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Reviews of Karahe Beach Hotel

3 out of 5
Karahe Beach Hotel
Playa Manuel Antonio, Quepos, Puntarenas

Reviews

7.8

Good

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Rating 8 - Good. 79 out of 238 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 38 out of 238 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 20 out of 238 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 13 out of 238 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Melissa

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great beach front option. You pay for the location not the room but the room is sufficient and would definitely stay here again!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

6/10 Okay

tine, durham

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is in a nice location, beach is very nice and restraurant is right on the beach. Staff were very friendly and serice minded. Hotel room were clean and the beds were great. Very small and in need of a table or two- nowhere to keep your clothes. Paid for beachfront but the hotel is too far away
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Vicente, Providence

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Right at the beach, walking distance from Manuel Antonio National Park; beautiful gardens where you could spot white-faced monkeys and birds. Reserve a room in the main building for better views and quick access to the beach. Excellent restaurant and service.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Danesha, Raleigh

Liked: Cleanliness
The location can not be beat - free parking and an easy walk down the beach to Manuel Antonio National Park. The restaurant sits on the beach, the rooms are clean, and breakfast was free. I'd definitely go back.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

4/10 Poor

Kenneth

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No tv, no refrigerator. Had to cross road to get to pool or beach.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Virginia

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
very nice hotel on the beach.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

ELIANA

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beachfront hotel with restaurant, breakfast buffet included, at reasonable price. Office staff friendly and helpful. Spacious rooms with excellent AC. Delightful beach, plenty of shade trees, which often host sloth and monkeys! Well tended grounds. Close to restaurants, national park, and more.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Karen

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I almost hate to review this property because I love it so much. The KEY is to reserve a room in the white building on the ocean side of the road. This last time we were in the building above the road, where there's a lot of road noise and the air conditioning didn't work right (there was water literally pooling on the floor). The second night we moved down the hill to the white building and were very happy. The amazing thing about this hotel is it's right on the best part of Espadilla beach and there are lovely gardens and mature trees, so I've seen sloths and monkeys just on the grounds. The restaurant overlooks the beach and they have tables and chairs on the beach. It's an older hotel, so a little worn around the edges, but that's why they have such a prime location. About a 30 min walk down the beach to the entrance to Manuel Antonio National Park. It's quieter than the crush of hotels that are right by the park. Staff at the hotel are very nice and helpful! Still our first choice for Manuel Antonio.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Pablo

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
El hotel está muy bien ubicado, es mejor tomar las habitaciones que dan a la playa ya que hay otras cruzando la calle que no son tan convenientes. El personal del beach club es muy amable por lo que terminamos pasando casi todo el día ahí. Es una muy buena opción en la zona ya que pocos hoteles están en primera línea de playa como este.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Carlos

Traveled with group
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a fantastic place. The only thing to mention is the service at the restaurant was not adequate (too slow, not friendly and not responsive).
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tine

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
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Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Nicholas

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not worth it.
Not the greatest experience. Hospitality isn't great and service everywhere is very slow. Took an hour to get some Nachos for dinner and there were hardly any one at the restaurant eating. Check in is easy but our room was at the top of the stairs and luckily we had small bags because it wasn't an issue for us but if you have large bags, good luck! They don't offer any help either. Wifi is terrible and didn't reach our room. We had to work and it was too hot to sit outside and work so don't count on wifi in the room. Good things: Nice beach access and the room we stayed in had an incredible view! I would not come back here for the price. Maybe everything in Costa Rica is expensive, I am not sure as this was our first time, but for the money, was not worth it. Amazing Airbnb down the street next to the park gate that is 3 minute walk to the beach and 5 minutes to the front gate entrance. 100% recommend that instead!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kathleen

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was excellent, I had a lovely clean room. There was plenty of options for food nearby which they also had dining onsite.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Manish, Chandler

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easy beach access. They allow the parking, pool, amenities and beach access even after checkout time.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Cesar

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hotle was okay old construction but location was great, right next to the beach. Food was not ao great but there drinks were wonderful. Highly recommended crazy monkey colada.

2/10 Terrible

Huaiguang

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Bad
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Deborah

Traveled with family
Liked: Room comfort
Beautiful outdoors, but rooms are meh
The grounds are lovely and the beach access can’t be beat. Nice outdoor restaurant with the best ceviche and the kindest staff. But our room? Not very clean. No vent fan in the tiny bathroom. A/C barely adequate. Our bed was great, though. We were fine for a few nights but probably won’t stay again.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nicholas

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Jennifer

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely!!
This hotel was phenomenal! We had a room with a king bed right by the water. Super clean and comfortable, breakfast was yummy and included. Easy pool and beach access. Would definitely come back!!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We only had 4 nights here, wish we had planned more. The staff was wonderful our and the whole grounds were beautiful. It was hard to leave. we will definitely return. Highly recommend this resort.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Jasmin

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were so kindly and friendly. This is my second time in here, everyone was very nice, the only thing we didn't liked was the internet wasn't working inside the room and i had a roof leak right on my bed, but i had to say it was raining a lot that night. Other than that, everything else was great!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Sergio, carlsbad

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joanne

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Comfortable beds and fine linens. Delicious breakfast buffet. Friendly, helpful staff.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marina

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay! Clean large rooms, great ocean view, good breakfast and access to very nice beach with chairs and shade. Love Karahe!!
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Vincent

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The rooms on the beachfront are very nice. Good breakfast. Plenty of beach chairs. Staff is pleasant.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Giulia

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Incredible location, with beach access and breakfast with sea view. The place looks much nicer than on the picture. Highly recommend!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Audrey

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely villa room with amazing views.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cathy

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Older property but great location

8/10 Good

Nat

Liked: Staff & service
I really loved the beach and that is exactly what you are paying for here -- the proximity. All the staff were truly amazing most especially the folks working at the restaurant (S/o Eric). Quepos is close but requires taxi, Uber worked best for me. Hotel is walking distance from Manuel Antonio Park which is great but the day I was there it was closed (Tuesdays apparently). The hotel is fine and everything was in decent working order. Some insects around at times but what can you do. The monkeys in the trees at breakfast are a hoot. All and all I'd highly recommend it simply because you can walk from your hotel room and within short minutes be on the beach. I had a wonderful time visiting here thanks for the memories

8/10 Good

Gargi

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property location is best and walkable to beach and the view is amazing.

10/10 Excellent

Nancy

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My twenty year old daughter and I had a wonderful stay at Karahe Beach Hotel. The property is beautiful. The restaurant was excellent. The property is on two sides of the road. We did upgrade to be on the beach side of the property which was more convenient being closer to the pool and restaurant. We even saw a sloth and white faced Monkeys on the property. The beach is beautiful. We enjoyed our stay and would stay here again.

6/10 Okay

Lynn

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
Our arrival started off with issues. They never informed us that our $160 private ride from the airport in San Jose was payable in cash only. They took my credit card info prior to the trip and upon arrival said it was only to secure the reservation and that the driver had to be paid the $160 in cash. It was night already and we did not have an ATM to go to on-site so the driver had to wait for payment until the next day, which was embarrassing. Then we went to our room and found that there is no view of the beach at all even though the room was advertised as beachfront and we paid a premium for that. Their response was that the room faces toward the beach and that beachfront doesn’t mean you will see the beach (you’ve got to be kidding me). Then we found there were no towel racks in the bathroom and that the TV was missing. I’ve never stayed in a hotel without towel racks in the rooms. No place to put wet towels or your face cloths. They finally gave us a TV the following day after a guest checked out of their room. So apparently they rotate TVs from one room to the next. Also, there was no ventilation in the bathroom, which was awful. Every time someone took a shower, the entire bathroom would be soaked with condensation, including the whole bathroom door. The shower door was too short, so the floor got very wet during each shower. The best thing about this hotel was the garden area we faced (instead of the beach). The room was also smaller than advertised.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Dana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Always great . Best beach hotel in manuel antonio.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Best trip to Costa Rica yet! Not one complaint about Karahe. Would recommend to anyone visiting this sweet, beautiful country. Pura Vida!
Stayed 8 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Nicholas

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was our first trip to Costa Rica and this hotel and the staff made it a trip we will never forget. The staff (and everybody in general) were so friendly and helpful. The monkeys and iguanas were everywhere and made my boys smile. Lot's of wildlife all day and night. The view from the rooms in the individual cabins on the hill are incredible. The stairs to get to them is a bit of an exercise, but worth the view in my opinion. I'm sure there are other great hotels in the area, but when we come back I plan on staying here again. Pura Vida Excellente!!!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Ana

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Diner took a while to be ready
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ferciaria

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I loved the easy walk to the beach from within the hotel property. The wildlife that roamed around the property was amazing to see! There was nothing that i didn't like. Im glad we stayed at Karahe Beach Hotel for our first visit to Costa Rica! We will definitely return to stay at Karahe and recommend it to our friends and family!
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022

2/10 Terrible

Melannie

Traveled with family
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Bathroom was dirty and the door didn't latched, the bedsheets were dirty; they had sand and they stank really bad! I asked for them to be changed and they still smelled really bad. We lost water for hours. We didn’t have enough towels. I wouldn’t stay there again, other then the view it was a terrible experience overall
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful location right on the beach. Easy walk to restaurants an Manual Antonio. The service in the restaurant could be slow and the food was over priced. The staff was very helpful
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

STACEY, CARLSBAD

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This is the ideal location if you want a beachfront property. The other perk is that there is an abundance of wildlife right on the grounds! We saw monkeys, sloth, iguanas, and other creatures daily. The room was comfortable and the AC worked great. There is a fridge in the room. Dining options are limited and we found the restaurant on the property just OK. There is a convenience store within walking distance. We took the bus a lot (costs $320 colones per person and better to use colones) due to hills, but you can beach walk to the national park and little town from this hotel. The staff were all very friendly and accommodating.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2022
Response from Maryeling on 2022/4/5
Dear Stacey So happy to hear you had a pleasant stay with us. Best regards Maryeling Front desk

6/10 Okay

Julien

Traveled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Crappy wifi and bad check in
The check in process was terrible and confusing. Wifi terrible
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

jinny

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay on Beautiful beach
We stayed in a "beachfront superior room" that was located on the third floor of the building on the beach side of the road. In addition to our building, the restaurant and pool are also located on the beach side of the road. It would be inconvenient to be on the uphill side of the property, away from the beach (I suspect this is the main reason for some of the lower reviews of this property). Our room had a nice balcony that overlooks the grounds. Although the view of the ocean is obstructed, you can hear waves from your room. None of the beachfront properties in this area have an unobstructed view of the ocean, due primarily to the trees that line the beach. You must choose between ocean view/drive to beach or beach access/no ocean view. Room was very clean, and very quiet (except for the Howler Monkeys in the morning), comfortable beds, good A/C, no plumbing issues, wifi in the room needs an upgrade. Pool was nice and adequate size. Breakfast was filling but the same every morning. Restaurant has good open-air atmosphere, good wifi, good food and priced appropriately for the area. Best thing about this hotel is the beautiful beach and nice shady tree area of the beach where the hotel provides chairs and restaurant service. Lots of wildlife on the property (monkeys, iguanas, crabs, lizards & Mia the resident kitty). This is an older property and things like pool deck, reception, etc. are clearly dated but it has lots of charm. Would stay again!
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Alexandra

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Definitely recommend
We stayed at one of the Villa Deluxe which has the most wonderful views! Based on the previous reviews we didn't have much expectations but it ultimately proved to be a great choice. The hotel premises is split in 2, by the main road. On the upper part up the hill is the reception and part of the rooms - incl. the Villas ~ there are several steps up to reach these rooms, a bit of effort, however totally worth it + the hotel personnel helped with our luggage. On the lower part are the rest of the rooms (we saw them, pretty basic but spacious and clean), followed by a beautiful garden, beach restaurant, pool and the actual beach. These rooms have only limited sea view. Our Villa was clean and cute, although not very spacious it was enough for us and the view was breathtaking. The only con was the low water pressure. From Villa to beach it took approx 4min. Breakfast is quite basic and restaurant food average with huge portions. Beautiful beach with service (sunbeds, umbrellas, food, drinks) and most amazing sunsets. The hotel personnel has been friendly and helpful too. All in all, definitely recommend the Villa Deluxe and enjoying the beach at the hotel!
View from Villa Deluxe
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2021

4/10 Poor

jessica, Toronto

Traveled with family
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Other than the direct access to the beach, it was a disappointing stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Room comfort
Nothing special
The pictures show the rooms have beach view but they are not accurate. Even the rooms closest to the beach have no view. The room Iwas assigned to, had a cable tv wire hanging from the wall but no tv. Average cleaning.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Ricardo, Indianapolis

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The best place to stay in Manuel Antonio beach! Staff and people in the restaurant make you feel like family!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Daniela

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Amy

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overall good experience, pros and cons
Pros: beautiful! The location is great! We loved the beach and pool. The service was amazing. Really loved the staff. Nature was interactive (a monkey stole my stevia while I was waiting on my coffee). Cons: the drinks suck. Coffee was like dirty bean water. I want to start my day with good strong coffee and had to beg for espresso shots. I took up on the happy hour offer once...I’m a lightweight and can be done from 2 glasses of wine. I ordered 2 cocktails and feel I paid $9 for 2 cups of virgin cranberry juice.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2021