Cala Luna Boutique Hotel & Villas

We stayed in a 2 bedroom villa with private pool for 5 days in July. The villa was beautiful and spacious and the staff and their service level were excellent. The meals at the restaurant were also very good. Our tour agent had also suggested other restaurants in town (Fish & Cheeses and Panga Beach Club Restaurant)and they were also very good! My friend and I had a chance to go to the Lahari spa at the hotel for massages and a facial and the experience was so good that we had to go again a few days later! Andrea (masseuse and wellness provider) is excellent!! The only negative thing was that we had a long walk or 10 minute drive to Tamarindo beach if we wanted sand and ocean as the beach at the hotel we were told did not allow swimming due to the rocky beach. All in all - we would definitely come back as the hotel, its amenities and location were fantastic! Also their cats were amazing - visiting us at the villa and hanging out with us. We met both Cala and Luna - very friendly, chill and seemed liked the ones the place :)

I went to Cala Luna for four nights with a family of four including two teenagers aged 13 and 15. It was out third hotel in CR and we loved it. Place is great, grounds are well cared for, people are nice, food is really good. Beach is beautiful not great for swimming but you can get right to the main beach for that it is not far or inconvenient. Surfing lessons were fantastic use the Cala Luna guys they were great taught both my teens. We stayed in a one bedroom with two queens, it was the smallest room of the three hotels but it was fine, I would have reserved a larger room in hindsight. Special thanks to Donovan for being a great host. We did the farm to table meal at La Senda and it was great, really good people up there and the chef is legit you will be happy to remember he is the chef at the hotel as well. Don't miss sunset drinks on the beach. I recommend staying in Rincon de la Vieja to get your adventures in before going to Tamarindo but if you don't, the bus ride is only 90 minutes max. This was the hotel my kids and probably all of us liked the most, enjoy...

We had a nice stay at Cala Luna. Here were some of the pros: Lovely room, really cozy with mosaic bathroom, lush grounds with monkeys you can spot and beautiful foliage. Steven, our breakfast and lunch waiter was really the star of the show though--always eager to make things happen and always willing to speak Spanish (at my request) with my daughter (much to her chagrin!) They also host drinks at the beach at sunset which is a nice touch, however there is really nowhere to sit, or you have to bring your own towels. All the beaches in CR are public. Here are some of the other areas we thought could be improved: 1-The room door wouldn't open one day. IT took several hours to fix and they left the door open which left us with tons of mosquitos in the room. (My daughter has about 15 bites; I have 2.) 2-Raccoon in pool: one night we saw a raccoon in the swimming pool, which really freaked me out, but the hotel management seemed to think it was normal. They assured me they would put "chemicals in the pool to fix this." 3-Breakfast buffet is nothing special, except for the fresh fruit, which was outstanding 4-No desk in room, so I'm writing this from the restaurant and have to do work here as well. 5-Very dim lighting in the room. 6-Very few electric outlets in the room. 7-Housekeeping skipped us one day and we had to call the reception. The GM did call us to apologize for #1 and #7 and initially offered us a dessert or drink, then I explained to her the other areas that needed improvement and she invited us to dinner, which was very kind. We were, however, surprised when we sat down to dinner and the waitress told us we could order 1 appetizer, 2 main dishes and 1 dessert, which felt a little bit embarrassing as we had absolutely no intention of taking advantage of her dinner offer. Honestly, I would have preferred not to have dinner there after that awkward interaction. It might have been better for her to present a gift certificate or voucher rather than making us uncomfortable with these ordering guidelines. :) Overall, this was a nice spring break holiday for my daughter and me for 4 days and we had a good, relaxing experience.

Our family had dinner at Origins. We thought it was the best restaurant in the Tamarindo area. Creative and very tasty, it was a really enjoyable dining experience. Each appetizer, main, and desert had a very unique flavour. It also seemed very healthy (we had smoothies and their “cleanse juices” and they were punchy on flavour). The Origins Restaurant is Exceptional!

Cala Luna is an intimate hotel located just south of Tamarindo. While not right on the beach, the Pacific Ocean beach is a short walk away. The beach is public (as are all beaches in Costa Rica). Our room was fairly basic, but adequate for our needs. The air conditioning worked well in this warm climate. The swimming pool provides a relaxing place to unwind. The restaurant serves excellent food, including organic produce from their own garden.