I just loved staying here, it is a small quite family oriented place - the staff is very nice, they treat you well and the food at Tulip (the hotel restaurant) is very good (try the T-bone steak). If you want to go crazy at night then you will have to either take a taxi or find somewhere else to stay because the hotel does not offer much chance for a party (I would recommend going to the "moonlight beach party" in town - it is possibly the weirdest and greatest party I have ever been part off). If I ever return to Aruba I will definitely stay here again, because the hotel is so cheap you have a little extra room in your economy for renting a car and seeing the rest of the island (I recommend a trip to the natural pool). The beach is just 50 meter away and is very nice although "turtle beach" at the other end of the island and Mumba beach near the Marriott is better.

This small hotel is a great value for the money - we got $48 per nite thru Expedia. Includes breakfast. Hotel and rooms are clean - Food at the hotel (Tulip Resturant) was quite good and very reasonable - even bar tab was not too bad. Free internet access, free ice from bar, across road from Eagle Beach. Somewhat isolated. Eagle Beach has a lot of jet skis on Sunday, but is otherwise ok. Bring a cooler and do your own thing.
Most clients of hotel are European, but everyone was very friendly.
Would repeat for the value.

If you are coming to Aruba on your honeymoon trip looking for a romantic or somewhat luxurious place to stay at, or if you are coming with your family expecting resort-like entertainment, an activities menu and pampering, you will be better off paying triple the amount you pay at the MVC and go to a bigger hotel in the island.
If you are, however, a practical couple or family on a budget looking for a clean and decent place to stay at, the MVC might suit your needs depending on what your expectations are. But to be honest, finding a place so close to the beach (across the street) that charges about $63 a night (during low season), including breakfast for two people… is hard to beat in Aruba. That is, if you do not mind the fact that the rooms feel more like spotless college dormitories (this used to be a former Dutch Marine Camp after all) although your kids and you too might end up loving it. Couples: please note that the rooms do not have a queen size bed, so what you will need to do is put two twin beds together. This is what my husband and I did upon check in. The next day, our housekeeper noticed this and changed our bed sheets and blankets for a queen size one, which was very nice of her, and once the bed(s) were made we could not tell the difference.
We were very lucky to get a quad room (two connected rooms for four people). The adjacent room had a table and chairs and an extra bunk bed (ideal if we had children). Our room had a small fridge to store our beers and sodas. The bathroom had a cloth line to hang your laundry or wet swim wear although there was a laundry room with a dryer on premises as well. Each room had a small AC ,which worked perfectly well and cooled down the room completely without any noise (talk about Japanese technology!). This place would have been perfect if it had also a kitchenette. But then again, with the money we saved by staying at the MVC we were able to rent a car and go to all the snorkeling spots in the island during the day and had extra money to treat us a nice dinner here and there (mind you food is not cheap in Aruba). We were hardly at the hotel and when we were there, we also had a choice to go across the street to the beach, go to the bar at the hotel small and casual, you could also borrow some board games there and there is also a computer with free internet connection), and or eat at the restaurant called Tulip on premises (prices are reasonable and seemed popular at dinner time). The beach across the street has some palapas and you can borrow old beach chairs from the hotel and carry these across as long as you return them after using these. Yes, I know, at first I was also making a big fuss about it because the beach chairs were a bit old and I did not like the idea of carrying these, but these turned out to be really light and having a free beach chair was far better than having to rent one or having none at all! The MVC Eagle Beach hotel caters primarily to a Dutch clientele so we were not surprised to find out that the small reception office is only open in the morning until around 2:00 and opened later on in the evening when most KLM flights arrive to Aruba. The ladies at the reception are very helpful and friendly don't get me wrong, but since we arrived on an American Airlines flight during the afternoon we did not find anyone to help us check in the first day and it was a bit disconcerting. The keys to our room were provided to us by the waitress at the bar who forgot, however, and we do not blame her since it was not really her job, to give us the whole orientation and mention to us that breakfast was served only until 9:30… And we end up missing it by 20 min on our first day. But after we put our sad puppy faces, the very same waitress did what she could and provided us with some juice, fruit, coffee and yogurt that morning although the bread, cheese and cold cuts had already been put away. As you see, for every minus we encountered at the MVC, there was always a plus to make up for it. Overall our experience was positive and we would stay here again. We even liked the fact that most of the guests were Dutch couples, which were for the most part very down to earth, quiet and courteous… much more different than the loud, spoiled and sometimes ugly American tourists we encounter at bigger hotels.