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The Pelican Poshtel

3.0 star property

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Hallway
Front of property
Lobby sitting area
Family Apartment | 1 bedroom, free WiFi, bed sheets
Lobby sitting area

Reviews

6.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Pet friendly
  • Housekeeping
  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi

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74 Calle Venus, Carolina, Carolina, 00979
  • Carolina Beach
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Isla Verde Beach
    ‪2 min drive‬
  • Casino del Mar at La Concha Resort
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • San Juan (SJU-Luis Munoz Marin Intl.)
    ‪4 min drive‬

Room options

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Double Room, 1 King Bed | 1 bedroom, free WiFi, bed sheets

Double Room, 1 King Bed

  • 248 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Double Room, 1 Queen Bed with Sofa bed | 1 bedroom, free WiFi, bed sheets

Double Room, 1 Queen Bed with Sofa bed

  • 398 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Large Twin Sofa Bed

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Basic Room | 1 bedroom, free WiFi, bed sheets

Basic Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Superior Apartment | In-room dining

Superior Apartment

  • 592 sq ft
  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 Double Bed, 1 Twin Bed, 1 Large Twin Bed and 1 Twin Sofa Bed

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1 bedroom, free WiFi, bed sheets

Double Room

  • 151 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Standard Apartment | Living area | Smart TV, Netflix

Standard Apartment

  • 603 sq ft
  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 King Beds and 1 Queen Bed

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Double Room, 2 Double Beds | 1 bedroom, free WiFi, bed sheets

Double Room, 2 Double Beds

  • 398 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Family Apartment | Private kitchen | Fridge, microwave

Family Apartment

  • 603 sq ft
  • Sleeps 5
  • 2 King Beds and 1 Queen Sofa Bed

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Double Room, 1 Queen Bed | 1 bedroom, free WiFi, bed sheets

Double Room, 1 Queen Bed

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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About this property

The Pelican Poshtel

3-star guest house in Isla Verde
Along with a microwave in a common area, this smoke-free guesthouse has a refrigerator in a common area and wedding services. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include a garden and a TV in a common area.
The Pelican Poshtel offers 19 air-conditioned accommodations with complimentary bottled water. Smart televisions come with Netflix.

Bathrooms include showers. This Carolina guesthouse provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

The Pelican Poshtel features a terrace, a garden, and a television in a common area. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. This Carolina guesthouse also offers a microwave in a common area and a refrigerator in a common area.

The Pelican Poshtel is a smoke-free property.

Languages

English, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • No onsite parking available

Things to do

  • TV in common areas

Conveniences

  • Guidebooks
  • Shared microwave
  • Shared refrigerator

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Wedding services

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • 1 building
  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Netflix
  • Smart TV

Food and drink

  • Free bottled water

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Window screens

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:30 AM

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions and an access code; access will be through a private entrance
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Access code, private entrance

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 50 per pet, per stay
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
1 total pets
Pets cannot be left unattended

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Pet fee: USD 50 per pet, per stay
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly)

Property is also known as

The Pelican Carolina
Pelican Guesthouse Carolina
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Carolina The Pelican Guesthouse
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Pelican Guesthouse Carolina
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Carolina The Pelican Guesthouse
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The Pelican Poshtel Reviews

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 371 out of 1020 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 184 out of 1020 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 147 out of 1020 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 108 out of 1020 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 210 out of 1020 reviews

7.4/10

Cleanliness

6.8/10

Staff & service

6.6/10

Amenities

6.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

shabnam

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
FULL of ants, both alive and dead. Bathroom was brimming with them— it was actually shocking to see. Also, so many strands of hair on the sheets — balls of hair, strands of hair, short/thick hair, long hair. Disgusting.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Janette

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Definitely not as advertised
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

Gretchen

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with partner
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Bathroom and parts of the room had black mold , no ventilation, walls and ceiling had dirt/stains. Mattress also had mold.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Jesus

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 8 nights in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Trevor

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

AVOID

Not as advertised. Pictures look much nicer. This is run down and even when “cleaned” it’s dirty. There were stains on everything and hair everywhere. The virtual front desk can’t help with anything when I arrived past midnight after a day of traveling with kids. The code to the door didn’t work and after telling them 3 times and them assuring me they gave the right code, they finally had me try a different one that finally worked. The ONLY reason we still stayed the night is that there was literally nothing else available at 1am. We got out of the there as fast as possible in the morning.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Joseph

Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Holly

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Easy check in. Property clean. Room a little tight but very nice. Large bathroom
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Jose

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Callie

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

2/10 Terrible

Kesha Beatrise, ELMHURST

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
Summary: unresponsive staff, unsecure facility/rooms, no amenities, prison cell like room aesthetic. Only recommend booking if you are out of options or traveling alone. Straight up white cement walls, a bed, and a fridge. No proper windows, no furniture, no decor. Everybody can hear everything in neighboring rooms. Killed many roaches which is strange because there’s no furniture for them to hide. You are given a sheet as your blanket. Bathroom has no vents so smell and humidity will linger in room. Old, unmatching towels are given by hotel. The toiletries in the room smell hospital grade. Hot water has to be manually turned on. When I contacted management to change rooms or cancel second night, they were not responsive but were able to respond when I asked for a hairdryer. The location is good. Right next to Calle Loiza so you have everything nearby from restaurants and the beach, also very near the hotel. The rest of the property is nice. Everything else was horrible experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Paul

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Oscar

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Ciro

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Don’t feel safe, doors doesn’t work properly….NO windows in the room. Etc
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

4/10 Poor

David

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

The illusion of safety

I am going to start by saying that it really looks like the owners are trying to make a nice little boutique hotel. So the 2 star rating is for the effort, not the execution. Safety is the biggest concern. In the daytime it looks like a nice enough neighborhood but when you travel with family you want to know you are locked in safe and sound. Unfortunately, this was not the case. The front gate looks sturdy and has a passcode. The problem is that you can reach through the bars and open the gate from the inside. Then there is a second passcode for the room. This problem is that they do not change the codes per visit. There is no one on site and they text you the codes. We stayed one night each a week apart. I got the texts confused and we accidentally coded into the wrong room. So, the codes are not changed. Anyone that has had the code can get into your room at anytime. When we got to the correct room there were no screens and you could reach through the metal hurricane slats to open the door from the inside without a code. The room was mostly clean but could have used a once over and there was a mustiness that was present in the bedrooms. The bathrooms were nice and clean with excellent water pressure and temperature Overall, however, I do not believe our family would stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Family PR

Walking distance from restaurant, grocery, beach. Perfect location for uber availability. Local vibes Nice size fridge in rooms.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Absolutely awful

I read the reviews before coming so I wasn’t expecting much but it was far worse than expected. I received a text with gate and room codes for check in, no need the front gate lock is broken so we walked right in. So much for security. Next we walked around to our room and immediately upon entering we were hit with the overwhelming smell of paint. There is no front desk and no one answers the phone so we could not ask for a room change. The one small window in the room doesn’t open for ventilation, we were stuck. Everyone in the room had a headache, the smell was so bad. Next were the showers. We had NO hot water. I mean none. Thinking if was just time of day with others showering for dinner (which shouldn’t happen in a hotel anyway) my husband decided to wait and shower before we left for the airport at 4 am- still no hot water. Finally, it is a very noisy place. While this is not the fault of the hotel itself, it’s worth knowing before you book. We were woken up at midnight and again at 2 am by people outside of our room. The room itself was what I expected a bed, tv and ac. Nothing fancy, just a place to sleep. Website said bottled water, we didn’t get any but you can’t drink the water there so plan to pick some up. The shower was pretty moldy looking.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Business traveler, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Clean rooms and great food nearby.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

4/10 Poor

Laura

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The reasons I'm only rating this 2 stars is are: The pull out bed (which was one of the cheap IKEA ones with a seam down the middle and was on the verge of falling apart) had no pillows or blankets, so we ended up using towels as blankets and we donated a pillow off one of the beds. We couldn't give them a blanket off the bed though because each bed had only one very worn thin blanket with burn/melt marks on it. The shower head sprayed water in all directions (which might be one reason there was mold in the bathroom) so that I had to stand on my tip-toes to get the water to hit my head enough to wash my hair. The door (and maybe walls) are very thin and its right next to a busy road, so it was very noisy all night with cars and people. The door was thin enough that it actually felt a little unsafe. Check-in was a little confusing because there are 2 buildings on the same block and we went to the wrong one first, but we figured it out, so not too big of a deal. The dishes from the last guests hadn't been put away yet, and there was some sand still in the bed. Lighting was the super bright blue bulbs everywhere. Outlets were high up on the walls with no shelves so we ended up pulling up chairs and suitcases to be able to charge our phones. There is very little parking. the only good things I can say are that the appliances worked, and it was just a short drive to the airport. Next time we're in San Juan, we will stay somewhere else.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

2/10 Terrible

Diamond

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
i’ve emailed you for a refund.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ana Aracely Alvarenga

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

2/10 Terrible

Beja

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room it’s self was TINY …. Towels smelled unwashed we ended up buying our own.. concrete flooring is terrible feels dirty.. Rooftop loungers were dirty.. pictures of the property were very misleading..Room doors loudly slamming all night literally jolting you out of your sleep.. Staff was helpful when needed
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

4/10 Poor

Elijah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

False advertisement, & lack of care

The complex was nice and clean, but there were just a few things that made the experience disappointing. The first one was the false advertisement of the room, the pictures portrayed online were completely different than the ones from the room. It looks like a completely different room and not in a good way. Wouldn’t have bought the room if I knew it was going to be like a tiny coffin, with no window light. The other inconvenience was the refrigerator didn’t work. We could even keep food and drinks cold which really sucked in this Puerto Rico weather. I reached out the room service about this issue but they didn’t even acknowledge the issue or give it any attention. They also didn’t provide us any wash clothes or rags.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Christina

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely place

This was a nice hotel, not far from the beach and plenty of delicious restaurants. They offer housekeeping when requested, and it’s in a quiet location. We enjoyed our stay very much
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2025