Occidental Tamarindo

Excellent staff, this hotel has a fantastic beach to explore , minutes by uber into town to explore the local shops and oven pizza restaurants. Highly recommend the women’s clothing store located beside the art gallery, the owner is excellent at picking out outfits to suit your build, endless gorgeous bathing suits , and dresses … I booked yours through viatour - to the Jungle , coffee & chocolate plantations and waterfalls and snorkeling!!! We saw incredible wildlife, including, frogs, snakes, birds, 6 sloths , monkeys and huge mantrays in the ocean. Costa Rica!!! I’ll be back

We enjoyed our 4 days at the resort. The staff was pleasant and the resort was well cared for with lovely tropical landscaping. The food was good and plentiful, I especially enjoyed the fresh fruit, mango, papaya and pineapple. We were able to enjoy the specialty dining for 3 nights thanks to our loyalty status at Agoda. In the Japanese restaurant I would suggest the shrimp or chicken as the beef was on the tough side. The house wine was ok, but the mixed drinks were sub par. Restaurants and groceries are very expensive in Costa Rica so we found the all inclusive option very cost effective by booking well in advance. Prices had doubled by the time we arrived. The beach is rocky in parts but there are some sandy areas where young children play. Lots of waves for the surfers to enjoy. Plenty of lounge chairs around the pool, but if you want shade you will need to claim a spot early. If you want to go to town it was only $6 cad each way with Uber . There is a market on Saturday mornings that features lots of arts, crafts, clothing and jewelry. You can book excursions through the hotel which you should consider if you want to truly enjoy what Costa Rica has to offer. We didn’t do any as this was just a 4 day stay and we are visiting other parts of the country.

Great location, nice rooms and pool, right on the beach. The buffet was great, breakfast was our favorite. Lots of choices. Staff was attentive and it's all inclusive so great price for the value.

This place is beautiful. The staff was very friendly and very attentive. The all inclusive was definitely good pretty much all you can drink if you do well drinks I had multiple bartenders so we didn’t go without food or drinks for sure.

The good: fairly clean, modern, and mostly well equipped. The on-premise staff are super nice and helpful. Not too far from the beach. Not so good : Set in a removed area, very little living space with enclosed metal walls surrounding the place like a prison - absolutely no view. No pool. very loud if near the security gate , and incessant barking dogs onsite. Poor value for the price,(expensive) and much better value elsewhere down the street with all inclusive for less.