Stay was fine… but there was an issue with the water the next morning. There was NO water in the morning and they couldn’t figure out what was wrong.

Awesome view from room that was matched by the staff's hospitality. Very quiet & peaceful location. Was told by Ivan the owner is planning some projects to take care of needed cosmetic repairs. Only negative is that local taxi drivers we used had problems locating the hidden driveway entrance.

Honestly the size of the room was bigger than most apartments in North America, however the bait and switch of the beach photos was not impressive to me. In the marketing photos of the hotel it shows that the hotel is right on the main beach in the town, but really it's 10 minutes outside of town on a horrible ugly part of the beach where it's not swimmable. There is nothing around this property except a extremely overpriced restaurant a few minutes away by walking on the beach. There was nothing at the hotel for food or drinks apart from a vending machine. Not even coffee in the morning. If you're there as a couple and you want to go into town every day to get food I would say stay here however if you don't want to leave the hotel bring your own food and drinks as there is nothing around like I said before.

Such a sweet place with kind staff. Big rooms at affordable prices. Recommend having a car.

A nice calm place and the staff was nice and very helpful

This was a lovely place. We stayed in "El pájaro" (the rooms are named for Lotería cards, which I love). It was absolutely huge. Large living area, super-comfy couch, full kitchen, dining room table, two queen beds, separated by a wall so it feels like two bedrooms, and a balcony overlooking the pool and ocean. Iván and the other staff were super-friendly (as were the guests!). It is very pretty. The one negative is location if you are not in a car. (If you are, there's free parking and you're set) You can get to/from Bucerías on bus easily and very cheaply, but it's almost impossible to walk anywhere. There are no cafés, shops, in walking distance and Carretera de la Playa is essentially a highway so you can't walk on it. It would have been great if we could buy milk, bolillos, a beer, the basics walking distance. The beach immediately to the right of Casa María is privatized and you can't walk there, which is a bummer, though you can walk left. We walked to Bucerías on the beach, but it's quite rocky and a very narrow beach, so not easy and doing it with groceries it would be very difficult. (If you want to drive to restaurants, no problem, but we were eating "in") We loved Casa Maria itself and it was still a great visit and I do recommend it. Also, there is one fancy hotel just down the highway (that you can walk to in 3 min) that has a restaurant. We had a beer there on the veranda one night and it was really beautiful. (Baklava is the name - they have a website)

Great little apart hotel. Only 7 units so the pool is never crowded. Kitchen has everything for basic cooking. Filtered water provided. Ivan, the manager, is super friendly, helpful and quick to deal with any issues. The house keeping staff are awesome. The beach in front is hard to swim at because of rocks and it's very shallow, you need water shoes. 10 minute walk towards Bucerias and the beach and water is great. The restaurants close by are quite expensive, better to go into town. Hail down the bus outside the hotel, 10 pesos, same on the way back.

I appreciated the beautiful ocean view. Every suite has this as each one is long and narrow. As others have written, it is a 40 minute walk on the beach to downtown Bucerias.