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Reviews of Hotel Samsara

3 out of 5
Hotel Samsara
Costa Ballena, Costanera Pacífico Sur, 100m Sur de la Ferretería El Colono, Ballena, Puntarenas

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 23 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 26 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 67 reviews" "

7.8/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

shahin

Business traveller
Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Old hotel. Nothing works and everything is broke
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Colette

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This place was very good for our 1 night stop. The highlights were the owners, their dog, the AC and the delicious dinner. Room was basic. Mattress basic. Shower adequate. Road noise was loud. Just bring earplugs. Little pool looked good although we did not use it. Monkeys in the trees.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

David

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Location and friendly staff
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Recommend
The hotel is really nice and has a great pool. Lots of wildlife around. Woke up to the sounds of monkeys and birds
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Alexandru

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful hotel on a beautiful property
A wonderful hotel located on a beautiful property right along the main highway. My wife and I only stayed the night as a stop over along our trip to the Osa, but we will definitely be back. This property is well worth a few days stay if you enjoy comfort surrounded by nature. We will most definitely be back!
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely experience at a hotel that ought to receive more well-deserved attention to it. It's cosy, very clean, in overall good shape despite COVID-19 and very well managed by its staff and owners, who proved most kind at going off their comfort zone - - got us a much needed 4x4 taxi to help us arrive on time to a film shoot of ours. Thank you for everything really!
Stayed 1 night in May 2021
Response from Raul on 12 Jul 2021
We were very happy with your company and hope to see you sson again.

10/10 Excellent

Gregory

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from Raul on 27 Feb 2020
I thanks for staying with us. It was really a pleasure hosting you. Hope we see you soon again.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This hotel is in a quiet area. There really aren't many amenities besides the pool, wifi, and the breakfast. Of course, Max the dog is super friendly and made a great guide to walk though the jungle to the beach. The owner Raul really made us feel welcomed and made breakfast for us personally. The walls are really thin here that we can hear the guy on the phone in the next room. Just a basic lock on the door, but we didn't feel unsafe at any moment.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from Raul on 22 Oct 2019
It was great to enjoy your company with us. Hugs from the entire Samsara family.

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hosts are the best
Hosts, both human and canine, were totally charming. Restaurant was A+. Cuban cuisine the finest. We would stay here again in a heartbeat. Susan Mauk
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2019
Response from Raul on 22 Apr 2019
Thank you Mike and Susan for sharing your wonderful company with us. We miss you already. Hope to see you soon.

6/10 Okay

Joselyn

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Raul on 2 Apr 2019
Thank you for staying with us.

8/10 Good

Stephanie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely stay here
Wonderful hosts, lovely breakfast and good location. (Uvita is pretty remote) The room was really nice and I had a great sleep, bathroom curtain was a bit dodgy/needed to be replaced. Over all a good value and reccomended place to stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Raul on 1 Apr 2019
Thank you Stephanie for staying with us and your opinions are very valauble to us.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nice room with AC and neat trailto the beach.great staff and nice restaurant
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Raul on 27 Mar 2019
Thanks for sharing your opinion about our family hotel and for choosing to stay with us.

8/10 Good

John R.

Great place. Raul and Sabilia were great host. Staff was very friendly and accommodating.
Rooms were clean. Great walk through the jungle tonthe beach. Very breakfast. Restaurant on site serving Cuban food -‘excellent! Close to town and many other attractions
Stayed 9 nights in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Noisy, near highway. Nice hike to beautiful beach.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Raul on 19 Feb 2019
Thanks for sharing your company with us.

8/10 Good

Maureen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good stay
Comfortable and good restaurant too
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Response from Raul on 25 Dec 2018
Thanks for sharing your company with us on behalf of the entire Samsara family.

10/10 Excellent

We, San Isidro , Perez Zeledon

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The many trees and privacy. There is an excellent Cuban restaurant on the property, and a good chef and cook. No pressures , either use Pool or make a short walk to the beach, with senderos. Good bird watching. It was a pleasant stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Raul on 18 Dec 2018
Thank you so much for sharing your time with us and hopefully we will see you soon.

10/10 Excellent

Carly

We enjoyed our stay here. The owner, Raul, was amazing. The restaurant on site was closed but he offered to make us food anyway. All the staff were nice and accommodating. He’s upgrading the rooms. Max the puppy was the sweetest thing. It’s anout a 10-15 walk through the jungle to an incredible beach. Great stay!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018
Response from Raul on 1 Dec 2018
Thanks Carly for sharing your company with us and we hope we can see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A great value
we happened upon the Hotel Samsara when we were in the Uvita area- it was spacious, comfortable and the owner/staff were very quick to respond and help out with questions.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018
Response from Raul on 1 Aug 2018
Thank you for choosing to stay with us. It was a pleasure having you and we hope to see youu soon again.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great family (couple) operated hotel, with direct access to the beach located within a beautiful national park. It was one of the best experiences of our journey throughout Costa Rica, especially because the property owners made us feel so much like family instead of guests that we did not want to leave and are missing them so very much! Great Cuban Restuarant and cuisine, wonderfully styled rooms within jungle canopy that was amazing! Very clean, neat, comfortable, spacious rooms and an awesome feeling of Pura VIDA! We’ll be back soon & thank you for making our short stay so wonderfully pleasurable and relaxing!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Response from Raul on 25 Jul 2018
We thank you for your wonderful company and truly love to have you back with us soon. Hugs.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Nice little hotel with brilliant owner Raul who couldn't do enough for us, if your looking for modern furniture and decor than it's not but it's clean and tidy and near centre of Uvita
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018
Response from Raúl Comas. General Manager. on 16 May 2018
Thank you very much for choosing to stay with us on behalf of the entire Samsara family of which you are part now,

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent experience i would recommend this hotel to anyone great people and great room for the price.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2018
Response from Familia Samsara on 19 Apr 2018
Muchas gracias por compartir vuestro tiempo aquí con nosotros. Todo un placer tenerles como parte de la familia Samsara. Los esperamos de nuevo pronto. Un abrazo.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
They should update the pictures. The property is beautiful and a 15 min walk will lead you to the beach
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018
Response from Samsara Family on 17 Apr 2018
Thank you very much for your suggestion and for sure we will do that ASAP. Thank you for sharing your time with us at your Samsara. We loved to have you here with us.

8/10 Good

Jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great bird watching, great pool, close to the beach, great Cuban food!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018
Response from Raul on 17 Feb 2018
We did enjoy your company a lot especially every evening at the restaurant with your Mojitos Samsara always ready. Hugs!

8/10 Good

Douglas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Choice
Incredible grounds with a jungle trail leading to the beach. Spacious, clean, rustic rooms with good air conditioning and hot water in the shower. Very nice, friendly and helpful staff.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018
Response from Raul on 17 Feb 2018
We are missing you and Robin. We hope to have you with us again soon. Hugs!

8/10 Good

Annie, Costa Rica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place, excellent staff, questionable WiFi
The hotel is a really quaint place, the rooms are big enough and feel comfortable; the pool is really quiet and the beach is at walking distance. The breakfast included with the stay is really good, bigger than most places and great flavour! The whole staff are reallu friendly and will help you with a big smile! The only thing that could be severely improved is the WiFi, there weren’t many guests at the hotel and yet the wifi couldn’t even send or receive WhatsApp messages promptly.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018
Response from Raul Comas, General Manager. on 9 Jan 2018
Thank you very much for staying with us. We did really enjoy having you as our guest in our Samsara. The Internet issue is due to the service provider here in the area. We have WiFi coverage all over the place but the connection is only 2MBs shared. We have been in conversation with the provider and they promised to run the fiber optic connection soon which would improve the connectivity. I totally agree with you and we are suffering from that specially lately since our reservation system depends on the Internet for functioning correctly. Again sorry for this inconvenient and I hope this can be fixed sooner than later. Best regards and wishes for the New Year.

10/10 Excellent

Fernando , costa Rica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
it is a small hotel, with nice acess to the Beach
a small hotel, nice people in a beautiful place, the place is clean and has a small pool
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017
Response from Raúl Comas, General Manager on 2 Jan 2018
Dear Fernando, we are glad you enjoyed your stay with us, we wish you the best in 2018 and we hope you can have you again with us very soon.

8/10 Good

Caroline, Virginia USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice little hotel
Simple, tidy and nice hotel. Staff was great ! Helped me with my hike, obtain travel information and went above and beyond the basic service. Breakfast was wonderful, room was clean and the pool very nice. Well worth the modest price.

10/10 Excellent

elliott

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
clean and easy access...
conveniently located along the main road in Uvita, this is a rustic stay including breakfast. good for a one night stay if location close to Domenical. the office closes at 8 pm so it was a little disconcerting on arrival at 11pm. fortunately, the on-site attendant was helpful once he woke up to provide the room location and key! a message board located near the office with a note would have spared the uncertainty of knowing what to do after a long day of driving.

8/10 Good

Steve

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
A week in uvita
We stayed in two rooms at the Coope Agri for 7 nights. The rooms had TV's, AC, a shower and two queen beds. This is exactly what we needed for this trip. The pool was clean and refreshing! The best part of the hotel is the staff. They are warm and friendly. Omar in the restaurant and Sonya in the reception area went above and beyond to help us gringos enjoy our stay!

2/10 Terrible

Nicki, toronto

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
la perla de bahia disaster
Disappointed at the outcome, spent hours on sat trying to find out what was going on. Spent hours at the new hotel trying to tell the 2 youngsters that I had paid already. They couldn't speak English, I could speak Spanish and my husband too. We had to get a hold of an interpreter at hotels.com to explain everything. This hotel La perla was not very professional. The rooms were awful, no tables, chairs, dresser. The price for this place should've been for a good hotel. I feel robbed of my stay at this place.

8/10 Good

Adam, Phoenix

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel at a road less traveled beach
This is a great beach location, if you are looking for an off the beaten path beach destination. The hotel is very quaint with a very friendly staff. The beach is a short walk through the jungle, and this is not a typical tourist beach, there was nobody for a quarter mile in either direction. The hotel is right on a fairly busy road so there was some traffic noise, but nothing major unless you are a very light sleeper. Being off the beaten path this location is best if you have your own transportation, as there is not a lot in the immediate vicinity. We would definitely come back.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place
Courteous staff. Clean. Convenient. Very reasonable.

10/10 Excellent

Arnie, Iowa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful hotel
The hotel was easy to find. Our room was not fancy but clean and more than adequate. The pool area and grounds are exceptional. The walk to the beach is a bit of a hike through the jungle but we found it an adventure. The breakfast was very nice. We would definitely stay here again.

8/10 Good

Marco, Alajuela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice valentine´s weekend at the hotel. Very quiet, even though the location is next by the highway. You can have a very peaceful time surrounded by the nature

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice property/people, just needs some updating.
Unfortunately our stay wasn't great. Although the property is cute, and the staff was very nice, the property itself needs a little love. (which it looked like they were doing when we were there) Mainly the power and A/C units did not work. (which is a big problem in a very hot/stuffy climate)

2/10 Terrible

Jersey girl

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
mold in room, no internet
The receptionist was sweet and did switch our room, but she did not speak English so that made things a little difficult. No internet at all ( confirmed with other guests) Tico breakfast was OK but nothing special. We won't be going back there. Sorry.

10/10 Excellent

James, Colorado, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent facility with a top notch staff!!
I wish all my travel experiences were so Great! The Staff was professional, caring, and prideful in the job they did, the hotels rooms were very comfortable, and very clean! The restaurant on property was very nice, great food and service, but again it was the staff that made the stay exceptional! The owner of this property should feel very fortunate to have such a top notch staff, which really made my stay extra special!!!

8/10 Good

jules, vermont

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Overall good
The key to this hotel is the manager gustabo. He was professional, helpful and always around for any questions. There is an amazing path through the jungle to a private beach, so you don't have to pay to get on the beach. The little pool is a nice addition. There is a restaurant attached where i had really excellent dinners. The only negatives were very thin walls and it is out of town so you will need transportation to go to uvita.

8/10 Good

jf

Liked: Staff & service
Costa Rican hotel
The clientele were mainly Costa Rican at this hotel so being able to speak Spanish would be advantageous but the manager was bilingual. Situated on the edge of uvita by the main road, it was easy to find. The rooms are spacious and beds comfortable with restaurant and pool on site and a trail to the beach. Access to a car is useful though restaurants, town and Whales tail were within walking distance. Street lamps along road for most of walk to town centre and sidewalk marked but road is busy so take care. Walk along marked trail to sandy beach through mangrove and across 2 rivers (no crocodiles; knee deep max) and can then walk along beach to whales tail. Tasty food in restaurant with Costa Rican breakfast. Grounds good for birds and howler monkeys and manager has seen many other animals

8/10 Good

RICHARD, COSTA RICA

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place to stay in Uvita
We were lucky because were the only guests at the hotel, so not noise from next rooms as others mention on previews reviews..overall the hotel is nice but need some improvements at the bathrooms,needs to replace the shower curtain..also the shower head is not centered causing the water to fall to close to the shower curtain. The trail to the beach is nice but also could be better. Regarding food..only did breakfast and it was fine

8/10 Good

Sgraham, Orlando, fl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel
This hotel has everything that you need on a trip to Uvita: large rooms, individual bathrooms, complementary breakfast, simple hike to the beach, and nice staff.

2/10 Terrible

A, Costa rica

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not for tourists
Very noisy hotel you hear tv in all the neighbor rooms. Before 8 they sweep and bonk with their radio outside your room no nightguard. Only 2 chairs by the pool.

8/10 Good

JOSE MANUEL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Muy buen Hotel
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

Jason

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Estafa
Reservé un hotel que lo primero que me dijeron es 1) no está el de recepción Lo segundo 2) no se puede usar la piscina Lo último 3) no tenemos servicio de restaurante
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Déborah

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Response from Walter on 9 Dec 2021
Thank you for your visit, we hope to see you soon.

6/10 Okay

luis

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Todo muy bien en general, muy agradable el lugar, las personas que nos atendieron atentas y un sendero muy relajante hacia la playa. como sugerencia coordinar con otros asistentes para respetar horarios nocturnos en zona de habitaciones
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2021
Response from Raul on 25 Jan 2021
Desafortunadamente, eso sucede en hoteles pequeños cuando se congrega un número grande de personas pertenecientes al mismo grupo. Ocurre muy raramente porque la gran mayoría de nuestros huéspedes son muy respetuosos de los horarios nocturnos del resto.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020
Response from Raul on 5 Oct 2020
Fue un placer tenerlos con nosotros. los esperamos nuevamente.

8/10 Good

Henry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Muy agradable.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Raul on 13 Oct 2019
Thank you for sharing your company with us. It was a pleasure hosting you and we hope to se you soon again.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Mal olor en la habitation, ningun vista de las ventanas, cama no comoda, insectos, mucho ruido de camiones
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Raul on 16 Aug 2019
We are sorry for any inconvenience. You should have told us and we could have changed the room for one of your liking.