The Mill Resort and Suites Aruba

The staff very friendly. Awesome Location however the rooms need a touch. The sinks were crack and dirty.

the room i stayed in was newly remodeled and it was perfect. Be sure to ask for an updated room and they will find you one..

The Mill Resort is located across the street from The Westin Hotel on Palm Beach in Aruba. It is a small friendly complex of about 200 rooms. It is nothing fancy, but the rooms and grounds are kept clean. It is within walking distance of many casinos, restaurants, and Palm Beach. I stayed for three weeks for the price of one week at the more exclusive high rise hotels. Since I spent all of my time at the pool, the beach, and the casinos at night...a luxurious room to sleep in was not a priority. If you are on a restricted budget, The Mill is for you.

The Mill Resorts is a relatively inexpensive, older, non-inclusive resort where you will have to pay more for the extras: internet, lost towels, etc. Located 5-minutes walking to Palm Beach and ~$25 taxi ride from the airport. The pool is very relaxing and beautiful and the bar closes at 10:30. Pros: Location to Palm Beach, Price, Pool, Cold Room, Family Friendly Cons: Somewhat dated, no free wireless, scared of losing deposit over nothing

this is the 10Th time I've stayed here- good value, clean, & good location. pleasant week in Aruba. SJS

The Mill Resort is cozy little 220 room 2 level hotel on the main drag of Palm Beach in Aruba. There is nothing fancy, but in Aruba what do you really need? The employees are competent and friendly. The pool is well kept and you can always find chairs or you can take a chair at the beach. You can walk to all of the casinos and many fine restaurants. I stayed for 19 days for the same money that I would pay for 1 week at the all-inclusive high rises across the street. For me, I get more "bang for the buck" at The Mill.

My stay was brief,but pleasant. The staff was friendly, the pools were great, and the location is good. This hotelis a great place to get up to three adjoining rooms.

Beautiful pool area. Guests are young, down to age 3, If you want to converse in English with the other guests; forget it. Many tweens, with and without parents. If you a Gay single male forget that as well.Nice staff, but everything costs you. U.S. phone service is so expensive you really need to call collect. They encourqge it. Your cell phone should work great if you are willing to spend hundreds of dollars to make a few phone calls daily including checking voicemail.Cab to airport will cost $30.00 each way. A beer at $ 5.00 apiece. The Europeans are very well behaved and cluster to each other, probably because of language and culture. Your not going to start a conversation with the Swede, Dutch, Spanish or Columbian family next to you. They keep to their own. Additionally, Idon't think they speak English.The rooms are nice and have really nice Euro bathrooms which are large.Activities are geard to kids and the really dull.. The rooms have full kitchens but the hotel makes sure you do not have a food market anywhere near the hotel zone. You have to drive downtown to get to a market. Which means you have to get a car. You can take a bus, but try that with groceries. A quarter mile to get to good restaurants and shopping is O.K. And you get to sightsee, mostly of more expensive hotels. And getting out of Aruba is pure Hell..It will take 3 hours or more and you and your luggage is checked a half dozen times over. That is of course when TSA shows up, which is not a sure bet at least when the airport says there supposed to be there. So you wait.

It was a good hotel. Definitely good service for the price. We didn't expect a 5-star gig so it was fine. In general customer service in Aruba was not that great and this hotel was no exception. However, the Colombian bartender, Enrique, was amazing. He helped us find the cool places to go to, and would keep us entertained during a short breaks at the bar. He introduced us to a small group of guests staying from Venezuela so we were able to make nice friends that we are still in touch with. The Internet fee at the hotel is a bit of a rip off but I guess one's not there to be on the computer. Also, the beach is not as close as one would think but they have a shuttle and it is within walking distance. Also, they're late night snacks--sandwiches--are horrible. Make sure to buy things at the supermarket if you have a car, or get it from the hotel store before it closes. Otherwise, you'll come back to your hotel at 4am after partying and you have nothing to munch on. :)

This was my second trip to the island, my first trip in 2005 and my 2nd trip in July '09. Previously I had stayed at the Hyatt and choose The Mill this trip due to budget reasons. I found the hotel to be clean although not as fancy as others which is what I expected. [...] at the front desk, was very helpful and friendly. I didn't charge anything to the room due to opinions I had read prior to my vacation so I didn't have any problems with incorrect charges. Upon my earlier than check in arrival, our room was ready, unfortunately that room had only one king bed and we needed two double beds. That was corrected immediately and the new room was also ready. Our room was located on the side of the property facing the Westin on the first floor with patio access to the grassy area by the pool. The furnishings and tile in the bathroom were a little outdated but it was clean and the cleaning staff came each day in a timely manner to perform their cleaning duties which left the room with a nice citrus scent each day. The air conditioning worked great, as a matter of fact I had to use 3 blankets to accomodate my friend's need to stay cool! I didn't experience any problems with bugs as noted by other travelers opinions. My complaints are: the shower pressure was not the best,the towels not the fluffiest(no washcloths available, only hand towels), refrigerator wasn't that cold even on lowest setting,the closet set up with 3 sliding doors made access difficult for both sides at the same time. The pool area was very quiet with no activites as noted on their website. It was always clean of any debris and water just the right temp to cool you off. The beach area was okay, a little crowded with chairs and people but no problem getting a chair in a sunny or shady spot and the shuttle service was timely. No big deal to us to be across the street from the beach. The buffet breakfast offered was overpriced, but we found that 2 bagels w/ cream cheese and 1 coffee @ $6.50 to be sufficient, plus we went grocery shopping at Super Food on Sunday open from 10-1 for our breakfast and lunch food. The hotel location couldn't be better to access downtown and low/high rise areas plus there is a bus stop close. The bus was $2.30 for a round trip, $1.3 for one way and not normal to wait more than 10-15 mins for pickup. A taxi to downtown I think was around $12. I would definitely stay at The Mill again. The concierge was helpful with info reagrding the island and bus routes, the mini mart in the hotel was not overpriced and had most of the things you may have forgot to pack, and the rental car desk clerk got an economy car for us without any reservation for a reasonable price which we were able to drop off at the airport for a small charge the day of our departure. If you are expecting a 5 star resort this is not it, but if you are looking for adequate accomodations with easy access to the island this is your spot.