We stayed at El Bambu for only one night after visiting Braulio Carrillo National Park. It's a nice hotel with the rooms tucked back in the forest. The restaurant at the hotel was decent, but not great. The rooms were clean with good a/c and nice beds. The staff was very friendly and helpful.

We stayed in El Bambú for three nights on our tour of Costa Rica. We came with a group of 8 teenagers and 5 adults. Both the kids and the adults loved the hotel. The rooms in the back of the hotel have the rainforest as their backyard. You pass a lovely wooden walkway in order to reach them. The... More

Imaginative layout of the rooms follows an elevated boardwalk back into the forest, away from the town. Rooms are good sized with very private balcony porches. Good A/C. Nice showers. Located in a quiet typical small town that is pleasant to explore, friendly people, non-touristy. Friendly helpful staff, nice pool, good restaurant. Convenient base of touring the area (Tirimbina, Pozo... More

There is nothing much to do within Sarapiqui so make sure to pack you days with activities outside the city. Aboot the El Bambu: Liked the most: - The pool area - The rooms Liked the least: - The inconsistent service - some staff were very friendly and spoke english while others didn't seem to know or care much -... More

We stayed for few days to discover the locality of La Selva biological reservation. Overall, the city and its surroundings is pretty poor , so you could consider hotel El Bambu to be a luxurious hotel, which you could see on its prices. However, I wanted a clean, quiet, safe place to stay and that definitely was met. The rooms... More

We stayed here for one night in July 2010 (myself, my partner, and our children, 14 and 10). We loved the setting, with the main street of Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui on one side, and the jungle on the other. Our room backed onto the jungle and was reached over appealing raised wooden walkways with views of jungle trees. The... More

We traveled with EF Tours and had 29 people in our group. Our room was not ready when we arrived. The maid came and began making the beds! With our broken Spainish we told her that we wanted clean sheets. She smiled and said si. When she was done we checked the beds and they were not clean sheets. Finally... More

The short guy at the reception desk was not helpful and the only thing he would say to us when we asked him about something is that it is full; this included all activities we inquired about and the hotel in general, which the only other guests we saw while there were some construction workers. The manager was much more... More

I stayed at Hotel el Bambu for a night and thought it was rather quaint. I would stay there again. The room was basic, but had a phone, television, and hot water. The street was a little bit noisy, but nothing ear plugs couldn't fix. The hotel is centrally located in town. It was across from a park right in... More