We went to this hotel because it was listed in Lonely Planet. Guess the author has not been there in some time. After staying there one wanted to check into a clinic for a complete physical.
Avoid at all cost.

I stayed at this hotel a few years back and it was a dive. I heard that it was bought and had new owners and decided to try it and see if it was better. It was even worse!! The sheets that they had for the bed were frayed and had holes. One of the pillows had mold on the pillow. The bathroom was small and the tile repairs looked like it was done by a 5 year old.. Looked aweful. They turned the upstairs lounge area into a restaurant and it made the place noisy. The music from the bar made you unable to relax and watch tv. We wont be back... It was only $15 before now it was $25 per night and no improvements. The rooms are dark and dirty and moldy... We were in San Juan for four days but left the Joxi after the two we had prepaid.

We were dropped off at Hotel Joxi in San Juan del Sur by the taxi we took from the border of Costa Rica. We didn't like the look of the Joxi so we were told that there was a brand new hotel just opened that day by the same owners. We went there - it was at the end of town over a walking bridge next to a nice looking hostel. It was empty. I think we were the first guests. It was called Hotel Liri. It was a nice enough looking hotel - nice view and nice pool and rooms. The first night was great - the rooms hadn't been properly cleaned but it wasn't a real problem because of the privacy and view. The second day a group of 11 surfers from the middle east arrived . They took over the hotel and proceeded to invade the kitchen, refrigerator, TV, downstairs and they played loud music and yelled until 3 am for two nights. When we asked them to please be quiet on the second night and respect the rest of the guests (two couples including us), we were told to leave if we didn't like the noise and that the owners had told them they could do whatever they liked since there were eleven of them and only four of us. We asked the night staff person to call the owners and he did but the owners never showed up and the noise only increased. They also stole our food from the refrigerator. The other couple and we left as early in the morning as we could after no sleep at all the previous night. Our room was never cleaned. The towels and sheets were not changed or the TP replenished. This could be a nice hotel but management will have to change a lot of things first.

Pretty much the same as Erik B. said.
We stayed at Joxi Hotel in January 2012 for two nights. The room was ok (25 Dollars for a double room), although not well cleaned and the ac looked like it spread a lot of fungal particles.
The girls at the reception were friendly, but there was a dodgy guy hanging around in the outside area, just as Erik said. When going out, we always left the key at the reception (this might have been a mistake). Anyway, we dont know how it exactly happened, but my boyfriends adidas sneakers and some other valuables were stolen out of the room.

From what we heard from other young travelers Pacha Mamma seems to be a really good place to stay in SJDS. Going once again to SJDS we would definitely go there.