We stayed there 3 nights, the view of the room 108 was beautiful! But I heard that the rooms all have a beautiful view. This is a hotel worth visiting. The rooms are very romantic and its great to not have children around. There are no loud group parties and there is no sound that we can hear from other rooms.

The hotel brought coffee to your room door early in the morning, and everyday, the hotel does something different in your room or bring you complimentary fruits.

It is romantic and the staff are friendly. The only problem is the couple's massage for $69 may sound like a deal, but it's not a good massage. It is just paying someone to put oil on your body, there was no technique. The other downfall is the hot water. There isn't enough for the bath and a shower.

Overall this is wonderful hotel to visit.

This property didn't live up to our expectations. The pictures appear to have been taken quite awhile ago as the property just doesn't "sparkle" as it does in the pictures.

Our major gripe was the beach access being so far away. You walk about 15+ minutes to reach the beach. You walk first down the road (with a large hill) and then there's a tiny opening with a sign pointing to an access. You then take quite the journey down a muddy, wooded area that leads to the beach. No one told us we probably shouldn't attempt it in flip flops. It was definitely not private as others stated. There was a company down there renting kayaks and such. There were a lot of people down there with very little sand space. It was more of an inlet or lagoon I'd say. We were able to stay about 30 minutes before the tide came in and took every bit of sand space away. I feel it should be made much more clear on the website as to where the beach actually is and definitely not advertised as being private. If you want to go to a nice beach, visit Manuel Antonio National Park.

The spa left a lot to be desired as well. While they were able to fit me in immediately, it was an extremely small space and wasn't sufficiently ventilated making it really stuffy. It was more of a room than an actual spa. Like someone else mentioned, it was extremely light pressure and a rather poor technique. It didn't feel anything like massages I receive in the states and certainly wouldn't relieve any muscle tension since it was more a gentle rubbing along surface of the skin only.

The rooms weren't what I hoped for either. In the pictures, they look very nice. In real life, they're dated. The pillows are literally the hardest I've ever felt in my life. We ended up using our travel pillows from the plane instead.

The best thing this place has going for it are the people, especially a waiter named Dixon. He was the happiest, hardest worker I've ever seen. He was so excited to cook and serve our food. We could see the genuine satisfaction he felt when we said we enjoyed it. He was by far the highlight of this location.

Overall the hotel isn't terrible, but we wouldn't stay again.

We stayed 4 nights during our honeymoon in Costa Rica at the Issimo Suites Boutique Hotel. While we enjoyed the luxurious and romantic room, the rest of the hotel, especially the "spa," did not match up with the quality of the room itself.

The room - we stayed in one of the "honeymoon suites" on the very top floor - was incredible and among the nicest we stayed at while in Costa Rica. While it did not include a balcony, it came well equipped with a seating area, a fridge, jacuzzi tub, incredibly comfortable bed, great shower, etc. The entire presentation was exquisite. Also of note was that they gave us a complementary bottle of (very good!) champagne during the first night of your stay. My only complaint about the room itself was that there were ants near the jacuzzi and some other areas. We are in the jungle after all, and the alternative would be to spray smelly insecticide all over the room.

However, the facilities left something to be desired. The cleanliness of the pool area was lacking -- e.g. the "noodles" they provided for the pool were dirty. It was annoying how we had to go to the front desk for towels and sometimes they were out of them, leaving us all wet. The drinks weren't the best we had, and expensive aside from the two for one happy hour promotion from noon to 6pm. The restaurant food was expensive, and only decent. Breakfast was the worst we had in Costa Rica, though it was edible and nice to have fresh fruit complementary. Sometimes, they launch into a buffet system instead of seated without rhyme or reason, but whatever. It's quite a long walk to the beach, but the beach itself is very beautiful, if a bit rocky.

The staff was friendly, but didn't speak English very well - which was a challenge because we didn't speak Spanish. It was great that they bring coffee up to your room every morning -- however, be warned: one of the days our coffee tray was entirely infested with termites! Again, a consequence of being directly in the rain forest.

The hotel would score higher than 3 stars if it weren't for the spa, the worst part of the experience. During our stay, they were running a special for a "couple's massage" for $69 dollars. The massage was the worst that my wife and I ever experienced. It was extremely hot and smelly in the spa. Further, I felt like I was choking on the head rest the way they had it set up. And worst of all, there was almost no pressure applied, despite both of us requesting that the massage be harder. It was more of a "rub down" than a massage. Do not waste your money here. They bill it as a professional spa, but it is anything but. It also isn't a couple's massage. It's in 2 separate rooms. You have been warned regarding what they bill as the "Body-Life Spa.".

Finally, we recommend the tour of Manuel Antonio park offered through the hotel. The guide was very good. Other recommendations for Manuel Antonio would be beaches 2 and 3 within the park itself (less crowded), and the restaurants Kapi-Kapi (expensive but excellent fish and seafood), Soda-Angel (typical Costa Rican plates) and Ngo (surprisingly good Vietnamese/Chinese fusion cuisine for a cheap price),

This is a boutique hotel with only 5 rooms available, making it a unique and interesting place to stay. Our room was spacious, with a balcony to overlook the ocean. I believe penthouse is their standard room, the even larger one is called royal room.

We had nothing to complain about the room condition, but the staff in the front desk are not that helpful in terms of giving recommendations. She suggested us book the tour with the tour guide, though I asked specifically about how to avoid being in a large group of tourists. If you want to visit Manuel Antonio National Park and have a private tour, there is no need to book a tour that picks you up at a certain time in advance. You can just drive there yourself and hire a tour guide at the entrance. But the receptionist was unwilling to tell me the truth.