Hotel Diuwak

3.0 star property

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Outdoor pool
Garden
Standard Room
Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; international cuisine
Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; international cuisine

Reviews

7.8 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Room service
  • Pool
  • Breakfast included
  • Laundry
  • Air conditioning

Explore the area

Map
Frente a las oficinas del ICE, Ballena, Puntarenas
  • Playa Dominical
    1 min walk
  • Sunset Surf Dominical - Day Lessons
    3 min walk
  • Del Mar Taco Shop
    1 min walk
  • Quepos (XQP)
    32 min drive

Room options

Habitacion ESTANDAR MATRIMONIAL

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Twin Bed

Deluxe Room

  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Twin Bed and 1 Double Bed

Standard Room

  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Twin Bed and 1 Double Bed

Superior Room

  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Twin Bed and 1 Queen Bed

Family Double Room

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 Double Bed, 1 Twin Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

Junior Suite

  • 48 sq m
  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

Suite

  • 48 sq m
  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 Double Bed, 1 Twin Bed and 2 Twin Sofa Beds

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About this property

Hotel Diuwak

Hotel in Ballena with free breakfast and an outdoor pool
This smoke-free hotel features an outdoor pool, a restaurant, and a bar/lounge. Free continental breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a snack bar/deli, a children's pool, and concierge services. Housekeeping is available on request.
Hotel Diuwak offers 36 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and coffee/tea makers. Cable television is provided. Bathrooms include showers. Housekeeping is provided daily.
An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Our customers tell us they can't get enough of the helpful staff at Hotel Diuwak. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from Playa Dominical. Features include free breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking.
  • Free continental breakfast served daily
  • Free WiFi in some public areas
  • Free self parking
  • Enjoy international cuisine while dining at Tu Lu
  • Take a swim in the outdoor pool
  • Services include dry cleaning/laundry, a concierge, and tour or ticket assistance
  • Steps from Playa Dominical and 3 minutes by foot from Sunset Surf Dominical - Day Lessons
  • Airport shuttle service available for a fee
Hotel Diuwak offers its guests an outdoor pool and a children's pool. Along with a restaurant, there's a snack bar/deli on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Free breakfast is served daily. Public spaces have free WiFi.

Hotel Diuwak also features tour/ticket assistance, a garden, and concierge services. Self parking is free.

This 3-star Ballena hotel is smoke free.

Guests are served free continental breakfast daily from 7 AM to 10 AM.
Tu Lu - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available
  • Return airport shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available daily 7 AM–10 AM
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available

Restaurants on site

  • Tu Lu

Things to do

  • Children's pool
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Children's pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Lift

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets

Bathroom

  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • 36-inch TV
  • TV channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Coffee grinder

More

  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7 AM - 10 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • Pets and service animals are not allowed at Hotel Diuwak

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, and a first aid kit
The front desk at this property is open daily from 7 AM - 10 PM.
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival.

We should mention

  • Pets and service animals are not allowed on site.

Property is also known as

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Hotel Diuwak Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 69 out of 176 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 50 out of 176 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 32 out of 176 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 11 out of 176 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 14 out of 176 reviews" "

8.0/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place! Beautiful pool. Friendly staff and delicious breakfast. Less than 5 minutes to surf.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Fabian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Maria, Hummelstown

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great people . Friendly and Safe

10/10 Excellent

Julianne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff and beautiful pool and garsens
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

2/10 Terrible

Raquel

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property has no staff in down time . They are not willing to open dining room and cook dinner as offered . They have no ice even when asked for ice the next day they still had no ice . Lazy staff . Not willing to check on things or offer any kind of help .
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Jenny

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Location is superb! Walking distance to beach, restaurants and shopping. Pool was also nice. The property could use updating and repairs. Room was average and very dark with one window. The room bedding definitely needs updating. A/C worked great. Priced a bit high, but overall had a good stay and can't beat the great location.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Marcella

Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Richard

Travelled with family
It could use some attention to details
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Trevor

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property has obviously seen better days and it still has a charm to it and everything we needed to enjoy a relaxing time on the beach.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Amos

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Breakfast ihas become very limited this year we had to go to eat it somewhere else.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Joseph

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A block from the beach, good parking and I would return for a longer stay in a suite.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Doug

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The beach is quite rocky. The pool isn’t very clean full of debris and bugs from the trees. The wifi cuts out often. The rooms are super small, very dated and the “standard room” does not come With a fridge. The restaurant is also grossly overpriced for a salad.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

jo anne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Todd

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Walter

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
Unique place. Artistic grounds and pool. Good AC shower not so much. But this place is al about location, location, location. Fantastic beach with waves breaking two minutes from your door. Can't beat that.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kathryn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very nice place close to the beach. Quiet and convenient. Friendly staff.
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Carolyn

Liked: Staff & service
The staff was very friendly and helpful at check in ((Alexander ✔️). The pool was lovely and the location is great for the beach and walkable into main area for multiple restaurant choices I was very disappointed that there was no WiFi in my room and I had to leave my area to use my phone. I would have appreciated being able to access WiFi in a cool room instead of intense heat outside. Some rooms were within range of WiFi so you may want to request if needed. I couldn’t adjust the shower temp as the control was out of my reach…..and I’m 5’4”. The music from the pool area bar kept me awake most of the night but possibly this is a weekend issue.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Rick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Average hotel, but good for the area
Not bad, but not great. Pretty good for being by Dominical beach. Aren't many options. The rooms are very basic and dated. The grounds are okay. Restaurant is okay. Very short walk to the beach. Also not far to the main shopping area. So it's convenient.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Kendrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice
Excellent Hotel beautiful pool nice rooms could have had better bed breakfast don't bother but everything else was wonderful
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Galina

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
May be years ago the property was nice, but now the territory is dirty, the wooden tables in restaurant are black of dirty. We have stayed three nights, and nobody cleaned the room and changed the towels, but the envelope “for tips” was laying on the table from the first day. Mattress on the bed was collapsed, sleeping in this bed was like sleeping on the floor. We were unhappy choosing this hotel and don’t recommend it to anybody. We have stayed in different hotels in Costa Rica, and this one was the worst.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rachelle

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property was beautiful and so close to the beach. Great stay!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Beach Access
Wonderful staff make for a pleasant stay. Great beach access. Good security. Breakfast is good. Some of the buildings are showing their age and occasional outages occur but it’s a nice place to stay. Nice pool and gardens
Stayed 21 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Really fun experience:) we’ve stayed there for a week and we were sad to leave. The staff is really sweet especially April and John ;) we will definitely come back.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

David, Chicago

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Amenities
This place tries to bill itself as a resort, but its on the lower end of a resort. They do have a pool, but not that great. There are a lot of birds here, so its a little noisy in the morning. The room was just a basic room, nothing to talk about, just a place to sleep. The free breakfast was just plain, compared to other places that I stayed at in CR. They had plenty of parking here and we felt safe.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023