Dreams Lodge

Great place to stay, triple room especially spacious, lovely staff and a good breakfast. Easy to get collected from and dropped off to by the various trips/tours on offer, and a couple of good restaurants a short walk from it. Would recommend it

Good location, very helpful staff, great breakfast (plus you can use the kitchen for prepping your own food). Rooms did not have air con or dehumidifier so sheets and towels were damp throughout and were not changed over 3 days/2 nights (website claims daily room service which did not materialise)

My family of 4 (2 adults/2 teens) traveled to Monteverde to show the kids where we had visited 15 years ago on our honeymoon. (For this trip we decided to splurge on a place in Arenal and keep within a stricter budget in MV. Ironically, we found our hotel in Arenal extremely overpriced and unpleasant.) While it is true that the Dreams Lodge is low-frills, and the bathrooms are small and sparse, we were not looking for nor expecting luxury. What we needed was some TLC from staff and pleasant surroundings. This is exactly what we experienced! The rooms were clean. The beds had multiple standard-sized pillows (including some smaller throw pillows) and we each found what worked for us. The bathrooms were equipped with pedestal sinks, and a hutch with shelves for toiletries. (Having had no towel bars in the more expensive place in Arenal, we made due without the towel bars here as well. I brought a hanger in the room and hung my towel out to dry.)… What made the Dreams Lodge experience so wonderful for us was the staff, the surrounding wildlife, and the location. It was far enough from town to see wildlife on the grounds and appreciate a starlit sky on a windy night, but just a short drive to grab dinner in town. We had a troop of capuchin monkeys visit us each day. The staff were friendly, they allowed us to store our belongings in the office both for our early arrival AND our late departure. Breakfast was delicious. They offered transportation services to various locations and provided recommendations based on our interests. We also really enjoyed a nice little restaurant just a short walk down the dirt road that served great drinks and food in a lovely wood-paneled dining room. (I wish I remembered the name). Our friend’s daughter had a leg brace on and did fine walking the short distance down the road to the restaurant.