awesome beautiful hotel great vacation, just got amazing stay el san juan hotel casino 5 nights, place amazing, pretty snobby traveler high standards quality hotels bars restaurants, not understanding people thinking ca n't hotel good remarks, honestly nothing bad say place stayed tuesday july 1st sunday july 6th, stayed un-remodeled garden lanai room ground floor building room 165, rooms n't remodeled opinion simply not need, yes not modern highrise building hotel rooms located rustic/classy appeal newly remodeled rooms n't think really style resort, bed comfortable tiles floor nice furniture nice bathroom big modern fixtures granite countertops large single shower stand-alone soaking tub, decor tasteful elegant, wet bar dark wood granite countertops, best lanai room huge patio stepped garden hot-tub requested check-in resort gorgeous, 3 pools 3 hot-tubs, plenty places lay comfortable padded lounge chairs beds, say hard weekends early reserve one.we like beach better pool spent days, hotel plenty beach loungers umbrellas use, ocean clear blue warm, kinds water sports wave runners boats parasailing, course pay, paid 70 waverunner half hour thought pretty good pirce.we dined 4 hotel restaurants, ate lunch times beach club pool, good food little pricey lunch expected nice upscale resort, want cheaper food tons restaurants street isla verde blocks, ate pizza restaurant located galleria area good, evening dined yamato excellent night koco better food absolutely delicious.at night el san juan casino comes alive 4 bars lobby 10 pm place jam packed, likes hip upscale scene place especially weekends, 3 main bars filled people 20 40 live salsa music people dance, later evening open area salsa band plays bar seperate live bands music, 11 area play modern 40 pop hip hop etc.during stay took walks road isla verde el san juan located checked hotels ate local restaurants, opinion hotels road:1. ritz carlton nice blah capital b. felt like retirement home, quiet stiff n't wrong ti nice no atmosphere like ritz carltons stayed, pool nice boring, lounge chairs n't nearly nice el san juan, ritz aged 50+, ritz does not compare south beach ritz carlton hip vibe georgetown dc good scene, really boring, husband glad did n't choose ritz b/c esj ritz.2, intercontinental nice better score ritz boring, no atmosphere just nice hotel, did eat beach club restaurant afternoon good island/casual feel far hotel pool area concerned boring boring boring, 3. water club liked hotel small boutique hotel different esj ritz intercontinental, pool rooftop super teeny tiny, lobby tiny restaurant tangerine ate night awesome, hotel cool like small boutiquey hotels good choice, club called wet went party thursday night, actually party located 3 floors hotel 80 ground level 90 2nd floor modern music rooftop, views amazing felt like south beach miami scene there.one night went old san juan 10 minute taxi isla verde costs roughly 20 way, dined aquavia sp, awesome, osj beautiful definite head puerto rico.the nights water club evening osj evening just hung hotel various lobby bars unique kind scene, lots interesting people watch just fun happening, oh gambled little bit, problem getting blackjack table night talks bedbugs rude service bad hotel rooms, ridiculous, guess people say things elderly unable deal fun scene think outside bug bites bed bugs, sand fleas beach hotel warns provides free hotel warns beach early late pm use provided, went beach late laid beach day 10 3 pm got bitten line highest recommendations el san juan hotel casino recommend interested going, puerto rico gorgeous,