El Rodeo Estancia Boutique Hotel & Steakhouse

It’s like an oasis! In Belén, close to the airport. When you enter the gate, it’s peaceful, big property, nice gardens, tennis court and swimming pool and it feels super safe, plenty of parking space inside the property too. Our flight arrived late at night so it was wonderful that they have the restaurant open till late, which has great food. Also the staff of both the hotel and the restaurant abs very friendly. The rooms are very spacious, clean and super comfortable beds. We loved it!

The El Rodeo is located about a 20 minute UBER ride away from the S.J.A/P. ($26.00 us) Uber ride. Also about a 25 min. ride into San Jose. The atmosphere/location is a nice mix of urban and rural with lots of trees, birds chirping and even a rooster nearby calling the day..And even Makela..the hotel cat was friendly... We had the Superb room and it was more than enough space for the 2 of us.. Beds were very comfortable. The room had a small microwave and a fridge to keep your food or drinks cold. It's not a minibar. The compound is completely enclosed and has attendants at the front gate all evening. It's not that it's in an unsafe area. We did walk outside at night and never felt threatened or endangered. It's just that almost every hotel and home in C.R. is enclosed or gated. Every member of the staff was very helpful, friendly and as accommodating as can be. Finally, in our 4 night stay that included breakfast..I must say we were more than pleasantly surprised. The Steakhouse on the property wasn't just good, it was Excellent...We ate dinner there 3 of 4 nights. If you don't want a 3 to 4 hr trek to stay at the oceanside beaches or near the volcano/ waterfalls near Arenal or Monteverdi, this is a very nice location. You can always take an excursion. But most of them to those places start pickups at 6 or 7 from San Jose.

We arrived late and the 24-hour security were fabulous getting us to our room. Room was a wonderful, spacious and clean in a boutique hotel style. The gardens were well taken care of around the property. The included breakfast was order from our table. (Not a buffet.). The service at breakfast was very professional. All hotel employees, even the grounds keepers were very welcoming. Great first night stay. I would stay here again.

We needed to stay a night in San Jose for our flight the next day and El Rodeo was a really good hotel for that. The room was clean and comfortable (though in need of some updates) and the front desk staff was really helpful. There was even a great billiards table downstairs that we had fun playing on. The on-site restaurant is surprisingly good (we had dinner there as well as the breakfast that was included with our reservation). The only big disappointment was the pool, which looked like it hadn’t been cleaned or swum in for at least a year. But other than that, a great stay!

An authentic Old World hotel! Well taken care of and good amenities. Woke up to the delightful sound of one of the young housekeepers cheerfully singing a melody En Español! Charming.