Rositas Hotel

I spent one night here after an emergency in my apartment required that I vacate. Easy check in, good a/c and wifi, comfortable bed and clean room. All the basics for sure - plus an excellent location. I’d give it a 5 except the staff wasn’t particularly friendly. Not a whole lot of smiling going on, which is not something you see very often in this country.

Stayed at Rositas for 3 nights as a group of three. PROS * Value - Although I wouldn’t call this cheap (it cost 173USD for three nights for three people in a private room with bathroom, air con etc) it was a lot cheaper than it’s competitors. * Location - it’s only a block from the beach and the action * Air conditioning - did work although did break down the second night. They fixed this. * Hot water - like the air conditioning did work but broke down on the second night. They did fix this * Communal kitchen - combined with a fridge in our room this allowed us to self cater * Staff were friendly as as mentioned above did deal with issues in a prompt manner. Security - Was good. Deadlocks on doors and bolts on windows. Has someone on the entrance 24/7. CONS * Rooms - the whole hotel is quite old and the rooms are pretty basic. They seem to stuff excess furniture into them as well. A normal sized room felt cramped after having a large cupboard, couch, table and non functional kitchenette (no gas plugged in). * Wifi - worked but the internet attached to it was very unreliable and dropped out constantly * Clean - the hotel is a bit older so doesn’t feel the best. I did note between the couch cushions and under some of the beds there was a thick layer of dirt. Overall this is a ok option if you’re looking for something cheaper in SJDS that’s close to the action.