We stayed for only one night and would never do it again. Our room was dirty, dark and smelly. The bathroom was tiny, the shower fixture was broken, and there was no hot, or even tepid, water. There was no waste basket in the room, not a single napkin, and no glassware. Promised internet connection, a must in our case, was nonexistent. The staff was not able to move our car, claiming that it was too complicated to start it. We ended up parking it ourselves on the street in the middle of the night. As for being B&B, sufficient to say that self-served breakfast, more like a coffee stand in your local grocery store, offered rotten apples along with bread, bananas and cold cereal. Maybe it was just our luck, but it was a worse hotel stay ever. Shame, really!

I am attracted by the top 5 ranking in san juan hotels. And I would say it is a pretty good hotel: good location and clean room, simple decoration. If you pay below 120, this is something you should consider .
Also I want to say the ranking is a little bit overated. Most people here are satisfied with this hotel because their low expectation. I would recommend holiday inn express to you if you increase your budget a little bit(10 bucks per day). You will have a better and modern service there.

We stayed at El Canario in December.

The rooms however are not the cleanest. The service at least during the nights is quite bad. It appears that the management believes that they are doing you a favor by letting you spend time at their hotel. We had booked for six nights but we ended up moving to the near by Holiday Inn after a couple of nights.
The parking situation is quite bad around this area of San Juan.
The location however is quite central. This might be a good option if you are looking just for a place to crash while you do the sightseeing in Puertorico.

My sister and I had one night in San Juan and we were on a budget. I had done some research on TripAdvisor and this one got some pretty good reviews and the price was right. It is a budget hotel but the rooms were clean and the air conditioning was great. We wanted to do some sightseeing so we asked the gentleman at the front desk and he was fantastic! He gave us impeccable directions for taking the bus to Old San Juan (a short ride) and a ferry to the Bacardi distillery and gave us some more ideas. The location is nice as well because it's not on a busy street but only 2 blocks from a bus stop and close to restaurants. The only thing I might recommend is to bring some socks or slippers because there was not carpeting in the room. We had a great stay though!