What We Love
- The resort staff is so friendly and attentive - you'll be spoiled as soon as you arrive.
- Visit the National Stadium - mainly used for soccer & worth seeing for the impressive architecture.
- Indulge yourself at the resort's large pool, complete with poolside bar.
Things to Know
- The resort is only 10 miles from the airport.
- You're in a prime spot to tour Costa Rica's volcanoes, hot springs, rain forests or in/around the city.
- This urban locale in the heart of San José is close to local shops, sites and the vibrant city center.
Resort Details
- Ánfora Restaurant
Main restaurant serving buffet or a la carte meals. The Ánfora restaurant offers a large selection of international dishes to suit all tastes at breakfast, lunch or dinner.
- El Bosque Bar
Enjoy the El Bosque Bar with the best national and international drinks and delicious sandwiches, along with dancing to live music from Monday to Saturday and other various promotions.
- Miyako Japanese Restaurant
The Miyako Restaurant specializes in Japanese cuisine and stands out thanks to its exotic menu. The restaurant also offers a wide variety of sushi, tempuras, teppanyaki dishes and sashimi. Its comfortable and beautiful facilities are ready for you to have a great time.
- Rancho Grill
The Rancho Grill restaurant specializes in meat. It is located beside the swimming pool, and its chef will attend to you and serve you the region's best cut on the grill. In addition to red meat, don't forget to taste other options such as chicken, fish or seafood cooked on the grill.
- 24-hour room service†
- Babysitting†
- Baggage hold†
- Business services†
- Children welcome
- Concierge desk
- Currency exchange†
- Elevators
- Exercise gym†
- Gift/News stand†
- 24-hour room service†
- Babysitting†
- Baggage hold†
- Business services†
- Children welcome
- Concierge desk
- Currency exchange†
- Elevators
- Exercise gym†
- Gift/News stand†
- Housekeeping - daily
- Laundry/Valet service†
- Lounges/bars†
- Meal Plan Type: European Plan†
- Parking lot†
- Pool
- Restaurant†
- Room service†
- Safe deposit box†
- Sauna†
- Spa†
- Tennis court†
- Tour/sightseeing desk
- Travel agency†
- Wakeup service
- Water sports†
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Barceló San José Hotel in San José, Costa Rica, organizes weddings and anniversaries and provides honeymoon packages. We provide idyllic packages so these evenings are sweeter than honey. Choose the wedding package that is most suited to you and your partner to celebrate this very special union. Barceló San José Hotel has a team of professionals and special services so everything goes as you wish.
† Fees may apply
- Children's poolThere is 1 children's pool on-site.
- Fitness center on-site †
The hotel features a gymnasium with programs suited to your needs, which is free to access for hotel clients. We offer you a sauna, steam room, hydro massage, biomechanics equipment, free weights, cardiovascular training and instructors to guide you. We provide spinning, yoga, dance, swimming and other fitness classes.
- Hot tubThere's 1 outdoor hot tub.
- PoolThere's one outdoor swimming pool for adults and children with views of the gardens featuring sunlounger service.
- Sauna †
- Spa †Within the hotel's facilities you will have access to enjoy our beauty salon & massages.
- Steam bath †
- Tennis court †There are 2 tennis courts on-site. There is 1 lit tennis court on site and 3 squash courts.
† Fees may apply
Guest Reviews
Customer Ratings & Reviews
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating
3038 reviews
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Apr 22, 2025Hotel Barcelo San Jose
Very nice hotel. We enjoyed our stay there. Would stay there again if we go back to San Jose. The hotel is beautiful and the gardens and pool area are very nice. There is a restaurant by the pool area and although we didn't eat there, we did ear at one to the other two restaurants at the hotel and food was very good.
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Apr 17, 2025Dismal service and product standards
Check in by Lucia was great as she is nice and efficient. The bellman and all the lobby security guards were not happy or nice. Our room was spacious and the bed and linen were comfortable. The coffee maker was very dirty. The bathroom had mildew and mold, caulking was bad, towels were old and tattered, toiletries were dismal. When you take a shower, the floor gets flooded as shower door is defective. Room WiFi is very weak. The lush gardens were beautiful but the pool was very cold. We had lunch at Anfora and the food was dismal especially the fried plantains that were as hard as a rock. Server Javier rudely lectured us that it is Caribbean style. We ate at several Sodas or local restaurants and the food and service were great. Our transfer in was poorly managed by Charlie and he rudely told us to wait 2 hours at the airport. I also engaged Juan, Erick and Kevin and they all said to wait 2 hours. A very nice taxi driver Pablo helped us get to the hotel. I asked for the General Manager and they said he went home already and cannot be contacted. Our transfer out was at 4am and the sleepy driver was reckless and rude. The night clerk and bellman were also rude. The hotel is nice but the service is dismal. Employees look very unhappy, disengaged and not guest focused. This reflects poorly on the hotel leadership especially the General Manager.
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Apr 08, 2025
Always my 1 choice when in San Jose
Great rooms comfortable bed, amazing food and buffet. Love to look at San Jose (stadium) from the room, and the privacy of having a balcony in the room.
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Mar 31, 2025
Too slow
Check in took 50 minutes with 10 unfortunates standing behind us. One overwhelmed check in girl at 5:00 on Friday! Looks like the restaurant people are trained to be extra slow too. Eating dinner was a 90 minute ordeal.
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Mar 31, 2025Rude Staff, hotel need improvement
Outdated rooms. Bathroom needs improvements. Found hair in the bath. Staff extremely rude in the VIP salon on the executive floor. Need to go several time to the front desk to reactivate the card.
- Advisory*Important Information for Our Guest* As of April 2012, the destination of Costa Rica has gone non-smoking in all public buildings and areas. All hotel rooms are also non-smoking.
- Advisory*Important Note* Costa Rica will impose some restrictions for Holy Week. Alcohol is not permitted to be sold or consumed. This ban on alcohol starts the Thursday prior to Easter and runs through Easter Sunday. A few hotels purchase special permits to serve alcohol, but generally it is not available. In addition, most restaurants, shops, and bars will be closed for the same time period. Restaurants in the hotels will be operating. The City Tour will not be operating.
- Check In: 2:00 PM
- Check Out: 12:00 PM
- Minimum Check-In Age: 18
- General Policies:
Check-in Policy - Hotel requires a credit/debit card authorization or cash deposit upon check-in for incidentals; this will place a hold on your funds.
Convention Policy - Individuals attending a convention cannot book this property for their stay. If found attending a convention, guests may be subject to higher room rates upon arrival.
Hotel Spring Break Policy - This hotel cannot guarantee a Spring Break-free environment.
General Information - Room taxes are included in vacation price. Minimum night stay restrictions may apply. Reservation changes may not be permitted unless authorized by the hotel.
Service Charges - Maid: per room, per night, payable directly to the hotel.
Bellman: per person, per stay, payable directly to the hotel. - Pet Policy : Pets Not Allowed