Los Altos Resort

I cannot say enough about our stay at Los Altos. Not sure how it is only rated #30 of hotels in Manuel Antonio. We stayed in an adults only townhouse (#6) with Andrey as our butler. Andrey was incredible, recommended and booked dinner reservations, arranged our tours, taxis, and drivers around the resort whenever we requested (getting from the resort entrance to/from our townhouse when it rained), and got us anything else we needed. They also arranged our transportation to and from the airport, $210 each way for the approximately 3 hour drive. Very easy and would recommend. The townhouse itself was gorgeous, and well stocked with many complimentary goodies when we arrived. More small goodies came at each turndown. The view from the townhouses is breathtaking. Bring a pair of binoculars and sit on your upstairs balcony, lay in your bed or take a dip in your plunge pool and watch pairs of macaws fly by or troupes of monkeys move through the trees. Just let the wonderful staff - drivers, front desk, and beach staff in particular - know you are interested in seeing sloths and they will find them and point them out to you. The hotel has a cat, Tigre, that lives at the guardhouse that we visited everyday. The guardhouse staff were super friendly and I enjoyed speaking my broken Spanish with them while visiting Tigre. We only ate on property once, room service our first night, and the food was very good. The hotel is within walking distance of many good restaurants. The location is one thing we really liked, some places to stay are not nearly as accessible to all Manuel Antonio has to offer. We ate at Cafe Milagro (get the banana pancakes), Emilio’s Cafe (highly recommend curry and whole red snapper), Enzo’s (bento box offered at lunchtime), Claro Que Si (good ceviche but oddly enough this was our most expensive yet least favorite meal), Samui, and Falafel Bar. All were good, some excellent. However my husband and I agree our favorite meal was the lunch after our ATV tour followed by a breakfast at Soda Angel (local spot recommended by Andrey), just good local food and much less expensive than the other restaurants. I also recommend going to the grocery store (go to the bigger one a bit further but still walkable to the hotel for the best prices) and just get fresh fruit for breakfast that you can cut up with items provided in the kitchenette at the townhouse. We only went to the main pool once because we had our own plunge pool but the main pool area is very nice, lots of shaded spots (some with ceiling fans), in addition to sun for all preferences. Order from the poolside bar and they will bring drinks to you in the pool. We enjoyed the drinks with lots of fresh fruit. The view from the pool is beautiful. I wasn’t sure how much we would use our plunge pool but we used it everyday, loved being able to come back from a morning of activities and cool off in our own pool. It was a big draw of the townhouses for us and it did not disappoint. Perhaps

Loved our stay at Los Altos! Staff was so friendly and helpful, and anticipated our needs. The view from our room was just gorgeous. Loved the pool area also! Loved the wildlife in the surrounding rainforest, and the all the recommendations. Go zip lining also!

The incredible views of ocean + jungle and the fantastic resort staff (Andres + Andrey!) made this time in Costa Rica unforgettable. Karolas at Los Altos was a pleasure during each visit. Agua Azul, Ensō, Cafe Milagro, Carambola (GREAT kbbq!), and Soda Sánchez in Quepos offered great eats. ATV and catamaran provided wonderful on-and-off-land activities. Manuel Antonio national park is a must visit (tour guides will give you the best experience for identifying rainforest animals and critters).

Incredible place area and the people were so nice. Andrey our Butler was amazing and super friendly! He became part of our family! Excellent for family or friends and so many things to do around. And I will for sure recommend you guys to ask for Andrey!

I don’t write reviews very often, but this time something exceptional happened that I had to write one. Well, where should I start from? We arrived at the hotel in the evening and were very hungry. The hotel restaurant was busy and we were tired to look for other options, so we needed a quick fix. The hotel representative at the front desk Andres was extremely attentive and eager to help us in any way he could. It was very hot and humid outside, so he told us to go to the room and he would personally take care of us with room service from the hotel restaurant. The food arrived 20 minutes later, and he served the food himself! Good start to the trip. A day later, our daughter had a birthday. He heard from the room cleaner and sent us a birthday cake! Who does these things without a request and no charge? He made sure to recommend amazing restaurants (each one of them was a huge success!), and made sure we had a pleasant taxi driver every time. There were many other things he did and I can’t list all of them here due to word limits, but I’ll tell you this: The hotel is amazing, but people like Andres make it extra special and give us a reason to come back (and write a review…) Thank you Sir for exceptional experience for my family.

This is an addendum to a review I previously wrote, which is worth the effort. Thank you Andrey Jimenez. He was our butler during the day and was always so friendly. Gracias por tu paciencia cuando probe mi espanol. He was a great source of information and set up my indulgence, a massage. He was authentic in making our experience here wonderful. Shout out to Loreila, the massage therapist. I walked out of there in a relaxed delirium. Places to eat if you would like some variety can be found just beyond the gate entrance along the street: Enso (a sushi place), Samui (Thai place) and Cafe Milagro all great choices. Forgot to mention the wonderful private beach. It is quite a steep walk but they do offer a shuttle from the condos to the beach and can be called down by the beach bartender when you are ready to head up. Again, would recommend the Townhouse stay all over again!

Wow! This place is the epitome of what you imagine Costa Rica to be like. We drove from the Del Toro area and arrived here in a downpour of rain. Everyone in the front immediately came to greet us with cool towels and help with our luggage. Andres, muchas gracias para todo! Andres our butler, along with the driver, drove us to our townhouse. He took the time to show us all the features of our room, including the private infinity pool right outside our bedroom. A special recognition of Andres for always going above and beyond. He was so helpful in trying to change one of our scheduled tours. Throughout our stay, it continued, from offering umbrellas to stopping to show us 4 sloths near the beach (2 moms and 2 babies) on our drive back up. He genuinely tried to make our stay not just enjoyable but memorable. If your party is all over the age of 18, the townhouse is THE PLACE to stay!!! I loved that our stay included breakfast. There was a variety of food to chose from and the view while you're eating is unbelievable! Highly recommend staying here.