Stayed for 5 weeks
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 10/6/07
My husband and I stayed at Hotel Tres Banderas for 5 weeks this summer. We LOVED our experience there and wouldn't hesitate to go back. The meals are excellent, especially if Derek is your chef. The menu has a wide variety of food, even polish, as the owner is polish. The pool was our favorite part of the hotel, it is huge, cleaned every few hours, and has nice shade to read a book, but plenty of sunny spots to tan. The day bartender was excellent, and gave us great ideas on which tours to go on, and where the local hot spots were. While I've read in other reviews that people had trouble with the owner, Andy, we had a great experience with him. He was very accommodating to our needs, and was very personable. As for his dog, Sashi (sp?) the sign is necessary b/c one day she would sleep by me at the pool and have her head in my lap, and the next day she bit me. BUT, she is an excellent guard dog, and I appreciated her presence there.
The hotel is very reasonably priced, and is a perfect location because it is right in between Quepos and the beach at Manuel Antonio. Also, it is extremely close to COSI (a spanish language school my husband attended). The rooms have hot water, cable, air conditioning and a lovely balcony. The beds are decent, as is the furniture.