Hostel Pangea Reviews

The music from the bar was RIGHT outside my window and played loudly late into the night. Luckily I'm not too bothered by that noise and I had ear plugs, but this was a big drawback for me.

Rooms were really \"spartan\". In our private room we had just one bulk bed and a small safe. A table or a chair would have been very nice. But the hostel and especially the bathromms were really good.

The bathrooms were very clean and the facilities were very well kept up, however the water pressure was horrendous. I had to hug the wall in the shower just to get the dripping water on me. Very uncomfortable. Also the bartender Maria was very rude.

This is a really nice hostel with a great view and a fun bar.

The staff were attentive and friendly. The bar/restaurant was good for hanging out and meeting people. I enjoyed mostly the murals covering all the walls. Flavorful.

The food was great! Our first night in we were so tired from traveling. We were relieved that there was a a restaurant there. And then the food was delicious. Breakfast was the best we had the whole trip. Banana pancakes and the best rice and beans! Highly recommend Hostel Pangea.

I rated the staff and atmosphere as being poor. After staying at Hostel Pangea I realized that this hostel is a chain of hostel companies across Costa Rica. Most hostels I have stayed at and the ones I had the most fun were all hostels that were ran and operated by the owners. This hostel had no personality nor personal touch. You couldnt bring outside food into the common area. No kitchen. And not a social hostel.

I spent 2 nights in this place, nice, cool and friendly. However, some misunderstood with the management hurts me twice. But good place.

Hostel was clean and nice for the cost. Staff was helpful and polite. Great quick stop for one night when you have to stop through San Jose.

Good staff, good conditions and rooms. But the common room don't let you meet other travellers : music sounds too loud, you can't talk (above all if you are not fluent in english), everybody watching a screen (computer, tablet, iphone) and nobody's talking to new friends. Disappointing

The staff were really lovely, friendly and helpful. Thank you Ricardo, Pablo and Alberto. The place is funky looking with great facilities and clean. My dorm was under the bar, so I did need the ear plugs, but that is no problem. The only issue I have is that in my opinion any 'hostel' that does not have a guest kitchen is not really a hostel, but a hotel. While the food was nice, the restaurant and bar was expensive for San Jose and unlike most of the other hostels, breakfast is not incl.

We only stayed for a night, but it got the job done. The staff was very nice and helpful, and the place was clean. We didn't take advantage of too many of the facilities, but the internet computers are a nice touch, the food at the bar was great, and the pool was nice. I'd stay here again.

This is a (bad) bar with a hostel and not the other way around. Dorm walls were so thin that I could hear all the noise from the corridor and upper floor. Besides, doors creeked all the time, which together made it great for sleeping... Bunks were some of the worse I\'ve expericenced in the last 11 months travelling. The worst though, was the incredible rude staff. I was refused printing a flight ticket at 22 pm, although the guy had the printer on and was not doing anything. Just because!

It is a place for younger people.

We stayed in a private room with shared bathroom. The room was a prison cell with nothing but a bed in it. The safe didn't work. The room didn't have any windows to the outside at all. Overall the hostel is very loud. There seems to be no rule about quite time after a certain time e.g. 11pm. The people were all running around in the corridors completly wasted and shouting. The bed was the oldest bed we have ever slept in and you could feel every single spring, the bed linen wasn't clean either.

the beds were the worst, for the price for a single room there should have been at lease a lock box, food was okay i would not recommend this hostel.

The hostel itself was ok, however the location was not the best. It was safe as they had locked gates and a 24 hour security guard but I would not have adventured outdoors at night. The shuttle service from the airport was amazing, on time, and very reliable. The staff was helpful via email and once we were there. My only complain was that it was extremely cold to sleep as we only had a thin sheet on our beds. I had to wear multiple clothing layers to keep warm.

The Pangea is alright, but really nothing special. The restaurant/bar is quite expensive. But I liked the rooftop area. The tour desk tried to scare us about using the public bus, which I really disliked. All Public buses we took were on time, clean and safe. No need to spend lots of money on tourist shuttles.

Although it looked like a prison from outside, the hostel was spacious and well done inside. Very comfortable beds in the dorms and plenty of space. Good food and very efficient staff.

This hostel was a disaster. We got one of the more expensive private rooms. Mold was covering half the walls in our room, loud music until 3 a.m., dirty floor, filthy bathroom, unclean sheets, and no windows. Pangea’s restaurant took 15 minutes to make toast. We scheduled an airport pickup from them which ran 45 minutes late, took an hour to drive into the city at midnight with no traffic, and the driver texted on his cellphone throughout while dangerously weaving in and out of his own lane.