Potrero Hotels

We've stayed at BDS many times while building our house nearby. The hotel is great. The rooms are spacious, the grounds are welcoming and tropical, the restaurant is great and most of all the staff is friendly and so helpful. My personal favorites are traditional Costa Rican breakfast and watching the sunset from the beach while sipping a cocktail. Make BDS a stop on your CR travel plans.

My family and I (husband and two kids) visited Barcelo Langosta All Inclusive Resort in Dec/Jan 2013. Everything about the place was fabulous. The staff were excellent and very accommodating. We can't say enough about the Entertainment staff, particularly the Entertainment Director, Joaquin was the best face of Costa Rica. Both he and his staff work tirelessly around the clock to provide guests a pleasant and fun environment. We'd highly recommend this place as a family oriented vacation. Costa Rica is a beautiful country and we look forward to visiting new places in the future.

Family vacation with 2 teens. Such a wonderful country. We were very happy with the hotel. The entire Staff was very freindly and helpful, food was great, lots of variety at every meal, rooms kept very clean. Drinks were good and we never had a problem getting served. Beautiful grounds, awesome pool, all very clean. The beach was great at low tide. My son had a blast boogie boarding and riding the 'lazy river' that flowed from the beach to the ocean. The Beach was small and too rocky at high tide so we did not go on then. Little crabs kept getting into the room but my kids loved them, it made us laugh. Room was large but could use a bit more furniture. Cleaning staff did a great job changing out towels, cleaning & straightened, and even organized all our shoes each day. Jose took us on a tour of the grounds and made sure we had plenty of bottled water in our room. Location was good, 25 min walk to town. Really cute town but not cheap. We booked several tours with Jussy who works for TAM and has a desk at the hotel. She was very nice and helpful and all the tours were a blast. We have travelled all around the world and this was one of our top vacations ever. We will defenitley be back to the Barcelo Langosta Beach.

Great Location

Location,location ,location Food was great

A/c was very weak even after staff adjusted it. Beds outdated

We had a room right by pool. We were assured the pool would be closed at 10:00 pm. People kept us up until 3:00 am. A few hours later it was loud people outside the door and shortly thereafter were cleaning ladies with trash cans making their rounds. It was horrible. I didn't stay the other two nights I booked and was told they weren't responsible for returns since I purchased with a third party. When my third party tried to reach them, they didn't answer all day.

I really liked the location of the hotel, even though it wasn't directly on the beach. But it was right in front, less than a 10 minute walk!! The pool area has a beautiful view of the beach to relax and enjoy. The reception office is a bit of a walk to get to but they are all helpful. They gave me advice regarding traveling by bus. The room is nicely decorated and the shower is pretty big! The bed was a tad small but overall great room.

I didn't like that you couldn't order room service, or I did not know how. I also didn't like the size of the bed but I understand I booked by third party so bed type isn't guaranteed.

We liked Riu, the staff was great and the facilities were good

We were however, disappointed in the quality of the food and the evening shows were second rate

The pool and drinks are good. The beach is nice but not close to as nice as other beaches nearby.

Most of the food is buffet only and extremely greasy. Even the non-buffet food is pre-prepared and not very good. They will not accommodate vegetarians. The beach is extremely rocky. Water activities are outsourced to another company, and doing anything requires reservations in advance and a walk away from the beach. Overall this is not a good value or experience as compared to staying in a non-all-inclusive somewhere else in Costa Rica with a better beach and eating out.

The staff was very nice and the pool area pretty chill

The B&B is located on a back street (dirt road) which is pretty creepy by night. I was told it was ok but I didn't feel ok walking after dark there. The room was nice but some of the finishing were not well done (holes where bugs crawled under)

Nothing

The place was disgusting, I should had listen to reviews bout rooms not being clean but I gave it the benefit of doubt. First the pillows had hair on them, the towels in the bathroom were like stain with paint or something and worse part is the bathroom smelled like week old sweaty clothes( not exaggerating). There was a shirt hanging on curtains from previous guest. There was a fridge but it didn't work! I left the place, there was no way I could sleep there let alone shower and use those towels. The pics are deceiving and I don't know who reviewed this place but my experience was. Awful!

Kevin and the staff were fantastic. From start to end they were so welcoming, helpful, and friendly. The breakfast every morning really started the day out correctly. So good! The rooms are amazing and the whole chill, chic, vibe of the place made for a great complement to the Tamarindo experience. A little oasis from the beach and the town.

Seeming complaint at first is really a strength; little tricky to get to but the map they provide is immensely helpful. Nice that it's a street or two away from the main strip.

Perfect location, great restaurant, great staff Brian, Henry, Michael ETC. highly recommend this place.

No complaints whatsoever which is rare for me :)

The beach was only a few minutes drive/walk away. The staff, especially the front desk guy, was very nice and helpful. Breakfast is pretty good as well.

Really charming place and really helpful staff. Great value. WOuld go back for sure.

no complaints