I gotta add a review as a bit of a counter-point to most people who say this resort is the best thing since sliced-bread (VFTW and mommypoints both gushing over it withing the past week or two). While I think the resort is nice, and I'm glad I visited, I do not feel the way that most people do about it. Below is my take, FWIW. I totally realize that most people who go to this resort are looking for something different than what I look for while on vacation; I'm not trying to knock that. This is just my perspective...

As of yesterday, the re-paving is very near completion. Although it is not 100% done, it is perfectly smooth in both directions. Just a short stretch that is awaiting its 2nd layer.

Bugs were not terrible, but definitely more at Andaz than what we experienced over the prior week further south on the Nicoya Peninsula (mostly Samara/Nosara). The hotel had several cans of bug spray at every pool and I think it was available at every restaurant, as well.

The Andaz is very nice, but expensive. Food and beverages were all excellent. The standard room was big, and we could have been comfy there for several days. All the infinity pools were very cool. The resort, overall, is both pretty and private.

Wife and I spent $230 in just 2 meals (1 dinner + drinks, and 1 breakfast). We are not from a big city, nor are we used to fancy resorts, so it was a bit of a shock to see the actual prices (high) and portion sizes (mostly quite small based on what we had).

$13 I believe was the cheapest cocktail option that I recall seeing, which does not include a 10% service fee nor the 13% taxes... aka you are paying $16 for a single drink. $6 for a Pilsenn or Imperial. During the prior week I don't think I ever paid more than 1500 colones (~$2.75) for a beer, even at the restaurants where you were literally sitting on the beach. Service at the Andaz restaurants was approximately equal to the service we got at restaurants in the surf/beach towns (which is not to say they were bad at the Andaz, but, rather, pretty good everywhere else IMO). Their hotel staff did do a great job with assisting at check-in, getting us to our room, and at check-out.

We arrived at Andaz around 4pm and departed at like 11:30am, which was barely enough time to jump in a pool, eat dinner/drinks, sleep, get breakfast, shower/pack/depart. No activities begin after 4:30pm (at least not on Friday our arrival day), so unless you show up right at 3pm, you won't get to do any of their organized activities on your arrival day. If you were motivated and organized, you might be able to do 1 morning activity on your morning of departure.

Other thing to note: at Andaz you will basically be surrounded by Americans and English. There is little other than the monkeys to make you realize you are in a foreign country. At dinner I felt like I was at a fancy country club back in the States; I felt out of place and underdressed.

Bottom Line: the Andaz is super nice but probably not worth it unless you can stay for at least 2 nights due to it being so remote. Technically the airport is only ~30minutes away, but the final ~20km leading to the hotel you basically don't pass any signs of life. Be prepared to spend a boatload of money on food.