This was a very well kept hotel with very helpful staff. That being said I am going to be very honest in my review here due to the fact that I was unable to communicate my concerns while there(language barrier with the available staff).
We booked our stay prior to the hotel changing hands and were expecting a different environment.
The hotel caters to a school for firedancers,spanish language,surfing and yoga. It is very apparent that this is their priority. We were expecting to have access to a communal kitchen area.( Description from the previous owners said this was available) Our only real concern was coffee in the morning. After checking in and exploring I discovered a notice that the kitchen was for students only. I went to the front desk and the young man agreed to let me use the coffee pot. It still left me with an uncomfortable feeling.
We were put in room 10....very clean and well kept with AC that never let us down. This room is below the communal area where the students assemble first thing in the morning, this sounds like a heard of elephants. I tried to speak to someone twice about our location but communication issues got in the way. We were also expecting a good reliable internet connection which we required for communication with home. This was also guarenteed. Not so in our location in the hotel. It was very sketchy and the young man had to reset often to get it back and still we had to sit in the hall to get a steady connection
We adapted to the room and stayed our full stay. I only wish I could have located someone to speak better english and I am sure this could have been improved. The price for this hotel was fantastic and I would stay there again and be prepared for the environment.
We would have appreciated a "heads up" about the change in ownership so we could have done our usual research.
A change in our room location probably would have solved everything, I just kept running into the same 2 ladies that spoke such little english....they were very sweet and tried to understand me.
Dont let this deter you...if you require quiet in the morning ask for a room in the back of the hotel and you may have to sit in the hall to use the internet. For the price you cant beat it.

The label of the hotel is a crab which is basically everywhere around Montezuma at dawn and night. Best with this hotel was the location, as it was a bit (100m) away from town and was very quiet - but still it was only a one minute walk from the centre. The owners were very helpfull and friendly. On the roof terrace there were some hammocks which were great to linger a bit in the shade and read a book.

When we stayed there it was fully booked so we got a room on the ground floor. I guess it is more light higher up in the hotel. Although it was not outright dirty, it was not very clean either. They do not serve breakfast.

All in all it was a great stay in Montezuma with an ok hotel, but the value for the money was not the best in comparison to other places in Costa Rica. However, as it seemed to me the hotels in a similar price class were not much better in Montezuma.

On our trip to Costa Rica, we wanted to go to Montezuma to see the waterfalls because all the locals said the waterfalls in Montezuma were the best. The waterfalls were definitely amazing. We couldn't go back to the part of Costa Rica were were originally staying in (Playa Hermosa) until the next morning because of the taxi boat schedule so we had to pick somewhere to stay in Montezuma for one night.

We picked El Tajalin because it was on $50 a night and close to town. DO NOT STAY in ROOM #3 !!!! TONS OF MOSQUITOS!!! We were killing mosquitos nonstop for more than an hour until we decided we would be better off sleeping on the beach. When we tried to leave or get somewhat of a refund, the management said we couldn't get a refund but offered us another room (#6). Room #6 was better, I think we killed two mosquitos, and slept with the sheets over our heads so we wouldn't get bitten up. I still got about ten mosquito bites on my legs. Terrible experience! Never again will we stay at El Tajalin.

Poor hotel, would NOT stay there again.

We were on our honeymoon and wanted to check out Montezuma yet stay out of the hostels and this was the perfect place. It's right on the edge of town rather than right downtown which is nice since the main strip can be pretty noisy late night. 30 second walk to the downtown makes for a great location. It was the rainy season and 70$/night got us a huge room with a balcony and a safe. Open air lounge on the top floor with a TV and hammocks is a great place to hang out. The manager was extremely helpful and even took this picture for us.