Hotel Dunn Inn — Hotel in Carmen

I want to start by saying I am a “gringo”and have been coming to San Jose for about 10 years a couple times a year and staying from 2 weeks to a month in this beautiful country. I came for the adventure I know I can find here, I know some of you understand exactly what I mean.||I came down on Dec 14, 2022 and stayed until Jan 14, 2023. I stayed the entire time at the Dunn Inn and was totally satisfied and enjoyed my stay there immensely. I was only supposed to stay for 21 days but I was enjoying the visit so much I extended my stay a few times and stayed 30 days. The Dunn’s pleasant staff extended my extra days with no problem and on one extension upgraded my room to a beautiful suite.||The hotel itself is beautiful, not in a modern way but it has a warm “Old World” charm.The owners Linda and Victor support local artists and decorated the hotel with paintings and art that is for sale and the proceeds going back to the artists. Walking through the hotel is like walking through an art gallery. I bought 3 of the paintings as gifts for friends here in the US.||The rooms are clean, quiet and of adequate size for an enjoyable stay. There is one clarification I must make about the noise, I had a room adjacent to the streets and on Friday and Saturday nights there was late night noise from the traffic backing up because of the activity at the Taormina Hotel down the block.||The restaurant’s food was ok (this is Costa Rica so do not expect to get norte americano tasting food), the portions were adequate and the staff was beyond friendly and they always wore a smile even when serving an old toad like myself. The wait time was probably a little less than most restaurants in CR. Some of the staff does not speak english (and i no hablo espanol) but there is always someone there that can help translating.||Another topic I want to address is the reason I stayed at the Dunn Inn. My very good friend, Elizabeth Montero Zeledon whom I met during my first visit to CR 10 years ago directed me there and took care of all the details concerning my reservation and travel arrangements from the airport. Eli worked at Hotel Del Rey as the reservations and tour/travel manager. She worked there until covid when the hotel was basically closed because of a lack of customers. Eli now works as an independent booking agent for a group of hotels and tour/recreation/fishing franchises. She always strives to get the best bargains for her customers. i cannot say enough about Eli going the extra mile, in fact miles, for her clients, even making dental, doctor, etc appointments. Please reach out to her for a helping hand from a very qualified lady who will endeavor to make your stay in CR much more stress free and enjoyable. Eli’s contact info : WhatsApp...

This is a nice little hotel with a very helpful staff with an often overlooked fact - location of the hotel. ||We had a great experience inside of the hotel with front desk, breakfast staff and security guard being very helpful and attentive. All’s fine and dandy during day time, but …||After nightfall, especially during weekends, Casino across the street becomes hotspot for colorful characters including prostitutes and their minders. They don’t bother you but if you have a corner room in street level, then you can practically hear stuff well into the night. Also, to be fair with Costa Rican people, I never had bad experience with people enjoying their vices, it’s just the noise in our corner room that I am making everyone aware of. ||To be fair, when parking car at the parking, which is around the block, Security Staff literally watched over while I went out to park or get the car … which I appreciated 100%.||So, enjoy this quaint little place, enjoy their morning breakfast with fresh fruit and made-to-order breakfast, clean rooms, attentive staff, especially the security staff and downtown location while knowing the above.||We will stay again but would choose a different room which has windows but doesn’t face the street directly....

Price has gone up! So quality should too. Rooms are small clean but dated. Can be noisy. Now they don't give you free breakfast, however you pay for a breakfast that isn't that good or worth the 10$. Around the corner the sodas Gallo I had the day before was bigger, better cheaper. Basically wish I had walked to breakfast.They also don't put price on menu and they ask your room number so you assume it's free? Competition is all around. Several locations nearby with just as nice rooms or better these days +secure parking. Yes I can name them, and stayed at one the night before, and was half the price...

I've stayed here several times staff is nice. Beds are good, and love the hotel atmosphere except other the room itself included photo( kinda dorm like). Probably normally give it a 3 star review. But door guys are to nice to give it that low. I also don't write reviews. I'm only writing this so management sees this.

I used to have two reasons to stay here. 1 price seemed right for room, 2. didn't need to leave because breakfast was included. And if you charge make it good! So there you have it. Quality should improve for me to want to go back for a 90$ room on a loud street with no free breakfast. And apparently 90$...