San Jose hotellit Carmen

Plussat: The location is very good, right in town center. Reception is also very nicely furnished and warmly welcoming. Breakfast gives a good choice and variety of food, meeting any taste. Rooms are spacely and clean.

Miinukset: Rooms are a bit poorly furnished. Some noise from street can be heared.

Plussat: Breakfast was amazing, free bottle of water, very friendly staff

Plussat: Check in was good. Window in the room we were initially allocated faced an internal courtyard where all the plant equipment was located. Extremely noisy. Called reception and they immediately moved us to another room, which was fine.

Plussat: Parking was easy. Early checkin was allowed.

Miinukset: Food was nothing special. Another bar bill ended up on our tab but was subsequently removed.

Plussat: In a great location off a pedestrian shopping street. Within walking distance of main downtown sites.

Miinukset: No faults.

Plussat: The rooftop patio is adorable! Amazing views of the mountains while you're surrounded by a gorgeous assortment of flowers. Loved that they provided a bottle of distilled water in the rooms. The free breakfast was delicious and has many options.

Plussat: Good location for San Jose sightseeing. Excellent breakfast. Free parking. Spacious rooms. Helpful staff.

Miinukset: Bathroom door is not really a door.

Plussat: Everything! Totally recommend. The location, the staff, the breakfast, the bed was very confortable...literally everything.

Miinukset: -

Plussat: Comfortable beds, spacious room, excellent quality sleep as there was no noise or light from the street. Good breakfast, plenty of great dining options within walking distance.

Miinukset: Crowd around the neighborhood can get a little rough after dark, felt a little insecure walking to dinner, but didn't actually have any problems getting back safely.

Plussat: Great Breakfast, clean, very nice staff

Miinukset: All good !

Plussat: Excellent breakfast, large room, and perfect location

Plussat: Really nice hotel, polite friendly staff. Very comfortable bed and lovely room. Staff put complimentary truffles in our room upon arriving as it was our honeymoon.

Plussat: The layout

Plussat: Localization. Near the center. However don't go out after 9. It is not secure

Miinukset: exe hotel was the worst hotel I've been during my travel on central america: Claustrophobic rooms with no window and low ceilings; The cleanliness of the rooms is very bad. Too much dust on the carpet. During the two first days the towels were completly old and broken. When we talked about this they said that the problem was in the laundry.. Breakfast very bad. Fresh bread disappear in the first 20 mn and they don't put more. If you ask for fresh bread they say " we don't have more" without tryng to solve the reclaim; Staff in the breakfast always sitting in the balcony using their mobilies. They don' t give any attention to clients. Tables are dirty and full of leftover food and staff playng with their mobiles; Internet is terrible. Forget if you think you have good signal in the rooms. My recommendation to the hotel managers is: look at the staff and the way how they behave; profissionalize the staff they don't know anything about tourism; My recommendation to tourist: choose another hotel

Plussat: Staff was really helpful, breakfast was great and location was good in San Jose Center

Miinukset: Ceiling in the room was soo low that felt a bit trapped , but it was a nice room

Miinukset: The size of the room. The breakfast was lovely and the staff helpful and friendly.

Plussat: Did not have any breakfast

Miinukset: Parking was horrible... The parking its like a Maintanence garage...

Plussat: It was surprisingly very comfortable.

Miinukset: Not too much....

Plussat: Rooms, breakfast, location

Miinukset: Nothing

Plussat: Location. Good breakfast. Easy for a quick stay in San Jose

Miinukset: Although the room was big and had everything we needed; it lacked soul. It was big and empty. I think you can say that about the whole hotel.

Plussat: I liked everything about the hotel. We did not eat the breakfast though, it was $15. We walked two blocks and had a delicious local meal for $3.

Miinukset: The very tny parking garage.

Plussat: nothingh

Miinukset: I have booked a 4 stars hotel with obviously faked great reviews and allegedly a good gym. This place barely qualifies for 3 stars. There is nothing you can expect from a 4 star hotel. Following issues: - I was given a "quiet room" with no windows; - no remote control of the old and very noisy a/c; - furniture is overused and old, towels are washed out and old; - no warm water in the shower; - the room was very noisy you could hear everything outside; - the staff doesn't understand what you ask for (change the room-there is no window amd the a/c is too loud, do not disturb etc.); - official checkout was up to 12:30pm, the maid started and have been knocking at my door at 11:30 and has been asking me out for several times; - the so called gym is a tiny room with no ventilation which is directly connected to saunas (what a genius plan) and is therefore sticky as hell, you cant breathe there staying, not to mention running on the only one old, bruising and swinging, instabile treadmill; - the gym equipment is very poor; - reasonable dumbbell weights (like 5, 7.5, 10, 12.5, 17.5 kg) are missing, but there are dumbells 30-50kg; - old absolutely torn apart, disgusting "yoga pads"

Plussat: Very nice place met the standards I expected

Miinukset: Not too much options during breakfast

Plussat: I liked the location of the hotel a lot because it was walkable to some cool neighborhoods in San Jose. I also really loved the hot tub and pool feature.

Plussat: Location was great,staff were fabulous, delicious breakfast, hot shower, comfy bed and lovEly hot tub - all at a good price - we would book again.

Plussat: The hotel staff greeted us and seemed genuinely glad to see us. They were very helpful about seeing some sights. The property was a cool old mansion converted into a hotel.

Plussat: Friendliness and helpfulness of staff

Plussat: Close location to Sam Jose city centre and good security. Friendly front desk bit poor breakfast. Cheap city centre accommodation for a couple of nights.

Miinukset: Small Double bed pushed against the wall. En-suite part of room with no full separation for noise or smells. Dated interior. Plastic flowers. Noisy staff outside room early. Area around hotel run down with lousy pavements.

Plussat: The staff esp the owner was very nice and helpful He was able to hook up my wifi connect so I was able to make calls from Costa Rica....LOVED IT

Miinukset: the neighborhood was not the best

Plussat: Hearty breakfast included: choice of eggs and meat/gallo pinto/or yogurt/cereal... all with fresh fruit plate, coffee, juice, sweet bread Wifi Cool community lounge spaces, covered but "outdoors" make nice places to read or chat during a rainstorm Staff was friendly, very helpful in person and via email. Building was lovely.

Miinukset: Ants in the room- although it's a thing in Costa Rica, and they took care of it as soon I as I reported it; the pool is very small and only 2 lounge chairs available, which were old and sagging; when rooms were vacant doors were left open... which I only mention because if I had my kids with me I would feel like that could be dangerous...

Plussat: Friendly front staff but not at breakfast. Was obviously quite a grand hotel in the past looking at the wooden fittings.

Miinukset: The area whilst central is a bit run down with pavements which are lethal due to brocken sets and missing inspection covers. The small double bed was pushed against one wall. The en-suite was separated from the room by a not full height to get light and air from the outside window. Breakfast was poor. The hotel has lots of old features but is a bit down at heal. The swimming pool was cloudy so the dolphin mosaic was obscured so we didn’t use. Plastic flowers in room

Plussat: Great location. close to the museums and shopping.

Miinukset: Breakfast was a little skimpy but OK. It was a challenge to check in with a car. Parking was good but garage is locked and it took a while to get the door open so we could pull off of a busy street.

Plussat: The hotel is a little oasis tucked into downtown San José. The rooms are comfortable and clean. The breakfast is made-to-order and delicious.

Plussat: The staff.. all of them were very friendly and super accommodating!

Plussat: Clean, safe, comfortable, and friendly and professional staff. Has gym for a quick workout. You can tell owner takes pride in his property. Breakfast is what owner likes to eat every morning and his wife makes the green hot sauce from scratch. Ended up staying three days instead of one. Location is really good for walking around downtown.

Miinukset: Rooms are a little dated but are nice and clean and beds are comfortable. Enjoyed stay very much.

Plussat: The room was clean and had clean linens. Also the entire hotel was extremely quite, seems like I was the only person staying there.

Miinukset: Breakfast was horrible, the cook seemed upset. Eggs were runny and he didn't speak English

Plussat: The breakfast is the best I have found in San Jose, hotel is located to Escalante with great restaurants & bars.

Plussat: The eggs were not fluffy. The fry-plate was not really warm enough for either pancakes or omelettes, and so to hurry the cooking, the chef repeatedly pressed on both the omelettes and pancakes I watched being cooked. Nothing fluffy came from that process.

Miinukset: I booked my reservation on your website, and consequently paid for my breakfast. I was informed that had I called for my reservation breakfast would have been included. This was not made clear until too late.

Plussat: The hotel was very clean, great great staff, very Costa Rican celebrating the mascaras culture. It was 5 converted houses with lots of warm wood and coziness.Excellent full breakfast with omelette bar. Not a hotel chain so I particularly loved it. It was maybe a 20 minutes walk to down town. But you passed through very interesting sectors of the city and saw city life.

Miinukset: Could be a little bit noisy as travelers came and went but just a little.

Plussat: It is in an amazing location! It does not take long to go downtown but the better part of it is, that it’s really close to a local, family friendly strip with great restaurants. Rooms was nice and the staff were excellent and very helpful. I highly recommend!

Miinukset: Room walls are thin so it’s fairly noisy.

Miinukset: Noise traveled throughout so sounded nights sleep in the budget room

Plussat: The staff is very friendly, welcoming and helps with any questions. Pura Vida!! :)

Plussat: Aamiainen

Miinukset: Huone haisi homeelta.

Plussat: The location of Hotel Aranjuez is perfect. We were able to easily walk to the National Theater, the Jade Museum and plenty of restaurants.

Miinukset: Loved the hotel layout, lots of character. There were several outdoor areas to enjoy the evening.

Plussat: Lots of plants, chill out zones, paintings on the wall. Very comfy beds and pillows. Clean airy bathroom.

Miinukset: Breakfast only starts at 7am

Plussat: The staff at reception, the quick and easy check in, the comfortable beds and great breakfast. Also the good location.

Miinukset: The service of the waiter Fabian at the restaurant.

Plussat: Hotellin vanhan puolen yhteiset tilat ovat erittäin viehättävät yhdistäen kulttuuria ja luontoa. Kaikki paikat ovat oikeastaan kävelymatkan päässä, mutta öisin ainakaan yksin kävelyä ei suositella.

Miinukset: Äänieristys on erittäin heikkoa, mikä raivostuttaa, kun äänekkäästi yöllä lomailevat teinit pelmähätävät huoneesi edessä olevaan yhteiseen tilaan.

Plussat: Close to everything restaurant staff was truly great.

Miinukset: The Ac in the room not up to par

Plussat: I only stay at Taormina, It is my official "go to" place whenever I am in San Jose (I am there at least 5 times a year). The facilities are clean, the staff is nice and the rooms have been renovated within the last year as well. I love the casino/bar and restaurant and everything in downtown San Jose is walking distance.

Plussat: I loved location, my king size bed, cleanliness and breakfast.

Miinukset: Bathroom shower wasn't working properly. Bar and food was expensive. Service is not one of the bests for 4 star hotel. Trying to charge in everything extra when they know you're from America.

Plussat: Friendly staff. Hotel manager Louis was incredible.

Plussat: location - close to everything!

Plussat: I really enjoy this property and the folks that work there. The front desk and the valet are super helpful.

Miinukset: I wish I could have stayed longer. Nothing to dislike.

Plussat: It was elegant and in good conditions. The breakfast was very pleasant.

Plussat: Good location.

Miinukset: No water in toilet at all from 8pm-8am next day during our staying. Very inconvenient! The hotel had no backup

Plussat: 5 mins walk to city center.

Miinukset: Working girls in hotel lobby casino and outside only at night time.

Plussat: The hotel was modern. The room smelled amazing. The bed was very comfortable and the sheets smelled very good too! Breakfast was great!!! They made whatever we wanted, you could get rice, beans and eggs also plantains. Very hearty breakfast like I'm used to. Had fresh fruit juices made.

Miinukset: My initial reservation included free breakfast, but due to unforseen issues I had to change my reservation to a day later. When it was changed the new reservation didn't include breakfast. The front desk stated that it was not included tho I explained. I called booking and they gave me the credit for breakfast

Plussat: Enjoyed the hotel. Front desk was awesome.

Miinukset: Prices in the restaurant and bar areas were overpriced.

Plussat: It was my first stay with Selina and from the first second I have been impressed with the design, service and overall friendliness of, well, really everybody. They have somehow managed to create a highly addictive atmosphere, with nice lounge areas, good food and staff that take service so seriously that you can barely believe you’re in a hostel.

Miinukset: If the rooms are set up in a way to make you spend as little time there as possible, than it works. The dorms tend to be pretty cramped, and not all of them have been upgraded yet to the bunks with privacy curtains. I stayed in a non-updated one and the noise of the beds was at times unbearable. Staff then was so friendly to show me a few new rooms and let me have my pick. As said: you can expect a lot of service, and all of that for a very modest price.

Plussat: Not a lot...

Miinukset: Rude staff. Expensive. ‘Lost’ my belongings that I had in the storage room. Asked receptionist for ideas for a day trip and she couldn’t help. Also asked for a good supermarket and was happy to walk. Gave me directions to a convenient store when there was a really good supermarket just one block up from it. Food is average and very overpriced but because of the location you don’t have many options. Bar staff are rude. Not a very safe neighborhood. Kitchen has barely any useful stuff in it!

Plussat: The nice restaurant and place for chill as well a the kitchen.

Miinukset: The apartment for 3 persons was rather noisy because of the trains running through town nearby, starting at 3 am! The rest of the hotel was very ok, friendly staff, very nice restaurant and place for chilling.

Plussat: The kitchen is ok and overall the common area is, tipically for a Selina Hostel, very stylish and comfortable. The area of San Jose is also very nice. Great if you just need an affordable place to stay for a night.

Miinukset: The dorms are located right at the center of the hostel, facing the restaurant and "lobby". That makes the dorms very noisy. In some dorms, the beds are little capsules with curtains BUT: the curtains are very loud and because it is so dark, you automatically generate a lot of noise when you want to go to the toilet at night. It is also not a very social hostel, because most people just come and leave after a night. Selina Hostels are also mostly too big to really get in touch with many people I think.

Plussat: Location is great

Miinukset: No AC

Plussat: Beautiful communal areas (with live music on the Saturday night!) with friendly, helpful staff. The room was small but clean and well designed. Location was great for cute cafes and restaurants, and walking distance from some of the bus terminals.

Miinukset: The bathrooms were quite grubby, which was very different to the rest of the hostel.

Plussat: Gréât communal areas and staff were super friendly and helpful.

Miinukset: Bed wasn’t that comfy as was sloping but wasn’t a huge drama!

Plussat: Great atmosphere, lovely staff, nice restaurant with good food and cool cinema room

Miinukset: We were at Selina San Jose twice and booked a private room with shared bathroom and there was just enough space for our backpacks on the floor and that’s it so really not much space

Plussat: Very nice place, good location. Good value for money

Miinukset: Have more garbage cans and recycle bins

Plussat: Love the restaurant and the vibe of the place. Staff really helpful and food was good

Miinukset: standard room was tiny, literally no room to stand if your bags were on the floor which made things difficult for packing etc.

Plussat: Food was good

Miinukset: My stuff was moved to another bed while I was gone and I was missing an item.

Miinukset: Hi there - id like to get in touch with someone from booking.com and this is advertised and paid for as a room with private bathroom however my bathroom was shared. I’d like to receive appropriate compensation.