Guest User
March 11, 2024
I, my wife, and four friends stayed at Los Establos on our visit to Panama and had a wonderful time. The location on the hillside on Jaramillo overlooking Boquete and facing the Volcano, Barú, was idyllic. The staff treated us splendidly, Alina at the front desk took care of making arrangements for activities for us, and was helpful with everything. The staff in the dining room, Nairobi, Marvin, Ricardo, and everyone else were brilliant. One person in our party had an aversion to cilanto and cumin, and the waitstaff remembered and they would alter the recipes for dishes to exclude it just for them. They also remembered our favorite drinks, foods, etc. Housekeeping kept everything tidy, and I never saw a groundskeeper, but the grounds were meticulous. The main building has a kitchen/bar area where they kept a fridge stocked with sodas, tonic water, and Panamanian beers, and there was ample coffee and tea as well. There's a room with a table at the end of the main hall for playing games and doing puzzles, and a lounge area in the main room. Every day there was a happy hour in the main main room where they featured two drinks of the day made to order (which were quite popular). There's a nice little whirlpool spa and pool that we made use of a few occasions too (it's a small pool, and too shallow for diving). We stayed on the first floor of the main house where the rooms are largely identical. They are spacious, equipped with TVs and TiVo (which I didn't use), their own mini-split heatpump for you to set the temp to your liking (though the weather was so mild and pleasant at the end of February). Each room had an armoire, nightstands, a small cabinet by the TV, an upholstered chair, a loveseat in a reading nook, and a small terrace with table and chairs for two. The shower was big with one of those rain-sprinkler heads and a riverstone floor (which I liked but my wife found too bumpy). The beds and linens were super comfy. Honestly, it was heaven.