Hotel Vive Uvita

It is close to the beach and other restaurants. The staff is very helpful There is a small pool to cool down quickly when it’s very hot outside

The room I had booked was overlooking the parking, a service way and technical areas so no light and very noisy, together with the music coming from the restaurant. Then I paid extra and had a room overlooking the garden, which was also basic but as good thing it had a small fridge that was very handy

To be absolutely honest, NOTHING.

This place is absolutely disgusting. The room was smelling bad, the kitchen was super dirty. The toilet had a problem making weird noises. There is so much noise as the room they gave us was literally 3-4 meters from the restaurant. It felt like there are no walls or something. We could hear all the discussions of the stuff and the customers… The bed was not clean. The plugs to charge were next to the door and you need a very long cable in order to let your phone charging in the floor. They probably cleaned the kitchen once to make the photos and then never again. There were dead cockroaches in a bowl, for a long time. See pictures below. I wouldn’t go into the pool even if they paid me. Smelly disgusting garbage all around and the stuff was seeing it and leaving it there… Cold shower only. This place is an absolute scam. Avoid at all costs!

Staff was friendly, helpful and accommodating.

Shared kitchen was so nice to have but needed cleaning.

The location is good, very close to the entrance to the national park (100m?), a small grocery store 20m away, etc.

This hotel is a few meters from the restaurant. It was playing loud live music till 10pm, so we couldn't sleep. Our toilet was clogged, the staff dealt with that after a few minutes though. Our booking of 2 rooms says "one bunk bed, one double bed" and "one double bed, 2 bunk beds". One room had a bunk bed (lower bed was for two people, upper one for one person). Second one had one double bed and a smaller bed pulled out from under the first one. Be aware of that when counting places to sleep. Reception is not available 24h (there was no one in the morning, at 6am, nor answering the WhatsApp calls). Some people in the reception don't speak English. We spoke via Google Translator. Btw it's the same people who work in the restaurant nearby. The door lock didn't look like it would stop anyone (pretty loose). There were 2 windows, but one was small, above the bed, and a lot of trash outside. Second one we had to keep covered all the time because it faced the front of the property so other people were walking outside often. The fridge was so loud that it roused me in the middle of the night. The biggest issue - when we woke up and wanted to leave the hotel at 6:30am, turned out that our car is blocked by another vehicle and we couldn't move. We had to leave the car because there wasn't anyone else there and WhatsApp calls remained unanswered. Fortunately, our tour started 15 mins of walking away, but otherwise we would lose a lot of money. Can't tell who was so clever to park their car like that. It was gone when we came back, and no one from the staff said anything (and didn't reply on WhatsApp).

Seemed like a pretty new hotel, very modern and well-maintained. The staff person who dealt with us was very nice and helpful. Good location near a national park entrance and restaurant options. Good parking area.