Hotel Guarana

Booked through g adventures. G adventures should not be using this place. Was very disappointed with the amount of money that I spent for this standard of hotels through g adventures. Rooms were dirty and very basic. Shower was rubbish and there is no air-conditioning.

Be careful! Had to switch rooms on arrival due to visible black mold on the walls. Witnessed them painting OVER it the next day. The location is great. 3 blocks to downtown. The house dog is friendly and beautiful. The garden is nice.

Sandro was a perfect host. The Guarana hotel offers you a very beautiful room with a nice patio with hammock where you can chill and have privacy. The Guesthouse is well located but very quiet. The room is cleaned every day, fresh towels, and the kitchen is well equiped. The staff is sooo friendly and polite. Everything is made con corazon!!!! I recomend: Go there!!! Me and my husband wanted to stay for three nights...we stayed more than a week because we liked this place soooo much.

A wonderful and extremely charming hotel. Great location and the staff were extremely sweet. Would happily stay here again. Pura vida!

I loved staying there: it was on a quiet block, but still close to the action with all the restaurants and the beach. The ladies at the reception were friendly. One of them spoke English. Once inside on the way to my room, I was surrounded by the greenery. The room walls were sturdy for a tropical place. It had a nice shower and not overly cheesy design like the other place with AC I have checked. My room did not have an AC, but the lush greenery, a fan and open windows compensated for it. I felt safe, since the place locks for the night. In the morning I woke up to the divine bird concerto and took a short walk towards the El Caribe bus stop to catch the bus to SJO Airport in San Jose. For the affordable price that I paid, I couldn't wish for more!

Ugh, the fact that they advertise mosquito nets is a good of enough reason to skip this place. It is just ick, the towels are cheep and some days smelled like smoke, they pretend to provide soap, but it is so watered down it doesn't do anything. A few other things, you can hear the TV and conversations in other rooms, the ventilation is horrible- rooms hotter than outside and everything is just old. Oh and a friend had a bat in her mosquito net. Just stay away.

Avoid. Avoid. Avoid. This place was probably lovey thirty years ago, but it is well past it’s prime. Everything is done on the cheap here. Cheap mattresses. Thin towels. No shampoo in the showers. Cheap curtains and decorations. Few outlets. Cheap art in the rooms. And there is very weak wifi for a place that is only 20 meters by 20 meters they should invest in a decent wifi router. There was black mold on the bathroom walls. You can do much better in Puerto Viejo.

This is a family-run business. The woman who owns the place, is very friendly. She has regulars that stay here as well. However, there is no hot water at this site. It is also very noisy here depending upon the other guests. You will have mosquito netting over your bed. Do not be surprised if you have other bugs in your room.