It might have been a good hotel in the eighties, but now it’s a bit dated.

the place is close to the airport and it has a nice garden with a playground for kids. there a lot of squirrels between the trees.

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The El Rodeo is located about a 20 minute UBER ride away from the S.J.A/P. ($26.00 us) Uber ride. Also about a 25 min. ride into San Jose. The atmosphere/location is a nice mix of urban and rural with lots of trees, birds chirping and even a rooster nearby calling the day..And even Makela..the hotel cat was friendly... We had the Superb room and it was more than enough space for the 2 of us.. Beds were very comfortable. The room had a small microwave and a fridge to keep your food or drinks cold. It's not a minibar. The compound is completely enclosed and has attendants at the front gate all evening. It's not that it's in an unsafe area. We did walk outside at night and never felt threatened or endangered. It's just that almost every hotel and home in C.R. is enclosed or gated. Every member of the staff was very helpful, friendly and as accommodating as can be. Finally, in our 4 night stay that included breakfast..I must say we were more than pleasantly surprised. The Steakhouse on the property wasn't just good, it was Excellent...We ate dinner there 3 of 4 nights. If you don't want a 3 to 4 hr trek to stay at the oceanside beaches or near the volcano/ waterfalls near Arenal or Monteverdi, this is a very nice location. You can always take an excursion. But most of them to those places start pickups at 6 or 7 from San Jose.

Although the hotel and property were very clean, I think I might have rated El Rodeo even higher had it been updated some. We did not like the very high walled bathtub/shower. It had a step up block just to get into the tub to give you an idea. The bottom of the tub is dangerously slippery with no non slip grip or bar to hold onto when you're in it. Getting out was as dangerous as well. If you're elderly or impaired in some manner, IT WILL BE very challenging. The other negative is that there is really no shops or restaurants nearby in walking distance. Ferdy's has really good food. Very rustic indoor/ outdoor and is about a 3 block walk. But you'll be on torn up paths and sidewalks to get there and not a lot of streetlights...

The rooms were very spacious, nice and clean. I requested a crib and they gave me a real crib with everything on it, very nice detail. The staff was super nice and the location is very close to the airport. I will definitely stay there again.

Everything was perfect

Very good location near the airport, quiet and cosy. Delicious breakfast, great steaks for lunch or dinner. Facility with its own security, beautiful green surroundings.

Excellent location for leaving/arriving from airport. Large, comfortable rooms. Hot shower. Nice breakfast. Friendly staff. Very sweet hotel cat.

All good.

We upgrade to the junior suite, much better rooms. Big rooms, very comfortable.

Great staff and arranged taxi driver

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Nice restaurant staff is great and accomodating

The room was okay it smelled old and dank. You could hear alot of noise outside of rooms laughter and chatter .The steakhouse food was okay I had literally the worse steak that I've ever tasted it was suppose to be a rib eye but was extremely chewy and flavorless and wasn't seared or grilled. Breakfast wasn't that great either. It's a good hotel for a one night stay

Food in the restaurant was great, for both breakfast and lunch. Staff was very helpful and understanding, the room was also clean and the place had a few things to do with places to relax.

good location. large room. decent breakfast staff nice.

some ants found in room as there was some residual food left from previous guests messages from the property beforehand stated taxi would cost around 25 dollars when in reality it costed between 5-10 dollars.

The restaurant was okay, more for breakfast than for dinner. The room was big, but with two steps in it (entrance and shower).

The room had one window to the back and one to the front where everyone walked by. Only the back window could be opened and that was difficult. The steps were a bit challenging in the room. Especially the one right at the entrance. I almost fell because I forgot that there was a level difference of one step in the room.

Mostly everything. Especially the breakfast and the baby bed. Great facilities.

Too loud the fan in the bathroom and there in no separate switch. When light is on, fan is on.

Room was large, clean. Staff very helpful. Left too early for breakfast but had dinner at steakhouse and it was delicious.

Nothin No. For what I needed it was great. The bathroom could use some updates.