Hotel Presidente - San Jose, Costa Rica

Lovely hotel with an outstanding location! We stayed three nights before joining a Costa Rica group tour. The location was amazing, walking distance to the national museums, the national theatre, and one of the best restaurants in San Jose ( Silvestre). The rooms were simple but well-appointed, with really comfortable beds. Breakfast was wonderful and we appreciated the coffee available all day. The public spaces in the hotel were all lovely and we really enjoyed the rooftop bar. Service was outstanding, Amanda at the front desk was great! Every employee we encountered was professional and welcoming. Overall, a great stay!

If I could give more stars for service I would. The service overall in Costa Rica has been fantastic but these folks set a new bar. Responsive and helpful for any questions that might come up. Timely assistance with bags and check in/check out. SQUEAKY CLEAN rooms and the breakfast was very good. Walking distance to museums and a couple parks. I’m not maybe the best on describing ambience but maybe industrial chic? Lovely plants everywhere including their rooftop restaurant. We both loved the food. The bellhop/lobby supervisor Jorge efficiently facilitated our bags anywhere we needed to go and was SO helpful watching for our transportation when they were caught in traffic. He REALLY took care of us and too great pride in every interaction. We enjoyed our short visit there so much. Very restful when you know you don’t have to worry about a thing.

We stayed here for one night before traveling to the Osa Peninsula and one night after returning from the Osa Peninsula. We arrived late afternoon due to length of time getting through customs and traffic from the airport to the hotel was rush hour. ( normally 35 minutes, but rush hour was 90 minutes). We booked directly with the hotel and so they upgraded us for the first night to room 505 which was lovely. We also made reservations for the first night at their roof top bar/ restaurant which was really nice with great food and delicious drinks. The hotel also had free luggage storage so we left one suitcase with our travel clothes and coats with them since we were going to the rain forest and Sansa airlines had weight limits on luggage.|We used the hotel van for pick up at the airport and transport back to the airport both times. It was a little pricey, but nice for getting back to the airport and not waiting on an uber. The hotel recommended using an uber when we returned on Sansa airlines to get back to the hotel and that worked well. |When we returned to the hotel after visiting the Osa Peninsula, the staff member assigned us a room in another part of the hotel. This room was ok, but it looked like the typical airport hotel room and so we called the front desk to see if we could get room 505 again. It was available and so we switched rooms immediately. We were tired from our trip into the rain forest so just cleaned up and headed up to the rooftop bar/restaurant around 4 pm. We enjoyed the late afternoon weather with delicious appetizers and drinks before calling it a day. The next morning, our flight was early afternoon so we were able to enjoy the hotel’s delicious breakfast buffet. We would recommend staying here with a room like #505.

Hotel Presidente is located in the middle of town and easily walkable to the pedestrian shopping street, all museums and lots of restaurants. However, it’s very quiet inside. The rooms are large, fresh and immaculate and air conditioning and showers are refreshing. Staff is very helpful and the decoration is lovely. We didn’t get a chance to eat at the 5th floor restaurant but heard it was beautiful and delicious. Breakfasts had much variety and were in a nice setting. Wouldn’t hesitate to return!

Beautyful and stylish Hotel in the center of San José. Spacious Superior Room with everything you need to feel like at home. Very friendly and helpful staff makes your stay even more enjoyable! Rich breakfast. Valet service and safe parking for your car. It was our pleasure to stay at The President Hotel!

The standard rooms are about what you would expect. No real complaints. It did what we needed. The rest of the hotel common areas were quite beautiful. The breakfast was good, the coffee strong! Location was perfect for getting in all the last call sights in downtown San Jose! Everything is close.

The hotel is in a very good location and the communal areas of the hotel are nice. Our room was big but very plain and the bathroom wasn’t great, the water pressure in the shower was extremely weak and it took ages for the shower to heat up. Our booking included breakfast, however we had to leave at 6am and despite informing reception of this, we were not offered a takeaway box for breakfast so we did not get good value for money.

The valet parking worked well and we made our way to room 505 which we were allocated. We felt it small , cramped and looked into a brick wall. Reception helpfully let us change to 301 which was spacious and looked into the Main Street. Breakfast was a good selection buffet . We too like another previous reviewer had to leave a day early and couldn’t get a refund. But at least the receptionist tried for us and was apologetic when management said no. We just put it down to a hazard of travelling. Would probably stay here again if returning to area and wanted a central hotel with parking