Costa Rican Restaurants

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Costa Rican Restaurants

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Bahía del Sol
It has the premier location on the beach, but this luxury hotel...
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Costa Rican
Nicoya Coast
 
Bar y Restaurante Coto
This place has good food and a location right on the plaza. Options...
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Costa Rican
Orosi Valley
 
Bread & Chocolate
The take-away line for brownies forms at the gate before this...
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Costa Rican
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca
 
Chubascos
Amid tall pines and colorful flowers on the upper slopes of Poás...
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Costa Rican
Volcán Poás
 
Delicias de Mi Tierra
The name translates as "Delights of my Land," and tasty and traditional...
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Costa Rican
Alajuela
 
El Márquez
Seafood is an unexpected treat up here in the mountains, and...
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Seafood, Costa Rican
Monteverde Cloud Forest
 
El Trapiche de Nayo
This rustic open-air restaurant with a panoramic valley view...
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Costa Rican
San Isidro
 
Gecko's
This textbook backpacker hangout is the latest venture of Dutch...
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Costa Rican
Orosi Valley
 
Hotel Belmar
Built into the hillside, Hotel Belmar resembles two tall Swiss...
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Costa Rican
Monteverde Cloud Forest
 
Jaulares
Named after the jaul, a tree common in the nearby cloud forest...
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Costa Rican
Volcán Poás
 
La Casona del Cafetal
The valley's best lunch stop is on a coffee plantation overlooking...
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Costa Rican
Orosi Valley
 
La Choza de Laurel
Tantalizing rotisserie chicken, and pretty cloves of garlic and...
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Costa Rican
Arenal Volcano Area
 
La Colina
Here's the only Costa Rican restaurant whose food has been transported...
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Costa Rican
San Ramón
 
La Criollita
Kick off your day with breakfast at this emerald-green restaurant...
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Costa Rican
San José
 
La Garza Bar y Restaurante
Similar to La Feria in scope but slightly more atmospheric and...
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Costa Rican
Turrialba
 
Las Brasitas
Chicken turns over wood on a rotisserie in a brick oven at this...
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Costa Rican
Arenal Volcano Area
 
Lava Rocks Café
A couple of trendy steps above the average soda in food and atmosphere...
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Costa Rican
Arenal Volcano Area
 
Mama's Place
Mama's is a Costa Rican restaurant with a difference: the owners...
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Costa Rican
San José
 
Manolo's
For any San José dweller, a mention of Manolo's brings...
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Costa Rican
San José
 
Miss Junie
Longtime Tortuguero doyenne Miss Junie has now deservedly retired...
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Costa Rican
Tortuguero
 
Nuestra Tierra
But for the traffic zipping by on one of San José's busiest...
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Costa Rican
San José
 
Picante
It's hot and it's tropical and, as the name warns (picante means...
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Costa Rican
Nicoya Coast
 
Pizzería de Johnny
Everyone makes it to this stylish but informal place with candles...
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Italian, Costa Rican
Monteverde Cloud Forest
 
Rancho la Cascada
You can't miss its tall, palm-thatch roof in the center of town...
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Costa Rican
Arenal Volcano Area
 
Restaurant 1910
Decorated with vintage photos of early-20th-century buildings...
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Costa Rican
Volcán Irazú
 
Restaurante Carolina
This simple alfresco restaurant in the heart of Puerto Jiménez...
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Costa Rican
Puerto Jiménez
 
Restaurante La Feria
This family-style restaurant has the usual midscale Costa Rican...
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Costa Rican
Turrialba
 
Restaurante La Yunta
In a 1928 wooden building that originally served as a vacation...
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Costa Rican
Puntarenas
 
Restaurante Mar y Luna
Strings of buoys, nets, and fishing rods give a nautical air...
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Costa Rican
Golfito
 
Restaurante Noche Buena
If you've raced up Irazú to catch the clear early-morning...
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Costa Rican
Volcán Irazú
 
Ronny's Place
A spectacular sunset view and friendly, attentive service are...
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Costa Rican
Manuel Antonio
 
Soda Colonial
One of the town's last vestiges of local color is this vintage...
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Costa Rican
Nicoya
 
Soda El Chilito Mexicano
A great alternative to the touristy La Casona is this little...
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Costa Rican
Orosi Valley
 
Soda La Parada
Here's a case study in what tourism does to a place: La Fortuna's...
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Costa Rican
Arenal Volcano Area
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