Having travelled around many parts of Costa Rica before we came here, we may have been a bit spoiled by the places we'd been to before. We knew this was an "eco" hotel, but we didn't realise quite what that meant! The responses to questions via email had all been very friendly, but the place itself was very disappointing. The positives: The room we were in, Room 6, was probably the best one there, so fortunately we were lucky there. The room was very nice, with a lovely verandah overlooking the river. There was water, tea and coffee available all day. There's a dive centre onsite. Ok, that's it - running out of positives now! You can only book a minimum of 3 nights, and it is full board (excluding drinks). No-one tells you what time food is, so you have to work that out for yourself. Breakfast is pretty well self serve, so that's OK, but there are no choices - you get what is there, and that's it. Same for lunch and dinner - you get what you are given, and woe betide you if you are late for dinner... ...service is of the "plonk it down and run away" variety - no-one bothers to explain any of the dishes. Some of the soups are very well presented, but with no explanation as to what they are. We came late one evening, as the dinner service is quite early, and although the tuna steaks were large, they were badly overcooked, and there is never an alternative. I shudder to think how anyone with allergies or intolerances would cope here. Our last dinner here was a baked potato with some inedible accompaniments, which was pretty awful. The main dining room is open plan, which is fine, but you are allocated tables at dinner time so you have no choice where to sit. The pool area is decrepit, with a mis-matched jumble of furniture in various states of repair. In the morning, you'll sometimes see land crabs that have fallen in; staff make no effort to save them unless you point out that some are still moving. There are steep stairs down to the beach, which is not the best in the world, and there are some fairly large rocks just offshore that you have to watch for if you swim. The main reason to stay here is for the trip to Corcovado National Park. That bit worked well, and Corcovado was lovely. We also did a snorkel/dive trip here, which was also successful. Unfortunately, we had chosen the three night option with a view to spending a day at leisure here, as we had been travelling quite a lot and wanted some time to relax. However, the thought of spending another day here was not at all appealing, so we worked with our travel agent to cut our stay short and move on, and we were very glad we did. If we were to travel to Osa/Corcovado again, we'd find somewhere else; this is definitely not a place to go back to. …
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