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Reviews of San Bosco Inn

3 out of 5
San Bosco Inn
100 m North from the Banco Nacional, Arenal, La Fortuna, Alajuela

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 429 out of 744 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 248 out of 744 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 55 out of 744 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 10 out of 744 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 744 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Danielle

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
We’ve stayed here twice now and there’s things we love and things that weren’t our favorite that we accepted as it is a budget friendly hotel, but there was one thing that occurred this time we just couldn’t look past that will have us looking elsewhere if we find ourselves back in La fortuna in the future. Pros: amazing location (next to the best sushi place in town), wonderful friendly staff, really good free breakfast, access to their sister hotel that has hot spring pools and a wet bar which we really enjoyed. I cannot say enough nice things about the staff here. Cons: they do not have blankets on the beds, only sheets. Not the worst but not very comfortable, but again, very budget friendly hotel so we felt this was tolerable. Beds aren’t very comfortable and lighting is super harsh which again.. is not ideal but completely fine for the price. Deal breaker: cockroaches in the room. Not just one. But three. Not just on the ground, but one of them was found crawling ON US in bed in the middle of the night. Overall, if it weren’t for the roaches, we’d recommend because for the cost, the pros outweigh the cons… but we just can’t look past the roaches.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Erin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property was wonderful. It’s located in downtown La fortuna so all restaurants and shops are a short walk. It was quiet and the rooms comfortable. Breakfast was delicious. The added perk was they gave you complimentary access to the volcano lodge hot springs which we enjoyed. Parking was easy and the staff was friendly. I would recommend staying here
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

RAFAEL, South Gate

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Its close to everything. Shop and restaurants ans they let us to use the thermal water and you other location with no cost. Love it
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michelle R, Boise

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was amazing (front desk and house keeping). They were attentive and helpful. The rooms are great for the price and the pool has a great view of the volcano. The breakfast was good. In walking distance to lot of food options.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Amy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Ben

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excelente relación calidad/precio
Excelente relación calidad/precio. Ubicación, desayuno buffet y personal.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

jennifer

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Perfect for the price. The breakfast was outstanding, the location was an ideal home base for day trips, the staff were helpful, friendly and kind. Loved it here. The room is very basic and could use a little tlc, but it is clean and spacious.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mónica

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We love to stay in this place. We've done it for many years.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pleasant stay. Friendly staffs. Great value. Highly recommend.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Terry

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great stay
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gail

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Romilda

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A good choice when staying in La Fortuna! Staff are helpful and friendly!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I would highly recommend this place. The staff is super helpful and it is a very convenient location here in Main restaurants and shops. I would stay here again. The pillows are very hard.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023
Response from Thanks on 19 Jan 2023
Thank you for staying with us at Hotel San Bosco Inn. We are glad to know that you enjoyed your stay with us and genuinely appreciate the positive feedback. We hope on your next travel to Costa Rica you will stay with us again.

8/10 Good

Ilia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location for the price, specially the access to the thermal springs at the Volcano Lodge. My only complain is that the breakfast was cold at 9 am when they offer it until 9:30 am.
Response from Thanks on 19 Jan 2023
Thank you for staying with us at Hotel San Bosco Inn. We are glad to know that you enjoyed your stay with us and genuinely appreciate the positive feedback. We hope on your next travel to Costa Rica you will stay with us again.

10/10 Excellent

Tomasz

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really love San Bosco hotel. Stayed there twice. Amazing volcano view, full breakfast bar, coffee-tea available 24x7. Swiming pool with a volcano view. Very pleasant staff. Nice quiet spacious rooms.
Response from Thanks on 19 Jan 2023
Thank you for staying with us at Hotel San Bosco Inn. We are glad to know that you enjoyed your stay with us and genuinely appreciate the positive feedback. We hope on your next travel to Costa Rica you will stay with us again.

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay just one block off the Main Street. Was quiet nice and quiet. Being able to go to the hot springs for free was a bonus. Free breakfast with lots of choices. Would highly recommend this place to anyone.
Response from Thanks on 19 Jan 2023
Thank you for staying with us at Hotel San Bosco Inn. We are glad to know that you enjoyed your stay with us and genuinely appreciate the positive feedback. We hope on your next travel to Costa Rica you will stay with us again.

10/10 Excellent

Chun

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Super clean. And super friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Chun

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Super friendly staff. Great sushi
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Tegan

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great spot, great food and pool. Loved the benefits of being able to use the hot springs at the other resort.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lydia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Coffee available til 10pn, there’s a sushi bar that is available to order from the pool side. Staff is very helpful. Something went wrong with my transportation, Marie managed to have transportation available that same day. The accommodations are Not extravagant but the are clean and efficient and a nice place. Staff very helpful
Stayed 5 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Tamara

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Upon check-in, we were promptly told to sanitize our hands & keep our masks on while at the front desk. José and Daniela were very welcoming & checkin was a breeze. We got to our room & put the AC on. It worked for a bit then shut off. We decided to tell them on our way out to explore. Jose told us he would send maintenance right over. When we got back maintenance was still there. José told us we had to switch rooms. Got upgraded to a bigger room. Yaay!! José, Daniela and Nedaly were awesome. Called us taxi's when we needed them. Told us where the best food was. Anything we wanted to know they told us. This hotel doesn't have it's own hot springs, but their sister hotel does. They offer you a shuttle to get there for a small fee. We're coffee drinkers & I love the coffee area that's available 24 hours. If I ever come back, I would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

May

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It is well situated and good value for the price I will stay here again
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

tina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Walking distance to everything. Clean, affordable and friendly staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Faye, Cypress

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pleasant stay
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lindsay

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved taking advantage of the hot springs at the sister hotel!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ken, Boalsburg

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very convenient to downtown La Fortuna. We've stayed here five times and always come back because it is friendly and courteous and a great value.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place right downtown but still quiet at night. Rooms are big and comfortable. Pool area and breakfast set up was great.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Definitely worth the money
San Bosch Inn is in a great location. Very secure and lovely accommodations. Great breakfast available for you in the morning, coffee hot tea available for you all day. Sister hotel has thermal springs available for your use.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Courtney

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2022

2/10 Terrible

Itoh

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
shower
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Abitamim

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Anand

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice and clean properly. Stayed for 3 nights. Free buffet breakfast. Hotel near city center. Walkable to restaurants. Guests can enjoy free visit to thermal springs at their sister property volcano lodge . Overall quiet and good stay
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Jessie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Costa Rica Gem
The hotel is steps away from everything in town. The hot springs at Volcano Lodge were so relaxing. Such a great bonus and to get there was only a $5 Uber ride. Daily traditional Costa Rican breakfast was really good, even had pancakes. They also made a to-go meal for me because I missed breakfast due to an early ride for rafting. Daniela and the whole staff went above and beyond for my stay and I highly recommend it to anyone on a budget.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Sharon G

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Helpful staff, good breakfast.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Jeff

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice property, great location close to everything, staff was very friendly and very helpful, breakfast was better than all other places I stayed. I would definately stay here again!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pool and hot springs about 2 miles a way
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Larry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Joselyn

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Nadia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent
Excellent service! Friendly attentive staff !
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect location. Great accommodations and availability of the Volcano Lodge for the hot springs
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Secure parking, AC, free entrance to hot springs
Stayed with family in a room with four beds. There was AC, breakfast was good. Guests get free entrance to neighboring hot springs. Parking is good, though the lot can fill up and I'm not sure where the overflow parking is. The staff are amazing and care for all our needs, answer all our questions.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
GREAT staff - Nedley at the front desk is AWESOME. Great location, central in town, easy walking distance to restaraunts and shops. Great breakfast, pool is very good, and day passes to hot springs resort are a bonus! EXCELLENT all around!
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Maryam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The staff were great, the location is perfect for getting around without a car. Lots of restaurants and shopping in the area.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great service. Yummy breakfast. Super clean. Friendly staff. We always come back.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021
Response from Han on 9 Jun 2021
Thank you very much for your visit, thank you very much for your evaluation! We are very happy to know that we enjoyed with us! Pura vida!

10/10 Excellent

Stacy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hidden secret in La Fortuna
The location was great and much of downtown was walkable. The Sushi restaurant next door was delicious and even had a walk-up window poolside. The access to the hot springs at their sister hotel was a great perk as well!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2021
Response from Han on 10 May 2021
It's great to read comments like yours! They are our best prize! Thanks for visiting us!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful property right in town. Easy walk to shops. Great rooms and inexpensive.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021
Response from HAC on 12 Apr 2021
Thank you so much for your words! We hope you really enjoyed with us! Thank you for choosing us!

6/10 Okay

Jason

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was ok
It did not live up to the rating that we saw but it certainly had some good things. First we got it for a great price so it was worth the money. Second, it was located in a walkable part of La Fortuna and the property itself was pretty decent. The only thing I didn’t like was the room itself. A little updating would go a long way to make it feel warm and comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2021
Response from Hanzie on 11 Mar 2021
Thank you very much for your comment! After a different year, it is good to have you back! We hope to continue improving day by day! Thanks for choosing us!

10/10 Excellent

James

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2021
Response from Hanzie on 11 Mar 2021
Gracias por su comentarios! Thank you for your review!