Hotel La Dolce Vita

La Dolce Vita was a charming and low key little hotel that is situated right on Esterellos beach. A little hard to find at first as the entrance was not well marked and the road in from the highway was alot rougher than I thought. We were comfortable with the unit, it had a fridge and 2 burner stove on the counter, TV, AC in the bedroom which was welcome. Also a fold out couch for extra guest, and a small patio with furniture. The shower seemed to have only cool water until we figured out what the electric switch was attched to the shower head - scary when you are standing there wet! The small pool was great for a refreshing dip. Emellio and Jasmine provide a small breakfast with coffee delivered to your room in the morning, and they will cook eggs and bacon for extra $. The beach is about 3 miles long and excellent for surfers with some experience. Not a good place to swim unless you are strong. There is a bar/restaurant right next door that plays canned country music and where people gather for an evening beverage or two. There was a surprizing number of other small restaurants in this small hamlet, all trying to make a go of it. The local rooster starts in at 3 AM (bring ear plugs) and watch for the large resident iguana. Check out the lady on the rock as you stroll barefoot in the soft sand along the beach in front of the casas in the evening. A large contingent of gringos (mostly Canucks) spend their winters here, they even have their own street named after them. This hotel is close to Jaco and about 45 minutes away from Manuel Antonio National Park, a must see.

small room, TV does not work. Pool was nice and very clean. For surfers the ubication is great. Also the beach is very nice just in front of the hotel.

The staff was friendly, beautiful location, though it is a bit of a drive to surrounding cities. Overall, a very good experience!

The hotel is located on a nice beach, surounded of trees. The apartment has free wi-fi, air-conditioning, fan and has a bed room with an enough confortable queen bed. There is also a living room with a kitchinette, to cook, fridge, coffee maker, etc. Brekfast is continental, simple and good, the staff is very kind and helpful. Considering the low budget paied I think that this place is really fine.

We had a nice stay in this hotel that is just on the beach in Esterillos Oeste. We got a simple but good continental breakfast at our room every morning. The service was fine, the rooms had fan and air conditioning, satellite TV, the bed room was not big but confortable. There was also a livin room with a kitchinette, fridge, coofee maker. The price of the room was the lowest we found and the total value of the stay was excellent.

This is hotel in located in a ugly town in the middle of nowhere. I stayed 2 nights there with no power and the hotel doesn't have a back up power generator. Noboby cleaned the room during those two days. I found a big roach inside of one of the kitchen cabinets. The breakfast was a joke: a slice of bread with scramble egg. The first day they did not offer breakfast because they had no power. That was a horrible experience. I won't return to this hotel never again, neither if the give me free nights there.

My travel motto is "Just Get There" - the 3 best things about La Dolce Vita Great bed, good pillows, FABULOUS beach. Don't know how you can beat it for the price. It is a little hard to find. If you are using GPS just type in Play Esterillos Oeste - the hotel isn't listed. Interesting note - Manuel Antonio National Park (great day trip from the hotel) is closed on Monday. The pizza next door is great - they are closed Monday and Tuesday. Bring food for snacking - grocery store close by that you can purchase things.

Esterillos Oeste is a very small town south of Jaco. There's good surf and a fun bar called the Lowtide Lounge but not much else. We stayed there b/c some friends have a place there. La Dolce Vita was an inexpensive stay that met our needs completely. We had everything we needed including breakfast each morning brought by the people who run the hotel. They were very kind and provided good information. The area has a gate and night watchman and therefore felt very safe. The beach is very close (just outside the gate) and there is a small pool, outdoor shower to rinse off in. The room consisted of a living area, small kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. The bed was small (full size, but met our needs). It was nice to have a fridge to keep water cold and a few snacks. All basic utensils and kitchen supplies were provided, as well as bath towels. Overall it was a good experience.

I had a nice experience at La Dolce Vita. I was very happy with the staff, that was friendly and helpful. The location, right on the beach of Esterillos Oeste, was great, I could hear the waves at night and enjoyed the small patio right off my room. Breakfast was fine and served directly in my room. Considering the low rate I think I can't wait to return soon to surf.

Do not recommend this hotel The rooms are very small is for one person only, the administrator Emilio has a pretty bad attitude towards clients needs a course on costumer service. Pool was dirty on saturday night, we asked Emilio to turn on the filters and his answer was NO. However the worst of this experience was the loud music from the restaurant next door, friday night up to 1:00 AM, saturday night the same and sunday it started about 10:00 AM in the morning.