The bungalows are really nice, huge window with a sea view. Beach is really close and that is hard to come by in Manuel Antonio, as this is rather mountainous region. We even walked to the National Park from the hotel, it's not that far. The staff is very positive and helpful. The drinks in the restaurant are pretty nice as well!

The food in the restaurant is not only relatively expensive, but also really bad. Breakfast is OK (buffet) but if you order something for lunch you may regret this as we did. The driveway to the parking lot is quite steep and you can damage your car if it is low and you not careful.

perfect location! Far enough away from the park that the beach was not too busy but still so many animals. we saw monkeys every day, iguanas, lizards, agouti, macaws, and even an anteater at the beach! kids loved the fun pool with a little waterfall. we loved having beach chairs to hang out out in and it’s a very fun beach to play in the waves. Villas were basic but clean and great views, definitely a hike to get up to the room. very good, filling breakfast.

Restaurant food was not great and prices were very high. stick to the burgers and pizza there.

Pros: Beautiful beach; great location; nice staff. If you want easy access to a beautiful beach, then this place is great. The rooms are very basic, but nice. Lunch and dinner at the restaurant is very good, but expensive. We also found the resident monkeys entertaining. Plus, the entrance to the national park is only a mile away or walkable by beach.

Cons: If you are in a mountainside room, you either have to climb a bunch of steep stairs and no Wi-Fi, or stay in a lower room with the noise from the busy street. Also, if you have a mountainside room, you have to cross the busy street to get to the beach. Finally, I was disappointed in the breakfast: no meat, no pancakes or waffles, and runny scrambled eggs. All that being said, I still think the pros outweigh the cons. I would stay here again and book a beachside room.

My daughter and I stayed on the beach side of the road. Our room had a nice view of the grounds below and you could see the ocean. Just a short walk from the room to the pool, restaurant and beach. It was nice to have direct access to the beach from the room and the hotel provided beach chairs for its customer with beach service for food and drink.

We originally had a room booked up on the hill on the road across from the pool, restaurant and beach. It was around 150 steps up the hill from where we checked in and is quite the hike. The view is beautiful once you get there. We opted to move down closer to the pool. You would not want to stay in a bungalow with small children because of all these steps. When you are at the beach the constant stream of locals trying to sell you something is can be annoying.

Staff was friendly and helpful, food was good, and near the beach.

I did not recall seeing in the hotel details that property was divided in two areas, one on the other side of the main street, next to the front office that is where I stay( there was a lot of noise due to the cars passing). Also, my room was the last one on the 1st floor next to the fence (#112), and I felt a bit like no one had stayed before (bit dusty and a use soap use in the shower), I had a scorpion visit during night.

Location was perfect, right on the beach and a walking distance to both the national park and restaurants. The views from our villa were spectacular, absolutely beautiful. You could spot capuchin monkeys, agoutis, iguanas, hummingbirds etc daily from the terrace of the villa. The room was a decent size for two and the buffet style breakfast was good, although the same every morning.

The bathroom door wouldnt lock. Not an issue for us though. Also the climb up to the highest villas is quite tiring, but worth the views.

2 min walk to the beach Nice breakfast Very friendly and helpful staff

Food and drinks are overpriced The room isn't much modern

the location of the property was very good - close to the city, right on the beach - this is very nice if you wish to spend some time just chilling on the beach. there is a private seating & sunbed area of the hotel, also you can lay down on the beach on your towel. staff was nice & helpful. the pool area is nice, as well as the garden of the property. fenced parking for hotel guests is convenient

- there are 2 parts of the property - one on the beach side, other behind the road - ie you have to cross a road to access the other part of the property / beach area. obviously, the area behind road has a different feel to it - sunbeds - could be more of these on the beach - pricing - the prices are crazy - 12$ for a cocktail, 50$ for a dinner for 2 (each having one dish) whilst the food honestly isn’t that great

Thank you for the available upgrade to the beachfront room. These rooms are amazing. The best, I think, for close beach access, for Espadilla beach..and down from the park entrance (=quieter). The included breakfast was great! The open air dining area is so nice as are the beach tables for later in the day. The loungers set up by the beach are also super nice and convenient. It was lovely to have pool access too- a great way to end a sandy salty beach day with a nice fresh water dip (after a rinse off at the convenient outdoor shower). The was clean and the beds comfy.. nice to have a balcony too. And so much wildlife and beautiful gardens! Wonderful staff!

BE AWARE the mountainside cabins are WAY UP and on the other side of the road. The view is great but the climb makes you think twice about popping back to the room and/or taking anything extra up!! We originally booked this one, not realizing the extent of the climb and were very fortunate to be able to stay beachside for 3 of our 4 nights. If all 4 had been mountainside we would not have been happy! The kitchenettes are very outdated... generally the whole property could use a freshen up (it has been around a while) but the staff are fantastic and its still locally owned and run..

The rooms on the side of the beach don’t have ocean view but they’re looking to the gardens which was nice, lots of wildlife, having our own beach loungers was the highlight as we didn’t need to rent any or walk somewhere else. The staff was amazing.

Be aware the hotel is located in 2 places, some rooms are by the beach and the other ones are on the other side of the road, even reception is located crossing the road. We booked the street view rooms without knowing they were literally on the street completely the opposite side of the beach.