San Jose General Reports

[DaveGave8]

I last visited San Jose in 2012. It seems that very little has changed about the city. No construction or new buildings. The economy seems stable. This trip report is primarily for people who have never been to San Jose or haven't been there in a long time. Day 1, I went to my regular spots to see if everything was the same.

Little Havana. Went there Friday afternoon. Only 3 girls working and all were 5 or below. 2 chicas were sitting down and stared at the wall when I entered, while one acted like she wanted to earn pesos. 1 HR /$60 damage on site seems a little much these days for a 5 and below, but who cares. Her skills were a 9. I returned Saturday night to Little Havana at 8 pm. 2 chicas inside and both were 4's. I left for better options.

Sportsmen Lodge. What a shit show. Full of Ticas with bad breath and high prices. Aggressive chicks looking for 1 HR /100 rate. Not worth it. I tried the breakfast there. It was decent with rice and eggs, toast and pineapple. The one good thing about the S. Lodge is they don't charge for guest. The fucking hotel rooms are a shit show too. Similar to a Motel 8 in the USA Cost $65/ per night + tax. Walls are thin and you can here noise outside. However, you can save on the cost of the guest fee.

Hotel del Rey. What the fuck has happen to the quality of women in the Del Rey? Most mongers come to Costa Rica to bang blanca Colombian mujeres. For the first time the majority of women I saw in the Del Rey were Ticas. Almost 100% of the women have kids with bad see-section scars or stretch marks. I banged 2 of the best Ticas I could find in the Del Rey and they both had mediocre to bad service. None of them can take dick bigger than 5' repeatedly. They say you have un hora sexo, but they can only really fuck for 20 minutes and try to spend the rest of the time sucking dick thru a condom. Then they have the nerve to tell you it cost $20 more to suck dick without a condom. Ironically, I spent the majority of my time banging Dominican women, which I find them to be more athletic in the bedroom. But I did not fly to Costa Rica to fuck Dominicanas LOL. Every chica in the Del Rey approached me with the $100 usd for una hora and I talked each one down to $60. Usd.

Trip report to be continued.

[World Travel 69]

Please use your head.

The one above your shoulders.

You tip like that and you drive up the prices.

The locals can not afford it!

And I can't either.

Actually, using the quick and dirty dollar to colones conversion I actually tipped her $40. The service was good and this was an insignificant amount of money. She went out of her way to please. I don't know about you or what your beliefs are but I am not an asshole.

[Pulled Pork]

So let me get this straight- it was $30 for half hour and you tipped her $35 because the covered BJ was the best you ever had? Wow.

I'd rather say nothing more because what I am about to say does not include nice words for this kind of behavior.

Actually, using the quick and dirty dollar to colones conversion I actually tipped her $40. The service was good and this was an insignificant amount of money. She went out of her way to please. I don't know about you or what your beliefs are but I am not an asshole.

[Frankfurt]

So let me get this straight- it was $30 for half hour and you tipped her $35 because the covered BJ was the best you ever had? Wow.

I'd rather say nothing more because what I am about to say does not include nice words for this kind of behavior.

I went to Pension Monica yesterday. I want to say that the fee was $30 for a half hour. The girl that opened the door was tall with a nice figure. I would say she was her early 20's. I paid the fee to the owner behind the cage and he said pick one. There were about 4 women there so I picked the one who opened the door. Again, she was in her early 20's and had a nice rack and a full back. Got to the room and she started with an amateurish HJ. I had to tell her to put some lube on it. The she said "blow job com condom" and I said yes. The BJ was actually very good. A lot of deep throating. She stopped to ask me if I liked it. The FS was pretty good. At the end I tipped her another 20,000 Colones and she could not stop thanking me which means I over tipped her. Before I leave I will come back, all of the other women were attractive and sexy.

[Pulled Pork]

I went to Casa Portuguese yesterday. It is on Calle 6 between Ave 3 and 5 I believe. There are three "massage" place in a row on this street and I poked my head in each one. One first glance I thought I had wasted my time. There were at least 50 women in the three places but none that I would find appealing. Also, these places were full of geriatric gringos pumped up on Viagra and Geritole. There was a bar underneath one of the Pensions so I had a couple of beers there. I also went to a bar called the Viking bar around the corner and had a few beers there to. As I loosened up I decided to go back to Casa Portuguese because there was one woman there with a very large chest. I went back and she was not there I met a smaller slightly chunky woman said let's go in Spanish so I went. She gave a very good BJ and was very enthusiastic. I paid 7000 colones and tipped her 10,000 colones. She was very happy. Some details about the place. The room was dirty, the bed seemed dirty and the place itself was dirty. I would not repeat.

[Pulled Pork]

I went to Pension Monica yesterday. I want to say that the fee was $30 for a half hour. The girl that opened the door was tall with a nice figure. I would say she was her early 20's. I paid the fee to the owner behind the cage and he said pick one. There were about 4 women there so I picked the one who opened the door. Again, she was in her early 20's and had a nice rack and a full back. Got to the room and she started with an amateurish HJ. I had to tell her to put some lube on it. The she said "blow job com condom" and I said yes. The BJ was actually very good. A lot of deep throating. She stopped to ask me if I liked it. The FS was pretty good. At the end I tipped her another 20,000 Colones and she could not stop thanking me which means I over tipped her. Before I leave I will come back, all of the other women were attractive and sexy.

[DaveGave8]

Anyone in SJ this weekend and want to hang out let me know. Msg my inbox.

[Gagoo]

I asked a guy at the front desk about if they will close down. He strongly said that is not true. He didn't seem to want to talk about it anymore than that. I have some more to write about the other places, but I just got here to Medellin today and I need to take a nap.

[Gagoo]

Last time I heard that the ownership of del Ray changed and the new owner, lady, wants to make it a family place. No more girls. Can someone confirm this with me?

I've been going there once or twice a day for 5 days now. It all seems normal to me. A couple days ago one of the rooms had a fire though. A chica told me one of the air conditioning units caught on fire. She told me she happened to be in the next room. LOL She said a lot of people panicked. Anyways, the bar was open the same night when I went. A different girl told me about the fire and said she went home for the rest of the day. I will go to the DR tonight and ask the front desk about this rumor of closing.

[Gagoo]

Okay, the Morazan has always been my favorite hotel because it's cheap, right in the heart of the gulch, and the people have always been nice. And let's not forget our favorite: Ricky Ricardo, the World's Greatest Bell Boy! LOL.

So okay I was told the new owners took it over about 8 months ago and have renovated. New tv's, new curtains and a few other things here and there. "That's nice" I thought.

I called earlier in the week to make my reservation and the girl who answered the phone said there were plenty of rooms for Thur and Fri and I didn't need one. I thought that seemed odd because I've often seen it full on Fri's in the past so I said "Well let me make a reservation anyway. ".

She insisted I didn't need one so I said okay and g'bye and hung up the phone.

On 2nd thought I decided to go ahead and make one anyway, via expedia. Good thing I did because the place WAS FULL and I might not have gotten a room had I not made my reservation via Expedia. Strike one. Some idiot desk clerk who was apparently too lazy to make a reservation for me!

So I showed up around noon on Thur and check in technically isn't until 3 pm but they usually accommodate me and get me in by 1 or so. I had asked for an interior room because they're quieter and they said they'd try so he said to come back in an hour or so.

I did and they checked me in to a room on the 4th floor, NOT an interior room but I didn't complain, I just wanted to lay down for a while, I was tired from the long trip in to San Jose.

Well as soon as Ricky walked out, I noticed the room stunk from sewage. I went down to the desk and the guy said "Oh. Okay, yeah sometimes it does. But you'll have to wait a while for another room. Here, go up and check this one and he gave me a key and I went up but the new room was still dirty but at least did not stink.

The maid was there and looked at me like what are you doing, didn't you just check into the other room?" I told her it stunk and she went in and said it didn't. I said "Well then there's something wrong with your nose because it definitely does smell and I showed her it was coming from the toilet but the toilet was clean, it was the sewer. She said no and was obviously pissed because I didn't want to take the room.

I said "Well the guy downstairs said yes it does sometimes smell and no I don't want to smell sewer. " I was actually very nice to her but she was starting to make me mad insisting it didn't smell when it obviously did.

In fact soon her manager came up and checked and she confirmed that it smelled and said they'd get me the other room soon.

Long story short it took about 45 min for the maid to get my new room clean because instead of jumping ahead down the line to my room she just went down the hall in order while I sat by the elevator so tired I could barely sit up! WTF?! All she had to do was clean my new room first, but noooooo!

So: yes they renovated the rooms to some degree but.

-the faucet still dripped.

-the lamp had loose wiring to the point it made me think it might catch on fire, and.

-the door key-card didn't work right.

I complained about the key because I didn't want to come up with my girls and have trouble getting into my room at night when there's no staff around to fix it. They said they'd send someone up but never did. Surprise surprise.

I also.

-didn't get a floor towel, and.

-there was no hot water the next morning when I wanted to shower.

Okay so the next day I asked for a floor towel and she gave me one but when I came back I noticed.

-there was no hand towel this time.

I usually get the little chubby maid and she's great but this one really sucked at her job.

I gave her a good tip the first day anyway because I wanted an extra bath towel in case I brought 2 girls back (which I did). She said she'd give me one but I had to wait for some reason. Well.

-she never did bring it so I was short a towel that night.

Meanwhile when I brought back my 2 girls the guy at the desk told me I'd have to pay $25 extra for the extra girl. I said "What? I've been coming here 25 years and never been charged for an extra girl!" New owner, new policy he says. I said I'd pay it for now but would talk to him later.

After the girls left (see my report on that below) I asked him if they could waive the $25 extra charge because I never have been charged that and after all since the room is only $50 a night.

-how do they figure $25 for only one extra girl for one hour, and hell I couldn't even get an extra towel so where is the justification for more money for an extra girl? Where is the added expense?

He said I could take it up with the manager tomorrow so I said I would do that.

On check out the girl at the desk had printed out the fine print policy which did state there was a $25 extra charge but what good is that written policy if they don't tell you that or even show you the paper when you check in?

I said that I didn't mind paying a reasonable extra fee but $25 extra is a gouge and I don't like being gouged. I'm sure someone here will say I'm being too uptight and complaining too much but I disagree. I think it's just unreasonable to charge $25 for one extra guest for one dammed hour! And not even an extra towel.

So while in spite of the lack of towels, the refusal to fix my door key, the lousy lamp, no good place to charge my phone, no hot water in the morning. And now no fruit with breakfast either (now THAT's cutting corners! Fruit is cheap in Costa Rica! I would still stay at the Morazan but for the $25 extra charge. 3 somes are my thing and so that basically increases my room rent 50%! I think $10 extra would be fair.

So. I will now probably go to a different hotel even if it's the same or more money just out of not wanting to be gouged that way.

Things are certainly changing in the Gulch!

It was explained to me a few days ago that 1 girl is free per day, or maybe if you give it a few hours you can bring another girl in for free. But if you bring in 2 girls at once they will charge $25 for the 2nd girl. The guy I see most of the time seems cool and easy to talk to. You might talk to him before hand, and slip him 10 bucks or something. Maybe you go to the restaurant on the 2nd floor for a little bit, then go to your room. Out of about 8 showers so far it was fine except one time it took about 5 minutes to get hot water. My complaints are only about the noise from Key Largo and my room has no refrigerator. My room has a desk, but some don't. I was upgraded for free to a room with a balcony, but it had no desk. So, I chose a room with a desk. Book it on Orbitz. If you are a member at Orbitz, lately I get the room for $46 a night final price, just use the 15% coupon codes they always have. Also if you use an Orbitz credit card and use a phone or tablet to book you will get 10% in Orbucks. True price will be about $42 a night. That's the current price though. I'm sure it fluctuates.

[Gagoo]

The Morazan is a shit-hole; always has been. The room you waited for may have been used as a short-time room until you booked it; that's how they roll!

I've been in here for 5 days now and it isn't bad. Now, some rooms are indeed short term rooms, but they don't want to put you in those, unless you just want a room for short term. The location is excellent to explore for women, or walk around the city. The internet has been 59 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload which is quite fine with me. They also have good Air conditioning If you pay in person it is $59 a night. But I've booked it on Orbitz with the 15% coupon codes and my final price is only $46 a night, plus I get some Orbitz credit also. Also, no chica fee if the girl stays less than 4 hours. My only complaint is the music from Key Largo can be loud for sure. But, I actually don't go to sleep til about when they turn off the music anyways. If you like to sleep early, then it probably isn't the place for you. Perhaps a room on the other side of the hotel will be more quiet. My friend negociated a $60 a night price at the Amistad. Normal price was $89 a night. They have very fast internet. I tested the Internet at Amistad at 103 Mbps download and 6 Mbps upload. But my friends room had no desk or table.

[Kys1180]

Okay, I'm planning to visit SJ and it is my first time, really need advice the place to stay. It seems like there are two best options.

HDR is $104 (including tax) + $12 charge for a girl. Hotel Taormina $71 (including tax + free breakfast) + $ for taxi back to hotel from HDR (no charge for chica?

I'm staying Thursdays thru Monday. I don't think I will bring chicas every night to my room.

[Nixonbd]

Okay, the Morazan has always been my favorite hotel because it's cheap, right in the heart of the gulch, and the people have always been nice. And let's not forget our favorite: Ricky Ricardo, the World's Greatest Bell Boy! LOL.

The Morazan is a shit-hole; always has been. The room you waited for may have been used as a short-time room until you booked it; that's how they roll!

[Chris561]

Thank you for these wonderful reports on San Jose brother. DR is legendary and I'm glad its not closing. Unfortunately the DR is charging 95 bucks a night for a standard room! No fucking way I will pay those prices.

C5.

[Chris561]

Key Largo sucks. Has sucked for the past few years and it's so bad now I can't believe they can even keep it open. Must be a money laundering type situation.

The only reason I can imagine they keep it open otherwise, is if they do plan to move the girls over there for awhile while the Del Rey renovates. I am not even sure they are both owned by the same owner (s) but think maybe they are.

I hate the super loud music at the back entrance from the parking lot. It gives me a headache and I talked to several other mongers who agree. After about 1 min. My head begins to hurt from it.

The live bands also suck! I mean they are just the worst, and it's a shame because a few years ago the bands were pretty good and I passed a few nights dancing there and having a very good time.

But now no one goes in there (there were maybe 10 or 15 girls and about the same # of guys. And that was at midnight when the place should be hopping.

I've been going to San Jose for nearly 12 years. The so called live band in Key Largo is by far the worst band I've ever seen or heard in my life! I've been all over south and central America, they are the worse band ever!

I'm a fairly young guy and I leave key largo with a pounding headache!! Who the fuck hired these clowns!! What's funny is if you notice, they are playing and singing there heart's out, yet no one is in the fucking room listening to them! LOL!

The monger's hate them. Yes I know they are only doing their job, but they fucking suck ass!

The worst band ever!

C5.