Have returned from a family holiday to the Oasis Tamarindo with mixed feelings.

I cannot fault the staff for their friendly and helpful attitude, from cleaners through to bar/restaurant staff.

On the downside was the unrelenting music by the pool. If you want a quiet relaxing hotel this is definately not the place to go. The entertainment team whilst enthusiastic probably try too hard and even resorted to 'play your cards right' at the pool side one afternoon.

Evening entertainment was repetitive for the children with such classics as the okey kokey and the music man. To be followed by local entertainers or horse racing night for example. Absolutely nowhere to sit and have a quiet drink.

Food was reasonably good standard, lots to choose from but felt a bit samey, chips available lunch and evening. Best time to eat in evening is 7.00pm when most people still at pool or in bar.

After reading some of the comments posted I was dreading going to the Tamarindo but was pleasantly surprised. Apartments clean and spacious as was the entire complex. Although a little further out than we expected, 3 euros more than covered the taxi fare into the town.

The hotel staff were excellent! Entertainment wasn't great but 100% for effort from the animation team.

Whilst the food was a little repetitive it was of a good standard and plentiful. My son is a fussy eater and never left the table hungry.

Overall we felt the Tamarindo provided good value for money.

All in all a great holiday considering we booked it on a whim three days before we left! The food was a bit samey but with what we did eat and drink it more than paid for it's self!

The room was very large, modern and clean with all the ammenities, although it would have been nice to have more direct access to the apartments outside space (it was out the front door)

It was a plesant walk into the town proper as we ate out most nights and used the hotel for breakfast and lunch only.

Great for a relaxing break!

I had very mixed feelings about the Tamarindo, but the week we were there weather was perfect, really hot with hardly a cloud in the sky and I think that made up for any of the hotels downfalls.

The hotel itsef was excellent, rooms were very new, spacious had lots of nice furniture in them. The pools were also very good, large, extremely clean and had loads of sunbeds around them. Didn't even see a single cockroach which I was a bit concerned about before I went.

I have noticed some complaints about no air-con and the hotel being too far from the town, the brochures clearly state this, so it is a mystery as to why anyone would complain about this.

The hotel is a 30min walk to the town or 3euro's in a taxi and is only 10mins walk from a great water park (19 euro's entry for the day).

On the down side the food was not very imaginative and not very good quailty. There was lots of basic salad, chips and normally a choice of meat and various strange fish dishes. I'm not very fussy with my food but on occasions even I struggled to find something. We often ended up having a small salad which we used as a starter then went into town to some of the excellent restaurants (try the Plaza centre). Having said all that the breakfast was slightly better, with quit a lot of choice and served 7am -10am.

The entertainment in the evening was marginally worse than the food! Very little going on for the nights we actually stayed there apart from endless repeats of Agadoo and the Macarana, if that's your thing then great, but not for me. The entertainment was so bad that despite being all inclusive we decided to go and find something better in town.(try the 7 Pints Pub, we had two great nights there). From what I could see the kids entertainment seemed much better, but we didn't have any children with us.

All in all it's not a bad cheap all inclusive hotel, and I would be happy to return due to the excellent hotel, pool etc but definitely only on a Self Catering basis

The staff were very good, always happy to help and they kept the restaurant, pool bar and rooms very clean.

The food was nice and there was plenty to choose from.

Oasis Tamarindo is about a 10 - 15 mins walk from the town but thera few shops outside the complex.

The entertainment area was very good and the animation team were very friendly and were very good at keeping the children entertained at the mini disco and through the day.

I would definitely visit this hotel agian in the near future.

After reading several bad reviews about this complex I was rather nervous about our holiday especially as we were going in peak season. As far as we are concerned there is nothing to worry about.

The complex itself was lovely, it was always kept very clean and tidy. We couldn't fault the apartments, these too were always kept very clean, linen & towels changed regularly. You have to pay for fans & TV if required. You can also use phone in apartment which is quite cheap.

Pool area was kept very clean, very spacious, always managed to get sunbeds.

Restaurant was kept clean and tidy and staff worked very hard to ensure tables were kept clean and available. It did become very busy at times and you may have to queue but not for long. We enjoyed the food, there was always something there for each of us but after the 2nd week it did become very much the same but I still can't fault the quality of it. In the restaurant you could also help yourself to soft drinks/beer & wine. The Pool Bar is a meeting point for the daytime entertainment & the

Animation Team worked very hard to entertain all ages. We didn't get involved in much but the Kids club was a success/water polo/water exercises/table tennis/football & much more.

Evening entertainment is also at the pool bar which starts off with kids mini disco, then each night there is a different act on, but most of this was quite entertaining.

Drinks are served from 10am till 11pm and are very generous. You can help yourself to soft drinks & beer. Food served in pool bar from 3.30pm - 4.30pm

Burgers/Hotdogs, Chips & Sandwiches, never had a problem getting food during this period.

Went bowling a couple of times, this is just 10 min walk up road. The water park is also a fab day out, again this is within walking distance. Flag beach is a must, its beautiful, you have to get a taxi but make sure it drops you at the Riu Hotel. Its quite busy here but if you walk past the first aid block its a little quieter. We made the mistake of being dropped on the main road and none of the taxis would pick us up so we had to walk to the nearest hotel. We took mini surf boards & snorkels, had a great time.

In all we had a really enjoyable holiday, everyone seemed very friendly & helpful. We would stay at this complex again but I think next time we would go self catering, hire a car and see more of the island.

Enjoy & have fun.

Oasis Tamarindo, kids club good way for my daughter to make friends keeps them out of the sun for 2 hours.

Entertainment staff very friendly, top marks by my daughter-thanks Luca xxx

Only downside "samey food" disguised.

Take note book a rental car before your holiday in the high season impossible to rent whilst there.

All in all a very friendly family hotel, good location guarnteed good weather even though sometimes windy still pleasant- I would like to go back again.

Apartments were very nice, but the maid service was rubbish, not kept very clean

Entertainment was very unimaginative, and not very entertaining, i.e. karaoke, bingo (one game) or race nights, other nights were quite good, i.e. hypnotist

Food was very bland and repetitive, unimaginative, we didn't know you could have tuna in so many bland sauces, came back with dead taste buds!!!!!!!! As food at complex was rubbish we were having to eat out, and pay for taxis to restaurants.

Not worth going all inclusive to the Tamarindo!!!!

Have recently returned from Oasis Tamarindo and honestly I have found some of the criticism levelled at the place nore than a little unfair. This is an affordable 3 star AI option.

OK the food some nights was a bit ropey but there was always enough alternative dishes and none of my family (including a VERY picky 5 year old) ever went hungry, it was adequate with chicken, fish, meat and some limited veggie stuff.

A word on the staff, cleaners were'nt there every day but attended often enough so that nothing got dirty. The animation team and kids club stuff was frankly superb, the guys worked like dogs to keep the kids amused, often appearing at 10am and still there at 11pm.

This holiday is what you are prepared to make of it. If you want 5 star, pay 5 star.

Highly recommended, anyone who has just booked and is worried......Don't be

I would not be recommending anyone to stay in the Oasis Tamarindo.

The dining room was far to small and under-staffed for the amount of guests. The tables were left with dirty dishes all over them and you had to hunt for clean crockery. The dirty tables attracted swarms of flies which were a constant battle to try and keep away. The food was probably the worst I have ever tasted, it was really awful it mostly consisted of bland watery stews and tough fatty meat. We had chips with every meal and only once did we have jacket potatoes which you couldn't eat as they were rock hard!!.

The dining room was dirty, the floor was always littered with food and drink that people had dropped.

You could get burgers and chips between 3.30 - 4.30 however it was chaos, just like feeding time at the zoo! perhaps because no-one could eat the lunch!.

The entertainment was very average, bingo, a race night,karaoke and a hypnotist who was rubbish!.

In the evening there was only one bar with one person serving the whole of the hotel which meant you had to queue for ages for a drink.

The only positive to the holiday is that I have come home 4lbs lighter! so it's not all bad!!!!!