The rooms are basic and only somewhat clean, and the WiFi spotty. The hotel is not located on the malecon but in the town center which can be noisy depending on where your room is located as folks play ball till very late at night. But what really makes up for the hassle are the wonderful folks at the front desk. Our guaranteed rooms were given away by the Posada Mercy Inn and we landed up at the reception here at Hotel Tabasco Rio unsure as to what to do since it was late at night. The kind (blonde) lady let us connect to the WiFi and search for hotels. When none showed as available, she called hotels in neighbouring San Felipe and found us one. The next day we were back and stayed for 2 nights with them, each time experiencing good customer service from all of the front desk folks.