Reviews of Mango Moon Villa 3 stars

Breakfast was great. Views were amazing.

The beach (biesanz) IS NOT a 15 minute walk! It is more like a 40 minute walk. We ended up driving to the nearest parking and walking down (ten minute walk from the car). We didn't go to Playatas but that would have been a similar distance

We booked a superior double room & it did not disappoint! The views at this hotel were spectacular (see pictures) and the wildlife was wonderful (see pictures). Every morning I’d wake up and watch the wildlife for 30-60m, basically saw everything you’d want to (monkeys, agoutis, toucans, iguanas, hummingbirds & lots of other birds). It was pricey but we were staying in peak season and after 1 night I realised how it was actually great value for money. The pool is small but ideal, the staff are incredibly friendly and booked excursions for us & the breakfast has that spectacular view! The location is a reasonable walk from Bienanz beach, which is small but nice and swim friendly, but I recommend the walk (or 380 colon bus) to Manuel Antonio beach as it’s much larger and has restaurants. It’s a short 5m walk from the supermarket and a plethora of restaurants. I strongly recommend having at least one sunset dinner at Carambola, the hotel restaurant, the views are unreal and the food is great.

Couple downsides were the balcony door in our room was quite tough to move, that will need some maintenance as it’s somewhat broken. The curtains also don’t really block much/any light (in a room that’s 40% windows) but we just went to bed at 10am and woke up naturally at 6:30am. Also, be careful with ants, my back got destroyed while sun bathing briefly!

The views were very good, food was good too if overpriced and the staff other than management/owner were very helpful

This hotel has real problems - beware. The walk to the room round the outside was tatty and dirty – nothing that a good jet wash would not solve. We arrived to a room that stank of bleach, to a point that it made us feel ill. The explanation was the air conditioning had been serviced, but on examination of the room we found evidence of damp and mould on the walls. Being in a position of having to stay at least one of the three nights booked we woke to find all our clothes felt damp. We also realised that we had been sleeping on a plastic under sheet, not pleasant when the room was very hot and clammy! The room was badly furnished with old worn out furniture making it look and feel cheap and tatty. The air conditioning unit was either on or off and blew cold air right across the bed – the owner suggested we wouldn’t need it at night! Initially a new room was suggested for the 2nd night but the offer turned into nothing and the owner ignored us in the evening and following morning. We decided to cut our losses and leave, we tried to get a refund for the cancelled nights via Booking.com but the hotel did not reply to their message and seem powerless to help further.

We loved our stay at Mango Moon! The breakfast was good and the view is amazing. We stayed in the 2 bedroom room with one bathroom which is on the top floor. Our view was excellent. We could see the water and lots of wildlife. We saw capuchin monkeys, squirrel monkeys, macaws, and many other birds. The sunsets were amazing from here. The pool area is comfortable and we never had trouble finding a place to sit. The pool itself was very refreshing. The rooms could use a few easy updates. For example extension cords and coat hooks. There were only a few places to plug our electronics in and almost nowhere to hang towels or any clothes. One of our rooms has a large king bed which was comfortable. The other room had two single beds. The location is great, although you do have to walk a bit uphill to get to the main part of Manuel Antonio (a small bit of exercise!). To get down to the closest beach is definitely a trek though. Ubers were easy to get in the area as well.

Views and breakfast Breakfast staff was very nice Close to Manuel Antonio

STANDARD Room- you get no views, it is tucked away in a corner, they have two of them room 5 and 9. Shower curtain was dirty. Walls are paper thin and sounds like people are having a conversation in your room. Curtains don’t cover the window fully. Drawers don’t open well. Restaurant - food is good but very expensive 21$ plus tax plus tip for a small poke bowl, and a not so happy hour with 9$ a cocktail

The view was amazing. Staff is friendly. Hotel is centrally located. I would highly recommend this place and stay here again. There is also a very good Korean Bbq restaurant inside.

The staff is absolutely fantastic!! Jefferson and Andre plus the entire staff was amazing.

We had room #5. Only room without a view. Shower never really got hot and poor pressure. Our friend had room 11. Absolutely fantastic room. Great view, hot shower etc. and we paid the same price. Get room 11. All the other rooms had nice outside areas too. I just think I booked the wrong room. Do not get room #5.

Super friendly and personal staff, incredible view and location in the jungle and overlooking the ocean, and close enough to the beaches.

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The view from our balcony was so beautiful! The beds were comfy and the shower was great. We saw monkeys and macaws and tucans. The owners were also so friendly. The food in the restaurant was good, but breakfast felt overpriced to me.

There was no coffee in our room and it wasn't entirely clear if it was free for guest. I helped myself every morning, and no one seemed to mind, but it would have been nice to know.

The garden, pool, ocean view at the sunset with gorgeous birds flying around; this is how heaven should look like! Extra points for front desk and kitchen staff, they went above and beyond to make our stay unforgettable.

From the check in to check out we had a great experience. I think it was Anderson who we worked with the most and he was exceptionally helpful and friendly. The cook that made the breakfasts was sweet and did a nice job with the omelettes and the bar/happy hour drinks were good too! We enjoyed the pool. The beach was not convenient to get to however so be aware. We only stayed 2 nights to experience Manuel Antonio. The room was small but clean and perfect for our short stay. The views are beautiful from the restaurant, pool and the room we had. I would not recommend for families but for couples it’s perfect. We had a car, you can walk to things but on a busy narrow road that has killer hills. Just be aware. We had dinner at the hotel restaurant one night and it was very good. You do need a reservation as they only have a few tables.

The views, location, pool and breakfast were great.

The price is inflated but that seems to be the norm for the area. My husband made a reservation at the restaurant for my birthday. When we arrived they had to get a table ready, they didn’t acknowledge my birthday so that was a disappointment.

Great location overlooking tree tops and the sea. Staff were all helpful and friendly and always eager to help. Some fabulous sunsets while sharing some cocktails from the terrace bar!

Pool and surrounding area needed a little tlc and clean up.

Nice breakfast, incredible view, rooms were clean and orderly.

The restaurant needs some work, I dont really understand the korean food vibe here too much.

This is a little gem in Manuel Antonio. The view is absolutely beautiful (perfect to watch sunset), the restaurant serves the most delicious food and drinks, the rooms are cosy and the staff are truly wonderful and do everything to help you. Special shout out to Jeff, Lillian and Jorge! It’s a short walk from the beach as well as the supermarket, ATM and restaurants. We would definitely stay again.

Our only feedback would be that it would be helpful to have a safe in the room.

Great hotel in Manuel Antonio and a short walk to some bars and restaurants. Staff were super friendly and accommodating. Lovely view!

The staff, Jefferson and other front desk plus the restaurant team were all super friendly and helpful. Food at restaurant was very good. The room we stayed in was very quiet and had a good view( we paid extra for a superior room) which is good but it had more drawbacks as outlined below.

Our superior room had a lack of privacy with no full length curtains or full coverage curtains. At night you had to turn the light off to get changed and we also had to place bags around the bottom of the windows which faced the pool so people couldn’t look in to the room.. The sliding patio doors to our balcony were very bad quality and the fly screen door wouldn’t stay in place so was not useful at all. The room was generally tired and could do with a revamp. It felt more like backpacker accommodation as opposed to a general hotel accommodation. Items listed on Booking.com that we should’ve had in our superior room were not available to us, hairdryer, tea and coffee facilities etc. This was the last of our hotels on our Costa Rica trip and we stayed at numerous three star hotels and this by far the most disappointing room. We did try and raise our concerns of privacy and level of disappointment with the room with the owner/manager but they said they were too busy to see us and to email them . We have written and emailed them several times and only had a curt acknowledgment response with no offer of refund - as we left two nights early and moved to Shana by the beach hotel which is 500 m down the road, same price if you include the breakfast and was really far superior to mango.

The view was incredible. Breakfast buffet was really nice. Comfortable bed. Free beach towels

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Good location for walking to the beach in one direction and to restaurants in the other. We saw howler and squirrel monkeys from our balcony and sloths across the street. It was nice having the restaurant right next door, and a great view from there. The apartment itself had everything we needed and was comfortable.

Being right on the road, you hear and smell the traffic going by and parking/backing out onto the road is tough.