Name: Arenal Rabfer
Address: 175 metros norte del banco Nacional, La Fortuna De San Carlos, 21007, CR

6/10

Pleasant

28 Jun 2026

Junjie

Mosquito everywhere, the bathroom is bad and sink has cracked. Water pressure is low from showers.

Self

8/10

Excellent

16 Apr 2026

Gabriel

Good and pretty consistent breakfast, cleanliness could be better but overall a nice property to stay in. Pool was also nice.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

12 Apr 2026

Jeffrey

The breakfast was amazing. The location gave us easy access to Arenal volcano area and easy access to Tenario (rio Celeste).

10/10

Exceptional

03 Apr 2026

Alicia

Nice little hotel in a great location. The restaurant connected to the place is very good too, wonderful breakfast. Pretty much everything in town is in walking distance with the very unique Soda Rodriguez and a delicious steakhouse a block away.
Pool was clean and refreshing.
I’d stay her again!

Self

8/10

Excellent

31 Mar 2026

Manuel

The room was clean, and they changed towels daily. The restaurant next door had amazing food with lots of gluten-free options, and they gave you a 10% discount if you were a hotel guest. The hotel is also just 15 minutes from the volcano lookout hike.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Mar 2026

ROSEMARIE

No complaints! Stafff was amazing! Breakfast amazing! Beautiful hotel and it’s located right where everything is. I had three stays in Costa Rica. This was my favorite! And it was lit even the most expensive! Such great deal!

Family

8/10

Excellent

26 Mar 2026

Nikita

This property was managed by a great staff who was available and helpful. The location is walkable to dining and shopping. It is an older property. Be advised that the you can't flush toilet paper. That took some getting use to it.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 Mar 2026

Jeremy

Convenient location. Breakfast was at the adjoining restaurant it was very good. Staff was great.

Family

8/10

Excellent

21 Mar 2026

David

Nice staff. Even packed our breakfast to go. Pool area was clean. Would highly recommend it.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

16 Mar 2026

Seth

Parking was easy and the free breakfast at the restaurant was good. Super convenient location.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Mar 2026

Gal

No frills hotel BUT it was spotlessly clean, shiny floors. Shower was clean, but a bit outdated. Staff was amazing!!! Good restaurant at the hotel (the Open Kitchen) and also a good Italian restaurant just across from it. The hotel is located on a quiet side street, but only about 5 min walk from the main street in La Fortuna. Also, a very good coffee shop on that street (Vanilla).

Partner

8/10

Excellent

09 Mar 2026

Adam

Room was very clean and hotel is well organized. Nothing fancy in terms of amenities but what they do have is cozy and charming. We only ate breakfast on property. It was good but not great. Only 5 or 6 items to choose from for the breakfast that’s included and the menu didn’t change while we were there. Location is great as long as you want to be in town.

10/10

Exceptional

07 Mar 2026

Tara

Pool lively and clean. Breakfast excellent. Staff were extremely helpful

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Mar 2026

Mandy

Close to shops, bars and restaurants. It has an excellent restaurant onsite that serves gluten free options.

Hotel itself was perfect. Easy to park.

Amin at reception was warm, welcoming and professional. Very helpful.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Mar 2026

Sofia

Very friendly and attentive staff. Great location, with easy parking, and the breakfast was amazing!

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

15 Feb 2026

Monika

Perfect location, clean rooms, and a stellar team. They even arranged a packed breakfast for my early morning tour! Loved the breakfast next door (best French toast of the whole trip). Thanks for everything!

Self

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jan 2026

joan

The staff has been wonderful. Welcoming and personable. The location of this site is fantastic, with easy access to restaurants and tour companies .

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jan 2026

Debora

Location was perfect! Staff was amazing!! So helpful, kind, and always willing to help. Allowed us to store luggage since we arrived early & carried heavy luggage up the stairs to 2nd floor!!!

Restaurant was amazing! Great included breakfast!!!

Would absolutely book it again!!!

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

29 Dec 2025

Julie

The staff was very helpful and sweet!! They helped us book tours. The breakfast was at 7 am and if you left early you could get it in advance to go.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

24 Dec 2025

Karen

The staff were helpful. The on-site restaurant was great. Rooms were good for the price.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Dec 2025

Karen

Breakfasts were really amazing good healthy produce, well served, obvious care taken.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

11 Dec 2025

Qiang

Yes

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Dec 2025

Rachel

Breakfast was delicious!! The best part of the stay easily. The rest of the place was nothing special but was comfortable and clean. Could hear a lot of birds outside the window which we didn't mind

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

03 Dec 2025

Eqbal

Good location and room was clean and nice. Bathroom very tight. The sharp corner of shower injured my foot. No coffee maker in the room. Breakfast was limited and very small portions, hardly a breakfast. Very poor and slow service

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Nov 2025

Gita

Great start - contacted me before arrival to confirm time and if any assistance required; room was ready on arrival, very helpful staff: attached to fabulous restaurant, The Open Kitchen - absolutely delicious food!

10/10

Exceptional

15 Sep 2025

CYNTHIA

Te property is located a few meters from the La fortuna Central Park. If I have to say something to improve at the place, the hotel has not elevator to access 2nd floor. my score of the property is 9 of 10

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

02 Sep 2025

Claude

Just a coupke of blocks from the town center. Friendly staff. Simple but nice breakfast a few steps from the hotel entrance. Swimming poool, A/C, view of the volcano (when the clouds lift...).

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jun 2025

sand

Lovely hotel right downtown La Fortuna. This is not a resort - but has a lovely pool and staff were amazing. Helped us with all our questions! The rooms were comfortable and clean.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

08 May 2025

Percy

Hotel is good in downtown La Fortuna but still one lane away so not very noisy although you can hear vehicles at night. 4 options for breakfast - and they are all good. I tried their avacado toast breakfast twice and it was good. I also had their rice beans eggs breakfast and it was good too. My wife had the fruit bowl and it was great too. Good coffee too. Hotel lobby has water dispenser so you dont have buy water but can use their filtered water. Hotel attracts good birds. Very close to mini mart and also to downtown which has many restaurants. Uber is always available and is always only one minute away due to proximity to downtime. Highly recommended.

Business_and_leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

05 May 2025

Harry

Overal

Good services, clean and pretty close to atractions

10/10

Exceptional

13 Apr 2025

Gabriel

Very good location, walkable to restaurants, a bank and the park. Good size rooms, clean, with AC and a mini fridge. The pool is very nice and clean. Staff is very helpful. For breakfast there are a few options to choose from and it is delicious.

10/10

Exceptional

04 Apr 2025

Mary

Nice place

Well kept up hotel with pool and restaurant onsite. Very convenient- is in town, close to stores, other restaurants, and a lovely city park.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

21 Mar 2025

Tamara Van

Excellent conversation with helpful staff for booking excursions.

10/10

Exceptional

21 Mar 2025

Kathleen

We had a wonderful stay at Hotel Arenal Rabfer! The staff are super helpful—a big shout out to Fernanda and Fernando on the front desk, who were a huge help in booking activities (there is so much to choose from!) and transportation. The room was spacious, clean and comfortable, the pool is lovely, the food in the restaurant is delicious, and the location is fantastic: less than a block to restaurants, a bank, a fresh fruit store, and anything else you might want. We would stay there again in a heartbeat.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Mar 2025

Verified traveler

Nice hotel

The hotel is clean. I really like the upstairs community room that had sofas and a work table with plug-ins to charge your phone or plug in a computer. It is open air with Windows so you can see outside and it is on the second floor. I enjoy relaxing there and watching the people on the street and enjoying the nice fresh air! The front desk reception was very helpful and accommodating when my tour left right when breakfast started. They offered a cold breakfast option that I could pick up the night before! Since my tour started a little after breakfast started the receptionist scheduled a to go breakfast for me! The hotel is in the center of La fortina so the shuttle tour buses pick up from the hotel.

8/10

Excellent

10 Mar 2025

John

The pool was nice. The breakfast was OK - several options at the restaurant next door. The biggest negative was that the AC was right above the bed and blew cold air directly on us at night.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Mar 2025

Randolph

Very helpful stafff

Business_and_leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

27 Feb 2025

Nadine

very nice place, 5 minutes to the center of la fortuna where you can find all the restaurents and bars

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

13 Dec 2024

Gajanan

front desk people ARE VERY HELPFUL. THEY ARRANGED ALL OUR TRANSPORTATION FROM AIRPORT.

10/10

Exceptional

01 Sep 2024

Cecilio

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Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Aug 2024

Diana

This was an excellent hotel. My mother in law can’t walk well and they accommodated so quickly to help her. She loved the pool, convincente to walk around, shop, restaurants, etc.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Apr 2024

Verified traveler

Great trip to La Fortuna

The staff was always helpful and courteous. The complimentary breakfast was great. Location was convenient to downtown and the city square and restaurants. An item was lost from my suitcase and the staff was extremely helpful in locating the item and went out of their way to return it to me.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Feb 2024

Susan

Budget friendly hotel no frills but clean, good service, nice included breakfast

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jan 2024

Daniel

Pleasent hotel just 2 blocks from the heart of town. Good onsite resturant that had a scrumptious fixed menu offering for breakfast. Room was comfortable with working AC. Staff were very accomodating of requests.

8/10

Excellent

06 Jan 2024

Deepak

Clean small property. Nice friendly staff. Nice breakfast. Hotel did not provide any information regarding activities. Although they were easily available once you were in the shopping area. We used Uber for transportation.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

24 Dec 2023

Boris

We had bed bugs in the room which spoiled our stay in the hotel. Breakfast was good at the restaurant downstairs.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Nov 2023

Omar

My late check-in was easy. My whole family very well. Good wifi signal. Excellent breakfast options. Within walking distance to bus terminal.The bathroom was typical Costa Rican style.

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

21 Sep 2023

Patricia

The room was rather smaller verses what's in the picture. The morning staff in the restaurant were great however there could be more breakfast options.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

01 Apr 2023

Paul

Exceptional service

We had exceptional service. Fernanda was fantastic and arranged for us to have breakfast to-go because we were checking out super early before breakfast was available. The room was basic, clean, everything you need. Walkable to everything. Pool looked nice though we didn’t use it. Would stay again if passing through la fortuna.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jan 2023

Cory

Paula at the front desk was so nice and helpful, and the free breakfast was delish. Best avocado toast I’ve ever had.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jan 2023

Itzaxo

Very friendly staff. Yummy breakfasts and pretty surroundings.

Business_and_leisure Family

4/10

Poor

11 Dec 2022

Stephanie

The photos shown are not exactly how it appears. We were given a room that was so dark and with an outdated tv, no fridge for medication. There was. Very little parking for rental. However it was very near shops and restaurants.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

26 Nov 2022

LUIS

This hotel is a wonderful hidden treasure in La Fortuna. The staff is very friendly, the rooms are clean and comfortable. I strongly recommend this lodging facility for anyone looking for an affordable price with all this Inn has to offer.

LUIS A FEBRES

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jul 2022

Sandra

My daughter and I stayed at Hotel Arenal Rabfer for 8 days. Our stay was very pleasant and peaceful. The customer service here was exceptional and my daughter and I loved the breakfast. Roberto was very kind and treated us like family. Fernando (the lady with the pretty eyes) was very personable and sweet. Everyone was supper nice and made us felt welcome. I would definitely come back or recommend this hotel to my friends.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

23 Mar 2022

thibaud

Local, near downtown and activities, great staff

8/10

Excellent

29 Jan 2022

Pedro

Thumbs up

Pretty good and clean. The AC gets a bit loud.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jan 2022

Veronica

Aloha from Hawaii…..

Checkin was quick and easy…..receptionist Laura was very welcoming….hospitable……comprehensive with her hotel orientation…..other receptionist Magally was very accommodating……extra pillows and extra clothes hangers. Breakfast was very delicious with several choices……allowed us to take our coffee refills back to our room….
kudos to the cook….Gema. The daily room and building cleaning was vey professional……housemaid Kelin did a fabulous job. I watched her clean the sliding door tracks at the large upstairs events room. I rate this hotel beyond five stars.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

01 Mar 2020

Jessica

Rooms need a makeover

The Hotel Arenal Rabfer staff was really nice upon check-in. The rooms have seen better days. The bed comforters are paper thin and had stains on them. They definitely need to be replaced, and offer better quality comforters so you aren't cold at night. The other issue is that you can't flush toilet paper down the toilet so it all needs to go in the tiny trash can in the bathroom, which is quite disgusting. I understand the plumbing is old but this is really not OK for guests who are staying more than a night. The price was right for one night but would not stay here again.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

03 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

Good choice in La Fortuna town

Clean, basic rooms. Short on some room amenities (towels, drinking glasses) but delivered when requested. Excellent breakfasts included with stay. Seems to be a favourite choice of Ticos. Friendly staff, but limited in knowledge of tours/activities. Be prepared to pay to get to Arenal volcano area if you don’t have a vehicle, as there is no public transit.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

31 Dec 2019

Sonia

Hotel is just ok. It is very close to all the La Fortuna downtown shops and restaurants..that’s a plus. Rooms are just ok..they have not been updated in years ! They still have the old box tv with 4 channels. No hair-dryer or shampoo in the bathroom, safe did not work as well. Breakfast was basic.

The only plus point was the staff at the front desk. Ericka was very helpful and guided us well with her recommendations for tours and arranging transportation to San Jose.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

26 Dec 2019

Sara

Good enough for us to not feel uncomfortable being here. The air conditioner worked very well and the staff was extremely kind, specifically the girl that worked in the mornings. Go 7 am for breakfast or you won’t have much options by 8. Bed was comfortable as well and housekeeping was daily

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

17 Dec 2019

Maria

Modest but comfortable

The hotel was very modest but clean. The staff was very helpful. Good for two last minute nights.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

22 Aug 2019

William

Awesome!

Our stay here was awesome! Clean, great location and Jacqueline at the front desk, went above and beyond for us!

Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

Cozy hotel

Walking distance from anything I needed, the staff was exceptional, very helpful and going overboard to make sure I'm happy

8/10

Excellent

16 Aug 2018

janet

Basic

Service was very nice and walking distance to eateries, Basic hotel and too expensive for the amenities. Would not stay there again because if price.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

11 May 2016

Verified traveler

Great Hotel!!

8/10

Excellent

13 Apr 2016

Sergio

Arenal Rabfer Hotel

A/C did cool enough

Family

6/10

Pleasant

27 Jan 2016

Verified traveler

Breakfast was good! Such a pleasant surprise. The staff was nice and helpful too. Everything else was as you'd expect for a hotel in this class. Good for a few a 1-2 night stay.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

09 Jan 2016

Kin

A nice, basic stay

I stayed here with family and friends for one night. It was our first night in Costa Rica and a good way to start off the trip. Although a basic hotel room, the staff at the front desk were very helpful when checking us in and when answering our questions regarding matters such as where to eat, what to do, etc.

Family

8/10

Excellent

04 Jan 2016

Julie

Great location - close enough to shops and restaurants, but tucked away from the noise. Breakfast was plentiful and delicious. Hotel staff was very nice - overall, a great stay.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

16 Feb 2015

Honeymooners

New owners so they are trying to fix it up.

Good value for what you pay. New owners in November and they are trying to fix it up. Electrical and plumbing needs some work. They have a good deal for breakfast with a Soda across the street which is excellent and highly recommended. They are delightful and want feedback. Would recommend.

6/10

Pleasant

03 Jan 2015

Verified traveler

Ok if you don't mind the city setting

We stayed there for two nights. The rooms are ok, but feel like no one has been living there for a long time. The first desk was helpful with booking tours. Breakfast and internet was fine. It's close to shopping and restaurants but not noisy.

Family

8/10

Excellent

04 Apr 2026

Héctor

La opciones de desayuno que ofrece el paquete son limitadas. Deberían incluir al menos un omelette como parte del paquete. Por lo demás, todo fue fresco y el personal muy atento.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 Mar 2026

Eva

Frukosten var god, och hotellet låg bra till.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Mar 2026

Ronseaux

Hôtel très bien placé et de qualité. Le personnel est très sympathique. Je recommande 😊