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Where to eat European food in Playa Hermosa: The Best Restaurants and Bars
Find out what European restaurants to try in Playa Hermosa. An increasingly upscale village, Playa Hermosa overlooks the Gulf of Papagayo and enjoys a pleasant, tropical climate and family-friendly beaches. Abundant water activities include sport fishing, sailing, scuba diving or snorkeling and leisurely sunset catamaran tours. You and your family will also want to visit the area’s national parks. Try a combination of popular local tours – a full day of horseback riding, swimming and lunch at the Volcan Miravalles National Park or an adventurous Canopy Tour to experience Costa Rica’s ecosystems.Just 10 minutes from Playa Hermosa, the lively village of Coco offers a delightful mix of entertainment and shopping. Bars and discos surround Coco’s central plaza. You might even visit a casino to try your hand at Blackjack or roulette. In Playa Hermosa, stop in for lunch at Laberinto on the beach, and you’ll enjoy an unusual meal at Ginger, an open-air tapas bar on stilts. The wild ginger grows beneath the bar, and the chefs create some very tasty and exotic meals. Try the Upper Deck Sports Bar and Restaurant for a colorful combination of televised sports, cold beer, good food and a pet orphan monkey!
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1. Kaixo
Overall Ratings
5 based on 199 reviews
Restaurant and showroom located 100 meters from the beach in Playas del Coco. Decorated by local artists. With vegan options, gluten free, European breakfast, and our specialty, the Spanish tapas and smoked salmon. Our bread is homemade.
Reviewed By getoutthere_Toronto
My husband and I went for dinner and I have to say it was REALLY good. We had 2 smoked salmon croquets, 2 pinchos each of smoked sea bass and chirizo with cheese and then we shared a ration of their Cajun sea bass with potatoes alioli and a bottle of wine. Everything was excellent! The sea bass was salty but that just fine with me! They also brought us a starter tapa at no charge. The bill came to about $50 Canadian. The service and the timing of the plates were perfect and we left fully satisfied.
Best Fusion food near Playa Hermosa, Province of Guanacaste, Costa Rica
2. Il Gusto Della Vita
Overall Ratings
4 based on 145 reviews
Reviewed By M3249GDalank
Ate here twice in the last month and both meals were quite good. Well cooked pasta Tasty sauces. Generous portions. Good wines. Friendly service.
Best Latin food near Playa Hermosa, Province of Guanacaste, Costa Rica
3. Pistio - Mediterranean Cuisine
Overall Ratings
5 based on 41 reviews
The real Sicilian cuisine has arrived at Playas del Coco. All the flavors, aromas and colors of Mediterranean cuisine. A restaurant where you can spend wonderful evening with your friends or with your family. Excellent Italian wines.
Reviewed By 934richc
First the positives - great location right on the beach with a very open air set up which keeps you cool on even a hot day, nice and peaceful decorations with a friendly greeter the day we visited. We went for lunch during high season and I know that is a more challenging time for any restaurant, but this really missed the mark. I had eggplant parmesan which consisted of three to four pieces of thick sliced eggplant covered in mozzarella cheese and red sauce baked... never mind the fact the menu said it was breaded (it wasnât). The eggplant skin was so tough I could barely cut it with the knife. The accompanying veggies side was cold. Oh, did we mention that was the best meal of the three! The ravioli was terrible and the kids tried to order pasta with red sauce but instead got a seafood white sauce pasta dish with a bunch of mussels (this was an honest mistake due to a language barrier with the waitress - I should have said âsauca rojaâ when I ordered instead of marinara as they have a dish called marisco which is what she heard instead). Now - my son happens to like mussels anyway so he tried it (as did my wife) but it too missed the mark. Where the restaurant finally degraded to a 1 star in my book is when I said *in Spanish* that we wanted just red sauce and pasta (and pointed to the two ingredients already on our table in the other dishes) and the waitress said the kitchen couldnât do that... never mind the fact both the ravoli and my eggplant came with red sauce and their were obviously noodles as my sonâs mistaken dish. After 5-10 minutes more, the waitress came back and changed the comment from the kitchen to they would now do it but we had already asked for the check. To add insult to injury on this As I was paying, I saw the kitchen cooking and watch a chef attempt to add spice to a sauté pan full of something and accidentally dump 1/4 of one of those big spice containers we all have at home in the pan (at least a 1/2 of cup of the spice!). Seemingly unbothered by the massive over addition of spice, she scooped some out and kept on cooking. Yes, we have all done something similar, but it speaks to the focus is on getting food OUT not on serving GOOD food. The owners should remind their staff that with sites like trip advisor, tourist restaurant can no longer solely count on location to bring in business. You must care about the experience - even if the guest may never come back.
