The condo was very comfortable, across the street from the beach club and beach. It had everything --- outfitted with all the appliances and dishes, etc that you'd ever want for cooking and eating at home. It was just me and one daughter each week I was there, and the two bedrooms were great for sleeping and privacy. And it was a great air-conditioned place to come home to after a day of beach activities or walking the town for restaurants.
Rafa Villegas, the property manager, was excellent. Always available, always informed and always willing to help, whether it was to locate the laundry detergent in the condo (!) to get some laundry done, or to arrange activities such as ATV's. So I give him high marks, just as I do the guys who were outside all the time keeping watch on the place.
The beach club was a good place to grab a drink at the bar, pop into the pool, and in some cases use as a location to "work from home". We were not inclined to hang at the pool much however and the more we discovered things in the town, the less time we spent there. The one exception was to rent surf boards at the club, and my daughters both had lessons. The guys there were positive and helpful.
With all that said about the accomodations, you have to consider the town of Tamarindo and the beach itself in any evaluation like this. In short, we loved it. First, the town. It was an easy and walk into town, and we found a ton of really enjoyable places for food... the awesome staff and breakfast burrito and coffee at Green Papaya, superb outdoor beach setting and food at Pico Bistro while we watched surfers and the amazing nightly sunsets, great Mexican at Ay Caramba, excellent ceviche at the Diria on the water, pizza, nightly italian ice cream ... , Woke n Roll asian food, ... the list goes on. The street crowd was a mix of demographics... family, college, etc. Always felt comfortable and safe, but for those who are looking for an exclusive or gated resort, this is not it. It's more interesting, casual, fun.
Highlights have to be the sunsets, the food and also the activities for the two weeks --- a day fishing out on one of the panga's which was just a short walk down the beach from the Langosta Beach Club --- which resulted in best tuna sashimi of my life that evening back at the condo with my daughter. And then the following week a day out snorkeling around the Catalina islands --- complete with lots of shark spottings --- really great. And ATV's to Playa Conchal !