Villas Playa Samara Beach Front Resort - All Inclusive

“I stayed for a week and really enjoyed my stay”

I really liked the environment and facilities aswell as the service. The bar tenders and servers were super nice and were always ready to serve. My favourites were Melania, Kendall and Hazel. They are very hard working, but work many hours sometimes full days on end.

“Samara Costa Rica”

Shout out to Wendy for booking our excursions. Very helpful and friendly. Kendall and Hazel the best bartenders and beautiful people. Had a great time. Loved the resort. Only recommendation for improvement is the room I was in needs a little freshen up. The staff are so friendly and happy. Ground... more

Shout out to Wendy for booking our excursions. Very helpful and friendly. Kendall and Hazel the best bartenders and beautiful people. Had a great time. Loved the resort. Only recommendation for improvement is the room I was in needs a little freshen up. The staff are so friendly and happy. Grounds and pool are lovely and the beach is beautiful.

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“Beautiful, Quiet & Relaxing”

This resort is the ultimate place to relax if that is what you are looking for. It was not busy when we were there at the beginning of March. No getting up early for lounge chairs. A couple of times beach chairs were all occupied but we just sat ourselves in chairs at the place next door until so... more

This resort is the ultimate place to relax if that is what you are looking for. It was not busy when we were there at the beginning of March. No getting up early for lounge chairs. A couple of times beach chairs were all occupied but we just sat ourselves in chairs at the place next door until something was available on our resort side. No one said a thing about that. Lots of room to swim in the large pool. The only time it got a little bit crowded was when a group of pre teens came for the day. Room: Our room was nice and clean with a king bed, nice bathroom and balcony facing some of the villas and of course trees. We were on the second storey of one of the multiplexes. Air conditioning worked well and was certainly necessary! It was excessively hot the whole week we were there. (40C) The curtains fell down once but the housekeeping called for someone to come hang them back up and it was done that day. We did have one incident where the toilet wouldn’t flush but that may have been due to water being shut off. There were several incidents of power going out in the resort including one full day but I think they were doing repairs that day and they gave us warning. I think that power loss is common in this country in general. It did not affect our stay at all except for missing out on the odd blender drink at the pool bar lol. Something that was missing was bottled water, pop and beer in the hotel room fridges. It would be nice to have water bottles for overnight and a cold beer or pop in the fridge for when you are getting ready for dinner or sitting on the balcony. Food: The food was good. There was only the buffet available, no a la carte restaurant. The buffet had lots of choices for every meal and a made to order grill as well. We enjoyed omelettes and over easy eggs freshly cooked every morning. There was a good serve yourself coffee machine with lattes, espresso etc. or servers also brought coffee to your table. Fruit on the buffet was good however it was not covered and there were always flies on it which turned me off. The soup, pasta and sauce, salad selection, fried chicken and Chinese food were all good. As it goes with a buffet, there were some things that we didn’t like but always plenty to fill us up. It would have been nice if they had at least one a la carte restaurant for something different. We went in to town a couple of times to eat. I would recommend the town of Samara for the beachside restaurants. It is a $10 cab to get there or you can walk about 1/2 hour down the beach (walking at your own risk because it is very hot!!) Pool: The pool was large, fairly deep in some spots, clean and beautiful. It was surrounded by tropical vegetation, trees and flowers. Hummingbirds were always flying overhead in and out of their nest in one of the palm trees. Tropical paradise and so relaxing. One thing to note is that the pool did not close at night which is really nice since it is so hot day and night! The pool bar was nice. Melanie gave us great service at the pool bar. She worked hard on her own managing the whole thing and dealing with power going on and off. At busy times, I think they should have given her back up help. Thank you Melanie! Main restaurant Bar: The bar was very good. They would make any drink you wanted and got creative when we asked them to surprise us. Our bartender Kendall was so friendly, very helpful and made excellent drinks every evening. We enjoyed our chats with him. Thank you Kendall! Beach: The beach was beautiful with tide going in and out. Small waves but very swimmable and warm. Entertainment: There was a different musician/singer most nights for a couple of hours over dinner. Other than that, there were no shows, no dance club, no activities by the pool. If you require any of those things, this is not the place for you. Grounds: Beautiful, well maintained. Lots of flowers, mango, palm and other trees. Iguanas everywhere which was really neat. Lots of tropical birds as well. We very much enjoyed our quiet, relaxing stay here and would go back.

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“Wonderful experience”

Wonderful week at the villas. The site is really great and the employees are awesome, especially the beautiful Melania at the bar. A great place to unwind and relax. People and nature of Costa Rica are really great. Even the activities are not too costly