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Reviews of Hotel Pasatiempo

3 out of 5
Hotel Pasatiempo
Playa Tamarindo, Tamarindo, Guanacaste

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 202 out of 420 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 154 out of 420 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 29 out of 420 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 19 out of 420 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 16 out of 420 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Scott

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2024
Response from David on 28 Apr 2024
Thank you for your review We are happy you enjoyed our little oasis :)

10/10 Excellent

Mitchell

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great spot to stay while in Tamarindo, breakfast was awesome! David & Diego were awesome! Pura Vida, Thank you - Mitch, Canada
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from David on 26 Apr 2024
Thank you for your kind reviewWe are happy you enjoyed our little oasis :)

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from David on 29 Apr 2024
Thank you for your kind reviewWe are happy you enjoyed our little oasis :)

6/10 Okay

Randy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The property was beautiful with lots of gardens but the swimming pool was green and murky.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from David on 24 Mar 2024
Thank you for your reviewWe do pool maintenance daily and we try not to over use harsh chemicals. We are sorry you had a bad experience with the pool. Normally any such cloudiness is cleared up within 24 hours.

10/10 Excellent

Nicola, Vancouver

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The small cozy hotel is convenient to everything. The staff was great and the pool refreshing. Thank you, See you again! Nicola
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from David on 21 Mar 2024
Thank you for your kind reviewWe are happy that you enjoyed our little oasis :)

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
An excellent facility, well kept and somehow, even though it's in the heart of Tamarindo seems like an oasis from the busy streets, shops and restaurants. Very friendly and accomodating staff.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from David on 21 Mar 2024
Thank you for your kind reviewWe are happy that you enjoyed our little oasis :)

6/10 Okay

Robert

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
The location was central, however the downside is that it was very noisy at night.
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2024
Response from David on 21 Mar 2024
Thank you for your kind reviewOur central location can mean noise. We are working with the authorities to manage this.

10/10 Excellent

wendy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Visiting from sardinal,.I will make this my tamarindo stay from now on.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from David on 8 Mar 2024
Thank you for your kind reviewWe are happy that you enjoyed our little oasis :)

6/10 Okay

David

Travelled with partner
We enjoyed our stay. The pool was lovely and felt very private and relaxing. The property was enclosed and felt safe. There was a lot of noise from the street at night and nightlife but that isn’t uncommon in lively beach towns. Our room specifically wasn’t great. The toilet didn’t flush correctly and it needed some upgrades (fresh paint, new floor, etc). it seemed clean otherwise and we had no issues with bugs inside our room.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from David on 21 Mar 2024
Thank you for your kind reviewSea air, humidity and heat are hard on our facilities. We do extensive maintenance during the rainy season when we have less guests, and our maintenance team does touch ups as needed during the rest of the year. :)

10/10 Excellent

jeffrey

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Super cozy and friendly! Can’t believe the location ! The only recommendation i would have is changing some of the couches out. They’ve gotten a little soft !
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from David on 22 Feb 2024
Thank you for your kind reviewWe are happy that you enjoyed our little oasis :)

10/10 Excellent

Tommy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very pleased
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2024
Response from David on 22 Feb 2024
Thank you for your kind reviewWe are happy that you enjoyed our little oasis :)

2/10 Terrible

Regielyn

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from David on 22 Feb 2024
Thank you for your reviewWe are sorry you did not enjoy our hotel

6/10 Okay

Norval

Travelled with family
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
It’s an average hotel, maybe worth of 2 stars.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from David on 22 Feb 2024
Thank you for your reviewWe are sorry you did not enjoy our hotel

8/10 Good

Charles

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The place was clean y comfortable, not much availability to park cars
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from David on 22 Feb 2024
Thank you for your reviewWe are sorry you had problems parking even though we have ample parking in front of the hotelWe are happy that you otherwise enjoyed our little oasis :)

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 14 nights in Jan 2024
Response from David on 22 Feb 2024
Thank you for your kind reviewWe are happy that you enjoyed our little oasis :)

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff, all of them, were very nice and helpful!
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Hotel on 3 Feb 2024
Thanks so much :)

8/10 Good

Larry

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Some nightclub in the vicinity pounded music out until almost 3 AM
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from David on 22 Feb 2024
Thank you for your reviewOur central location means that sometimes Tamarindo night life can be heard in the hotelWe are happy that you otherwise enjoyed our little oasis :)

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
So disappointed!!
Worst experience ! Too many misquotes in the room, no space for parking , audibles noises from outside , paid breakfast was so so! Nothing was good about this hotel, and we paid 500$ per night! So disappointing…
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Grant

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Overpriced old and dirty hotel with mosquitos. Even the towels old with holes.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely property, kind staff, clean rooms, property well kept. Breakfast was delicious. Beautiful decor in the room… Just a wonderful stay.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from David on 1 Jan 2024
Thank you for your kind reviewWe are happy you enjoyed our little oasis :)

10/10 Excellent

Rebekah

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful Property
Beautiful, comfortable, and great service. Will definitely go back and highly reccommend
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from David on 1 Jan 2024
Thank you for your kind reviewWe are happy you enjoyed our little oasis :)

10/10 Excellent

Kathryn

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from David on 23 Dec 2023
Thank you for your kind review :)

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Hotel Pasatiempo on 14 Oct 2023
Thank you for your review! :)

8/10 Good

Kameron

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a great stay. The grounds are pretty with a nice pool and restaurant. Everyone was very helpful and nice. Only a short walk to the beach and has everything around that you would need. The only con was that the power went out twice when we were there, making the room very stuffy
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from David on 3 Oct 2023
Thank you Kameron for your kind review. We are happy that you enjoyed our little oasis. Sorry about the power outage - these things happen in developing countries and we do our utmost to mitigate any inconvenience to our guests.

8/10 Good

Kameron

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Gustavo

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Super close to everything would stay again very nice hotel
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Hotel Pasatiempo on 28 Aug 2023
Thanks a lot for sharing your awesome experience in our little oasis! We are really pleased you had a good time in our sweet place in Tamarindo! We'll be happy to welcome you back :) Pura Vida!

10/10 Excellent

Gabriela

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
great property, we loved the pool area. the place is so close to everything less than 5 min walk to the beach a lot of close restaurants. would stay there anytime.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Response from HPasatiempo. on 7 July 2023
Hello dear Gabriela!Thanks a lot for your nice review, we're glad such a nice experience! Hope to see you back soon! Pura vida!

2/10 Terrible

Sybrand

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Pictures are quite deceiving. It’s not what it seems. Showers were pretty rough.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from HPasatiempo on 15 June 2023
Thank you for you comment, pura vida!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in May 2023
Response from Hotel Pasatiempo on 9 June 2023
Thank yo for your review! Pura Vida :)

10/10 Excellent

Cristhian

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023
Response from David on 19 June 2023
We are happy that you enjoyed you stay in our little oasis :)

10/10 Excellent

Makenna

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I loved my stay, so close to the main strip of tamarindo yet a perfect escape from the party when needed, rooms were nice and water pressure was strong. Great breakfast and pool too :)).
Stayed 7 nights in May 2023
Response from HPasatiempo on 24 May 2023
Hello dear Makenna,Thanks for sharing us your experience, we're glad you had a nice stay and we'd love to welcome you back to our little oasis :)Pura vida!

4/10 Poor

Natalie

Travelled with group
Disliked: Staff & service
The front desk staff needs a lot of training. Very unwelcoming and didn’t go over basic information such as the hours breakfast was served and that it was included. The keys for the doors don’t always work. We did have monkeys in the tree right above our room which was pretty cool.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023
Response from David on 23 Dec 2023
Thank you for your reviewWe are working on improving the recpetion processAnd we have updated all the locksWe apologise for any inconvenience

10/10 Excellent

Audrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Response from Hotel Pasatiempo on 28 May 2023
Thank you for your review! Pura Vida :)

8/10 Good

Julia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Hotel Pasatiempo on 22 Apr 2023
Thanks :)

10/10 Excellent

Julyet

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Hotel Pasatiempo on 28 May 2023
Thank you for your review! Pura Vida :)

10/10 Excellent

Karol, Indianapolis

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from HotelPasatiempo on 29 Apr 2023
:)

8/10 Good

John

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
The grounds was beautiful. More mosquitoes than other properties we stayed, even in the rainforest area - though that is the price you pay for all the greenery around you. Pool was nice and warm, though trees above drop things into the pool so it is hit or miss whether clean or not. Wi-Fi did not work in our room. That all said, the room was nice, location was good, and overall we enjoyed it.
Response from Hotel Pasatiempo on 3 Apr 2023
Dear John. Thank you so much for your sharing about your experience in our little oasis.We hope you can visit us again soon :) Pura vida!

8/10 Good

Jane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Hotel Pasatiempo on 3 Apr 2023
Dear Jane, we are happy you enjoyed your stay in our beautiful oasis. We'd love to welcome you back soon, pura vida!

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Authentic Costa Rica feel, clean, simple and comfortable room centrally located. Great value. Loved the authentic jungle-like grounds.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Hotel Pasatiempo on 17 Mar 2023
Hello dear Brian!We really thank you for your kind words, we are happy you enjoyed your stay in our beautiful oasis.We'd love to welcome you back here, pura vida!

2/10 Terrible

Karan

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
DO NOT STAY AT THIS HOTEL. The room was filled with ants (small black ones and big red ones), lizards and other small insects. I personally had to dispatch multiple ants and one lizard. The room, bed, closet and everything else is old and crumbling and filthy. The blanket, hairdryer and bathroom floor were all covered in dirt, stains or god knows what else. The neighborhood is incredibly noisy and despite purchasing and using ear plugs, we could hear the neighbors and the loud music from the 3 surrounding bars/restaurants. We asked the management to come and do something about the ants and nobody contacted us or did anything about it! This is the worst hotel I've ever stayed at and we actually checked out early and stayed the remaining 3 nights in another hotel, at our own expense! I've been a long time Expedia customer and have never had my money wasted like this. I'm shocked this place has the ratings that it does! I took plenty of pictures and will be contact Expedia management about this property.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Liam

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was place a perfect stop for one night in Tamarindo. Great downtown location pool. Bar. etx. Great spot and would definitely go back. Thanks for having us.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Hotel Pasatiempo on 15 Mar 2023
Dear Liam,Thank you so much for your review. We're so happy you loved our little oasis just as much as we do.Hope to see you back soon :)Pura vida!

10/10 Excellent

Ann

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the beautiful gardens, easily walkable to town, beach, ATM, and store. Staff very pleasant. Very much enjoyed our time here. The restaurant/bar and the pool were an added plus.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Hotel Pasatiempo on 11 Mar 2023
Hi dear Ann!Thanks a lot for sharing your wonderful experience; We love you enjoyed your stay that much :)Hope to see you back soon, Pura Vida!

8/10 Good

Jason

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023
Response from Hotel Pasatiempo on 25 Feb 2023
Thank you for your review!Pura Vida :)

10/10 Excellent

Joseph

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing hotel
Amazing hotel. Amazing grounds. Great service. Pool area was amazing, felt like you were in the rain forest. Rooms are nice and clean.
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2023
Response from Hotel Pasatiempo on 12 Feb 2023
Dear Joseph,Thank you so much for you're wonderful review. We're happy you enjoyed your stay in our little oasis.Hope to see you back soon! Pura Vida :)

10/10 Excellent

Scott

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel choice for Tamarindo
The location is great and so are the staff. Don’t hesitate to book here to enjoy your time in Tamarindo. Close to the beach and many restaurants and onsite owners who really want to make your stay enjoyable.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023
Response from David on 10 Feb 2023
We are happy that you enjoyed our little oasis :)

10/10 Excellent

Beck

Should be a 5 star hotel. Absolutely great experience.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023
Response from Hotel Pasatiempo on 5 Feb 2023
Dear Beck, Thank you so much for your sharing about your experience in our little oasis.We hope you can visit us again soon :)Pura vida!

8/10 Good

Marsha

Stayed 16 nights in Jan 2023
Response from Hotl Pasatiempo on 10 Mar 2023
Thank you so much for your review!Hope to see you back soon,Pura Vida!

4/10 Poor

David

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was very nice. Hotel is older and need of updates.
Response from Hotel Pasatiempo on 5 Feb 2023
Hello, thank you so much for your feedback. We take all coments into consideration.Pura Vida! :)

10/10 Excellent

Nathan

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

4/10 Poor

David

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
very very noisy. Dirt road outside of hotel dust everywhere my wife had asthma we needed to check out two days early should not be rated for .8 stars.
Response from Front Desk on 29 Dec 2022
Dear David, Thank you so much for your feedback, we take all comments into consideration. Tamarindo is well known for its active nightlife specially on holiday season. Your booking fell exactly on Christmas eve and of course there would be events all over town. Luckly, we are located in the heart of Tamarinfo which is very convenient (walking distance to the beach, banks and supermarkets across the road) it will also allow us to hear what is going on around our little piece of paradise.Unfortunately, that falls beyond our control since we do not manage the events around town, also we are in a rural beachside area of Costa Rica. Our roads aren't paved yet and in summertime there may be dust (and sand ) here and there which is inevitable.We apologize for any inconvenience you faced with our beautiful town and the surroundings of our little oasis.Pura Vida!