Room2Board Hostel and Surf School

GO there! It's amazing! We went to Costa Rica for many years and that incredible Hostel is one of the best we could recommend. The food is amazing, and well priced. The place is so clean I would give it a 6* if it was possible. The staff is amazing! We stay there for 12 nights and it was nothing but perfect. The pool is so much fun with the slide, good vibe and 10 seconds away from the beach where you can surf all day! They have such a great variety of rooms that fit all needs and budget. It's literally like and hotel but with the young spirits. Not to mention the roof top to chill and watch de sunset! The owner and manager are always on site if you need anything! STRONGLY, recommend! I felt safe and the bar was so nice it felt like paradise!

Absolutely loved this place. I’ve never stayed in a hostel before but wanted to give it a try because of how affordable it is. The place is about 10 steps from the beach, and the pool is super nice with a water slide!!! They also have an incredible rooftop with lots of hammocks and rocking chairs. You can see the ocean and enjoy a nice drink. The drinks and food at the bar were very fairly priced, and the staff were super friendly and helpful!!! They clean the entire place every morning and night. They also have an office where you can book at excursion for great deals. Highly recommend !!! I cannot wait to come back!!!

Our stay at Room2Board was impecable from start to finish! We traveled as a group of 26, and they seamlessly accommodated us. The hostel was clean, and the staff were awesome! We booked surf lessons with Room2Board, and the class was one of the highlights of our trip. At night, the pool bar was soooo fun. I would stay here again and recommend this place to anyone!

This was my first hostel experience and it didn’t disappoint. I had selected a private room and bathroom so there are many options available if you want to share a room or not. The staff are so helpful and fun and always in a great mood! I went on several excursions that I scheduled from Room2Board and they were all fantastic experiences. The owner, Bryan, is nice, friendly and helpful if you need suggestions to eat or places to go. The cleaning service was excellent! I had my clothes cleaned for 13 dollars and they were sparkling clean and folded. The pool was clean and nice. The top level is a must for watching the sunset and taking a nap in the hammocks. I had one of the best experiences and am so glad I chose Room2Board! I already miss it!

To be honest I have been there since the beginng R2Bs is an experience to say the least The main staff Fanco, Noel and wonderful women who run the bar ( including the two sisters who can out cook every chef in New York) always make this place unlike any Hostel in the world! Especially when it is being run by a guy who had zero experience running hotels, hostels or restaurants this place is incredible!! Brian!!!! If you look at him you would never guess he would even want to run a place like this. But he does it with such flair that I can travel around the world never experience a hostel such as R2B!!!

Excellent location, great staff and customer service. Food and drinks were reasonably priced and were delicious. Pura Vida vibes. Awesome pool and water slide. Convenient board selection and access to beach for rentals and surfing. Cesar was instrumental in helping me with the tours we planned! Overall an amazing experience while visiting Jaco.

There were no hidden costs (for towels, AC, etc.), the wifi was super fast, the pool was clean, the food was great, and the best part was the staff and volunteers. We went on a hike with a volunteer named Melissa who was super fun and sweet. The guys at the front desk were very nice, the surf instructors were hilarious and made us feel very safe (shoutout to Ron, we love you so much), and the owner Brian is great!!

Room2Board is an excellent and inexpensive place to stay. My lodging was spectacularly clean, secure and comfortable. The staff was friendly and helpful. The location is ideal. Views are tremendous. Activities and lessons are offered. Helpful in arranging tours.

Room2Board is a good(?) hostel for men and a terrible surf school. I stayed here for 2 nights with a group of 16 women. 5 of the women took a beginner surfing lesson, and a "buddy" of the surfing school, meaning he was not himself an instructor, assaulted one of the women out in the water. Of the group, she's likely the sweetest and gentlest one, so this felt quite deliberate in isolating her farther from the group out in the water and groping and feeling her. When this was brought into attention, the then drunken "instructor" along with his buddy friends working at the surfing school began threatening our friend saying things like "What are you going to try to say?" and calling us "b----es" to his buddies at the bar. His buddy would back him up, saying, "He would never do that." At the height of this, HE began yelling at us and threatening that another of our friend will end up in a ditch and that we better not go out tonight and watch our backs. This man was openly threatening female guests, and NONE of the hostel staff intervened. This was happening right at the hostel bar, which happens to be much of the common area downstairs. The excuse given was that he was not technically a formal employee of the hostel, but it is still under their responsibility as the surf school technically used this man as a contractor for the lesson. We, as the guests, were also being threatened on hostel property. Aside from the assault, the surfing class led the 5 first-timers to waters too rough for beginners and were condescending to someone visually-impaired (without her glasses) for simply needing to take a break. I am pointedly omitting "allegedly" here to this assaulter. Someone clean would have discussed this situation and ended it with an apology but instead claimed he had 12-year-old daughters yet threatened the lives of women openly. The hostel eventually dismissed him off of the premises and locked the gates, but it had ruined our trip due to shock and fear of going out at all. The lesson payments were comped only for the assaulted, but the rest of the women were still charged. In any other property, lessons AND rooms for all should have been comped. It's mere settlement for us not pressing charges, considering we can still pursue this legally. Food? Delicious! Rooms? Great! Linens? Fresh! Bathrooms? Clean! (Although one toilet on the second floor women's bathroom spits back at you. You better open the door, flush then run. Also, WiFi only works in the common area downstairs and even then still incredibly spotty!) We have had a good experience at this hostel until a crisis emerged. Staff had been great, but it's clear that they lack the training to protect the guests and handle crises. The owner's "compensation" was to buy one of the birthday girls cake. On a different note, the same owner was recording us at the beach while we were dressing up. All he had to do was ask, but he continued to direct his camera towards us while very obviously pretendin