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Magnolia Inn

2.0 star property

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Junior Suite | Hypo-allergenic bedding, in-room safe, desk, laptop workspace
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Reception
Reception

Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning
  • Housekeeping
  • Kitchen
The current price is $91
includes taxes & fees
Jun 29 - Jun 30

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8-18 Calle 8 y Calle Boquete, Panama City, Panama
  • Place, Metropolitan Cathedral of Panama
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Interoceanic Canal Museum
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Place, Avenida Balboa
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Airport, Panama City (PAC-Marcos A. Gelabert Intl.)
    ‪8 min drive‬

Room options

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Junior Suite | Hypo-allergenic bedding, in-room safe, desk, laptop workspace

Junior Suite

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(22 reviews)
  • City view
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed
  • Free WiFi

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Deluxe Triple Room | Hypo-allergenic bedding, in-room safe, desk, laptop workspace

Deluxe Triple Room

7.0 out of 10
Good
(8 reviews)
  • 269 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Large Twin Bed
  • Free WiFi

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Deluxe Quadruple Room | Hypo-allergenic bedding, in-room safe, desk, laptop workspace

Deluxe Quadruple Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(3 reviews)
  • 269 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds
  • Free WiFi

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Superior Room | Hypo-allergenic bedding, in-room safe, desk, laptop workspace

Superior Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(23 reviews)
  • City view
  • 215 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed
  • Free WiFi

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Quadruple Room with Private External Bathroom | Hypo-allergenic bedding, in-room safe, desk, laptop workspace

Quadruple Room with Private External Bathroom

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(3 reviews)
  • 269 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds
  • Free WiFi

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, in-room safe, desk, laptop workspace

Suite with balcony

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed
  • Free WiFi

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, in-room safe, desk, laptop workspace

Suite Premium Room with Bath

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed
  • Free WiFi

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About this property

Magnolia Inn

Hotel in Casco Viejo
This smoke-free hotel features a microwave in a common area, a refrigerator in a common area, and concierge services. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, express check-out, tour/ticket assistance, and a front-desk safe are onsite. Change of towels is available on request.
Magnolia Inn offers 14 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and shared/communal kitchens. Guests can make use of the in-room full-sized refrigerators/freezers and microwaves. Bathrooms include complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.

This Panama City hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Smart televisions are featured in guestrooms. Hypo-allergenic bedding and change of towels can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Magnolia Inn features a terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and concierge services. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. For a surcharge, the property provides a shuttle from the hotel to the airport (available 24 hours) and a beach shuttle. This Panama City hotel also offers express check-out, a front-desk safe, and a microwave in a common area.

Magnolia Inn is a smoke-free property.

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transportation

  • No onsite parking available
  • 24-hour airport drop-off shuttle on request for a surcharge
  • Beach shuttle (surcharge)

Family friendly

  • In-room full-sized refrigerator/freezer
  • In-room microwave

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Shared microwave
  • Shared refrigerator

Guest services

  • Change of towels on request
  • Concierge services
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No elevator
  • Well-lit path to entrance

More

  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 55-inch smart TV

Food and drink

  • Cleaning supplies
  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
  • Microwave
  • Oven
  • Shared kitchen access
  • Stovetop
  • Toaster

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Laptop workspace
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM

Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Contactless check-out available

A late check-out fee will be charged

Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 72 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation

The front desk is open daily from 7:00 AM - 11:00 PM

Guests will receive an email within 72 hours before arrival with check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours

To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation

Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Cribs (infant beds) are available for PAB 15.0 per stay

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: PAB 40 per vehicle (maximum occupancy 4)
  • A late check-out fee will be charged
  • Crib (infant bed) fee: PAB 15.0 per stay

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

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, debit cards, and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Magnolia Inn Panama City

Magnolia Panama City

Magnolia Inn Panama/Panama City

Magnolia Inn Hotel

Magnolia Inn Panama City

Magnolia Inn Hotel Panama City

Magnolia Inn Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 282 out of 474 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 106 out of 474 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 54 out of 474 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 20 out of 474 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 12 out of 474 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Erik

Traveled with group
No phone in the room. No small fridge. No iron or iron board. Ac was not cooling. First night was no water to shower etc and we weren't informed. I wrote to whatsapp number for hotel and never recieved a response. I wrote online recieved a response 1 and a half day after saying they will onform front desk to reimburse something from our first night due to no water. To date i haven't recieved any response and thats been since 23 Jan 2026. What we paid was def not worth it.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2026

4/10 Poor

Daniel

Traveled with family
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Since we used travelocity they treated us poorly. Made us wait for over an hour while checking in other guests, they kept telling ux they had to validate our room. Room stunk of mold so much caused a headache. They changed our room. Room shade fell off the wall. Overall run down hotel not worth the money. Pictures are nothing like the rooms.Avoid if possible
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2026

10/10 Excellent

alba

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
The staff was pleasant. The rooms were clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2026

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The hotel was comfortably adequate. The staff were great ... they made the stay!
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2026

6/10 Okay

Linda

Traveled with group
The room was clean and comfortable until we found a cockroach on the nightstand. The staff was friendly and helpful. The common area kitchen could use some sprucing up. The refrigerator was full of half used products and could use a good cleaning.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2026

10/10 Excellent

Kelley

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff very accommodating. Clean room, great air conditioning, comfortable beds. Nice common area with coffee and drinking water. Staff very helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2026

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great location
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2026

6/10 Okay

Carlyne

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
There is a confusion for the hotel staff to understand and provide services to this who pay hostel prices (there is a hostel on the same premises) and those paying full price for hotel rooms!!!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2026

6/10 Okay

Annie

The staff were friendly and located close to a lot, but the room was pretty bare bones. The tv didn’t work, which isn’t a big deal. Overall just meh.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2026

10/10 Excellent

Andrew, Rockford

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was great and the staff very helpful. Will definitely stay again
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2026

10/10 Excellent

Monica

Traveled with group, Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed on the hotel side. Great location, but a loud location. Spotless room. Comfortable bed.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2026

6/10 Okay

Neil B

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was attentive and great. In fact, the staff was put in a difficult position as reprentatives of an inadequate facility. The pictures and description do not properly represent the reality of Magnolia Inn. Magnolia is primarily a hostel and most staying there were backpackers staying in dormitory rooms. My backpacling days are well behind me and I expected to be staying in a proper hotel for our one-week stay. Unfortunately, our room had no closet for our clothes. No bureau to put our clothes away. No housekeeping services....Fortunaely, after four nights the staff was able to move us to another room that had a closet and housekeeping. My problem is not that the Magnolia did not provide these services but that the property was not presented for what it was and was not.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2026

8/10 Good

Craig

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was clean and the hotel was in a great location close to many things to do in the old city. There are lots of restaurants and cafes near by where you can have breakfast or enjoy a great dinner. The only thing I need to mention is that some of the nights there was some loud music from some out door dance club or restaurant that lasted until 2:00 AM. This did interrupt our sleep
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2026

10/10 Excellent

Sharon

Traveled with group, Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great customer service, wonderful room and great location.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2026

10/10 Excellent

chris

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2026

8/10 Good

Stacey

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2026

6/10 Okay

jim

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
room ok but place appears to mainly a hostel
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2026

10/10 Excellent

Katelyn

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Kind staff. Convenient location. Simple but nice accommodations.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2026

2/10 Terrible

Andrew R.

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Here is my honest review of the hotel and the deluxe private room we booked: 1. The hotel was difficult to get to because of the configuration of the surrounding one way streets 2. The room smelled musty, and when we turned the air con on, it smelled of mold. Our lungs hurt after 40 mins in the room 3. When we tried to wash or hands, we discovered our room had NO RUNNING WATER. We went to the front desk and they said there was no water throughout the entire hotel cz their water tank needed to be refilled and the truck couldn’t get there to refill it. We cancelled our reservation, demanded our money back, and booked another hotel. The front desk staff were very nice and apologetic. I’m disappointed that Expedia would have this hotel with such a high review rating on its site. It was certainly misleading.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2026

10/10 Excellent

James

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Location location location. Also, the common area and kitchen were very nice. We really appreciated the staffs willingness to store our bags prior to check in.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2025

6/10 Okay

Thomas

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Broken Marble steps that the hotel could not repair because of it being a Heritage site. Small rooms. Noisy streets in Caseo Viejo. Rooms don’t have good lighting and the shade was broken. Staff however were good and accommodating.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2026

10/10 Excellent

Tansri

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stop for a couple days. Room is on the smaller side, there are three of us. But it spotless. The common room upstairs is fantastic, a space you can chill, do a bit of work or even cook your meal.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tryniti

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Perfect for walking to things in Casco.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2026

10/10 Excellent

Tryniti

Traveled with group, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The Magnolia is perfectly placed in the heart of Casca Viejo in Panama City. It’s also a very short drive (10 min) to the Miraflores Visitor Center to see the Panama Canal. It’s incredibly walkable. It’s a five min walk to all the attractions in Casca Viejo. I also found it easy to get picked up and dropped off for ride share apps (Uber). The hotel offered a pick up/drop off service from the airport. I used the service to get from the airport to the hotel so that I wouldn’t have to worry about transportation first thing. It would have been simple to just call an Uber and it would have saved me about $20. Ubers in Panama City in general are very easy. The hotel also offered a daily walking tour of Casca Viejo (tips only). This tour was great! It was about 2.5 hours. It left the lobby at 9:45 am. Walked all over. This may have been the highlight of my stay. The hotel was nice. It was clean, the beds were firm, the bathroom had shampoo and body wash. It felt slightly dated but not dirty. There was a shared kitchen space so all guest could cook, use the fridge or freezer, use the appliances, share ingredients/spices, etc. I didn’t use the shared kitchen but I think that’s a cute idea. There was tea and coffee offered every morning in the shared kitchen area (there was not a coffee maker in the room). The staff were nice and gave me information about where to eat a few times. They offer luggage storage, which we used twice without any problems.
Beautiful ceiling
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2026

4/10 Poor

Jonathan

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
the hotel itself was really cute. we loved the room itself, but the exterior bathroom had cockroaches. overall, the room (for the external bathroom) was really clean and nice, but the bathroom, with the bugs at night, was not the best. loved the location as well.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2025