Hotel Playa Negra

This is an awesome beach front hotel. It has great style with cool rancho designed rooms. Big swimming pool, on site yoga, beachfront restaurant and bar. Its very laid back with a stunning beach. Perfect place to relax and soak in the coast.

If you surf, you already know about this spot. Its very famous and people come here from around the world. Our visit was super chill and we took amazing hammock naps! We arrived early in the week when it was quiet. They place filled up for the weekend. We had some really loud 'surf bros' next door that we had to tune out. We'd just try to ficus on the monkeys that were cruising around! Sometimes, we couldn't tell the difference? lol The restaurant is just "okay". When we were there, it was the only place open sometimes, so it was expensive and the food is mediocre. Its a great place to chill and watch the waves. We opted to eat in town when other spots were open. The best part of our stay was that we had a kitty named "Tequila" who slept with us every night! I know that sounds silly, but it really made our stay special. The round cabin was so comfy and beautiful. We got a room with A/C and fridge, but didn't really need the A/C during rainy season. Also: The beach right out front has gnarly surf. If you want to swim, go to the left where there's a nice sandy bottom.

My wife and I stayed here for 3 nights and absolutely loved it. The food, service and suite were incredible. What really made it a great experience for us, were the people that work there and the host Pasquale. I cannot say enough about them. The beach is literally a 5-10 min walk from hotel. The room was spacious and very comfortable. I highly recommend the suite. The restaurant food and service was amazing…you will not be disappointed. I highly recommend this place. We will be back for sure. Thank you Cafe Negra & a special thank you to Pasquale…you are the man…for all you did for us! Trish & John

We had stayed here 7 years ago and enjoyed it so much we decided to stay here again on this visit to Costa Rica. I can say the location is still as wonderful as before, however we found the facilities have not had any investment put in to them and are not kept up in the fashion the were before. The rooms are full of ants and cockroaches. The staff was dutiful but not very friendly. The worst part was check out. At check out we settled up our bill and paid via credit card, the amount on the ticket was correct and I signed. Of course because of the constantly changing exchange rate what is posted to the credit card may not be exactly the same, completely understandable, but then after it was posted to our account and was pending it was removed 2 days later, then 5 days after it was posted again. At this point the exchange rate had changed to the point our bill was actually 100$ more. I contacted the credit card company and was told that the only party that can remove a pending charge is the merchant. The credit card company then informed me that technically this is not illegal and it happens a far amount with places that have unethical billing. I contacted hotel playa negra to ask why the first payment was removed then reinstated 5 days later and that this caused me to have to pay 100$ more. I was told "you were not billed twice" I never said I was? The facility, over priced only "ok" food, and unfriendly staff would give it 3 stars, but add on to that the odd billing practices I can not recommend a stay here, so many other nice places with just as beautiful location.