La Mansion Inn

This was a great place to enjoy delicious food and beautiful views. My husband and I love to visit new places and eat at different restaurants. This was a real treat as I had food that I do not normally order and it was amazing! We will definitely come back for the great location and the delicious food! The people were very friendly and accommodating as well. Thank you!!

We spent 4 nights, having been in two other great hotels already I was really looking forward to staying in 5 star La Mansion Inn. Sadly we were to be totally disappointed with our stay. We arrived at 2:30 to a small reception area without the air condition operating to be told our room was not ready, check in is not until 3pm so no surprise really. So we went to the pool area to wait. There were two main reasons why I chose La Mansion Inn, the first is that children under the age of 12 are not allowed. So seeing a child of about 8 running a screaming around the pool area was a bit of a surprise. We later saw him again playing football at breakfast. At 3:10 we went to reception again and was told we still could not get in our room, we eventually got in at 3:25. I had booked one of the Penthouse rooms as this was our honeymoon. The room was large and spacious with great views of the Pacific. They advertise a mini bar but you have to go down to reception and fill in an order form and then it is brought to your room later, a bit of a pain after travelling for 5 hours then waiting to get into your room. While getting ready for our evening meal we could not find the iron or hairdryer both advertised as being in the room but not. The evening meal was ok, nothing on the standard of the two previous hotels we had stayed at that were 4 star. The other reason I chose this hotel was because of the “The Bat Cave Bar� where you can have a cocktail while you listen to water running and bats overhead etc which they advertise on their website. All a complete lie, as we found out. You can stand in the bar but no chance of getting a drink. This was confirmed by a couple of waiters in the restaurant. Breakfast is advertised as being free and included in the price, but again this is not true, you have to pay a 10% service change (We did not pay this in the other hotels that offered free breakfasts). The very loud jazz music played at breakfast was not appropriate. The Wi-Fi did not work for a day and a half despite it being reported a couple of times. The toilet did not work in our room and we had to get it fixed twice, the shower tap fell off while taking a shower!! On one occasion I went to reception to be greeted by a chap cleaning his teeth and toothpaste running down the sides of his face, the sort of thing you expect in a backpackers hostel not a supposedly 5 star hotel. The gift shop is a joke, it is a glass cabinet with 1 packet of Pringles, sun cream, 3 packets of condoms, some mugs and a few wood carvings. I looked again through the reviews because I could not believe I had made such a bad choice and noticed that on the bad reviews the owner responds by saying there is no record of the reviewer staying. Well I stayed and can tell you that it is certainly not a 5 star hotel more like a 3. The hotel is not very clean but I suspect this is because the owner just does not have enough cleaners hence the later than expected check-in. It is run down and in need of attention but again I think it’s because the owner is not investing in his property and only concerned about profits. Damian the manager, who only came and saw us on departure even though we had spoken to another member of management the day after we arrived and apologised and suggested that I did not do a bad review as they were going to refund the cost of 2 days of the stay.

We celebrated our anniversary at this amazing hotel and it was nothing short of spectacular. I knew immediately that our week long stay was going to be amazing after Warner showed us around the property and the view from our balcony. I can't even begin to tell you how personable the staff were as they routinely greeted us by our first names. You just don't get this type of attention from larger hotels, at least we haven't. A special thank you to Warner, Jeffrey, and Roy for making our stay enjoyable. The hotel iguana, Christopher, was quite a character. Pure Vida! Angie and Rhonda

The best location in Costa Rica!!! After traveling around Costa Rica for 2 weeks we ended up in this boutique hotel in Manuel Antonio. Surprisingly for us we got the Presidential Suite, unbelievable!!! The view was out of this world. We enjoyed every second in this place. Service was excellent, food was excellent, suite was excellent. The whole staff was the best, specially Cristopher, Jorge and Warner. It was so great that I propose to my girlfriend in this place. We will never forget this vacations

We stayed 3 nights in this hotel while visiting Manual Antonio. It is a relatively small hotel, not crowded. The rooms were very spacious with a view to the sea. Although there is some room for improvement (internet that doesn't work well in the remote room for example) we gave it 5 points mainly because we were impressed by the hospitality and kindness of the staff. Note that breakfast is a-la-cart and not buffet style, the food was tasty, but it takes longer, if you're harrying to a designated time, such as your pickup.