VIP Apartment Avenida Balboa

Customer Ratings & Reviews

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1493 reviews

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  Good hotel and location- friendly staff

  Stayed in November 2025, for a pre cruise 3 night break, a very nice hotel in the financial district. All staff are very friendly and always willing to assist. Breakfast is buffet style with option of fresh cooked omelette, this also serves as the bar and restaurant in the evenings, good value prices for drinks and food. Our room on the 3rd floor was very large with good quality toiletries, and comfortable beds ( two king size). However, there is a distinct smell of old mouldy probably from carpets, and therefore due a change. Nearby there is a good choice of bar/restaurants, we chose Le Mers which had a great vibe and good drinks, other options are Goucho steakhouse (OK) but not great, and Mangle day time bar/restaurant which is very good Highly recommend hotel, if staying in Panama for short break

  Nov 14, 2025
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  Needs major renovations

  The hotel needs major renovations - from the floor and carpet to the elevators not working, just a shame this is a marriott chain. To start the room floors have carpet that are heavily damaged and floor is not even. You can feel lumps in the floor when walking. The rooms have a humidity issue where they have installed a humidifier in the room. The elevator broke during my stay and i had to walk up 7 flights of stairs. But the worst part of the stay was seeing hair that built up in the shower, nasty. The positive side was the front desk folks were all friendly, helpful and represented Marriott in a positive way. But overall, I am in shock that the hotel is part of the marriott group of hotels. Have never stayed in Marriott hotel with such low standards.

  Oct 30, 2025
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  5 Star Staff

  Pros Accomodations/Staff- I loved my stay at Le Meridien! The front staff to include, Timiteo and Gabriel were AMAZING! Please forgive me if I didnt mention other names, just know they were ALL equally accommodating! The front staff acknowledged my fear of elevators and assisted everyday by opening the stairs for me and also giving me a room on the first floor. Food- The Saril Lounge and Longitudes bar staff were as equally AMAZING. Including Malana, Dyianna, Jose, and Marco. I am sure I talked their head off. Very accommodating! By this measure alone, the 5star status is completely accurate. The breakfast was good, mostly a mix of American food but it was still good. The area is perfect, although the main street is busy(Balboa), we were still able to move around easily. The Farmicia directly across the street was my go to most times. Nice local restaurants on the same street and around the area. Very walkable. The bathroom- Great. I had the jetted tub which I never used. The shower had hot water which was perfect. The shower itself looked really nice esthetically. The toilet seat automatically goes down. Housekeeping cleaned the bathroom everyday with fresh towels. The room- I had a king bed, city view. Not much to see from the window. The bed slept really good with the puffy comforter and pillows. I could have took that home with me. The room was cleaned everyday as well with fresh linen. This just doesn't really happen in the US. Con- The carpet through out the property needs to be removed. My allergies every morning was sounding every trigger in my body. The housekeeping use brooms to clean the carpets, Im not sure why, but..... This is a closed in property so it surely has various smells throughout. In the lobby on the way to the bathroom, there could be an opportunity to add possibly Koi fish in the water flowing throughout. This would be an added look to accentuate their 5star status. Im not sure based on their 5star status, the property itself should be in that class. Marriott need to do better. Lastly, it could use modern furniture updates in the rooms and the lobby. I will return! The bar staff even sang happy birthday to me. I am very pleased!

  Sep 23, 2025
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  Family members reunion

  Very nice hotel. Spacious rooms. However the hotel is only 6 levels high . My room had city view. But I doubt ocean view would be great because not very high. Service was good. Breakfast good also. Very centrally located. Very nice restaurants just behind the hotel.

  Sep 07, 2025
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  Great place

  Great place to stay. Very clean. Great location around restaurants. Uber is available and Casco Antiguo is 15min away.

  Aug 13, 2025