Costa Rica Backpackers

A good value-for money hostel with friendly staff and decent, clean and functional rooms. The food at the restaurant was really tasty and very well priced! The only areas for improvement were the showers (I had no hot water, which was probably an unlucky isolated incident), and the fact that after a certain time in the evening the lights were switched off in the social areas, which is a shame! Overall I’d recommend and will return soon.

I stayed at this hostel twice and overall had a fantastic experience. First of all, the location is excellent — it's about a 10-minute walk to the city center and the National Museum. There are also plenty of restaurants nearby, giving you lots of dining options. One of the highlights is the swimming pool, which is quite rare for a hostel and a great bonus. The hostel also offers good privacy — each bed has a reading light and a power outlet, which I really appreciated. The Wi-Fi is stable, and there's both an on-site restaurant and a shared kitchen if you prefer to cook your own meals. Overall, a great place to stay. I would definitely choose it again!

AVOID AT ALL COSTS!! The only positive thing in this hostel is people that are working there, they are kind and willing to help. The rooms are disgusting, everything said on the reviews is absolutely true. The sheets had hair, and were dirty and the walls as well. The room was smelling weird and there are no lockers you have to throw your stuff in some corner and pray not to be stolen. I overheard a group of people saying that the roof was leaking and there was water in their room. I end up leaving within hours. Of course it's non refundable and you have to pay before you even check the room. Authorities should inspect this place due to the poor hygiene.

The pros - this is about as good as it gets for budget travel! Great location close to downtown; a beautiful courtyard where you can meet and hang with other travelers; lots of hang out space indoors too; drinks and good quality meals are available at the in-house restaurant, plus there's an outdoor kitchen where you can prepare your own meals and store your food. Lastly, bed linens are clean. The cons - the hostel is adjacent to a light rail line, with loud rumbling and horns starting at 5:30am. Shouldn't be too big an issue if you have ear plugs, but just be aware of it. Also, the rooms are shabby... could use fresh paint and some newer furniture.

Book only one night needed to be closed to the airport prior to leaving Costa Rica. I arrived too early to check in so I left my backpack in the storage and went sightseeing. Rooms were cleaned however my issues was with the cleanliness of the bathrooms I wish they were cleaner . Shower’s didn’t have any hooks or shelves and I didn’t have anywhere to but my stuff other then the floor. I found a very cockroach in the shower which was also gross. Bathrooms could definitely be cleaner and furniture could be less broken done. Definitely more on the budget friendly side.

My bed was FULL of bed bugs. It was absolutely impossible to sleep. There was so much of them that I was able to see them. I booked for 2 nights, after the first night left this place, they refused to return me money. Apart from this everything looks good: atmosphere, people. it would be better to make this place more clean, but for this price it's fine

Hello, Unfortunately, my experience at this hostel was very disappointing, and I wouldn’t recommend it. When I arrived, I had an issue with my bank card and asked if there were alternative payment options. The person at the front desk responded in a very cold and abrupt way, simply telling me to go find an ATM. So I had to walk alone, at night, through San José — which didn’t feel safe as a woman traveling solo. When I came back, I noticed that PayPal was actually accepted as a payment method — something that was never mentioned to me before. I was also disappointed by the room, which wasn’t the one I had booked, and by the overall atmosphere from the staff. (To be fair, all the women at the reception were lovely and very kind.) A sad and frustrating experience.

The hostel is good to socialize, but impossible to sleep. I booked a private room there and there is no glass in the windows so you can hear literally everything. It was a Tuesday and there was music until almost 2am at night, you can also hear other people talking in different rooms as the walls are so thin. The bathrooms and showers are also really dirty. Lastly, you should be careful when checking in, the guy at reception insisted that I pay 75 USD for the night even though on my mail it said 30 USD, after a while of discussions he found out that he was at a different account and I only had to pay 30.