Hotel Oceanic

This place is well past it’s sell by date. While the rooms with ocean view are very nice, the breakfast is miserable and the service on the bar is terrible. Imagine having no Sauvignon Blanc in Chile. The corniche location. Is a nightmare as the road is essentially a motorway.

This is not a 4 star hotel. The condition of the rooms and overall facility would reflect more of a 2 or 3 star hotel. Our window shade was broken and would not open. It was noisy on a busy street and difficult to sleep. You could easily hear noise from the hallway and adjacent rooms. The rooms are basic and without frill. They want to serve you breakfast in your room, but the rooms are tiny and do not have tables. I later discovered this is because the dining room is small and can not accommodate all of the guests. We asked to eat in the finish room, as did two other groups of guests but the tables were not cleaned when we went down there. The breakfast has instant powdered coffee — NOT something a 4 star hotel should ever do. To check out, we had to wait for housekeeping to “check the room” and make sure you didn’t take anything from the minibar. A 4 star hotel should trust their guests and let you have an automatic and speedy checkout. On the positive side, the pool is nice and the view of the sea is beautiful. Cost was 99 USD. Not worth the price.

We loved our 5-night stay at Hotel Oceanic. We had a large balcony room with a view directly over the ocean with Vina del Mar and Valparaiso to the left, with no road or path to interrupt the panorama – such a treat! The staff were helpful, attentive and professional. We enjoyed the breakfasts and facilities such as the heated outdoor swimming pool. The location is perfect, between Renaca and Vin Del Mar and we commuted between these by Uber. The price was incredible value for a room with a balcony on the ocean. The compromise is that the hotel is a little worn in places compared with a bland new hotel, but it is very characterful, clean and well maintained. We will definitely return. Andrew McKenzie