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Reviews of Hotel La Amistad

3 out of 5
Hotel La Amistad
Avenida 11 y Calle 15, San José

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 27 out of 52 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 10 out of 52 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 52 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 52 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 52 reviews" "

8.0/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Kenneth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in May 2024

6/10 Okay

Manlio Nico

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ozzie, Atlanta

Liked: Amenities
price and friendly staff.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Manlio Nico

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I really liked the decorations. Nice staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ferris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ricardo, Milwaukee

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good quality place to stay for the price. Close to a lot of places. Staff is very helpful and friendly. Breakfast is delicious and at bargain prices.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Roger Alay

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Pavel, glendale

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Symon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Train was very close .. All hours of the day and night it was going and really loud if your room was on that side
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

FREDERICK

Liked: Staff & service
It was ok for the price
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Bruce

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Thomas

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Avoid this hotel
The photos are false and outdated. The rooms are dirty and smell and the bed had hairs in it and holes in the blanket
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Bruce

Liked: Amenities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Miguel

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Thurman

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Their website said there was parking, which there was not. The last morning I got a parking ticket while the desk clerk watched instead of contacting me to move my car.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

cliff

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
We had the lowest price room so I'm sure it is not an example of the entire hotel, that being said it was a fine room for the rate. Dinner at the restaurant was excellent, one of the best Tenderloins I have had in Costa Rica
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

JOHN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jovany, Tampa

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great hotel
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

laszlo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kenneth

Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Jose

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
A good hotel
The hotel was good and in a very good spot. There is NOT a free breakfast and NOT a free parking. You have to pay for your breakfast and pay to park your car.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

cliff

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I know this hotel and enjoyed it again, the only inconvenience is sitting right on the commuter rail line, I had a 6:30 am appointment so I knew that would not be a factor and the room rate was great
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Patrick

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Train tracks 10 ft from building...train runs all night
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Pratik

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff was very accommodating and helpful. Pita vida
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
showed faucets broken, soaps from previous guests still in room
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Rol, Kaunas

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My reservation was missing when we arrived at hotel, frontdesk was saying they ar fully booked but hotel was have empty, finally they found room for as , it was really in bad shape.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a nice hotel , great food and guest friendly exactly what I was looking for and will stay here again next time I'm in Costa Rica.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I like and appreciate the relaxed laid back atmosphere.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Modest hotel. Clean overall. Not a family hotel. The amount of escorts at the place was outrageous. I was supposed to stay two nights and stayed one night. As a traveler I have never experienced that type of ambience at a hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice comfortable place to stay. Laid back and relaxing. I will stay there again. A very economical shuttle service is provided to the Jaco area.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

scott

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Just too boring
It was ok, trains runs right next to hotel. Three story, no elevator. The menu is pretty good if you do inclusive, bar is way small. Their sister hotel Castillo has a huge bar etc and you can eat and drink there as well if you stay at Amistad but nobody was there when I walked over one night. For the price I would stay at Sportsmen’s a block away with a full bar and restaurant, it has more to do if you don’t feel like leaving the hotel.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

doug, seattle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel close to downtown, walkng distance. Staff was always helpful.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Eric, Fort Myers, FL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I want to share a wonderful experience with my stay at Hotel La Amistad. It was my first time staying there and I will for certain stay there again. The staff was very friendly and always greeted me by name. Everything was very clean. The food was outstanding for such a small hotel.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2018

6/10 Okay

Mauricio

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Train coming through your room
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable
The staff made my vacation wonderful and felt like a home
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2018
Response from Darren on 26 Jun 2018
Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Always A Great Dependable Hotel
Stayed 6 nights in May 2018
Response from Darren on 26 Jun 2018
Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback!

8/10 Good

Sarkis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Trip to San Jose
The hotel was in good location, near the down town. Was very friendly. Good Wi-Fi. Clean and comfordable.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

William H.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
My stay at La Amistad was truly amazing erase my i

4/10 Poor

Alan, Costa Rica

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Old, expensive and poor service.
On check in I asked about the all-inclusive deal offered to cash customers, three times. The desk clerk was confused and never gave me an answer. He was too interested in selling me his artwork, ambushing me when I went to the desk to get my room key and shoving small pictures he had painted in my face. The room was horrible, broken toilet, smelled musty, needed updating and looked like it had not been cleaned in a while. This hotel is the same price as much nicer hotels in the area. The manager woke me up to ask me to come down and pay a restaurant and bar bill and wouldn't transfer it to the room bill despite having my credit card voucher. Who does that? All in all, a crappy place to stay. Do yourself a favor and pass on this hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017
Response from Amistad on 16 Dec 2017
Please note that Expedia guests have the option upon booking to choose the all inclusive package or room only. In this case the guest booked room only and after dining and drinking in the restaurant decided he wanted to switch to the all inclusive package. Sorry we don't do this.

10/10 Excellent

Tessa, Missoula, MT

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Amazingly helpful and kind! Great location!
This was a great place! The rooms were average, smaller, but the owner and front desk people were so incredibly helpful and kind. Breakfast was great, and the price was very good. It was in a great location. Cannot say enough how great of a stay this was.

8/10 Good

William, Oviedo, FL

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Looking forward to next years vacation
We stayed 2 nights at La Amistad. The gentlemen at the check in were more than helpful and spoke " english" . The last night our room was unsatisfactory. (The shower did not drain; no shower mat was provided; and the soap dish was dirty; also a light was out above the bed) They offered a change of room; but we had just got in from Montverde at 6pm and we extremely tired. Just wanted to shower and eat dinner. The service and food in the dining area was very good and was a real treat to have breakfast included with the room. All in all...it was very pleasant.

10/10 Excellent

Ed, Sacramento, CA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
An excellent deal in a fun city
Hotel Amistad is a large, charmingly elegant, boutiquesh hotel with reasonably priced accomodations. If you're a walker it is strategically located just a bit beyond the edge of the central city with some really good restaurants nearby not to mention the hotel's own restaurant. Taxi service is also easy. Yes, I can recommend La Amistad, no problem.

10/10 Excellent

Sary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
EXCELENTE UBICACION Y ATENCION
Es un hotel muy agradable.El trato personalizado y consideración fue lo más importante y que agradecí, ya que mi estadía ahí era para asistir al Hospital en horario de noche. La comprensión por la hora de llegada, el desayuno delicioso. Ambiente tranquilo y de mucho respeto. Creo que sería conveniente publicar la facilidad para quienes deben ir al Hospital Calderón Guardia. Mil gracias.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Victor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2018