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Reviews of Tambor Tropical - Adults Only

3.5 out of 5
Tambor Tropical - Adults Only
Tambor Beach, Cobano, Puntarenas, Tambor, Cóbano, Puntarenas

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 33 out of 47 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 8 out of 47 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 4 out of 47 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 47 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 47 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

9.6/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

P

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The ocean view was very nice from both the room and the pool area. The staff very courteous and the tempurature of the water in the pool was exceptional.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Erin

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Tambor Tropical is an exceptionally well cared for property. We were well taken care of by very friendly and attentive staff. The hotel is a great place for a quiet and peaceful getaway. This isn't a comment towards the hotel, but we felt important for visitors to know that the beach isn't a great swimming beach. It is great for sunrises, long walks, and not sharing it with many other people.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful place, great staff
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
There are very few rooms so there is never any crowd either around the pool or for dining. The resort is fairly isolated so there is usually an expensive cab ride ($50-$100 U.S.) to go anywhere unless its part of an excursion.
Stayed 14 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lacey, Reno

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a fantastic location, the property is so much better in person than as advertised online. The staff is great and the beach is fully of seashells with very little traffic. In fact, we were the only ones on the beach for several hours. Absolutely beautiful hotel!!! Will come back!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022
Response from General Manager on Mar 23, 2022
Thank you very much for your kind review. We look forward to hosting you again soon. Pura vida!!

10/10 Excellent

Brian, EAST FALMOUTH

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful place! Photos don't do it justice. The owner has a teak farm up the hill and the buildings inside and out are made from teak. Such craftsmanship! Rooms are HUGE and airy. Only 12 villas. You can eat/drink at the resort, or wander down the street for other dining/drinking options. The staff is friendly and attentive. Javier arranged all our excursions - snorkeling, bioluminesence night tour, ATVs.. Just perfect!
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2022
Response from General Manager on Mar 23, 2022
Thank you so much. The views from our real estate ocean view lots are indeed amazing. And our crew does take pride on the craftmanship of the property and buildings, thank you much for acknowledging this. The Bio tour is a wonderful experience. Hope to host you again in the near future. Muchas gracias!!

10/10 Excellent

Adnane

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was perfect down to the most minutions details. Our suite was amazing, with all the space and amenities one could think of. We were able to watch the beach sunrise from our bed every morning! The property manger Juan Carlos Cruz was on top of it all! All the staff members were amazing! Namely, Karyn at the front desk, and Xander and Emily at the breakfast bar, The massage session was extremely relaxing, out of this world! I recommend this resort to couples, friends and adult family members anytime.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2022
Response from General Manager on Mar 23, 2022
Muchas gracias!!! Our staff appreciates your kind comments and inspire us to continue building amazing memories for us and our guests, who often leave as friends. Looking forward to welcoming you again in the future. Best regards!

10/10 Excellent

Bruce

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best room we stayed in Costa Rica
This is an amazing resort. Small resort with the most amazing large teak rooms right on the beach.The rooms have a fully equipped kitchen large washroom and huge living space. No details have been spared on these luxurious suites. All the staff go above and beyond.If you are looking for quiet high end resort look no further this is the place and you won’t be disappointed.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022
Response from General Manager on Mar 23, 2022
Thank you very much. You have captured the essence of our suites. Hope you find your way back in the near future. Pura vida!

10/10 Excellent

Elinor

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Had an amazing time the Management and staff were incredible.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022
Response from General Manager on Mar 23, 2022
Hola, Elinor. It was great to meet you both. Looking forward to your return. Best of luck in all your projects. Pura vida!!!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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Excellent
Very friendly and helpful staff Great views from everywhere on site Nice large, cool rooms Saw plenty of macaws and howler monkeys at dawn
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022
Response from General Manager on Mar 23, 2022
Nature is a key component of the Tambor Tropical experience, thank you for capturing it. Hope to see you again soon. Pura vida!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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Great place
Positive Lovely rooms, with kitchen. Air con worked well, but didn’t really use it much as the room was well designed so the sun didn’t heat the room. Scarlet macaws outside room at dawn and dusk, plus howler monkeys occasionally. Negative The included breakfast was just juice, fruit and granola. It seemed stingy to charge for eggs! I’m short and the bed was very high so had to ‘Fosby Flop’ to get into bed (not joking)
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2022
Response from General Manager on Mar 23, 2022
Hola, thank you for your review. Your comments help us improve our guests experience. Remember our saying, "not just a room with a view, but a bed with a view" :) Pura Vida!!!

10/10 Excellent

Pierre

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Locution ...location...location :)
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Gundawg, Berlin, MD

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good food at reasonable price. Friendly and informative staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020
Response from General Manager on Feb 12, 2020
Thank you. We hope to see you again some time.

8/10 Good

Jacques

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Small and Nice resort
Small and nice resort. Good service overall and beautiful bungalows. Ocean front, overseeing Tambor beac. Tambr beach is slightly muddy, but good/safe swimming conditions and not over-crowded. Perhaps breakfast choice could be improved, but i recommend the place.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2019
Response from General Manager on Feb 12, 2020
Thanks for your comments.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beyond perfection. What a blessing to have had this time at Tambor Tropical. Closest place to heaven.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Danile on Feb 26, 2019
Thanks for your review. Sounds like Tambor Tropical was the perfect spot for your get away. Hope you come back to visit us soon.

10/10 Excellent

Bill, Woodstock, Vt.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
About as nice as it gets
Excellent, all the relaxation we could wish for in an attractive seaside setting
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

JEFFREY

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This is now our go-to place in Costa Rica!
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2017
Thank you!! It was great to have you as our guests. We look forward to see you again in the near future. Pura Vida!!!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel is right on the beach. The staff are very friendly and helpful. The food is great

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great rooms
Amazing property slightly marred by the horrible breakfast and the somewhat sad beach

10/10 Excellent

CAROL

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Wonderful Quiet hotel
I wish I could give it more than a 5 star rating. I was at Tambor Tropical 20 years ago, and it's still as beautiful as ever. Great food. Rooms are awesome, made out of local hardwoods. The staff are so friendly and accommodating. I cannot say enough good things about TT. I will definitely come back, and hopefully sooner than 20 years. I would recommend this to anyone who wants a quiet, laid back vacation. With only 10 rooms, you will not like this hotel if you are looking for crazy nightlife.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

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Humid but nice
The extremely high humidity was not the fault of the hotel. It could be blamed on el Nino. I live in the US South and am use to high humidity levels but this took the cake. The beach is not crowded. The only real issue was the lack of off site places to eat. There is a small store just around the corner in which you can purchase just about anything you need.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

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Amazing place
The perfect place. Very nice location it was difficult to arrive

6/10 Okay

Jorge Gonzalez, Mexico City.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice hotel to relax.
This is a perfect hotel to relaxation, in the middle of beatiful tropical forest. No TV's, phone neither in rooms. I was late and one person was waiting for me, but the restaurant close at 10:00 pm. The poolside bar is the restaurant. I have to wait for the wi-fi password until the next day. The personal attention was great.

10/10 Excellent

Pierre, Lorraine, Qc, Canada

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This is heaven in Tambor...
An oasis where you don't expect it!!! Our eyes widened as soon as we came on the site and so did our smile!!!!

6/10 Okay

diana, tampa,Fl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Beautiful hotel and beautiful area.
The hotel grounds are absolutely beautiful, the main problem was that there was no air conditionining in our room. When I booked the room, I had no idea that my room would not have air. Apparently, some rooms do have air. The continental breakfast that was included was very good with plenty of fresh fruit. The beach in front of the hotel was pretty from a distance, but the sand was very dark and not inviting when you got close to it. Being from Florida, where the beaches are beautiful put this beach at a disadvantage.

6/10 Okay

Julie, Oregon

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Two night stay - March 2014
The check-in staff seemed caught completely by surprise when we showed up with our reservation confirmation. No welcome, no information about the facility or possible tours. The place was pretty empty. Only after we got to the room did we learn there was an extra $40 refundable fee to get a room safe key. Over all, the staff was unhelpful. However, the facility is beautiful, upscale. Breakfast by the pool, lovely and well done. We connected with a snorkel tour on a tip from a couple that showed up at the bar the first night..

10/10 Excellent

janonet, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful hotel in beautiful gardens
Situated next to the beach at Playa Tambor, this hotel is a wonderful tropical escape. The hotel itself is beautiful designed and set in gorgeous gardens where you can observe an array of wildlife. Close by is Curu National Park for a greater wildlife experience. Prices at the bar and restaurant are very reasonable.

4/10 Poor

Charles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Way over priced, beach in appealing go to montezuma

10/10 Excellent

Meredith, New York, NY

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Secluded Tropical Retreat- Perfect for Relaxation
This is the perfect place for couples who want to just relax and enjoy nature. My boyfriend and I were really lucky that we were the only people staying there for 4 out of our 5 days, so we had the beach and pool completely to ourselves. The staff are sweet and extremely accommodating, and the beach is serene and beautiful, with clear, warm water. There are no phones or tv's, so you can ensure you're as cut off from the world as possible, although they do have free wi-fi. There are a lot of activities to do in and around Tambor, including zipline canopy tours, horseback riding, trips to the national park and Tortuga Island, and kayaking. A few things I wish I had known before booking in Tambor: -Fly into San Jose airport, NOT Liberia. San Jose has a direct flight to the small airstrip in Tambor that will save you hours in driving. Just check the schedule, as it is limited. -Try not to go anywhere that involves driving for a prolonged distance on Route 160. This is one of the worst roads in all of Costa Rica. If you need to use it, try taking the ferry in Paquera instead, which goes to Puntarenas. It's only $24 and it saves about 2 hours if you're driving to Liberia or San Jose. -When you rent a car, make sure it's a 4x4 with 4-wheel drive. Luckily Budget was good enough to make sure we did this instead of the original compact car I had requested. Even some of the paved roads are a bit bumpy, hilly, and winding.
The bed area
Kitchen fully stocked with utensils, plates, etc.
Wide view of room
View from our room

10/10 Excellent

lorne, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
slice of heavan
peacefull retreat,just the place to recharge your battery. pleasant staff,good food,made for a real treat.

8/10 Good

Mauricio

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
OK oplevelse
Alt i alt en ok oplevelse.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nadja

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Patrik

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Tolle ruhige gepflegte Anlage
Sehr gepflegte Anlage! Alles aus schönstem Holz gefertigt!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

2/10 Terrible

Sophia

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ralf

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Ein Paradies
Top Location!
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Gabriele

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Gregory

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Très bel hôtel
Très bel hôtel , superbe piscine.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from General Manager on Mar 7, 2019
Je vous remercie. S'il te plait reviens

8/10 Good

JACQUES

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Joli hôtel,pourrait mieux faire
Description conforme à tous les avis précédents. Très joli hôtel, soigné. Très grande chambre joliment arrangée. Jardin agréable, avec pas mal d’oiseaux, notamment beaucoup d’aras. Plage moyenne mais agréable. Seul point négatif: le petit déjeuner est d’une pauvreté lamentable, totalement indigne d’un hôtel de cette catégorie. A mes remarques le manager a répondu que c’était normal!! Le rapport qualité-prix me semble très moyen (il est vrai qu’on est au Costa Rica!)
Stayed 9 nights in Dec 2018
Response from GM on Jan 11, 2019
Je vous remercie. Vos commentaires sont notés.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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Wonderful
Amazing time in Tambor Tropical. Staff is very helpful and always available for you. Location is just perfection, in front of a magnificent sunset. I can only recommand it.
Response from Mark on Apr 3, 2018
Thanks for your comments - we are very happy you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Marine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sublime hôtel
Très heureux d'avoir séjourné ici lors de notre voyage de noces. L'hôtel est sublime! Le personnel adorable et discret. Nous recommandons aussi chaudement le massage. Rien a redire si ce n'est de pousser davantage la démarche eco responsable notamment pour les produits utilisés au petit déjeuner qui gagneraient à être locaux et bio.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2017
Mercy. Thanks for your kind review. We look forward for a return stay.

10/10 Excellent

Patrice

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Une belle adresse à recommander
Parfait pour découvrir le sud de la presqu’ile de Nicoya et profiter d’un cadre tranquille et reposant.Niché en bout de la plage publique de Tambor dans un parc, calme et repos sont au rendez-vous dans ce joli petit complexe hôtelier. Les bungalows possèdent 2 étages. Chacun correspond à un beau studio (4 couchages), cuisine ouverte, salle d’eau confortable à deux, coin salon. Décoration très chaleureuse. Tous les bungalows s’ouvrent sur la plage immense. Hôtel bien entretenu( choix d’un tissu uni bleu pour le canapé et les fauteuils risqué : passe au soleil, tache de produits solaires par des occupants peu précautionneux). Cela est minime,les prestations sont en phase avec la catégorie de l’hôtel et ce qu’il annonce. Piscine et jacusi très bien entretenus, mobilier de piscine en excellent état. Si vous vous levez avec le soleil, vous pourrez observer le manège des iguanes, des écureuils et d’une belle variété d’oiseaux magnifiques de votre fauteuil. Petit déjeuné à la carte, sans excès et sans surprise. Nous avons diner au restaurant au bord de la piscine : nourriture simple et bonne et prix très corrects. Personnel sympathique et serviable. Nous avons beaucoup apprécié cet hôtel qui nous a permis à la fois le contact avec la vie Costa-Ricienne (proximité de la plage publique, du petit village et ses services) et le calme apaisant de la nature grâce au joli parc naturel. C’est pour nous une bien jolie adresse et nous aurions plaisir à y revenir et la recommandons.

10/10 Excellent

Christiane

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Séjour au calme en pleine nature
Séjour au calme avec les aras les écureuils qui passent vous voir . C'est idéal pour profiter de l'immense plage très calme sable très fin. Vue superbe de la chambre. De nombreuses promenades à partir de l'hôtel pour voir les oiseaux .......et un crocodile au passage!!!!!

10/10 Excellent

Libia, Excelente!!

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Muy acogedor!!
Excelente ubicación!! Hasta los bungalows con vista al jardín tienen vista al mar!! Muy acogedor, el servicio muy bueno

10/10 Excellent

Danielle

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10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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Mycket vackert hotell
Tyckte mycket om Tambor Tropical men det framgick inte tydligt att vi behövde ta en färja som tog nästan två timmar för att komma till hotellet!!Behöver klargöras! Det tar lång tid att komma dit från San Jose Flygplats!Räkna med 5 timmar inkl färjan som på dagtid är jättetrevlig.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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