we arrived the third week in january, mid-week. the greeting was cordial with fresh, cold juice drinks and cool, wet towels at the reception desk. we asked about an upgrade and for $90 a night more we got one of the nicest suites they have. we were in the vista suites on the fifth floor. great room. very large with separate toilet and shower area and tub. huge king bed, flat panel tv, couch, dining table and a wet bar area finish out the interior. the balcony has a hot tub and table and chairs and a spectacular view.

there is a pool located with bar/restaurant within the vista suites area that we used the entire time we stayed (6 nights). it has about a dozen loungers around with umbrellas. there weren't so many people staying when we were there so it was easy to get loungers. i suspect the area would get crowded quickly. the pool is really nice and has a waterfall and infinity edges with killer views of the ocean. we spent a good amount of time here and it was very relaxing. diego makes a mean piña colada.

the hotel's grounds are beautiful and well maintained. monkeys were in the trees and raccoons and gekkos were lurking around. they have three pools, one in the vista suites area, one adult only pool halfway between the suites and the main building and the main pool next to the bar, restaurant and lobby.

the restaurant (there are several i think-only seemed one was open when we were there-next to the don juan bar) is a pretty, comfortable and the food isn't worth your money or time. to be honest we only ate there twice-first night dinner and third day quick lunch so we obviously didn't do an exhaustive test drive. but dinner and dinner service was bad on the first dinner so why bother. we did find have one redeeming find though. we ordered sushi as an app the first dinner and it was fresh and tasty. we had some more for lunch and it was good too. so get the sushi and leave dinner to other places.

we used iguana tours for our transfers to the airport and tours on the catamaran, mangrove tour and manuel antonio park tours. dennis was great, adrian too. recommend you use these guys.


Bottom line is we'd go back here in a minute. Great location, clean rooms and grounds. Great, friendly staff.