Zen Zaru Beautiful Hidden Hotel

Property class: 3
B&B within easy reach of Manuel Antonio Nature Park & Wildlife Refuge

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When you stay at Zen Zaru Beautiful Hidden Hotel, you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Manuel Antonio Nature Park & Wildlife Refuge and Manuel Antonio Beach. Free perks include WiFi, self parking, and local cuisine breakfast daily between 6:30 AM and 9:00 AM.

Reviews

6.6 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Free breakfast
  • Pet friendly
  • Free parking
  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning
  • Laundry facilities

Room options

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A blue chair on a tiled balcony with a potted plant and lush greenery in the background.

Classic Double Room, Balcony, Courtyard View

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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A bedroom with a bed, bedside tables, a bench, a sofa, a mirror, and a potted plant.

Classic Double Room, Balcony, Courtyard View

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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A bedroom with a bed, bedside tables, a bench, a sofa, a mirror, and a potted plant.

Comfort Double Room, Balcony, Courtyard View

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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A bedroom with a bed, bedside tables, a bench, a sofa, a mirror, and a potted plant.

Comfort Double Room, Balcony, Courtyard View

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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A blue chair on a tiled balcony with a potted plant and lush greenery in the background.

Comfort Quadruple Room, Balcony, Courtyard View

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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A bedroom with a bed, bedside tables, a bench, a sofa, a mirror, and a potted plant.

Deluxe Double Room, Balcony, Courtyard View

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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A bathroom with a shower, toilet, and sink, featuring tiled walls and a window with a view of greenery.

Comfort Apartment, Balcony, Courtyard View

  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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A modern kitchen with a stainless steel sink, a potted plant, and a window with a view of greenery.

Deluxe Apartment, Balcony, Sea View

  • Sea view
  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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A modern bedroom with a large bed, a ceiling fan, and a view of the outdoors through a large window.

Luxury Studio Suite, Balcony, Sea View

  • Sea view
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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About the neighborhood

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Calle Mariposa, Quepos, Provincia de Puntarenas, 60601

What's nearby

  • Zip Coaster - 13 min walk - 1.1 km
  • Playa Espadilla - 4 min drive - 1.4 km
  • Mountain Top Park - 7 min drive - 2.5 km
  • Playitas Beach - 8 min drive - 1.8 km
  • Biesanz Beach - 9 min drive - 2.5 km

Getting around

  • Quepos (XQP) - 17 min drive
  • Juan Santamaria Intl. Airport (SJO) - 172 min drive
  • San José (SYQ-Tobías Bolaños Intl.) - 38.3 miles/61.6 km

Restaurants

  • ‪Restaurante Cerdo Feliz - ‬17 min walk
  • ‪El Patio de Café Milagro - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Falafel Bar - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Drunken Monkey - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Emilio's Cafe - ‬1 min walk

About this property

Zen Zaru Beautiful Hidden Hotel

  • When you stay at Zen Zaru Beautiful Hidden Hotel, you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Manuel Antonio Nature Park & Wildlife Refuge and Manuel Antonio Beach. Free perks include WiFi, self parking, and local cuisine breakfast daily between 6:30 AM and 9:00 AM.

At a glance

CHECK-IN
2:00pm
CHECK-OUT
11:00am

Hotel size

    • 9 rooms

Arriving/Leaving

    • Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:00 PM
    • Minimum check-in age: 18
    • Check-out time is 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

    • There is no front desk at this property
    • Guests planning to arrive outside of normal check-in hours will receive an email within 48 hours before arrival with check-in instructions and key retrieval information; your host will greet you
    • Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Required at check-in

    • Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
    • Government-issued photo ID may be required
    • Minimum check-in age is 18

Pets

    • Pets stay free (dogs and cats only)

Internet

    • Free WiFi in public areas
    • Free WiFi in rooms (speed: 100+ Mbps (good for 1–2 people or up to 6 devices))

Parking

    • Free uncovered onsite self parking

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Reviews

Zen Zaru Beautiful Hidden Hotel Reviews

6.6

Good

8.0

Cleanliness

5.6

Amenities

6.0

Staff & service

6.8

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

Verified review

8/10 Very good

For a short stay... it's perfect. Plenty of restaurants, bars and activities to do around.
Monkeys will welcome you
That's your daylie trainning...
Verified review

10/10 Exceptional

It was a convenient location and room and breakfast were good.
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10/10 Exceptional

Great staff!
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6/10 Good

The price is decent. Room was clean. The place isn’t fully staffed after breakfast, but people there were very friendly. Breakfast was simple but good. Two main issues are that you have to bring luggage down and up a steep path with over 100 steps. My bigger concern was the chain link fence covered in fabric that obstructs any garden view from the balcony. As a point of interest the other side of the fence has some extremely high end accommodations
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6/10 Good

No front desk personnel to meet or talk to. Very poor signage, and therefore difficult to find. Yes - it was hidden. No hot water for shower - if the electrical wires going into the shower head was supposed to heat the water, it didn't work. May need to have some instructions, if there was some trick to get hot water. Website should explain what the parking routine was going to be - a chain across the entrance that needed to be locked with a padlock. Bed was OK. Breakfast was good. Overall, this was an average hotel at best. But it was OK for the price I paid.
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2/10 Poor

In a nutshell It is a dump Be ready to walk up and down very steep steps with your luggage No hot water hope you like cold showers if you stay there Can’t keep your ac on if you step out. So if you step out and it’s 90 F it will be 90 F in the room when you return There is no staff to help with tours or basic needs, dining area is filthy. The big fountain at the bottom of the stairs has brown water and bugs inside. I found a hole 3cm wide on my front door. For insects to come visit me. The handle to the door and deadbolt are loose. I could turn the screws with my fingers. Parking is in a field, unlit with a chain running across two posts for security. When you contact them on Xpedia good luck getting a response. Also the phone number has been disconnected. No contact what so ever with the owner or host. I had a beautiful view of the ocean that’s the only positive. The patio furniture is filthy and falling apart. Glass all around the sleeping area facing the balcony with just a few curtains. Furniture in terrible shape rotting wood. I paid for 5 nights stayed one and ended up going to another hotel up the road. It was worth paying extra. Do not stay here it’s a very bad idea. The description and pictures are not representative of the property. They should charge cabana prices for this place. They should invest in a staff to help customers. Clean the place up a bit make it presentable. Invest in hot water heaters for hot showers.
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6/10 Good

There are A LOT of stairs. Almost 120 stairs to get to the hotel or to your car. The queen bed was ok but the twin bed was kind of hard. I would not come back to this place because of the stairs honestly. Aside from that, the place was good for it's price
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6/10 Good

Was a quiet and simple stay. Recommend if you are on a budget or looking to have less convenience (tv, fridge, etc) surrounding you for your stay
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2/10 Poor

Unfortunately can’t give no stars. Had been messaging in the days leading to check in (initiated by them, so don’t be fooled). Met with Michael “hotel manger” after 6 hours travel with two children to be told the property had to close a few days prior. This was the first mention of this despite all the checkin messages and clearly a lie, having been closed considerably longer based on the exterior condition. Given story of how he had bought it from previous owner who had built without permissions and property was not habitable and didn’t have a licence to operate at a hotel (his words). Said he had another property he could offer at no extra cost but was nowhere near to standard. We were left facing the choice of accepting the substandard offer or to find last minute alternative accommodation at personal considerable cost. Went with the later. The property albeit closed looks nothing like the photos and can only assume they were AI of how he would hope it to be over how it ever looked. Do not book and if you can look for an alternative so you don’t face the same problems.
Verified review

4/10 Fair

Unfortunately there are several properties owned under the Zen name. The photos on Expedia didn’t adequately represent Zen Zaru Beautiful. The room was very basic along with misrepresented surrounding photos. If you sat on the patio/deck, with the one provided deck chair, you stared right into a fence. The property is located on a hillside, amongst the trees, but the fence and common area are limiting any kind of jungle experience you may be after. As I mentioned the hillside, there are a lot of stairs to and from the main road and parking area. We were disappointed with choosing this accommodation.
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6/10 Good

First, to reach your room, you must climb up and down a hundred flights of stairs. Just be aware of this. Unfortunately, we had to wait almost 15 minutes for the hotel owner. We could not communicate with the staff because we don't speak Spanish. The owner was a great guy , he gave us tips about the area. Unfortunately, the room was not well-equipped. There was not enough space to store clothes, no hangers, etc., just a bed, lamp and an air conditioner.
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2/10 Poor

When we arrived, the room we booked 3 months prior on Expedia was already occupied. We were placed in another room that was half the size and not good (cramped and no sea view which is why we booked the original room). Host was not available to resolve the day of arrival and has been unreponsive to multiple attempts after to see if she would compensate for the error and the inconvenience. We are very disappointed in her non response. Expedia has tried to help resolve but they had no luck contacting her either.
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4/10 Fair

ATTENTION !!! Plus de 150 marches à monter et descendre avec les valises pleines sous 35°C et une hygrométrie très élevée....limite du malaise, malgré un bon niveau physique. Dommage car le cadre et le logement sont superbes.
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6/10 Good

La habitación no era lo que pensábamos
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10/10 Exceptional

Alojamiento bien ubicado y con excelente servicio. La habitación estuvo bien cómoda para dos y muy limpia. Recomiendo llevar equipaje liviano ya que tiene demasiadas escaleras. El desayuno era el mismo todos los días. Todo lo demás perfecto.
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10/10 Exceptional

La mejor opción.

El mejor lugar sin dudas. Limpio y el personal de lo mas amable. 100% recomendado
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10/10 Exceptional

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10/10 Exceptional