Read the reviews on here before we went and it lived up to all of them.

Great hotel - rooms, pool, breakfast (try the fruit plate - guys on the next table photographed it !) and location all excellent.

Staff made great trip advisors - recommended and helped us book trip to Ometepe.

Would recommend without hesitation

We chose Patio del Malinche from reviews on here and I am SO happy I chose to follow everyone's advise! The staff is AMAZING. We were warmly greeted by Marcos and he directed us to the best restaurant in town a block away from the hotel (we ate there twice!). The hotel is just the right size. not too big, not too small. the rooms are a decent size and very comfortable. The free breakfast and coffee was incredible and I looked forward to it every morning. The pool is refreshing after a long walking day of Granada and the drinks were great. This is the best, most affordable hotel I've ever stayed in. We were always greeted with a smile by every staff member while they proudly work to make their hotel the best in town and it's WORKING! The stay was so enjoyable that we chose to go back to Granada the last day of our vacation and stay here again. I can't wait to go back for more! Thanks for everything Patio del Malinche!

The best choice for staying in Granada! The Malinche is small, quiet, beautifully tended, exceptionally clean and manned with the greatest staff! The location of the hotel is perfect - a short 5 minute walk to the center of town and the best restaurants. The breakfast are unbelievable, we ate the Tropical Breakfast every morning, the freshest fruit you could imagine! The staff was truly the highlight of the hotel, Lidia and Marcos went out of their way to make sure we had an unbelievable trip (from giving directions to making hotel reservations – they were truly interested in making sure you fell in love with Nicaragua). Things not to miss out in/around Granada: dinner at el Zaguan, drinks and dancing at Café Nuit, the market in Masaya, a day trip to the Laguna de Apoyo and a day trip to the Isletas! The hammocks at the hotel are the perfect place to relax after a long day of exploring Granada!

Hotel Patio del Malinche in Granada, Nicaragua, had a host of plusses, beginning with its great location, about 4 blocks off the main town square. The hotel was just a delightful tropical haven, complete with two interior patios flush with a variety of tropical vegetation, i.e., palms trees, banana trees, beautiful flowering trees (hence the name Malinche which is a fern-like tree with vibrant red flowers). Interspersed are hammocks where guests can recline at their leisure. The rooms, which looked down over all of this, were modest but were very clean with private baths and cable TV.

My friends and I were assisted during our 5-day stay by the super-friendly hotel staff, who helped us with everything we needed in terms of navigating the town and environs. We absolutely loved the place and plan to return again next year.