downtown Canadian hotel where you would never stay.

The outside of the hotel is horrendous. I just about cried when the taxi pulled up. If you don't get a oceanview you will be loking onto the back of an old street. See the attached pictures.

It was one of the oldest hotels in PV, shower was never cleaned before or during our stay, I neer saw a face cloth or hand towel, ran out of toliet paper, some days we were given no towels or only one. We initially left money for the maid to entice her and for two days she even came and got the money but never cleaned the room. Oh I should also mention our balcony door
had a 4 inch gap at the top so all the cool airconditoning could nicely make its way out. They took a $200 peso deposit for the TV remote, which they did give us back. It was about 8-10 US for a taxi to the airport.

Do not stay at this hotel if you want a "vacation". It put us in a bad mood from day 1 and thinking we paid $100 cdn for this crap even made us more angrier. I suggest that one looks at the room before booking it or checking in as when we booked with expedia, the minute we checked in we had to pay for the full 8 days.

I wouldn't even stay here if I was a poor university student. Spend the extra money and stay somewhere else, you are on vacation. The rosita, a sister hotel, may even been a better choice, if you had to stay cheap.

The web pictures look way better than the actual hotel. Even when we took our pictures it didn't that bad but it was. The outside is horrendous. This hotel is right downtown so you have to be careful at night that is why the hotel staff only let people in with a bracelet.

The pool is old and cold, not heated, never went in once. They only had about 20 chairs to lay on of which 16 were broken.

Only positives:
The restaurant wasn't bad. The waiters were nice. They did have cheap internet, 10 pesos per half hour. It is beachfront, with and no rocks I will give it that but the waves are pretty strong to go into the ocean. It does have a great supermarket about 20 steps away and it is within walking distance to all the restaurants and boardwalk. I can see why people stay here but it is just not a good hotel.

Take my advice or you will be regretting your choice. As the one review from a Mexican, I read on trip advisor, this hotel wasn't even good enough for him.

If you don't book this hotel and are going to PV, walk by later and you'll think oh my god thank god we didn't stay there and you'll thank me for my advice.

Here's some PV advice, bus is 50 pesos. If you want to go to Neuvo Vallarta then go to Walmart and in front take a bus that looks like a greyhound. It only costed us about 70 pesos to get to the Sea Life Park, $19 plus $4 for a tube, which had waterslides and was awesome. If you were ever going to swim with the dolfins, this place was very interactive. The Zoo was awesome, 60 pesos, got to touch a bear. It is by Mismalyhoa, you take a bus from the end of town for about 60 peso about 7km out of town. We did the Canopy tour zip line at Eden, by Mismalyhoa also. There were only about 6 zip lines. It is good for a first timer like me who was afraid of heights. We did a ATV tour for 4 hours which was very long and we toured into the back country which
was full of poverty. It was not scenic but glad we did it to see how people live. It was really dusty. Was about $110 per couple. PV has good weather but I much prefer Cancun and its activities, won't be going back.

Similar to a previous reviewer the room we were taken to at first had that same horrible mold/mildew odor. However, in defense of the hotel we were given a better and larger room within less than 30 minutes. Let me say first that I actually like quaint hotels. However, even with a different room other deficiencies remained. First, we found the beds to be very hard and uncomfortable making it difficult to sleep. Second, I expect a place to have the basics like a washcloth, hand towel, and a
bath mat, however they only provided three bath towels. Lastly, noise from partying hotel guest under the influence of mas tequila ruined sleep on a couple of nights.

Beachfront: Yes, it is a beachfront hotel, however, the beach is rocky and it wasn't safe to swim in when we where there. If you enjoy sitting on the beach and swimming on the same beach of the hotel you are staying, this is not the place for you.

Poolside: Limited lounge chairs, cold pool, and poor towel service. Towel service was available starting at 10am, don't try and ask for one at 9:50am because you won't get one. We also found that even after 10am it wasn't a guarantee that you would get one.

Lastly, I can only recommend this place to a college student on spring break looking for a place to pass out in after drinking all day and night.

Pluses: Great location; Friendly and accommodating bell service staff.

I consider myself to be a savvy traveler and did a ton of research on this hotel before I booked it online. I've been to Puerto Vallarta in the past, but had always stayed at an All-Inclusive, or at a condo far north of downtown. This time around I decided to be where all the action is and stayed at El Pescador for 4 nights with 2 of my friends. We booked an ocean view room and enjoyed listening to the waves while we slept. The hotel is nothing fancy - but everything is there that you need in order to have a comfortable stay - clean pool, clean room, beach, and restaurant at the hotel, grocery store close by. The staff was very helpful and friendly. The restaurant staff even helped us cut up fresh fruit that we had purchased ourselves at the grocery store 1/2 block away. We went out every night on the Malecon and ate great food and enjoyed the fun bars (Zoo and HILO are fun dance places after midnight). We ate at some of the restaurants suggested on tripadvisor like Pipis, Le Kliff, etc. - but our favorite was "Fajita Republic" located in the Romantic Zone. The atmosphere is awesome and the food is amazing. Reasonably priced too! Many of the bars have all day happy hours which we took part in everyday.:) We did a whale watching tour, and the Canopy De Los Veranos zip line tour. Both highly recommened! When we were in PV it was cloudy everyday - but we had a fabulous time since there is so much to see, do, eat, drink, and enjoy! I will definitely stay at El Pescador again!

This well used but well cared for hotel is an excellent choice for the savvy traveler. Along with an incredible price per night, you get a perfect location, within walking distance to nearly everything and city bus stops on the corner for when you have tired feet. Clientle are quite and friendly. Good pool and one of the best beach access right off the north end of the Malecon. Rooms were adequate, but not for those who are expecting new interiors without blemishes. Ocean view room is a must with a loud surf lulling you to sleep each night. Staff is mostly friendly and helpful, though drink service is slow. Drinks were good and happy hour occurs several times during the day. Maid service is top notch and the grounds are impecabliy cared for. Bottled water avaliable on every floor with internet service in main lobby. Security is 24/7 and they are watchful for all who come and go and know their guests by name and room number. Guest tend to come back to this place year after year. We would definately do the same.