San José hotels near Museo de Oro

Pros: Very nice people, beautiful beautiful hotel

Cons: Minor, but shower head left room for improvement

Pros: A fabulous property. Loved the old world charm and felt very different from the International Chains. The reception, dinner and whole experience really set us off on a great start to our Costa Rica Adventure

Cons: We didn't stay there long enough!

Pros: We got upgraded and the room was really nice - Good size and loved the free mini bar ;) Hotel overall was great - quaint and old- school charm and was really nice, quiet environment. Didn't try the restaurant apart from breakfast - food was good but wish it was buffet instead of ala carte.

Cons: Jacuzzi was great but would be perfect if there was a pool Buffet breakfast instead of ala carte

Pros: The rooms, the beds are very comfortable. one can sleep very well. The food is delicious but expensive!

Cons: Nois from other rooms.

Pros: Beautifully appointed. Very clean. Staff exceptional. Breakfast delightful. Dinner very good.

Cons: The housekeeper turned our AC down to 16 degrees, TWICE. Since there is no heat in the tropics, it took a long time to warm the room with only our own body heat. It just made the experience feel not very luxurious. Management did offer hot chocolate but I should have negotiated for brandy.

Pros: Location, staff, décor and cleanliness of the hotel

Cons: not a lot a closet space

Pros: Good sized room with large bathroom and shower. Decent bed and pillows. Really warm welcome and trendy public areas. Excellent roof top bar. Really good plentiful breakfast included. Great range of food available. Excellent place for a stop over. Several good restaurants within a few hundred metres.

Cons: TV a bit fuzzy and only 3 English channels.

Pros: Cool place with very helpfull staff

Pros: Parking was easy. Early checkin was allowed.

Cons: Food was nothing special. Another bar bill ended up on our tab but was subsequently removed.

Pros: All staff we interacted with where helpful and friendly. Good choices for breakfast. Rooftop bar is lovely with a very good selection of wines. Lobby setting is very funky.

Pros: The rooftop patio is adorable! Amazing views of the mountains while you're surrounded by a gorgeous assortment of flowers. Loved that they provided a bottle of distilled water in the rooms. The free breakfast was delicious and has many options.

Pros: Beautiful, centrally located in downtown San Jose and the staff were exceptionally friendly and helpful

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Large room with comfortable bed and bedding. The shower is very unusual with windows above. The breakfast is excellent- plenty to choose from and a chef prepares eggs and omelettes to your liking. Helpful front desk staff. Gated free parking.

Cons: It would be nice to have a make up mirror in the bathroom but they have a large mirror with good light in the room that was ok substitute.

Pros: Nice Hotel

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Bed and roof bar

Cons: No guests.

Pros: Comfortable beds with soft duvets; real effort to cleanliness of room and bathroom; location central; breakfast wide and varied choice; would recommend highly; should I go back to SJO will definitely stay at the Presidente once more!

Cons: Would suggest a more plentiful packed breakfast: two slices of white bread one slice of ham and one slice of cheese doesn't equate to what a "packed breakfast" should be

Pros: Very nice hotel in the center. Good parking, very nice breakfast, super nice lobby, very friendly people who work there :)

Cons: Please if there is a parade, and guest are coming not from Costa Rica, inform them that the whole city is closed. It took us around 3h to come to the place. Calling might be very expensive if you have a mobile from Europe.

Pros: Amazing unique place in the middle of San José , is like a hidden paradise very cheap for the zone and the quality , super nice staff and quiet room

Cons: To be honest I’m very happy with our stay

Pros: the breakfast was okay. location is okay if you're staying a night and have to go to the airport the next day.

Cons: The front desk staff lacks professionalism. On one occasion, I was hoping to use the phone to book a tour. The front desk attendant said that he knew a better company and dialed a number and my friend didn't really ask for specifics and booked the tour. As a side note, that company that starts with the letter "M" was the worst experience I had in Costa Rica in terms of safety while driving. Not only did the front desk attendant have the audacity to refer us to this "M" company, when I called to ask what the company's name was he told me to act like we asked for the number and not tell anyone that he had referred us to them. This is not even the tip of the iceberg. On one occasion, my friend and I were getting a couple of drinks and since most people go out at night, we were called "squares" in Spanish for staying in and drinking at the hotel instead of outside. We found two cockroaches in the hotel which is normal since the front door is always open, but upon finding a third cockroach a day later, I managed to keep it under a glass and left it for the cleaning staff to discard because I forgot to do it. When we returned later that same night and the room was cleaned, we were not given a new glass. The cleaning staff rinsed the glass and left it on top of the desk. I mean, who does that? As a side note, the cockroach was about two inches big and touched the surface of the cup.

Pros: Very central Clean and nice decor Food is good

Cons: Noise

Pros: The hotel decor is lovely. Location convenient. Breakfast was nice and staff were pleasant. The bed was comfortable. Had we got a nicer room I'm sure we would have had a better stay.

Cons: The room was plain, unlike photos and was located next door to the kitchen and lobby and had paper thin walls so was extremely noisy. Also no window to outside. Ensure not to get the Lila room downstairs.

Pros: Rooms are very clean, breakfast amazing, best pinto ever , very large room, coffee in thé room

Pros: Loved this hotel it was walking distance to everything and the staff and hotel were amazing

Pros: Clean (like, immaculate!), pretty and comfortable. The perfect place to spend a night or two. The staff was friendly, the food was good, and the atmosphere was very peaceful. Walking distance to shops, downtown squares and panaderias.

Cons: There is a train that runs behind the property a couple times a day. It's not too loud and we never heard it at night, but important to note for people who are really noise sensitive.

Pros: Cute and charming old hotel,

Cons: No climate control in our room, no window to outside, bathroom window connected to communal shaft that allowed other people's room noise to be heard by us

Pros: Nothing to Like

Cons: They over charge you when you get there for stuff that you didnt even hear about it.

Pros: Good Breakfast. Great service.

Cons: Everything was good.

Pros: Quiet and comfortable room. Good shower ; cleaning staff, dining room staff for breakfast were good. Desk very helpful with limited english. Restaurant with the Casino. 4 star food.

Cons: Had to walk through Casino to get to restauarant

Pros: El personal que atiende en el comedor en la hora del desayuno, y las demas son un amor, dan un super excelente servicio que nunca habia encontrado en otro lugar. Añado tambien a la del departamento de house keeping maravi

Cons: En el counter les falta orientar mas a las personas que vamos de otros paises desorientados relacionado a lugares turisticos, la moneda, los horarios. Lo demas esta todo bien organizado.

Pros: Good location and nice staff

Cons: Breakfast is simple and potato from frozen. Pastry items ok.

Pros: Location/proximity

Cons: The Breakfast was Terrible.Not much to pick from.The eggs were fake which of course I did not eat.Only one meat selection.

Pros: Since UBER is not legal in CR,our transportation expenses were ridiculous. The free shuttle to airport was really very nice. Also, the proximity to museums and shopping was good. Staff were very friendly and helpful.

Cons: Could use new mattresses, linens and pillows. Our pillows and mattress were old and bumpy. Also, we couldn’t open our window curtain because our room was literally right next to a busy street. Our room was very noisy from the traffic to get some rest.

Cons: Air conditioning could be better

Pros: convenient location, breakfast is fantastic, staff is friendly and helpful

Pros: Location

Cons: In the room I saw at least 3 roaches.

Pros: Security and staff are fantastic. Good breaskfast buffet. Casino is good and restaurant in casino has good food.

Cons: Refrigerator in room was warm.

Pros: The staff was Great

Pros: Curteous staff, great location, secure, comfortable, satisfying.

Cons: Limited breakfast, no pool

Pros: Eclectic and clean

Cons: Sometimes front desk didn’t answer phone within a few rings

Pros: We still had access to the hotel breakfast which is in a lovely garden Room surrounded by trees and flowers. The apartment room was very big, everything was clean and the showers hot.

Cons: We were put in the Apartments which is a separate building to the main hotel. The rooms have less charm.

Pros: The breakfast was excellent.

Cons: The room had a hallway going past a window that created noise.

Pros: Good and quite position inside the chaotic San José, the food was very good, both for dinner and the breakfast as well. The staff is extremely open for any esigence.

Pros: Quirky and relaxed. Breakfast amazing. Staff very helpful and pleasant. Short walk from centre so quiet and convenient. Restaurant looked good but didn’t have time to use.

Cons: Next time will upgrade room from basic but can’t complain as you get what you pay for ...

Pros: My sister and I stayed one night at Hotel Aranjuez. The service was amazing and room was clean and comfortable. We were nervous because we hadn't heard good things about San Jose, but we felt safe and welcomed as soon as we arrived at the hotel. The receptionist gave us great recommendations for restaurants and activities, and the hotel was close to most major sights. I would definitely recommend staying at Hotel Aranjuez!

Pros: Good mattress made for a comfortable night's sleep. The gentleman at the front desk warmed up and we had a nice conversation as I was departing (came for a single quick overnight on my way to the coast).

Cons: My room looked nothing like the pictures on the website - kind of tired. I booked late so that may have been all that was left. Noise traveled so people talking in the hallway as they came home late at night woke me.

Pros: The breakfast is nice and staff the staff is helpful.

Cons: The photos are extremely misleading. I stayed for 2 nights at Hotel Aranjuez and my room was nothing like the ones in the photos suggested. The bathroom was also not great (the shower was not draining).

Pros: This hotel is OK for a brief visit to San Jose. The location is good with the few sights of the City being within walking distance. It is in the safer part of town. San Jose only needs a day or so, being a large town with a small centre.

Cons: The room was a bit tired but functional. The small swimming pool is really just there to cool off if you are visiting in the hot season. Don't expect any more than a functional place to sleep and have breakfast.

Pros: *** Superb Hotel Short Walk to San Jose Center *** Stayed 2 nights. Great location in colonial section—10 minute walk from downtown and neat restaurants. Super clean. Peaceful. Beautiful floors, high ceilings, comfortable beds, great little gym & comfy jacuzzi above pool. Awesome, healthy breakfast complete with fresh, real tropical fruit juices. Guanabana juice. Yum! Staff all welcoming, helpful and kind. At front desk: David gave excellent guidance—especially with restaurants—and service. Omar was very kind and gave great suggestions on what to see.

Cons: n/a

Pros: This is a lovely hotel with plenty of character and close to food and parks. We would definitely stay here again!

Pros: Hidden away, with sheltered sitting areas.

Pros: breakfast and kid pool with waterslide

Pros: - Comfortable accomodation in the centre of San Jose - Breakfast was good - 24 hours reception

Cons: - Bathroom was not really separated from the room, little privacy

Pros: Staff are great, there’s a reading room with a nice view, and the hot tub is a great addition.

Pros: Waterslide, breakfast is made to order

Cons: N/a

Pros: i loved the original style of the rooms and building and the small swimming pool just great for cooling off. location was great, just a short walk to Central Avenue though to be fair not much to see in San Jose

Cons: Sheets and towels a bit small but everything spotlessly clean. breakfast ok but quite basic

Pros: The staff.. all of them were very friendly and super accommodating!

Pros: Bed comfy, decent continental breakfast, nice jacuzzi, very friendly staff. Lots of places to sit. Location near main shopping area but quiet. Nice suggestions for dinner.

Cons: The bathroom and toilet, though seperated from the bedroom by a wall did not have it's own roof so you can hear the facilities being used from the bedroom area which is not ideal.

Pros: Clean, safe, comfortable, and friendly and professional staff. Has gym for a quick workout. You can tell owner takes pride in his property. Breakfast is what owner likes to eat every morning and his wife makes the green hot sauce from scratch. Ended up staying three days instead of one. Location is really good for walking around downtown.

Cons: Rooms are a little dated but are nice and clean and beds are comfortable. Enjoyed stay very much.