Free beach shuttle, sun loungers, beach towels, beach massages

Reviews of Leyenda Boutique Hotel & Spa

4 out of 5
Leyenda Boutique Hotel & Spa
2 km Este de Playa Carrillo, Puerto Carrillo, Guanacaste

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 168 out of 229 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 51 out of 229 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 229 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 229 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 229 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I like the place a lot! However, i didnt see many places to go around this area
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Departamento Recepción y Reservas on May 2, 2024
Thank you so much for visiting and leaving your comment, we are glad you enjoyed your stay at Leyenda! We are not sure about what you mean with places to go around but next time come to Front Desk or check Google maps to make sure you don't miss anything, there are plenty of lovely places and activities around us: we'll love to help you find out about it. Pura vida!!!

10/10 Excellent

robert

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great property and location. Close to playa Carillo, and 10 minutes drive to Samara beach. The ground and pool are wonderful. The room was quiet and new.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Departamento Recepción y Reservas on Apr 23, 2024
Thank you so much for visiting and for leaving this kind comment!! We appreciate it a lot and it makes us really happy to know you enjoyed it here, come back any time! Pura Vida!

10/10 Excellent

pablo

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved the attention that we received. The food was excellent, the rooms were clean, quiet and private.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Departamento Recepción y Reservas on Mar 14, 2024
This is so nice to read, thank you for sharing your experience with the others, we are really glad it went this good ! Come back any time please :)

10/10 Excellent

Lauri

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wasn't within walking distance of Samara but we had a car so that was ok. Very clean and modern and the pool area was beautiful! Would stay here again for sure!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Departamento Recepción y Reservas on Mar 2, 2024
Thank you very much for your visit and for taking the time to write this kind recommendation, we hope to recieve you again at Leyenda some time Pura Vida!!!

10/10 Excellent

Sue, Arlington

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is beautiful. Alberto at the front desk was so helpful and even came out to our car to help with luggage. Josephine, the owner—perfection! So happy to find this gem and be welcomed so warmly!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Departamento Recepción y Reservas on Feb 28, 2024
Thank you so much!!! We are so happy to know you enjoyed your experience at Leyenda this much, we appreciate both your visit and kind comment Come back any time!!!

8/10 Good

Polly

Traveled with partner, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was a nice place. The pools are great. The food isn’t anything special. It’s not close to beach.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Departamento Recepción y Reservas on Feb 13, 2024
Thank you so much Polly for visiting and for leaving your comment ! So glad you enjoyed your experience at Leyenda not sure which one of our restaurants or dishes you had, we are sorry you felt it was not special usually people love it here, but we all are different, just let us know how we can improve please, so we can learn from your experience too.We are about 2km from the beach, so depends on what you mean by "close", but we do offer transportation + facilities as toilet + shower + plastic sun beds to have the most comfort at it Thank you again for visiting, Pura Vida!!!

10/10 Excellent

Maria

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excelent location. Playa Carillo one of the best beaches. The hotel is very clean, the rooms are very comfortable, swimming pools spotless, food delicious and the personal outstanding. Highly recommended
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Departamento Recepción y Reservas on Feb 16, 2024
Thank you so much for your visit and this kind comment, we appreciate both a lot it makes us very happy to know you enjoyed your experience at Leyenda, we hope we get the chance to recieve you again some time, Pura Vida!!

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Departamento Recepción y Reservas on Feb 6, 2024
Muchísimas gracias!!

10/10 Excellent

Mavjuda

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This is one of the best hotels I have stayed at. The staff are super friendly and helpful. The food is amazing. The rooms are super clean. I highly recommend this hotel to anyone who is looking at staying at this hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Departamento Recepción y Reservas on Jan 15, 2024
Thank you so much for this kind comment, we are so happy to know you enjoyed your experience at Leyenda to the fullest!! We appreciate both your visit and review a lot, you help us grow. Come back any time, Pura vida!!

8/10 Good

Adriana

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rooms are modern, quiet and beds are very comfortable. Breakfast buffet was ok, nothing spectacular. Good location, short drive to the beach and sodas. The swimming pools are very nice, the bar was open until late. Parking was at the front. Overall a good night stay.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Departamento Recepción y Reservas on Jan 9, 2024
We are glad to know you enjoyed your experience at Leyenda! Pura Vida

10/10 Excellent

Igor David

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Departamento Recepción y Reservas on Jan 9, 2024
Muchísimas gracias por su visita y apoyo!!

10/10 Excellent

Gala

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Departamento Recepción y Reservas on Dec 27, 2023
Muchísimas gracias por visitarnos y por dejar su amable calificación, Pura Vida!

8/10 Good

Laura

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great staff- nice rooms. Need to drive to go to the beach .
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Departamento Recepción y Reservas on Dec 27, 2023
Thank you so much Laura, we are happy to know you enjoyed at Leyenda :) It's true that we are about 2km from the beach so it's not the best to walk to it but we do offer free transportation + facilites with toilet, shower and beach beds at Carrillo to make it more comfortable for you Hope you come back some time, Pura Vida!

10/10 Excellent

Yocelyn

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff, great breakfast and quiet hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Departamento Recepción y Reservas on Dec 18, 2023
We are so happy to know you enjoyed your experience at Leyenda, thank you so much for choosing us and for leaving this kind comment, we appreciate it very much! Come back any time, Pura vida :)

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Love this hotel!
Rooms are clean comfortable beds and quiet. Restaurants both have great food and service! Pools are lovely! Beach amazing, they supply lounge chairs, shower and bathroom. We will be back.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Departamento Recepción y Reservas on Dec 6, 2023
It's amazing to receive such a kind comment, we truly appreciate it, thank you so much!! Hope to welcome you again some time, so glad your experience was this good, Pura Vida :)

8/10 Good

Emmanuel, Saskatoon

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel but overpriced for what is on offer especially if you are places in the older rooms above the reception area. Our room was very loud as it was above the restaurant and the screen door feel off. Staff were awesome and moved us to a different room for the second night. Great location and nice grounds but there are nicer options in the area around Playa Carrillo for a similar price.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Departamento Recepción y Reservas on Nov 24, 2023
Dear Emmanuel, we are very sorry that your experience wasn't as great as we are expected to with our guests. We work hard to make our guests happy and we'll take your comment to keep growing. Pura Vida!

10/10 Excellent

Scot

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It’s been great!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Reception Hotel Leyenda on Nov 19, 2023
Thanks Scot for your good review, It's been a pleasure having you i our Hotel, we hope you visit us again for your next vacations.Kind regards

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very nicely kept. Unfortunately they were repairing the main pool which is eventually going to be amazing. The personnel was very attentive. Things were very nice and clean. The food was good nice options.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Departamento Recepción y Reservas on Jun 6, 2023
Thank you so much Robert, we trully appreciate your visit and kind review, so glad it went this good!! We hope you can come back sometime and enjoy our renewed main pool that in fact should be amazing

6/10 Okay

Ruben

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nice hotel, not pleased and a shame we were notify or in expedia it did not said they were renovating the main pool! We were looking for a nice quiet stay for our daughter to study during the weekend and us to rest which was not possible due to the loud noises of the renovation plus constructors workers having loud and uncomfortable conversations
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Recepción on Jun 6, 2023
Dear Mr. RubenReceive a warm greeting from the Leyenda hotel team.Thank you very much for your comments, which we will take into account. We hope to receive you again in the future. Best regards,

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
First time in Costa Rica
We are enjoying our stay of 6 nights.Wonderful hotel and staff. Everyone is very accommodating and helpful with our many questions and desires. Breakfast is fantastic. The gardens are beautiful. It’s safe and quiet and clean. Some but not all tours pick up here. If you have a car that’s not an issue. Some of our time was spent lounging poolside after a morning event ( very hot during our visit). You can’t go wrong with a light lunch or drinks poolside. Great spot to chill before resuming your adventure in the late afternoon. Note:If you drive here come through Nicoya. The other road is bad. Waze wants to take you on the other road.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Recepción on Apr 14, 2023
Dear Mr. PaulReceive a warm greeting from the Leyenda hotel team.Thank you very much for your good comments. We are happy to know that we meet your expectations.We hope to receive you again in the near future.Best regards,

10/10 Excellent

Laurie

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Departamento Recepción y Reservas on Apr 10, 2023
Thank you so much for visiting us and for the support with this qualification, Pura vida!!Muchísimas gracias por visitarnos y por el apoyo de éste puntaje, Pura vida!

6/10 Okay

Georgelaine

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Recepción on Apr 24, 2023
Dear travelerReceive a warm greeting from the Leyenda hotel team.Thank you very much for your rating, which we will take into account. We hope to receive you again in the future. Best regards,

10/10 Excellent

Luc

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing hotel
An amazing hotel! It’s our 2nd visit and we can’t wait to go back. Friendly staff, impeccable service in a beautiful garden with 2 main pools. Close to Carillo beach and has a very good restaurant for lunch and dinner. A must in the Samara area.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Recepción on Mar 31, 2023
Dear travelerReceive a warm greeting from the Leyenda hotel team.Thank you very much for your good comments. We are happy to know that we meet your expectations.We hope to receive you again in the near future.Best regards,

6/10 Okay

Christine

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Reservas on Mar 31, 2023
Thank you Christine! We take our customers recommendations very seriously but sadly we can't be sure what was not good about your experience without details -We appreciate your visit and hope you can let us know a bit more about this rate, thank you again!

10/10 Excellent

David, Red Deer County

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
What a beautiful property. Well laid out and clean. Loved it!
Response from Reservas on Mar 23, 2023
Thank you so much for choosing us, we are so happy to know you enjoyed your time at Leyenda, we appreciate you sharing your experience in this kind comment, come back if you're ever around! Pura Vida

10/10 Excellent

Benjamin

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel with friendly staff. Lots of activities and within a decent drive of the beach. Rooms were comfortable and showers were hot. Good place for families.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Reservas on Mar 21, 2023
Thank you so much for choosing us and for your kind review Benjamin, we appreciate it a lot! We are really happy you enjoyed your experience at Leyenda, hope to recieve your family again sometime, Pura Vida :)

8/10 Good

Michael

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Recepción on Mar 22, 2023
Estimado Sr. MichaelReciba un cordial saludo de parte del equipo del Hotel Leyenda.Le agradecemos por su buena calificación, nos complace saber que cumplimos con sus expectativas.Estaremos encantados de recibirle nuevamente en un futuro cercano.Saludos cordiales,

10/10 Excellent

Leah

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Departamento Recepción y Reservas on Apr 10, 2023
Thank you for your support, we appreciate your visit and qualification, Pura vida :)

10/10 Excellent

jodi

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Perfect family hotel. Quaint and quiet. Great service.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Reservas on Mar 18, 2023
We are so happy to hear your stay was this good, thank you so much for sharing your experience and for choosing us for your vacations, Pura Vida!

8/10 Good

Stig

Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Reservas on Mar 14, 2023
Muchas Gracias! :)

10/10 Excellent

Luc

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Recepción on Mar 8, 2023
Estimado(a) huéspedReciba un cordial saludo de parte del equipo del Hotel Leyenda.Le agradecemos por su buena calificación, nos complace saber que cumplimos con sus expectativas.Estaremos encantados de recibirle nuevamente en un futuro cercano.Saludos cordiales,

10/10 Excellent

gwenael

Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2023
Response from Reception Hotel Leyenda on Feb 22, 2023
Thanks for your preference and good evaluation.We relly appreciate your visit and we hope you visit us again in a short future.Kind regards

8/10 Good

Andree

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023
Response from Recepción on Feb 21, 2023
Muchas gracias, Pura Vida!

10/10 Excellent

George

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Relaxed and serene setting. Nice pool and bar area. Lovely garden walk with palms and birds. 5 min drive to nice beach.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from Reservas on Feb 16, 2023
Thank you George for visiting and for sharing your experience, it makes us very happy to know you were happy at Leyenda :)Pura Vida!!

10/10 Excellent

Silvana

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023
Response from Departamento Recepción y Reservas on Nov 11, 2023
Muchísimas gracias por el apoyo! Hasta la próxima :)

10/10 Excellent

Frank

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from Recepción on Mar 6, 2023
Estimado Sr. FrankReciba un cordial saludo de parte del equipo del Hotel Leyenda.Le agradecemos por su buena puntuación, nos complace saber que cumplimos con sus expectativas.Estaremos encantados de recibirle nuevamente en un futuro cercano.Saludos cordiales,

10/10 Excellent

Melony

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful small boutique hotel with a nice pool area with a poolside bar. Very clean, with a good restaurant and nice staff.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2023
Response from Front desk on Feb 3, 2023
Thank you so much for this kind review, we appreciate it a lot :) It makes us very happy to know you enjoyed at Leyenda, Pura Vida!!

10/10 Excellent

Bonny

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A beautiful place
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023
Response from Alenka on Feb 1, 2023
Thank you so much!!!

10/10 Excellent

Roman

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful, helpful staff. Beautiful gardens and grounds. Excellent restaurant. Convenient to beach.
Stayed 8 nights in Jan 2023
Response from Recepción on Feb 1, 2023
This is a lovely comment, we are so happy that you enjoyed your stay, thank you for sharing your experience :)

10/10 Excellent

Douglas

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This is my second time staying hotel is a bit out of town for those who want to be in Samara but also kind of perfect, because you’re away from the fray, and you have ready access to Carrillo Beach, which I prefer The grounds are lovely with beautiful plants. The staff is attentive, breakfast is included , this a very nice step up from an American Hotel breakfast. This is such a nice contrast from those hotels where there are not enough seats around the pool and everybody’s competing; lots of space, a very relaxing place to stay
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023
Response from Reservas on Jan 25, 2023
Thank you so much for coming back to Leyenda, it makes us really happy when that happens :) It's very comforting to recieve your kind review, it's great that your experience was this good, we appreciate you sharing it.We sincerely hope to have you coming back again, Pura Vida!

10/10 Excellent

Ericka

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great service and location. Playa Carrillo is beautiful.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2023
Response from Departamento Recepción y Reservas on Jan 24, 2023
Thank you so much!!! We appreciate the support, Pura Vida :)

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2022
Response from Recepción on Dec 21, 2022
Muchísimas gracias Brian!!!

10/10 Excellent

Joshua

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022
Response from Recepción on Nov 30, 2022
Estimado Sr. JoshuaReciba un cordial saludo de parte del equipo del Hotel Leyenda.Le agradecemos por su excelente calificación, nos complace saber que cumplimos con sus expectativas.Estaremos encantados de recibirle nuevamente en un futuro cercano.Saludos cordiales,

10/10 Excellent

Luc

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022
Response from Reservas on Nov 23, 2022
Muchísimas gracias!!!

8/10 Good

Raymond

Business traveler
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love the service. All the staff is very friendly and they will do their best to try to help you in everything they can
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022
Response from Alenka on Oct 20, 2022
Thank you so much for this kind review, we do care a lot about our client's satisfaction and we are glad you felt it, we appreciate a lot that you shared this Pura Vida!!

10/10 Excellent

Elaine

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
Response from Recepción on Sep 30, 2022
Estimado(a) huéspedReciba un cordial saludo de parte del equipo del Hotel Leyenda.Le agradecemos por su buena calificación, nos complace saber que cumplimos con sus expectativas.Estaremos encantados de recibirle nuevamente en un futuro cercano.Saludos cordiales,

8/10 Good

Ronny

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Recepción on Sep 21, 2022
Estimado Sr. RonnyReciba un cordial saludo de parte del equipo del Hotel Leyenda.Le agradecemos por su buena calificación, nos complace saber que cumplimos con sus expectativas.Estaremos encantados de recibirle nuevamente en un futuro cercano.Saludos cordiales,

10/10 Excellent

Nadja, Redwood City

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a wonderful time. The property is gorgeous and our room was beautiful and very comfortable. The restaurant serves excellent food and the staff is very friendly and attentive.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
Response from Recepción Hotel Leyenda on Sep 20, 2022
Hello NadjaThanks for taking your time to review us, has been a pleasure having you as our guests in Hotel Leyenda.We hope you visit us again in a short future.Safe travels, kind regards

8/10 Good

Thomas

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022