Hotel Guarana

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

So let me start by saying this place was picked by the tour company I used for Costa Rica. The rooms are dirty there are bugs and mosquitoes everywhere. I have never had a hot shower here. There is also electric wires coming from the wall to the shower head never seen that before. It is in a great location and from what I saw of the price on Google pretty cheap.

The accommodation is run by a friendly owner. Rooms are comfortable and the cleanest I stayed in during my time in Puerto Viejo.||The complex is secure and rooms have a free safe. The accommodation is located off a quiet location, a short walk from the main drag.||Definitely value for money and I would stay again.