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Reviews of Hotel El Encanto

2.5 out of 5
Hotel El Encanto
300 meters west of Cahuita, Cahuita, Limon

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 64 out of 83 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 12 out of 83 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 83 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 83 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 83 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

gerard

Traveled with family
Receptionist gave us a garden tour introducing us to many CR plants and birds and iguana, sloths hiding. Made to feel very welcome. Ate at the restaurant— server very good and food excellent. Would recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

LAURA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Grant, Brighton

Traveled with partner
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I absolutely loved this hotel. Spent my birthday here. Staff are fantastic, grounds are beautiful, breakfasts are great. Excellent location - a short walk to restaurants and the national park. It’s spotlessly clean as well and has aircon. It even has its own resident wild sloth in the gardens as well as lizards and frogs. There is nothing not to like, really enjoyed it 10/10
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Jose

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Liked the location, close to the beach, privacy and safety.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

chiara

Traveled with partner
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Absolutely beautifully managed property. Staff was very kind. Would stay here again.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sunrise

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely family trip to Cahuita
We loved our stay at Hotel El Encanto. The pool was the perfect temperature and never too crowded. The restaurant onsite had great food and drinks. We got a two bedroom room and it was spacious and comfortable. During our stay we saw multiple frogs and a toucan; it was a great experience! And the town of Cahuita had so many great restaurants and little shops, but wasn't super crowded our touristy - we loved it!
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023
Response from saludos on Oct 16, 2023
THANK YOU!!

10/10 Excellent

Juan

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El hotel es muy limpio, el servicio excelente.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from saludos on Oct 1, 2023
Muchas gracias Juan

10/10 Excellent

Paul

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Charming and well-appointed. A classy little boutique hotel in the truest sense of the word. A true oasis in this part of Costa Rica.
Response from laura on Sep 15, 2023
THANK YOU!

10/10 Excellent

Leslie

Traveled with group
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Beautiful hotel
Beautiful place looks just like the photos. Restaurant food was good and staff there and at reception were nice and efficient. Definitely recommend!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from saludos on Jul 16, 2023
thank you!

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Traveled with partner
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Across the road from little local beaches, the hotel and our cabana felt like an oasis to return to after snorkeling in the national park or hiking. The staff were very helpful and we enjoyed our stay. We saw sloths and monkeys right on the property.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Response from saludos on Jul 5, 2023
Thank you so much!

10/10 Excellent

Mehdi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfy rooms, nice properties!
Perfect stay: the property is beautiful (amazing garden, with many frogs and birds), nice pool (warm, but not too warm!), the beach is walking distance, so is the heart of the city with shops and restaurants. Suggestion: something extra with the eggs at breakfast ? After nice fruits and toasts (with delicious jam!), we got some fried eggs later alone on a plate is a bit odd. Maybe bringing them at the beginning / together with everything else would have helped. Service was pleasant: very nice people ! The Cahuita park is close by and is a gem. We stayed two nights in a superior room with a king bed: these are in isolated bungalow, very privy and comfy.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from saludos on Apr 27, 2023
thank you!

10/10 Excellent

Kristi

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property is so beautiful! The quietness...the ambience, the food, the wildlife, everything was beautifully amazing. The staff was so kind and accommodating. Playa Negra is just a couple minute walk down the street. Where you can enjoy a local beer, music or some good food.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from saludos on Apr 13, 2023
THANK YOU!

8/10 Good

Simon

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from saludos on Mar 31, 2023
thank you!

10/10 Excellent

Florence

Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2023
Response from saludos on Feb 22, 2023
Gracias!

8/10 Good

Kathryn

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Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023
Response from saludos on Jan 15, 2023
thanks

10/10 Excellent

robert

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Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2022
Response from saludos on Dec 11, 2022
Gracias!

10/10 Excellent

laura

Traveled with partner
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This is a lovely romantic Pura Vida experience with amazing wildlife including a sloth and singing birds, gorgeous garden and comfy cabins. Loved the breakfasts and caring staff! The pools were refreshing too! Perfect spot to experience Costa Rica! Highly recommended!
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2022
Response from laura on Oct 17, 2022
thank you!

10/10 Excellent

Eliza

Traveled with family and small children
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Had a great time, the service was great
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
Response from Eliza on Sep 27, 2022
Thank you!

10/10 Excellent

Donald Peffer

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Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Lindsay

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the pool, fresh breakfast, and general loveliness of the grounds and room.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2022
Response from Lindsay on Apr 4, 2022
Thanks you!

6/10 Okay

Donald

El Encanto has charm but the lack of air conditioning on hot nights is a big minus.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022
Response from Donald on Apr 4, 2022
Thank You!

8/10 Good

Marc

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice, quiet place to stay in Cahuita. Rooms were very well kept. Local beaches are a short walk and not over crowded. Pool area is very pretty, especially at night.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022
Response from Marc on Jan 18, 2022
Thank you!

10/10 Excellent

David

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El Encanto was everything we’d hoped it would be: a beautiful, quiet setting close to town; a room that was clean, comfortable well appointed; a friendly and helpful staff, and delicious meals. We would definitely stay there again. Wonderful!
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2021
Response from David on Dec 17, 2021
Thank you! Hope to see you soon, warm regards,

10/10 Excellent

Anastazyia

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2021
Response from Anastazyia on Nov 6, 2021
thank you!

10/10 Excellent

Darrell

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Uri

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place
Nice place close to the national park - 10 minutes walk.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My wife and I spent the first part of our honeymoon at El Encanto and simply stated, it was paradise. The grounds and room were breathtaking. There are two lovely pools and loads of wildlife could be seen throughout the grounds on any given day (or night). There was no fridge in the room, but we were able to access the fridges in reception at any time and filtered water is also available there 24 hours per day, along with coffee and tea. Staff were fantastic, especially Eden who really helped any way she could (including calling us a taxi once we finally got into the bus terminal from San Jose in the dark and pouring rain and cutting me some fresh aloe leaves for my raging sunburn). The room had a powerful, yet quiet A/C unit and towels provided were fresh and fluffy. Breakfasts were good, if a bit repetitive. Still, one absolutely cannot go wrong with fresh fruit when in Costa Rica. They were also kind enough to treat us to a free round of cocktails in recognition of our honeymoon. El Encanto is in a great location for Cahuita, and just a short walk away from all the local restaurants and the wonderful Cahuita National Park. Playa Negra is also just across the road. I'd gladly go back to Hotel El Encanto should we ever venture to that region of Costa Rica again.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Eden on Nov 17, 2019
It was a pleasure having you all with us. Great service is what we are about and I´m glad we were able to provide that for you during your stay. Thank you very much for taking the time to write your kind comments. Best of luck to you both!

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Response from Eden on Jun 27, 2019
We´re very appreciative of your business and very happy you enjoyed your stay with us. We enjoy hearing about our customers´ experiences at our hotel and in Cahuita. If you any feedback, we´d love to hear it. Thanks

8/10 Good

Meghan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Response from Savannah Castañeda on Feb 17, 2019
If you have any suggestions on how we can improve let us know. Thank you!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Savannah Castañeda on Feb 15, 2019
Thank you for your rating!

4/10 Poor

Giselle

The grounds are beautiful and the room was beautiful. The woman that checked us in was very nice too. The problem started when we came back from our time walking around. The couple above us were walking around their room until 10 pm and sounded like a herd of buffalo. When we could no longer stand it, we went and asked the young woman watching the desk if she could help us out as we had a 6:00am departure the next morning. She clearly had NO customer service sense and very snotty answered, “what would you have me do? Tell them to not walk?” She then proceeded to tell us that 3 other guests had complained and the resort was waiting for supplies from Spain(???) to fix the room. HOW RIDICULOUS. Even expressing some sympathy would have gone a long way. Then, the same two women who stayed above us took our packed breakfast that was prepared by the resort for us to take as we could not stay for the included breakfast in our booking. Apparently the resort did not bother to put a label on our breakfast to go.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

mkkcpa, Oklahoma

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Beautiful hotel and wonderful staff. However, some wash cloths in the bathroom would be nice. Hand towels are really too big to use for this purpose.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Phyllis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel
Beautiful grounds. Warm and helpful staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

jane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
El Encanto: a real serendipity!
Very welcoming staff! Savanna is a great host and Juanita and Nacho so helpful and kind. They will help you sort out tours, transportation etc, even bring you fried chicken from Limon! The property is full of birds and animals. A family of sloths come for a day! They have a friendly dog, Balloo, and a local parrot who chats a lot. The premises very well kept and the swimming pools a blessing when you come back from daily tours. Town is just 5’ walks. We are defenetly going back! Cahuita is a jewel. Highly recommend!
Response from Savannah Castañeda on May 10, 2018
Dear Jane, It was really a pleasure to host you, it would be a pleasure to see you again! Greetings to Jacob from the entire El Encanto team.

10/10 Excellent

Joe

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Fantastic Place
Fantastic place. Like a little oasis. I would highly recommend it. The only downside is that it is in a real town, so there is some poverty and bad conditions. Its not an area built for tourism, which is both good and bad.

10/10 Excellent

shawna, atlanta

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Beautiful Hotel!
Beautiful hotel within walking distance to the beach! Staff was very attentive and made special provisions for us to have breakfast delivered to our room the night before because we had an early departure at 5:30am! We will stay here again on our next visit to Costa Rica!

10/10 Excellent

Michelle, USA

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Perfect place
We could not be happier with our stay here!! Alex (manager) was a excellent host! This is a beautiful hotel across the street from the beaching a safe enclosed tropical garden. The pool and jacuzzi are perfect additions to this relaxing environment. I highly recommend this place! We are already making plans to go again next year!

10/10 Excellent

Alex, Edmonton

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Will be back!
Loved this hotel! Awesome owner who went out of his way to assist locating our bags, lost in San Jose. Peaceful quiet grounds, yet close to everything. Very relaxing. Should've stayed more than one night!

10/10 Excellent

Elisabeth

Liked: Amenities
The Bungalow, the Garden with the plants and the animals, the beautiful Swimmingpool.The stuff is very friendly and helpful.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

céline

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Super adresse
Tout est super à cette adresse : l'accueil, la propreté, le jardin, les infrastuctures, le calme, le petit déjeuner. Bref nous y serions bien resté plus longtemps
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kattya

Business traveler
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Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from saludos on Sep 15, 2023
THANK YOU!

10/10 Excellent

JOAQUIN

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Propiedad tranquila
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from laura on Sep 15, 2023
THANK YOU!

10/10 Excellent

Patrik

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Patrik on Aug 7, 2023
thank you!

10/10 Excellent

Chantal

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Très joli bungalow dans un cadre splendide
Superbe bungalow, très propre, grande salle de bain, linges de douche, piscine, mer, peignoirs … Le jardin est magnifique avec plein d’animaux (agoutis, grenouilles, iguanes, …). Piscines extras. Accueil moyen et petit-déjeuner assez basique.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from saludos on Apr 27, 2023
thank you!

10/10 Excellent

Pierre

Traveled with partner
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Service agréable, beauté du site, tranquille, proche de la plage, des restos et du parc national de Cahuita.
Stayed 8 nights in Mar 2023
Response from saludos on Apr 8, 2023
THANK YOU

10/10 Excellent

Kerstin

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from saludos on Apr 8, 2023
THANK YOU

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Traveled with family
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Sauber, komfortabel, Armaturen im Bad könnten getauscht werden.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from saludos on Mar 31, 2023
thank you!

10/10 Excellent

Fernande

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Agréable séjour
Nous avons adoré cet endroit, inclusnt un bon déjeuner. c'est très propre . 2 belles piscines. Près du village Cahuita. La belld plage est de l'autre côté de la rue
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023
Response from saludos on Feb 22, 2023
Merci!

10/10 Excellent

Yvette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023
Response from saludos on Feb 22, 2023
Thank you!

8/10 Good

EVELYNE

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023
Response from saludos on Feb 4, 2023
THANKS