I loved my experience at the hotel! The staff were very attentive, the service was great, and the food in the restaurant was delicious and fresh. The hotel has great room rates as well as clean rooms, mine had cable TV, a/c, patio, bathtub (a rarity in the area) and high ceilings! I was really surprised at how much less they charge than other hotels in the area, even inferior hotels. The hotel was great value for the money!
I have recommended this hotel to many of my friends and will continue to do so.
Also, the work they do to save the rainforest with Kids Saving The Rainforest is amazing! They really care about the environment and are working hard to save the rainforest. Check out the Kids Saving The Rainforest Souvenir Store when you are there. The store has so many great items and their prices are better than anywhere else in town. On top of it, 100% of the proceeds go to save the rainforest. Also, the women that work in the store are wonderful ande very very helpful.
Another great thing is the fact that there is a troop of the critically endangered Titi monkeys that live on the property, almost like they are saying thank you for all that the Mono Azul and KSTR have done to help save them!!
Chip, the owner, is a great host, and really works hard to make sure all guests are happy. I mentioned that I had seen some so-so reviews on Trip Advisor. He was very upset about it and wishes that everyone with a problem would come to him first so that he could resolve any problems. He is such a nice guy I find it hard to believe some of the reviews of the hotel.
This hotel has great amenities, including a library with 2500 books, (the first to open to the public years ago), 3 swimming pools, free wifi for guests in the restaurant and library, laundry service, and much more..
I highly recommend this hotel to anyone and everyone!!
Keep up the good work Mono Azul!!

My son and I stayed here for two nights in early June. We arrived after a long five hour drive, the last couple of hours in the rain, from Arenal. We parked our car and ran inside to check in. Beatriz, the front desk clerk couldn’t find our reservation and asked for our confirmation. My son ran back to the car in the rain and got the information that simply stated that the reservation was confirmed by a person named Chip via email. Evidently, it never got booked by Chip. After showing Beatriz the paper, she had no problem getting us a room. Since it was low season and it appeared that they there were plenty of rooms available, why did she have to hassle us to go back out in the pouring rain to get the confirmation? It wasn’t a great way to make guests feel particularly welcome.

The room itself had all the basics, clean towels, hot water, television, and even had an air conditioner. The air conditioner came in handy after a couple of humid days hiking in Manual Antonio Park. The room had high wooden ceilings that gave it the feel of staying in a cabin. The television offered many English language choices including a local station from Denver of all places. We were able to watch the NBA finals one night in our room. That same night, my son noticed that we had an unexpected visitor in the room, a lizard was crawling up one of the walls. I don’t know if this is customary in Costa Rica but it did add a tad bit more excitement to our trip.

The pools were nice and the gardens were well kept. Also, we took advantage of the inexpensive laundry service, just $10 for whatever we could fill in a large plastic bag. The location was very good just outside Quepos on the road to Manual Antonio.

At the bottom of the hill (towards Quepos), perhaps 500 meters away, we found a gym to work out at. The cost was $5 for a day pass. The equipment there wasn’t in great shape and cramped but the staff was very friendly and welcoming.

We ate dinner and breakfast in the restaurant. It was not particularly memorable except for the prices. They are higher than you would expect for a hotel of this quality level. Perhaps it was the students at the next table playing cards that made the restaurant feel more like a low budget hostel game room than a serious eating establishment.

Overall, it wasn’t a great experience especially compared to other hotels we stayed at with comparable rates during our trip but was adequate for our needs.

The hotel is average at most. After staying in some beautiful lodges around Costa Rica, Mono Azul was a bit of a disappointment. Rooms are very simple, almost bare, bungalow - type, staff could be described as not interested - you get the feeling that if they do anything for you it is to get a tip, not to genuinely help you. We did not really eat in the hotel so don't know what the food was like - we did not really want to stay in the hotel much of the time.

The whole area around Manual Antopnio strikes me as a bit commercial and many places are trying to get advantage of tourists, which is unlike the rest of Costa 'Rica, so perhaps that way not much more should have been expected out of the hotel, but out of all of the hotels we stayed in this is the only one we did not really enjoy staying in.

It is fine to stay in for a night or two if you're not too picky, it's not a bad place, but it was just a bit of a let down after staying in many nicer places. And I don't think it is cheap either.

Stay there if you can't find any better deal around the area, I would imagine it gets booked up out there pretty quickly.

Gosia

Mono Azul has large clean rooms, a pool, a library, and the best internet service we experienced in Costa Rica. The restaurant is also adequate, and its close to an art gallery, and other good restaruants. Its also next to a bus stop and is a 25 cent ride away from Manuel Antonio. It is a 20 minute walk away from Quepos.