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Cuisine
Location
 
Bahía del Sol
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It has the premier location on the beach, but this luxury hotel...
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Costa Rican
Nicoya Coast
 
Bar y Restaurante Coto
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This place has good food and a location right on the plaza. Options...
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Costa Rican
Orosi Valley
 
Bread & Chocolate
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The take-away line for brownies forms at the gate before this...
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Costa Rican
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca
 
Chubascos
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Amid tall pines and colorful flowers on the upper slopes of Poás...
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Costa Rican
Volcán Poás
 
Delicias de Mi Tierra
Member Rating: 4.2
The name translates as "Delights of my Land," and tasty and traditional...
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Costa Rican
Alajuela
 
El Márquez
Member Rating: 4.2
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
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This rustic open-air restaurant with a panoramic valley view...
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Costa Rican
San Isidro
 
Gecko's
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This textbook backpacker hangout is the latest venture of Dutch...
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Costa Rican
Orosi Valley
 
Hotel Belmar
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Built into the hillside, Hotel Belmar resembles two tall Swiss...
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Costa Rican
Monteverde Cloud Forest
 
Jaulares
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Named after the jaul, a tree common in the nearby cloud forest...
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Costa Rican
Volcán Poás
 
La Casona del Cafetal
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The valley's best lunch stop is on a coffee plantation overlooking...
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Costa Rican
Orosi Valley
 
La Choza de Laurel
Member Rating: 3.8
Tantalizing rotisserie chicken, and pretty cloves of garlic and...
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Costa Rican
Arenal Volcano Area
 
La Cocina de Leña
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The name translates literally as "firewood kitchen," and it evokes...
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Costa Rican
San José
 
La Colina
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Here's the only Costa Rican restaurant whose food has been transported...
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Costa Rican
San Ramón
 
La Criollita
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Kick off your day with breakfast at this emerald-green restaurant...
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Costa Rican
San José
 
La Garza Bar y Restaurante
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Similar to La Feria in scope but slightly more atmospheric and...
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Costa Rican
Turrialba
 
Las Brasitas
Member Rating: 4.0
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
Member Rating: 1.2
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
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Mama's is a Costa Rican restaurant with a difference: the owners...
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Costa Rican
San José
 
Manolo's
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For any San José dweller, a mention of Manolo's brings...
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Costa Rican
San José
 
Miss Junie
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Longtime Tortuguero doyenne Miss Junie has now deservedly retired...
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Costa Rican
Tortuguero
 
Nuestra Tierra
Member Rating: 3.8
But for the traffic zipping by on one of San José's busiest...
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Costa Rican
San José
 
Oky Grill & Cafe
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Barva's main draw is strong Costa Rican flavor, so you may be...
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Costa Rican
Heredia
 
Picante
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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
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Everyone makes it to this stylish but informal place with candles...
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Italian, Costa Rican
Monteverde Cloud Forest
 
Rancho la Cascada
Member Rating: 4.0
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
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Decorated with vintage photos of early-20th-century buildings...
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Costa Rican
Volcán Irazú
 
Restaurante Carolina
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This simple alfresco restaurant in the heart of Puerto Jiménez...
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Costa Rican
Puerto Jiménez
 
Restaurante La Feria
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This family-style restaurant has the usual midscale Costa Rican...
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Costa Rican
Turrialba
 
Restaurante La Yunta
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In a 1928 wooden building that originally served as a vacation...
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Costa Rican
Puntarenas
 
Restaurante Mar y Luna
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Strings of buoys, nets, and fishing rods give a nautical air...
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Costa Rican
Golfito
 
Restaurante Noche Buena
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If you've raced up Irazú to catch the clear early-morning...
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Costa Rican
Volcán Irazú
 
Ronny's Place
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A spectacular sunset view and friendly, attentive service are...
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Costa Rican
Manuel Antonio
 
Soda Argey
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It's really a bit too upscale to qualify as a typical soda, but...
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Costa Rican
San José
 
Soda Colonial
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One of the town's last vestiges of local color is this vintage...
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Costa Rican
Nicoya
 
Soda El Chilito Mexicano
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A great alternative to the touristy La Casona is this little...
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Costa Rican
Orosi Valley
 
Soda La Parada
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Here's a case study in what tourism does to a place: La Fortuna's...
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Costa Rican
Arenal Volcano Area
 
Soda La Vasconia
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Hundreds of sports photos plaster the wall in what the owner...
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Costa Rican
San José


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