I spent a week there with my 17 year old son and his 17 year old surf buddy. Good hotel and great base camp foir surfing the Tamarindo coast area. Clean, safe, very nice staff, good restaurant and bar with great views over local surf break and ocean. Breakfast included with lots of fresh CR fruit. Our surf guide Jonathon... more

I just spent 9 days at the hotel and had a great time. I'm surfer without a huge budget and this was the right hotel to stay at. My friends and I stayed in one of the suites which had tv, air conditioning, a kitchen and a porch with a view of the Tamarindo river mouth surf spot. The room... more

We had a great time in Tamarindo thanks to all the people at Tamrindo Vista Villas. Low season is definitely the time to visit. The concierge repeatedly went above and beyond any expectations. More than just giving recommendations to nearby activities, he would personally take us out to the local surf spots and show us great local (cheap) spots to... more

This was our (my wife and I are 58 year old retirees) first trip to Costa Rica and chose Vista Villas on our son's recommendation. He is a 27 year old non-surfer that has stayed here four times. We have experienced accommodations ranging from five-star resorts in Hawaii to primitive housing in the Marshall Islands. After reading other reviews, we... more

Best Western is the Best! The suite was large and the view was something unbelievable. I would definitely return to Vista Villas on my next trip. The staff was friendly and so eager to please. I mean everyone we encountered delivered great service. They arranged all of our adventures and it could not have been easier. We felt very welcome.... more

Overall this is not a bad hotel. Large rooms with good view. There is better value to be had at other places in town. We paid $125 US per night for a large room with an extra bedroom. Not bad. It's not a great facility, but it's a good surfer hotel. I do have a serious complaint. I could hear... more

This was our first visit to Costa Rica and it was enjoyable! The hotel staff were very friendly. The girls that work at the bar Joyce, Sophia and two other girls were very friendly and we enjoyed talking to them. We had the best view from our room and even enjoyed listening to the birds outside of the bathroom window.... more

We didn't book this hotel in advance we just arrived in Tamarindo and thought it would be a good place to stay because it's a Best Western. Don't expect regular Best Western standards. The rooms we were given were very unclean. We rented two rooms. Our room had dirty finger prints all along the walls of the single bed. The... more

The hotel looks nothing like the pictures on the website. The rooms were old and dingy. When we arrived, a hotel employee escorted us to our room and upon opening the door we could tell the room windows hadn't been open in days. The hot room, combined with the fact that the staff couldn't get the air to work, oh... more