Café de Playa Beach Front Hotel

Location: 900 mts este desde bar Lizard, calle de la chorrera, Coco, cr

Star Rating: 4 Stars

Property Type: Hotels

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 02:00 PM - 09:00 PM

Check-out: 11:00 AM

Amenities & Facilities

• Offsite parking discounted rates available
• Non-smoking rooms
• Air conditioning
• Restaurant
• Room service
• Family rooms
• Pets allowed
• Safety deposit box
• Tour desk
• Facilities for disabled guests
• Car hire
• Massage services
• Private check-in/check-out
• Shuttle service (additional charge)
• Staff adhere to local safety protocols
• Guest rooms disinfected between stays
• Cleaning standards that are effective against Coronavirus
• Physical distancing rules followed
• Cashless payment available
• Fire extinguishers
• Sanitized tableware & silverware
• Contactless check-in/check-out
• Guests can opt-out any cleaning services during stay
• Shared stationery like menus, pens are removed
• Guest room sealed after cleaning
• Physical distancing in dining areas
• Food delivered to guest room
• Access to health care professionals
• Delivered food - securely covered
• Free wired internet
• Scuba diving on site
• Snorkeling on site
• Airport transportation - pickup (surcharge)
• Airport transportation - drop-off (surcharge)
• Pool sun loungers
• Offsite parking discounted rates available
• Private beach nearby
• Internet access
• Housekeeping on request
• Wine release events
• Japanese garden
• Covered parking
• Fishing nearby
• Beach club nearby (surcharge)
• Beach toys
• Vegetarian menu options available
• Paddle boating nearby
• Accessible shuttle
• No accessible shuttle
• Accessible train station shuttle
• No accessible train station shuttle

Rooms Available

• Deluxe Room

  This suite features a tropical-style décor and includes air conditioning, a fan, mosquito nets and a safe. The suite also features a furnished outdoor space, fridge, and a coffee maker. The private bathroom includes bathrobes, toiletries and a hairdryer.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • TV
  • Air conditioning
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Private entrance
  • Tile/marble floor
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Hypoallergenic
  • Entire unit located on ground floor
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo
  • Socket near the bed
  • Fire extinguisher
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation

• Deluxe Family Room

  This quadruple room has air conditioning, private entrance and mini-bar. It features a fan, mosquito nets, and a safe. The suite also includes a furnished outdoor space and a coffee maker.

  Max Occupancy: 4 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • TV
  • Air conditioning
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Interconnected room(s) available
  • Private entrance
  • Tile/marble floor
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Hypoallergenic
  • Entire unit located on ground floor
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo
  • Socket near the bed
  • Fire extinguisher
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation

Guest Reviews

• Guest (9/5): -
• Alejandro (10/5): -
• Chavez (1/5): - View Overcharging
• Rainer (4/5): Nicht zu empfehlen, Bilder täuschen und die Baustelle geht sicher noch 1 Jahr lang. - Die Strandnähe hat uns gefallen, allerdings schwarzer Sand. Netter kleiner Pool im Innenhof. Direkt daneben war eine Baustelle; vom Gerüst konnte in unser Bad geschaut werden. Matratzen waren durch, kein Stuhl oder Hocker vorhanden.
• Nazario (10/5): Comfortable - Sin comentario Todo estuvo excelente cumplio
• Fernanda (8/5): Great stay - The room is very spacious. The beach front and pool are a great feature. Food is more expensive than other restaurants nearby, had not eat there
• Michael (7/5): Great location, enjoyed the beach and the bar staff was excellent - The food and the service was exceptional. The 6 AM next-door construction project was a bit annoying. Breakfast is not available of any kind..
• Hosseinpour (5/5): - Being on the beach and very friendly staff. I paid for luxury family room but I received was small room with no refrigerator in it. I had to spend money every day for buying cold water and …
• Liudmyla (10/5): -
• meunier (6/5): - L’établissement a besoin «  d’amour » peinture entretien coussins de plages etc…mais emplacement super
• Irene (10/5): - La ubicacion es excelente que no tiene parqueo cerrado
• Tyler (10/5): -
• Venegas (5/5): Bien - Me gustó que estuviera frente a la playa. El personal muy agradable y siempre atentos. La habitación que nos dieron tenía el chavín malo, olía a humedad cuando llegamos, creo que es importante que las habitaciones se ventilen ya que es un hotel evidentemente viejo y esto es necesario, ya que hay personas alérgicas y la humedad nos afecta. Otra cosas que no nos gustó el parqueo es frente a la calle principal sin seguidad alguna y si uno va a un lugar a vacacionar espera estar tranquilo en todo aspecto, el hotel no da garantía de nada en ese parqueo, por dicha nos dejaron accesar el vehículo, sin embargo al día siguente ya nos estaban pidiendo que lo sacaramos porque ese parqueo eran de otra oficinas que se rentan dentro del hotel (eso se ve muy mal). Otra cosa fue el precio del restaurante es extremandamente caro para los platillos, pagamos como $22,00 por un tartar de atún como entrada y a 400 metros cenamos platos fuertes por $45.00, es importante esto para el hotel, ya que nos huespedes no consumen en el mismo lugar por lo caro que es y es lamentable ya que la vista al mar es preciosa, pero eso no faculta a cobrar tan excesivo el consumo en el lugar.
• Dennis (5/5): Could be great place, maybe was one day, not any longer. Needs lots of maintenance. - located directly on the beach Hotel could be a great place, but lacks maintenance, from shower door poorly hanging, water dripping from the shower head due to the calcium buildup, lack of storage space, yes there was closet with shelving and hanging part, but due to the tight space, not easiest to get to, bathroom had limited amount of space to put things at etc... The resort had a pool with launch chairs, which were never dressed by cushions, I guess due to the evening rain, but what about the rest of the day? Restaurant even though had pretty good food was extremely expensive, dinner for 3 including 2 drinks, nothing fancy, was $180, ridiculously expensive. In the front of our rooms, the space was used to store cushions from the chairs, staff would meet there to discuss the plan for the day, right in the front of our windows, lack of feet washing spout or shower by the beach side, when entering the hotel space again was also inconvenient since the beaches are black sand. All in all, Staff was very friendly and welcoming, however, we would not come back to this place, did not feel comfortable. Which is shame, as it could be truly pretty cool place with little money invested into the maintenance and little more love from the management.
• Ashley (10/5): Exceptional - The staff is very friendly. Nice place and close enough to town. Leo. Stay away from Leo. He is not part of Cafe de playa but rents the middle office. He will lie the moment he opens his mouth. It is time share. Do not let him help you book excursions.
• Jaznel (10/5): Exceptional -
• Marcus (8/5): Great Value for a Short Stay. Located right on the beach. - The property was located on the beach and comfortable for a short stay. The hotel restaurant was a bit pricey and the room did not have a television.
• Alan (8/5): Great location on the beach. - Great location, right on the beach. Nice friendly staff. Room was a little dated.
• Bruce (1/5): Bad -
• Ionne (6/5): Pleasant -
• Lisa (4/5): Food, drinks and location was good but I wouldn’t stay in their rooms again. - Beachfront Food was good and service was also good The beds were comfortable The motel rooms need remodeling. Bathroom shower grout dirty and sink barely draining. The A/C barely worked so the room was too warm all night. Mothball scent was so strong, we had trouble sleeping. We were staying here for only one night so didn’t complain but had we been planning on a longer stay, we would have asked for a different room or looked for somewhere else to stay.
• Marion (8/5): Very good - N/A
• Natalia (10/5): Exceptional -
• Chandler (7/5): Good -
• Marina (7/5): Good -
• Natalia (10/5): Exceptional -
• Joan (10/5): Due to last minute stay plans(rejected at another booking hotel:(, we were able to stay at this beachfront hotel. We had - Close to the beach Great price value Pet friendly It’s all good
• Madeleine (8/5): Very good -
• Heather (8/5): Very good -
• Sally (9/5): Superb - Only think is there is no breakfast but there are very good coffee breakfast place very near by with walking distance.
• Jennifer (9/5): Superb -
• Alex (10/5): Exceptional -
• Martinaazzalea (7/5): Good - The front beach The kindness of the staff
• Joan (10/5): Relaxing - Easy to find, great staff, great location, not busy, great restaurant food. All great! We enjoyed our 50th anniversary celebration on the beach 🏝️😃 Morning coffee available at the bar area. Visitors can help themselves.
• Nils (5/5): their rates should be lower during low season, especially if the room has a leaking toilet... - Location, and general design leaking toilet and price
• Pfitzer (10/5): Exceptional -
• Debi (5/5): This place was disappointing compared to all the other places we stayed. - The location was excellent. It’s right in the beach. Beds were comfortable. rooms were dingy, rooms needed a fresh paint job, bathroom had cob webs that appeared to have been there for a long time. Lack overall cleanliness. Lacked facilities and difficult to find anyone working who spoke English at all.
• Yadiris (8/5): Very good -
• Sheila (6/5): lovely location, super staff and amazing food😊😎 -
• Kauffman (9/5): Pura Vida! - location was perfect food was excellent beds were a bit uncomfortable
• Amanda (10/5): Exceptional -
• Anthony (1/5): Frustrating and stressful. Hotel management seemed to deliberately misrepresent the hotel. - Hotel description was nothing like reality
• Anonymous (1/5): Bad -
• Ruberman (4/5): bad - location no staff greet us upon our arrival, the place was dead no lights and the security guard handled the room keys. the room and furniture hasn’t been updated in a long time. the room looks like it wasn’t be cleaned properly.
• Corinne (6/5): NIce, but noisy - The hotel is in a nice location away from the fray of the town. Generally a pleasant atmosphere. Our room was directly off the restaurant which normally wouldn't have been so bad, but the base speaker of their sound system was next to our wall, which provided only base pounding which lasted all day. Same beat, same music. It was difficult to rest at all during the day in the room due to the music. We had to ask the manager both nights of our stay to turn down/off the music so that we could sleep. He was amicable enough, but we didn't feel like he genuinely was looking out for out comfort, or oblivious that the sound was so disturbing for hotel guests. There are not lounge chairs for guest use on the beach, only chairs and tables. We also sat at the outdoor tables around lunch time for some time before having to go up to the bar ourselves to order drinks Three employees where congregating up at the bar, and had no other guests there at the time . We had planned to eat at the restaurant, but were so tired of hearing the same beat of music all day long had to leave for dinner for a break.
• Eddy (5/5): too expensive for old rooms - the bar rooms
• Larry (10/5): Exceptional -
• Kevin (8/5): Very good -
• Edlin (9/5): Superb - The location was perfect beach front
• Catalina (1/5): Do NOT stay here, largely falsely advertised. SCAM - There is no breakfast option...this is not a quality of a 4 star hotel. this hotel is a SCAM Do NOT stay in this hotel. This hotel advertises as being 4 stars and it is not even 2 stars. I booked two nights, and when I arrived with my family, the building is nothing like they show in their advertisement photos. We paid extra for the larger room, that later found out it was the same as all other rooms. The bathroom doesn't have hot water, there is no staff at all from 7 pm-noon, they don't provide toiletries, the building is so run down, and there is mold on the walls. It is so unsafe to arrive after 7 pm, since there is no security nor any lighting in the hallways. The locks of the room and the safe have been forced. The linens and towels are nasty. There aren't any food options from 7 pm-noon, including breakfast, since there is none in the hotel to assist. These are not qualities of a 4-star hotel. We spoke with management about these issues at the beginning of the stay, and we were told the owner was out of town and unable to help us. We decided to leave because we were afraid for our safety, and our young children's safety, as well as very disappointed with the service and the hotel overall. It was certainly NOT what we paid for as the hotel advertised to us. I requested to be refunded for the night we didn't use and because the hotel is not what they advertise. The owner contacted me back being incredibly rude and insulting me for complaining and wanting a refund for the unused night. I definitely do NOT recommend this hotel, and I request Booking to review their contract with this hotel which is clearly falsely advertised.

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