Coati Arenal Lodge

It was fine

All was super clean, centric place, secure and confortable

Our hostess was fantastic! She was so friendly and helpful!!!

Bad: Bathroom didn't have any shampoo/conditioner and we had to buy our own. Although the room was clean, there were some large unpainted repairs on our walls that were not great to look at and a large trail of ants always coming/going from the bathroom. Didn't have a room cleaning over the 5 days we stayed. They also apparently can't have you flush toilet paper down the toilet. This seems to be common around la fortuna, but worth noting that the used tp in the trash can really piles up after a few days without cleanings.. Ugly: It feels like you are renting a room out of a Costa Rican families house rather than an individual, private hotel room. Our room had no front door, just a giant sliding glass door. We had a giant curtain to give some privacy but the family that (I think owns the hotel) setup a dining table after day 1 literally 6 inches from our door and were legit there eating/chilling for about half the day. Curtains block them from seeing in but certainly not the noise. Of the 5 days we stayed we were woken up by this family all 5 days from convos, music, or dishes clanking all before 8am. I'm pretty sure the family lives in the room right next to ours. Can't leave the lights/ac on when you leave and when we forgot, someone came into our locked room to shut them off. No cleaning done but big brother is watching the electric bill. If this family was just a bad guest then I guess most of this is a moot point but these quirks were enough for me to share.