The hotel staff was nice but the beds were not. In the dorm room, they gave us a sheet and a pillow and called that good. Just stay for one night only.

This was the last stop on a spring break trip in Costa Rica. We stayed at many hostels and had an incredible time until we reached Alajuela Backpackers. I made reservations through hostel world the night before for 6 people. When we arrived, our reservation was lost. They put us in a room with 5 beds and dirty sheets. They... More

I am surprised to see negative reviews for this hostel as we stayed here twice during our trip, for 3 nights total on both ends of our trip and were very satisfied. The rooms were clean, bathrooms very nice with large showers (we stayed in a private room) and the air conditioner in the room definately helped on our last... More

They know how to take a reservation but not how to keep one... This is my first review for trip advisor - the poor service prompted me to write about my experience. After traveling in Costa Rica, I wanted to have a place to stay close to the airport for my flight the next day. I emailed Alajuela backpackers to... More

I had the worst hostel experience of my life at Alajuela Backpackers. I was traveling with a group of 9 and I had made reservations (a month and a half in advance) for our last night in Costa Rica at Alajuela Backpackers so we'd be close to the airport. At that time I had provided Maykol with my credit card... More

I have hit a lot of hostels in the last few months of traveling from Cancun, Mexico to Dominical, Costa Rica and I am very please with the ease of reservation by phone, getting here by taxi from the pacifico bus terminal and the friendly front desk and dinning staff. Very clean and simple dorm rooms and bath.

correct hotel, good placement, staff OK, cleaness corecte, bad shower, no surprise.

This might be a nice place, but I'll never know because, despite having confirmed the reservation the day before and our time of arrival, they had given away our room. We were then shuttled to a not very nice "brother" hostel in San Jose (the only upside of which was that brother hostel was closer to where we needed to... More

This hostel is conveniently located and offers a great price for anyone who is leaving early or arriving late at the airport. The rooms are alright, pretty clean. It was perfect for us, my family arrived late and we just needed a place to crash before heading to Arenal. We had a car and the place was pretty easy to... More