Mcgee wrote:
It opened last Thursday and had good crowds on day 1.
Good - just as competition (from the Cocal) closed up the previous incarnation of the Beatle bar, having a viable competitor will keep the Cocal on track.
In season, at least, there should be business for both - and for customers, more options is never a bad thing. The "old" Beatle bar was a rippoff - charging, what, a $14 cover
I wish them the best.
I've been accused of Jaco bashing, but that's way too harsh - and way too simple. While its not a place I'd recommend for mongering vs San Jose, its a beach and a unique town within easy distance of SJ - it also has the infrastructure for P4P that most other places in Costa Rica do not - at least at night.
(And on this board, if you give an opinion, even if backed up by facts and cogent writing, if it conflicts with the opinion of another member,
you are accused of negativity - but I guess that's just the way of the world as far as message boards go)
I go to Jaco every Jan with a group to fish - some of the same guys for over 15 years
There are far better beaches (although none closer to San Jose, which in large part explaines a good deal about Jaco's popularity)
The new road is excellent, and allows the trip in about an hour and a half, although some have reported 45 min's (regardless, its much shorter and far safer than the previous route)
Jaco is hot, and humid - and they have had issues with water quality
I think the hotels are expensive (my opinion - in this regard, I don't care what yours is
)
I think food tends to be on the high side - which is ironic - a few years ago there was a place - right on the main drag - called Pacific Time - one of the best places I have ever eaten anywhere - in my life - sadly, its closed.
P4P in Jaco reminds me a lot of the Delrey - you have plenty of girls - especially at the Cocal, and it would seem, the newly opened Beatle Bar - all holding out for $100plus - you also have a combination of new guys missing a clue, and guys chartering boats at Los Suenos for big bucks that don't seem to care if they pay $200 for something that should cost $60. (not EVERYONE, of course - but enough to color the equasion
)
Also, there are no MP's as of this writing - so while you can look around some of the Hotel's pools for daytime action, its hit and miss - again another reason they hold out for - and often get - the dreaded cien
I avoid the HDR in San Jose and tend to do the same at the Cocal in Jaco - in fairness, some of the group I travel with, who have never expended their horizons much past the Delrey and Key Largo in SJ, love the place .
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