Grillo Tres Puntas — Hotel in District of Zorritos

I've lived in Peru over a year and spent over six traveling in latin america. i have seen all kinds of lodges, hostels, hotels, and airbnbs. this one ranks second worst, and not by much. I dont know what the 'eco' stands for in this lodge, unless it means they haven't done a thing to keep the property up since they first opened. I have two friends who stayed here 3 and 5 years ago who said it was fantastic. Times have changed. My friend and I booked a room with two beds. When we got to the property, it seemed like no one actually worked there. It still isnt clear who did, what is clear is that few of them care. When we were shown the room there was only one mattress. We clarified that we had booked a room with two and a second was brought. We didn't think we would have to touch it to know it was damp. We only found that out later when we went to the bungalow to sleep to find it was beyond damp and we would have to share a bed. I asked about an outlet, and the guy showing us the room gestured to where the fan was plugged in (but fan was not moving), and said just that one- no big deal, we could share one if we had to use the plug. The pillows are made of cottage cheese seemingly, but that is not uncommon in peru. When we returned to the bungalow at night, to realize we would have to share a bed, we couldn't find the switch for the fan. We didn't find a switch, but we did find a gecko and a few dead moths. It was clear our bungalow had not been cleaned in a very long time. There were several gecko droppings on top of our mosquito net. Luckily someone who worked there came to bring a drink (that i had ordered over an hour ago and gave up on, telling them i would have it tomorrow). He also had indicated hours before he would bring us pillows but did not. We asked where the switch was and he said there wasn't any. Keep in mind it is incredibly hot here, even at night. He said that the fan plugged in is all that was needed, when clearly it was not moving. We said that it was unacceptable to put people in a room with no fan, with very little air coming in the room, when he had known earlier it wasn't working. He played stupid and said the owner told him to put us in that bungalow, and there was nowhere else to stay. He was also incredibly rude and didn't apologize or even acknowledge their mistake Had it not been late and pouring rain, we would have left. The bridge that you cross to get to the outhouse was made of logs of wood, but not enough, so there were dangerous gaps and it was slippery with the rain. Also, it was dark, and thankfully we had headlamps. Someone, much later, put on a light that would have been helpful. There is also toilet paper rammed up in the top of the structure, what it is blocking, no idea. The heat was too oppressive to sleep and the mosquito net must have had holes because we had many things flying within it. In the morning we were able to see that the wires to the fan were severed- this was not a new thing, and it would have been clear to anyone in that room at any time that the fan wires were totally burnt out and didn't connect. In the morning we explained to the person working at the desk (again, totally unclear who works there, no one is helpful other than one nice woman from Spain). We explained that we hadn't slept in the hot room with no fan, full of bugs, droppings and dirt. We were given 10 soles off (3.5 dollars) and comped the happy hour drink (even though i only got one of the two drinks, whatever). It wasn't offered, we had to ask for the discount. I am sure this place must have been cool when it first opened and maybe a few years after. Not sure who is to blame for the nastiness, burnt out fan wires, gecko poop (that had clearly been there for some time, or if its the volunteer staff who dont care). This place was horrendous and i would't wish...

I think there's a great way to do an eco-lodge that's both environmentally conscious and comfortable. Grillo 3 Puntas was not one of these. Instead, the "eco" part of it felt more driven by laziness than by concern for the environment. When we arrived there, there was no signage to indicate how the hostel was trying to remain sustainable, and no one on staff mentioned it (or really anything else, for that matter). A few things you should know:||- The staff is extremely hands-off, in fact I think most of them are volunteers. So no one showed us around the property, explained anything about the room, or were available for questions or concerns||- All water is recycled, which is a nice idea. That means that the water from the sink pours into a bucket, which you then use to flush the toilet by pouring it in. This wasn't explained to us, and isn't obvious, so worth noting||- The shower was very unsteady and almost fell down a number of times||- There are lots, and lots of bugs, which was to be expected given the location. However, our room had two beds but only one mosquito net. So one of us got eaten alive||- The room was not cleaned prior to our arrival. I think the sheets had been laundered, but nothing else. There was an ant infestation in the bathroom, spiderwebs everywhere, dust and dirt in the corners, etc.||- Breakfast consists of bread, butter, jam, juice, coffee/tea. Nothing else. Don't expect eggs.||- It's not within walking distance of any restaurants or shops, you have to take a mototaxi whenever you want to go into town||||All of that said, I think the biggest issue was that I felt really unwelcome while I was there. I didn't know where I was allowed to go, what I was allowed to use, who to talk to if I had a question or problem. No one made it clear that they were in charge, or even worked there, and I felt a...

Grillo Tres Puntas:||This hotel gets foreign (mostly European) 'volunteers' to build guestrooms for paying guests instead of employing/paying locals to do so. I found the ethics of this questionable in a country where a significant proportion of the population live under the poverty line.||Pros: |- Nice clean deserted beach area.|- Very good swimming pool|- Beautiful restaurant area with impressive walkway to the beach / swimming pool||Cons:|- Located next to a busy road outside of town where you can hear traffic roaring past at all hours.|- There is no table service at the restaurant. If you want something, you have to go up to the kitchen to ask for it. |- Food takes far too long to arrive. Half an hour for breakfast, an hour for lunch. |- The shared 'kitchen' is in fact a shack with a pit for building wood fires with minimal cooking equipment.|- The owner is a bad tempered Spaniard who scolds his staff in front of guests.||There were a few things we didn't undersrand for a eco hotel: bottles and rubbish around the bungalows...||As with many hotels these days, the use of the word 'eco' in the name merely signifies poor...