Occidental Tamarindo - All Inclusive

Customer Ratings & Reviews

TripAdvisor Traveler Rating

5487 reviews

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  June 2025

  The resort staff was friendly upon arrival, the rooms themselves were clean but need to be updated. The bed needs to be replaced. The entertainment had very few options. The dining experience wasn’t great, multiple meals water was never offered nor is it stored where it could be self serve.

  Jun 11, 2025
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  It's ok, not great, just average

  Please read reviews. Positives: The beach is beautiful, the restaurants are included in the stay, the room is lovely, the bed is comfortable, the breakfast is awesome. We had a balcony room. The minibar was always stocked with coke, sprite and beer. The food is ok at lunch and dinner. It was quiet. I sat in the chairs by the beach and rested. Negatives: THERE ARE CRITTERS. Just be aware that in spring, there are animals on the property like racoons and crabs. You will hear monkeys. There was a leak in our toilet that was never addressed. We did speak to the front desk.

  Jun 11, 2025
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  Great vacation

  We enjoyed our stay with our family, the food was delicious and offered great variety. Our room was spacious and clean. We had a great vacation.

  Jun 10, 2025
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  Poor quality all-inclusive, 2* at best

  Buffet was like a bad, cheap cruise. Corroded shower. Dead bugs swept under bed/curtains. No wash cloths? Must be better places in Tamarindo, great town.

  Jun 03, 2025
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  Stay Elsewhere

  As many reviewers state, “this is not a 5 star property” that’s a factual statement. Upon arriving, in our rental car we notice no parking lot. We parked on the side of the road with a 12inch drop off, thankfully we had a 4x4. At the check in counter we asked where the parking lot was located, the receptionist told the parking lot is full and we don’t have a parking spot for you. My bell boy will take your car and park it down the road. I said how far, she said real far, I explained that would not work. We like to drive around a lot and don’t want to rely on a bell boy to get our car and wait for no telling how long before he arrives with our car. They ended up letting us stay parked on the side of the road which ended up being fine. 1. The room, not impressed with the room, we stayed in building 4 room 4405. The smell in the room is horrible; think old basement mold and mildew. The smell embeds your clean clothes. The room was not as clean as I would have liked but it’s fine for most I’d say. The A/C does not work for the second floor, the bottoms floor worked fine but again smelled so bad. The 2nd floor leaked water from the ceiling the entire time. 2. Housekeeping; if you call it that. Constantly leaving us with no towels even when we asked for towels they didn’t bring us towels. We also noticed they leave the sheets and towels on a cart just sitting out side in these nasty little areas where they dump the mop water, the sheets and towels just sitting outside under trees where birds fly over them and do their business. 3. Food/ horrible all the way around. Nothing in the place is any good. We ate at outside restaurants in town because the food is so horrible. They have day passes for just street folks to come in and they make a mess of the entire resort. It’s a very dirty and disgusting feel to their food courts. 4. Beach, again with some reviews… what beach? At high tide there’s nothing there but nasty trash and old beach chairs and it smells like old trash. We tried again during low tide and there’s a lot to explore with all the lava rock you can walk on, the only sandy beach, well you have to walk across this river like body of water with a massive current, if you don’t get back before the tide comes in you’re stuck. 4. We didn’t venture into the pool it was always over crowded with the street people “day passes”. 5. If we could get our money back for just a partial stay we would have left after the first night. 6. This place is for people on their first vacations that’s have no idea what you can get out there. We have been to several resorts, etc and this by far is the worst. Don’t be deceived by the pictures, or some of the better reviews. It’s very outdated, dirty and not well kept. The only positive, the landscaping around the grounds is very nice and kept up. Maybe if they put that effort into their rooms and guest this would be a better place.

  Jun 03, 2025