location, hosts, kitchen

Very comfortable room with fuly equipped outdoor kitchen, free washer and dryer and large bottled water. Great helpful hosts.

Nothing. Everything was good.

Everything!!! it was great! the hosts are amazing people who are very accommodating and great at communicating. the outdoor kitchen was not only totally cool, but a great place to hang. it was cool too because all the neighbors made it feel like home. The location couldn’t be better. it was close to all the action yet removed from it for peace and tranquility. best of both worlds. Plus you could walk across the street to the beach and food was everywhere nearby. And since I was also working on my computer while there, one feature I did not expect was the icing on the cake. Costa Rica is not known for fast internet and most places I stay it is very slow compared to the US and very unstable sometimes non-existent. The internet here was super fast. I mean faster than most people in the US. There is nothing you could not do with ease and quality whether it was work or streaming. I run streaming radio, podcasting, and TV stations that require beyond fast Internet and the Wi-Fi was way beyond fast and faster than anywhere I know in Costa Rica. I highly recommend that if you are to stay anywhere in a Tamarindo it is Casa Smilin’ Dog.

Nothing!

Great property in Tamarindo, loved having the outdoor kitchen, huge fridge to store drinks and food, coffee machine, kettle, microwave, cooker. washer & tumble dryer, which was fab after travelling around Costa Rica. Property was a little bit dated but wouldn’t stop me staying there again, adjacent to the food truck park which we used a couple of evenings ( great selection of food) Hosts Andy & Rowena are so helpful and welcoming, even let us borrow beach chairs to use on beach which is only a few minutes away.

My girlfriend and I enjoyed our stay at Casa Smilin Dog a lot! Our hosts (Andy, Ro and Princess Puss Puss) were very friendly, helpful and attentive! The location is amazing - around 5 mins. from the beach. The accomodation was clean, spacious, with an awesome outdoor kitchen, AC and a wonderful view of the garden. All in all 10 out of 10 in our book! We would definately stay there again.

Really lovely apartment, very clean, spacious and well equipped. Great location right behind the beach and 2 mins from town centre. Cool and shaded and very quiet. Lovely outdoor kitchen fully equipped which we used quite a few times to cook. Big comfy bed and lots of towels. Andy was very helpful and always lovely and polite.

Nothing really, a swimming pool is always nice but you don't need it with the beach 2 mins away.

I loved the outdoor kitchen, the groomed jungle garden in the quadrangle btwn the 4 casas and of course the host Andy who is a cheery presence and is so kind and thoughtful. The Casa is close to everything and a mere 4 minutes to the beach! The friendly quiet mature residents and the laundry facilities were a nice touch. Everything I needed but a vegetable peeler🙃. LOL

Andy was very helpful with everything we needed and the place is well equipped! 10/10!