InterContinental Costa Rica at Multiplaza Mall by IHG

My husband and I visited this hotel for three nights as part of a Tauck tour. We enjoyed our stay. Diego at the front desk was kind enough to Xerox a required health form for me when our tour company did not give us enough forms. The room was attractive and comfortable. We had glass glasses in the bathroom, a perk that I appreciated. There was a coffee maker that we did not use. I liked having 3 waste baskets: one each for the toilet room, sink, and bedroom. Our room on the sixth floor overlooked the pool and some nice landscaping and had a good view of mountains. Every meal we ate at the restaurant was very good or excellent. The dinners were especially good. The first night we ate at Pimento Italian. The second night we ate at the Market Cafe. The lobby and first floor common spaces were spacious and pleasant. We enjoyed sitting in the first floor bar which blended into the lobby. The service was very good. I enjoyed trying local beer. We never sat outside on the veranda but it looked nice due to the pretty landscaping. Some people who ate at Pimentos sat outside. A Costa Rican-American businessman I met in the plane said his San Jose (tech?) company holds special events at Pimentos. The bed in our room was either too soft or worn out, although I did not feel any springs. We prefer a firmer bed. For some reason our room smelled. Maybe that is a consequence of a tropical climate. On the whole the hotel and our room were quite clean. Fellow travelers visited a shopping mall several blocks away for dinner. As I recall they were not impressed with the mall restaurants. I am glad we are at the hotel. I would stay at this hotel again when visiting San Jose. It is out in the suburbs. We arrived in San Jose a day before our tour began. During our free day my husband and I Ubered to the wonderful Jade Museum and the very good National Museum of Costa Rica. We also Ubered to the small collection at the National Museum of Costa Rican Art, housed in a very attractive former airport terminal. (The local businessman I met on the plane told me Uber is officially illegal so one passenger should sit in the front seat to make the vehicle look like an ordinary car.) As part of our Tauck tour we visited the very good Gold Museum and the interesting National Theatre.