Not a bad little hostel. We stayed in two of the three deluxe rooms upstairs with the private attached baths (shower plenty of hot water, cold water sink, and toilet). The double bed filled most of the room and the roof pitch eats into even more room volume, but the room was clean and the bed adequate. Basic accommodations at their finest. Earplugs are recommended as the music from a nearby bar has no regard for the hostel's posted quiet hours.

The staff was friendly and helpful and the breakfast of coffee, cereal, fruit, and peanut butter and jelly on white bread was carb rich and geared toward the backpacking clientel.

Despite touring the cloud forest, the best photo I have of a toucanet was taken from the hostel kitchen.

Price of a dorm, but you get small double room w private bath, Friendly English-speaking desk, very informative & helpful. Altho quiet is requested after 10pm, there is some nearby noise later. Nice continental breakfast. Even has parking. Within walking distance to Santa Elena restaurants, esp Morpho's.

We chose this as a one night stop to allow us to visit the cloud forest. The property is nothing special, it is small and quite dated. There are the basics, a room, connected bath and a bed. There isn't any furniture or closet but again this is a backpacker's stop. The bed was decent. The bathroom although very sparse was very clean as was the entire property and there was plenty of hot water. The WIFI was workable and the staff was friendly and helpful. Staying at a backpackers hostel just adds to the fun of the trip....as you meet the most interesting people.

This was stop #2 out of 4 places my family of 3 stayed while in Costa Rica. I wanted to show my son different types of places people stay in vacation. I wanted him to know everyplace wasn't a resort. We did some back and forth emails with Alonso, and he assured me he'd save is a private room, with 3 beds, and a private bath.

I double checked the week before and he assured me 'no problem'. We arrived and were so happy with the place. We met a lovely woman from New Zealand, and other travelers. Our room was clean, the bed was actually really nice, clean, and firm. The bathroom was, well, not resort standards, but we did only pay $45 a night, including breakfast!

We stayed there for 2 nights which was perfect. We bought some fresh food at the Market very close to the hostel and cooked in the small kitchen. It was a nice break from going out to eat 3 times a day.

This place isn't the Ritz... it isn't even a Holiday Inn express :). It's a HOSTEL! :)... go for the experience, if you can handle it. We felt safe, we liked meeting other warm hearted people. I do think, if you're a solo person, it's only $10 a night, but than again you are in a room with other people... Again, it's an experience.

We had such a good time here. When we left, the Host Alonso needed a ride to Jaco, and we were headed that way and we took him. We learned much about Costa Rica and the lovely people there.

All in all, convenient, affordable, clean... I got what I expected!