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Reviews of Hotel Colonial 3 stars

Calle 11, Avenidas 2 y 6, detrás Iglesia La Soledad, 00000 San José, Costa Rica

#88 of 122 hotels in San José

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 516 hotel reviews

7.6

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.0

  • Comfort

    7.9

  • Location

    8.3

  • Facilities

    7.7

  • Staff

    8.5

  • Value for money

    7.8

  • Free WiFi

    7.5

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  • Reviewed: 14 August 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Quadruple Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Not super quiet. Pool very small.

    Well located in central San Jose. Helpful staff. Excellent breakfast.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 1 August 2025

    8.0
    Good value, nice ambiance, handy location.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Triple Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Pool is quite small- appears bigger in photos.

    I liked the style, the pool and the feel of the place. Staff were helpful. Food was good value. It was centrally located and handy for buses.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 28 July 2025

    8.0
    Perfect for a stay in central San Jose. Recommend the area and restaurants over the road too!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Junior Suite
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Pool looked much bigger on the pics and no one wiped the tables at breakfast time.

    Comfortable, friendly and the room was massive

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 25 July 2025

    8.0
    Right in the historic neighborhood of San Jose
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Junior Suite
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Noise through thin windows, pool a little dirty.

    Location, restaurant on site, charming, helpful staff

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 18 July 2025

    9.0
    Brilliant stay to kick off our holiday in Costa Rica
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Quadruple Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Location was excellent for walking in San Jose - easy to access tourist attractions and good restaurants. Staff were welcoming and attentive Recommend a short taxi towards Wilk Brewery for a good evening meal and drinks Quiet rooms

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 15 July 2025

    8.0
    Great location
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Junior Suite
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The pool is tiny and seems to be intended for decorative purposes, rather than for swimming.

    Great location in the city center, yet quiet and peaceful. The junior suite is very spacious. Nice bathroom. Very tasty breakfast.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 14 July 2025

    7.0
    Excellent value for money, good breakfast and super-friendly staff
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Quadruple Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    A bit dated in terms of facilities.

    Very centrally located and close to the main museums and attractions and main shopping area. Very friendly staff, loved the breakfast and hospitality. Excellent choice for a stopover in the capital. Very clean too

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 3 July 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Quadruple Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    No hot water

    Clean, comfortable, secured.

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 28 June 2025

    8.0
    Great city escape
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Quadruple Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Pool was a bit small

    Great location with friendly staff and good restaurant on site

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 22 June 2025

    7.0
    Nice building, but...
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Quadruple Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Toilet didn't flush, only very small pillows and strange beddings.

    Nice building. Shower good. Breakfast ok.

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 7 June 2025

    8.0
    Good value.
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Quadruple Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    We arrived at night and the area isn’t super great. When we got to our room we noticed there were bugs all over the curtains and BOTH the beds. We were able to get our rooms switched though.

    Beautiful building within walking distance to many places.

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 3 June 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Bit hard accessing hotel by car as no parking on site ( around the corner) but you need to acquire a ticket from the front desk first)

    Old world charm

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 26 May 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Less honking of horns in the street I believe it's cultural they honk the horns a lot in San Jose

    Beautiful fresh fruit wonderful eggs and plantains they were other dishes but that's what I ate and it was delicious

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 19 May 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Centrally located hotel in downtown San Jose

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 18 May 2025

    7.0
    Central, but a bit run down, as is the neighborhood
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Avoid rooms on ground floor. They face the pool, smelled damp and musty and do not seem to have windows to the outside, only ones to the courtyard, so there's no privacy. We were booked into one and would not stay in it. Neighborhood dodgy at night. We did walk over to Chinatown and had a good meal, but lots of street people and drunks in the evening. Would spring for a better hotel closer to the excellent National museum.

    Breakfast was fine. Staff friendly and nice, but front desk a little disorganized. We upgraded to Jr suite, which was comfortable, but a bit worn, as is the hotel. Our room faced the street, which is noisy. We travel with earplugs, so were ok. Location is good for central museums and Chinatown, but it is on the "wrong" side of Carr. Interamericana. Excellent restaurant directly across the street, La Esquina de Buenos Aires.

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 16 May 2025

    9.0
    kiwi John
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    it was all positive

    lovely atmosphere

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 22 April 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Business trip
    • Family with young children
    • Triple Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The linnen looked dirty, the towells too. They need to change all the linnen, bed covers and towells

    Beautifull building, good breakfast

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 18 April 2025

    9.0
    👍🏼
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Great location (Short walk to Parque Central and pleasant Barrio Amón neighbourhood). Staff very helpful and friendly. Safe and secure hotel. A lovely breakfast to get the day going.

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 15 April 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Parking

    Location and atmosphere

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 9 April 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Junior Suite
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nice hotel. We moved room because the first night was in a room by the very noisy main road. Breakfast wasn’t very good at all.

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 8 April 2025

    9.0
    Met expectations
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Quadruple Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Good location but sketchy neighborhood. Large, clean room. Staff friendly and very helpful. Good restaurant and nice breakfast

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 7 April 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    Fine very basic breakfast. Location is nice, walking distance to city center.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 3 April 2025

    7.0
    Convenient location for San Jose
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Triple Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    The bed, the bedding, and the room was a bit tired, but it also might have been my perception as I had been staying in very nice lodges in other parts of the country. The WiFi did not really work in the room.

    The location was good, as it was right in the downtown area, which is where I wanted to be. The young lady at the front desk was a great help with arranging a vehicle for my next stage of my holiday. The café staff were very pleasant.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 1 April 2025

    7.0
    Okay place with (paid) parking nearby. Close to sights and restaurants
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Junior Suite
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nice enough place, that is pretty central so there es easy access to sights and restaurants. We had a room next to the road so it was noisy during the (Saturday) night. Breakfast could have been better but overall it was okay.

    Stayed in March 2025

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