Reviews of Hotel San Bada Resort & Spa 4 stars

Breakfast was great including the staff, pool was nice but the jacuzzi is not warm which was a little deceiving in the pictures....room was nice with a fridge and coffee maker...I didn't like the bar of soap so bought my own body wash....small mini mart close to hotel...saw lots of monkeys, birds and iguanas.

The gym was terrible....treadmills did not work and they were missing half of the freeweights....spa and onsite restaurant were overpriced as well

The pool facilities were excellent. The central location both to restaurants and shops and it is right beside manual Antonio National Park entrance.

We had a ground floor room. Each morning the cleaning staff congregated outside. We got very little rest because of the noise from their staff radios which kept us awake from early morning. The food was expensive

The hotel was right next to the entrance of Manuel Antonio National Park, which was super convenient. There are also restaurants and souvenir shops within walking distance. The food and drinks at the hotel restaurants were good, and the staff very friendly. The pool area was nice also - they had a swim up bar. I also enjoyed the spa and had a wonderful 90 minute deep tissue massage. The bed was comfortable and the ocean view from the room was great. It was very clean.

I got there early in the day and had the hotel provide a taxi to pick me up from the airport and bring me to the hotel, so they knew what time I would arrive (10:45am). However they did not let me check in early - they made me wait until 3pm. I'm not sure if this is because I booked on booking.com, or if this is always the policy. I got a massage and hung out at the pool bar waiting for check-in, then it started pouring rain. The bartender at the pool called the front desk to ask if I could check in early, and they said no, 3pm. So I was stuck outside in the rain for hours. Then when I finally checked into my room at 3pm, there were towels folded into animal shapes, and the toilet paper was folded decoratively with like 15 folds. Surely I would rather have checked in early than wait outside in the rain for the cleaning lady to make the toilet paper pretty. Also I was in room 505, which is right under the rooftop bar. The swinging door the bartenders use to go back and forth from behind the bar was very loud, and I could hear it in my room when I was trying to go to sleep. It was so loud I thought people were playing table tennis above me the first night. The bar closes at 10pm so it was quiet after that. So I would not recommend staying in room 505.

The location of the property is good close to restaurants, the beach and Manuel Antonio national park, but traffic was a nightmare.

The pool area (floor, tables and chairs) and pool were dirty, a film on the water, grit and grin on the bottom of the pool, nothing was ever cleaned after hours. The sun beds were extremely uncomfortable with wooden slats. The breakfast wasn’t great with flies everywhere, staff didn’t seem bothered that food needing cleaning up to minimize the flies. The gym was in a sad state with no air con working.

The food overall was delicious large portions. The pool was great. Good bar. Needed a waitress. lot of work for the bartender

Location was great for the park not so much for restaurants or shopping. Great jungle view saw several animals close up.

Its location was great. A Birds Eye view of the park.

The WiFi only worked the room 50% of the time. This made streaming very difficult. Also the decor Could Use some Updating.

Loved it, the room is even better than the picture. We saw monkeys iguanas and toucans from our room.

Breakfast was good

The gym was dirty .

Nice location

Close to the beach

Clean and comfortable

Next door to the national park need 10 Monte’s walking to the beach. The staff are awesome super nice and professional but the facility was old

Hotel borders the national park Manuel Antonio, and is steps from the beach. Monkeys in the trees in the morning and iguanas running around. Great breakfast, and nice rooms. Staff is very friendly and helpful. Walking distance to restaurants.

Noisy staff in the morning, and Wifi that did not work in the bathrooms.

I love the location. It was right next to the national forest. The beach was a short walk. There was lots of shopping and food all around the area to walk to the pool was beautiful and there was wildlife everywhere. The hospitality was fabulous!! During our 3 night stay: three different types of monkeys , iguana raccoons all outside our balcony. On our daily walk to breakfast, we could see different lizards, iguanas, a family of bats, a super cute green frog, and actually some Herbert crabs walking around here.

I have absolutely no complaints about the property

Right next to Manuel Antonio National Park

Breakfast was just ok, jungle view was not as expected. It was of apartments next door.

Walking distance to beach, huge pool, monkeys and parrots and iguanas surrounding the hotel, food was ok. Ok parking, great staff, clean, very happy with everything the rooms were huge and for once in CR the showers were hot with lots of pressure!

Bed frames were squeaking

Nice layout with excellent views from top restaurant. Nice large pool with several smaller shallow options around the sides. Breakfast was good with many options, great fruit too. Room and bathroom clean and spacious and staff were friendly and helpful.

Wifi did not work in the room on any device. Only could get it to work if standing right by the door. Told staff but nothing changed.

Location, pool

Beds were not comfortable, breakfast wasn't below average

The location is beyond great & only a couple minutes from the center of town.

Absolutely nothing. EVERYTHING was incredible & flawless. Location was perfect 💯%

The hotel is next door to the national park. The adults only pool on the roof terrace was very tranquil, next to the sushi bar which did amazing food that you could eat whilst watching the sunset, beautiful.

Nothing to dislike