Reviews of Cataleya Hostel

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Big double room with massive bed, super comfortable. Friendly owner, nice small hostel vibe with good social spaces

Not a free breakfast! Providing a bag of pancake mix for you to cook up your own with no toppings, average cooking equipment and 1 cooktop.... I don't think should count as free breakfast.

I arrived in the late afternoon, only to be told that my name was not on their handwritten reservation list. Despite showing them my confirmed booking on Booking.com, they informed me that the hostel was fully booked and asked me to leave—without any apology or attempt to resolve the issue. The lack of organization was evident. When I originally made the reservation and mentioned my expected arrival time of 18:00-19:00, someone even responded with "OK, no problem." Yet, upon arrival, I was left without a place to stay.

Location pre airport departure. Easy walk over.200 meters.

Air con very noisey in main fl. Unit 3 and leaking on floor. Could use some attention.

There are just three bathrooms with a toilet inside for more than 20 people, no matter if you have a private room or you sleep in the dorm. During our stay one of the three bathrooms was even blocked. We were a group of five so we used the deluxe private room, the normal private room and the dorm and everyone were unfortunately very unhappy.

Close to the airport and to the city centre, the stuff was nice and helpful

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The place is close to the airport so it’s convenient if you just arrived. The town is small so is to walk from there anyway. The terrace with hammocks is nice. It is ok for one night.

Unfortunately there was no water from 9pm to 8am and therefore no option to get drinking water from the filter. You can also imagine a bathroom without flushing for that amount of time how it would look like. The breakfast is very simple - they give you some prepared mix for pancakes and you need to make it. I wouldn’t really sell it as breakfast honestly. Showers are cold and bed is not very comfortable. Also the vibe wasn’t great and no socialising at all.

Comfortable, clean, good location. But by far the best thing is their water dispenser. You can get 1.5L for 25 cents.

You have to ask the receptionist for the pancake batter. I wish it were just accessible. Also there's no bathroom in the shared spaces.

Great location, very friendly staff. The owner Juan is always very helpful and provides advice on places to see. He also helped setup a football match for me to watch in the hostel which was much appreciated.

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Is walking distance to many places and the vibe is so cool.

Internet was always available , great for Digital nomads. clean sheets, locker rooms available . safe space .

breakfast needs to be done by you , it's pancake prep. 1 cup per guest , you deal on how to cook it . multiple people cooking their pancake at the same time ... i know for the price they charge there's much you can ask for.

The people who work there are an amazing team, attentive and friendly.

Chill vibe, the most part I like about this hostel is the staff, they have a great volunteer team. Free coffee, and it's pretty good coffee.

The owner and the staff there are very friendly and helpful. I got many great tips from them, so that I could decide what activity I felt like doing. The kitchen is big and has everything you need. A big plus for me was the cheap and good drinking water they offer.

During my time at Bocas de Toro there were a lot of road works going on in the whole city. That was a bit annoying but it also means there will be nice new roads there soon.

Nice location, big kitchen, friendly staff, family vibe.

AC wasn’t that great so was a little hot but manageable