The hotel is spread across many acres with the rooms situated up and down the steep hill. Each room has a panoramic vista looking toward the ocean and surrounding hilly area. The rooms are very nice with rockers to enjoy the view from the balcony. The bed was comfortable and the room very clean updated with a modern bathroom. The... More

The location and the hotel is lovely. But the amenities were kind of strange. The grounds are very pretty and well maintained. They have a fabulous restaurant, great food, great value (after getting financially raped for food at Tabacon in La Fortuna it was a welcome surprise). The problem was the it was only open one night - it closed... More

The location of this Hotel is truly stunning. As other reviewers have mentioned it is on an enormous piece of property and is very spread out. Our room was not ready when we arrived and we watched in dismay as another couple arriving at the same time were given their room key. After dejectedly heading towards the concierge to arrange... More

This hotel was beautiful. It is located on a sprawling hilly property. A shuttle service takes you from your room to the pool and restaurants because the walk is straight up the hill and everything is spread out. The food was very good. The beef and chicken tacos were delicious!!! Grilled filet mignon and chicken on homemade tortillas! Rooms were... More

We stayed 2 nights in June 2013. The layout of the hotel impeded our desire to make use of its beautiful facilities. The hotel is very spread out and offers a shuttle to take you about. It is located on a steep hill intermingled with private residences, so it can be unpleasant to walk from the main facility to the... More

Despite the rocky road to get there it was worth it. This is a first class act located on beautiful grounds. We were in bldg 500 which is near the gourmet restaurant. We ate there our last night and the food was very good. Although we had to take a shuttle bus from our room to the reception area the... More

Beautiful hotel. I loved the wooden structures and the views. However, since the hotel is built on the side of a mountain, walking around the property was difficult. They provided a free on-site shuttle to move guests from the lodging buildings to the restaurants and lobby and vice versa. The hotel was not crowded when we were there so we... More

After leaving Tamarindo and traveling four hours to almost get to the location, we hit 45 minutes of a rock road. Not small rocks but usually the size of a football. Granted they were covered by dirt but this was another small delivery van with seats installed. Not comfortable at all. Now I am 6'0" and 60 y/o so the... More

We had an excellent stay at hotel el establo in May 2013. We stay in the 700 buidling which had an incredible view of the cloud forest. We saw some howler monkeys in the trees from our balcony. The room was very clean and had a very nice bathroom. There was a safe to lock up stuff - you had... More