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Reviews of Hotel Pacandé

2.5 out of 5
Hotel Pacandé
200 mts Norte 50 mts Oestet, Desde el Parque Central, Alajuela, Alajuela

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 69 out of 151 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 49 out of 151 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 14 out of 151 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 151 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 13 out of 151 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Mark

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Booked a room with window and private bath. Checked in paid and was taken to a small room with no window and shared bath. I have stayed at the Pacande multiple times over 15 years and have never been treated this way. Pacande has changed in the last couple years for the worse. Will not recommend or stay here any more. Better hotels are a available for same price in the area.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Danniel Rodríguez on May 2, 2024
No Sr.Yes was our mistake to change the room for another one that was no the one you booked, but you booked a room with shared bathroom.And we still did as possible we can with you trying to give you another room in other hotel but your actitude was rude!We are really sorry for this inconvenient, sometimes problems happens because we are humans and as you said, you were here many times before and that never happens, we will keep improving our service but you are wrong with this comentary. Other costumers can read anothers reviews and compare that. Our balance is totally positive, the Best in the City comparing same level hotel.

8/10 Good

angel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

duvall, Washington

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay. Some amenities missing but great staff and breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ramesh

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed here one night. Staff was very helpful and accommodating. Good breakfast. walking distances to shops.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Jody

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Astrid

Travelled with family
Liked: Amenities
Very welcoming and hopeful staff. We stayed here after arriving in San Jose at midnight. Somebody was waiting for us at the door with a smile, and served us a sweet breakfast in the morning. Great place.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I wouldn’t recommend for more than one night. The white comforter was dirty from both beds. Loud night noise coming from the kitchen and also from street. Location is sketchy at night good food options nearby.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Bryan

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a really bad Hotel located in the worst country I have traveled to. This Hotel needs to be shut down.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Emily

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The family rooms were great for our family. Thank you.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Shauna

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice little place to stay for a few days while exploring San Jose. We called it our treehouse. Very close to everything, staff is very kind and helpful. Great bakery just around the corner to pick up amazing goodies. Lovely breakfast at the hotel in the am. They will arrange a shuttle to and from the airport for you. $20USD for our group of 5. $10USD for the way back to the airport!the beds were clean. The only complaint I do have is that our bathroom didn’t feel clean at all. Otherwise, we loved it.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Shauna

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kate

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This place just feels nice. The staff made sure we had a shuttle from the airport. I felt very taken care of. The rooms are comfortable and well decorated. I will be staying here again.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Julio, Montreal

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jyothi

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed one night—clean & big room. Daniel arranged the shuttle service from the airport, the driver was good and Daniel ordered dinner from a restaurant for us. Good breakfast. Great place to stay near SJO!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Prakash

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
That the were two floors and the room was in good condition
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

David, Chicago

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
For the price and the location, this place is just average. It is only a ten minute Uber ride or 8.oo by red taxi. I liked staying here because it was so close to the airport and only a 7 minute taxi back to the rental car area to get a car. The breakfast was good and the staff are all kind, but the area around here is kind of sketchy. There are bars on all the windows and it makes one feel unsafe, but this hotel only has one way to get in, and they keep it secure. We felt safe here once inside, but walking around outside was done with caution, but then again, your in San Jose, so everywhere feels sketchy.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

tavani

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The pool

10/10 Excellent

Wendy, Chula vista

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Doralys

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Stveven, Lahaina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Nery

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The breakfast area was lovely
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

yagnesh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Centrally located. A bit of heavy traffic getting to the El Centro, but close to the airport. Breakfast is included at a VERY reasonable cost for the entire stay.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

May

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice room, nice staff, nice location. Walkable to parks, stores, restaurants, markets, bus stations,.. The kitchen has microwave, electric kettle and other things.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

timothy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean small hotel
Very helpful clerk's. Great airport pickup. Nice breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Robert

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A small place with a fluent English speaking friendly young person
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Pamela

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The lovely staff are what make this property so special. Very helpful and accommodating. They take the time to explain everything to you. Breakfast was a delicious traditional Costa Rican breakfast of eggs, rice & beans, coffee, fruit.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kimberly

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Close to airport and staff were very nice. Good value.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

6/10 Okay

Maureen

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gregory

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Tiffany & her boyfriend were wonderful hosts! My daughter & I only stayed one night as our plans took us to Quepos the day after arriving, but that short stay was memorable because of these two!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Tracy

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

6/10 Okay

Jing

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
When we checked in, only one staff was working there. He was extremely busy. Our check-in took too long. Whole night the noise around never stopped.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ginney

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staffs were very friendly and helpful. Breakfast was delicious. I had a room in the back yard so it waS very quiet. The heat was not brothered us at all. Overall. I would rate it 9/10.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

4/10 Poor

mark

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
no atm, no coke machine, no ice machine, no coffee
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023
Response from Hotel Pacandé on Jan 26, 2023
Dear Mark,We are so sorry and also confused about your experience at the hotel. There is a huge misunderstanding about the services: there is ice, and coffee at the kitchen (made by the fridge and a coffee maker), but there is no coke machine or an ATM inside the hotel. Those services were not specified in our website, or Expedia; and even the services that we could offer, like the ice and the coffee could have been provided, but you did not ask for them.We are so sorry for the communication issue. Our staff is always ready to help in a gently way, and this could have been the same for you.

10/10 Excellent

Sarah, BETTEN DORF

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were wonderful and welcoming. The area around the hotel was ok. Nothing open by 10pm. We had a king bed and our own bathroom. The bed was decent. The breakfast was wonderful cooked by the staff fresh!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

4/10 Poor

Juan Jose

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
I didn’t do enough research before I booked this room. It was VERY small, about 8x12 and you had to share a bathroom. No AC It seemed clean enough and the staff was nice. We ended up leaving and staying at another hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

6/10 Okay

Maxine

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The staff were lovely and super helpful. San Jose is not my place of choice and the pictures were was a true representation of the room I stayed in. But it was clean just in need of some tlc.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Amy

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
¡Servicio increíble! ¡Habitación muy limpia!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The host were gracious and for breakfast they knew by the second day I like my coffee black. Good going staff
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I love that is family owned. The owner and her children were super nice! Breakfast was amazing! Love the stay
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Joyce

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Economical, comfortable, authentic Costa Rican B&B hotel in the heart of Alajuela. Breakfast was great, staff were very friendly and helpful. Travelers should note that the private bath with 2-3 bed rooms are upstairs.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Maciej

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good area and close to the airport
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Tamara, Salt Lake City

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

4/10 Poor

RYAN

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Jeffrey, Honolulu

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Fernanda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property was clean and safe.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

2/10 Terrible

Pablo

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Staff & service
We got lost of the way to the hotel. Getting there closer to 11pm, the staff was no where to be seen
Stayed 1 night in May 2022