Thebonairian

3.5 star property

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Outdoor pool, pool loungers
Sun deck
On the beach, scuba diving
Breakfast, lunch and dinner served
Exterior

Reviews

9.0 out of 10

Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Room service
    Room service
  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping
  • Laundry
    Laundry

Explore the area

Map
EEG 2 boulevard, Kralendijk, Bonaire, 31005
  • Donkey Beach
    2 min walk
  • Bachelor's Beach
    7 min walk
  • Te Amo Beach
    10 min walk
  • Bonaire (BON-Flamingo Intl.)
    14 min walk

Room options

Superior Double Room

  • 45.0 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

Romantic Double Room, 1 Bedroom, Ocean View, Beachside

  • 24 sq m
  • Ocean view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Deluxe Room

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Deluxe Double Room

  • 24 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Superior Room

  • 43 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About this property

Thebonairian

Waterfront hotel with an outdoor pool
At Thebonairian, relax by an outdoor pool or hit the beach where you can enjoy scuba diving.
Thebonairian offers 8 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and coffee/tea makers. 43-inch flat-screen televisions come with digital channels and Netflix.

Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries. This Kralendijk hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

During your stay at Thebonairian, you're just a quick walk from Donkey Beach. Features include free WiFi in public areas, plus 2 bars and an outdoor pool.
  • Free WiFi
  • Drinking and dining options include a coffee shop, a restaurant, and 2 bars/lounges
  • Continental breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Take a swim in the outdoor pool
  • Services include dry cleaning/laundry, a concierge, and tour or ticket assistance
  • Onsite recreation includes bike rentals
  • Steps from Donkey Beach and 7 minutes by foot from Bachelor's Beach
Along with a restaurant, there's a coffee shop/cafe on site. You can unwind with a drink at one of the 2 bars/lounges. WiFi is free in public spaces. An outdoor pool, a terrace, and barbecue grills are also featured at Thebonairian. A complete renovation of Thebonairian was completed in June 2020.

This 3.5-star Kralendijk hotel is smoke free.

For a fee, guests can enjoy continental breakfast daily from 9:00 AM to noon.
Onsite venue - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

Dutch, English, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • No on-site parking available

Food and drink

  • Continental breakfast available for a fee daily 9:00 AM–noon: USD 27 for adults and USD 10 for children
  • 1 restaurant and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 2 bars/lounges
  • Room service available

Things to do

  • Bike rentals
  • Outdoor pool
  • Scuba diving

Family friendly

  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Fridge
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Beachfront location
  • Garden
  • Pool sunloungers
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

More

  • Renovated entire property – June 2020
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Free cots/infant beds

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • 43-inch flat-screen TV
  • Digital channels
  • Netflix
  • Streaming services

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Fridge

More

  • Desk
  • Safe
  • Soundproofing

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Free cribs (infant beds)!

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for continental breakfast: approximately USD 27 for adults and USD 10 for children
  • Electricity fee: USD 9.50 per night

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit
The front desk at this property is open daily from 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM.
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival.

National rating

This property does not have a Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Tourist Board rating. For the benefit of our customers, we have provided a rating based on our rating system.

Property is also known as

Summer Dreams Ocean Club Hotel Kralendijk
Summer Dreams Ocean Club Hotel
Summer Dreams Ocean Club Kralendijk
Bonairian Hotel Kralendijk
Summer Dreams Ocean Club Bonaire/Kralendijk
Bonairian Hotel
Bonairian Kralendijk
Bonairian
THEBONAIRIAN Hotel
THEBONAIRIAN Kralendijk
THEBONAIRIAN Hotel Kralendijk

Thebonairian Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 38 out of 58 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 14 out of 58 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 4 out of 58 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 58 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 58 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

steven, kalamazoo

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Outstanding value. Located on the ocean with good snorkeling and sunsets. Carlos, the manager is very attentive to making sure everything is going well. Great outdoor seating, including cabanas, small pool. Comfortable room. I couldn’t have hoped for more. Very close to the airport and the town (very few flights so very little noise.).
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Karla

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We were a group of four and booked two rooms. The manager/chef/hosts was so great to us. We all agreed this was the best hotel from our ABC Island trip. We we catered to the whole time. The gentleman from the bar was also delightful. We seemed to be the only ones staying for the first 2 days so it felt very intimate. We loved it!! Beautiful place and views for days. Food was also amazing.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Noel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A very pleasant stay with an amazing staff Carlos was outstanding and extremely helpful making us feel very welcomed.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth Anne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff and attention to detail. Despite bbq night, chef made a fabulous Indonesian mushroom and rice dish for vegetarian. Lovely dinner views. Very convenient if flying out early near airport.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Irena

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The peace and tranquility of the place
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2022

4/10 Poor

Carla

Business traveller, Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
not worth the money
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Robbin

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay a few days. Great service from the manager mr. Carlos
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

robert

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property is small and intimate. They work hard to make it pleasurable!
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Jason

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
The staff, service, location (on the ocean), restaurant, all was excellent. Highly recommend! Thank you Carlos and the Jose 😀
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Tucker

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Awesome little hotel with a spectacular open view at a reasonable price! We loved our visit to The Bonarian!! Also a great location, very convenient!
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
More like a private villa than an hotel, very relaxing and enjoyable stay.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Huge potential. Very well located, beautiful design. But maintenance is insufficient. Rooms are very clean, but the rest of the property less so. Service lousy. A pity - with a competent staff this could be a first rate hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Kim

Welcome to Paradise
I cannot recommend this quaint, quiet, relaxing and friendly staffed hotel enough. I spent two nights here and it was total paradise. if you're looking for easy dive access, quiet, good food from chief Carlos, comfortable daybeds to lay on and a very simple yet satisfying place to stay that has more of a boutique feel, I would highly recommend the Bonairian.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

jen, baltimore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful location on the sea in boutique hotel
Loved this hotel and all of staff. Wonderful options for being in shade or sun while a few steps at hotel itself into water for snorkeling, or into hotel’s fresh water infinity pool overlookkng the sea. We were extremely happy with our choice and during our week saw nowhere we’d have preferred over this intimate hotel in a perfect, quiet location. Only improvements would have been a larger menu, and a room where cross ventilation to enjoy the balmy air would have been possible (but we suspect front window set up as it was, not to open, for security reasons). We would very happily return here, and if we return to lovely, far less touristed Bonaire, we will do so.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Delroy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel
Great stay and nice views, the hotel manager is friendly and helped with any thing we needed.

8/10 Good

Bill, Texas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel on the beach with friendly staff
My wife and I were looking for a quiet beach destination to celebrate our 30th anniversary and enjoy one of our favorite pastimes, snorkeling. A close friend who is a diver said that Bonaire was an ideal location and he was right!!! This small hotel is just minutes from the airport and you don't have to go any farther than the crystal clear ocean in front of the hotel to enjoy some great snorkeling. Afterwards you can lay down and relax under the covered palapas and the staff will bring your favorite beverage. The owner of the hotel answered all of our questions (i.e. local restaurants and recommended snorkeling locations) and he was a gracious host. We never had difficulty communicating anywhere on the Island in our native English language and it was an added benefit that the US dollar is the official currency. Most of the dive and snorkel locations on the Island are right off the beach next to the road so you need a rental car to travel from place to place. We can't wait to return!!!

6/10 Okay

Damian, Cheltenham

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great snorkel base but a little underwhelmed
A quiet and amazingly placed hotel with a family home feel about it with only around 10 rooms. Sadly when we checked in another couple arrived to check in so we were shown to our room and left without a real explanation of how the bar/Resteraunt worked and how to get a drink or book dinner while the owner showed a Dutch couple to their room. We then went to the bar to grab a beer and find out a little more but there was no one there so after 20 minutes we left to explore the main down town area, which is only 5 minutes drive. A little sad that we were on our honeymoon and we booked a double room only to find it was two twin beds pushed together with a large gap between them, but hey. We stayed for four nights during which time out room was only cleaned on the last night, and we were asked to check out early as they were expecting "important guests" and so needed our room. On the plus side the snorkelling just outside our room was incredible as was the view. Can't comment on the food as we didn't know how to book or even how to see a menu.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent small hotel right on the beach.
This is an excellent hotel with its own small private beach and great views of the ocean. The staff is helpful without being invasive. We stayed in a stand alone room just literally steps from the ocean and great snorkeling which also gave us a lot of privacy. The food is great albeit a bit pricey with a limited menu, however Kite City ( rated the best " restaurant " in Bonaire) is just minutes away. The rooms were immaculate. Our only complaint is that the lighting in the bathroom was not bright enough.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Had a great time
Great Stay. Wonderful Host

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The perfect hotel to stay in Bonaire
The hotel met all of our expectations. The location is perfect and has an espectacular deck with a nice swimming pool. The views are amazing. Lars and Mary are very nice! They made our stay very pleasent. we will visit again for sure

10/10 Excellent

Russell & Linda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great small hotel
Had a great holiday. Lars and team provided plenty of friendly service and made us feel at home.

10/10 Excellent

Judy, New England

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
At Summer Dreams from New England winter
Summer Dreams was the perfect selection for me. It is a small, 6 room, resort and it felt like staying in a private home. I stayed there with my husband but he was away on business for a portion of our visit. I had no car, but I could easily walk or swim to Donkey Beach which the resort abuts. Bachelor Beach is also within walking distance. It is right on the water and the snorkeling in front of the resort is spectacular. I ate breakfast there each morning, breakfasts were additional, and the quantity and selection of food is plentiful. Our room was clean, modern, large, had a ceiling fan and AC and had a wonderful rain shower. It also had a huge closet convenient to store suitcases and gear. Lars and his staff were wonderful, helpful and Lars is an excellent chef. Dining is open air on the deck or under the very spacious veranda both overlooking the water. The resort is close to the airport, within sight, and planes arrive overhead, but I found that to be intriguing as not many flights arrive on the island.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Robert & Heather
Amazing trip from the beginning to end, thanks Lars