Hidden gems: Restaurants in Costa Rica

Discover the city's hidden treasures—remarkable spots that are relatively undiscovered but offer exceptional experiences. Our selection criteria? A rating of 4.5 or higher with fewer than 150 reviews. Explore these lesser-known yet outstanding places that promise a delightful visit in Costa Rica. This list contains 2.4K places from Restaurant category.

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Kaukau Santa Teresa
Restaurant
👍 Great breakfast and the coffee ☕️👌The barista is very friendly and does an amazing job! Kaukau has healthy choices and outdoor seating
5.00 (96 reviews)
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Sabor Y Sazón
Restaurant
$ $$$
5.00 (94 reviews)
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Tierra Fértil
Restaurant
👍👍 Carlos was closing up shop, but stayed open and cooked me a great meal.
5.00 (84 reviews)
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Nick’s Place
Restaurant
$70/night
5.00 (74 reviews)
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Cafe - Bazar OM
Vegetarian restaurant
👍👍 As an international traveler, I chance upon this cafe / restaurant on the way down from Monte Verde. This cafe doubles as a conservation center for local community and is absolutely AMAZING. Delicious home-made food (all vegetarian / vegan) from local community. Absolutely enjoyable service. Perfe...
5.00 (68 reviews)
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Casa Lagun
Fast food restaurant
👍👍 Doña Ana María prepared a delicious meal of three mixed tacos: veggies, shredded meat, and battered fish served with homemade tortillas with a small salad. The presentation of the dish was beautiful, each taco came with avocado, and the salad included lettuce, carrot and red onion with a light sala...
5.00 (65 reviews)
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Reparito House
Restaurant
👍👍 The food was very delicious. We ordered the Cuban sandwich and it was so flavorful! The staff was also very friendly!
5.00 (64 reviews)
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@chefpabloturel - The Costa Rica Chef
Catering food and drink supplier
👍👍 Pablo created an amazing meal experience for my sisters and me on our visit to Costa Rica! The food was fresh and delicious and he worked with our dietary restrictions. He was a delight to have in our rental. We loved being able to sit enjoy wine on the balcony and watch the rain over the Pacific Oc...
5.00 (59 reviews)
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Tapioca Brazilian Food - Costa Rica
Gluten-free restaurant
👍👍 Perfect! The best tapioca from Brasil ! Many flavours, good place and wonderful service.
5.00 (57 reviews)
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brekkie
Espresso bar
👍👍 At Brekkies I had the best healthy snickers!! Brekkies is simply wonderful! We spent our entire day here on a rainy day. Starting with a super delicious breakfast. The highlight here was the super delicious oatmilk cappuccino! Lunch was just as good as the breakfast, super healthy and beautifully p...
5.00 (56 reviews)
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Lori Restaurant
Restaurant
5.00 (49 reviews)
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Aroma Roma
Pizza restaurant
5.00 (49 reviews)
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Pupusería Doña Aide
Restaurant
👍👍 Delicious, freshly made pupusas, spicy chalera, and an amazing coconut flan to finish. Definitely worth a stop for a perfect lunch.
5.00 (47 reviews)
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La Boquería 305
Restaurant
👍👍 Hoi 9gag bro! Hope you and your restaurant is doing well. Greetings from germany!
5.00 (42 reviews)
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La Argentika
Pizza restaurant
5.00 (41 reviews)
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Soda River blue
Restaurant
👍👍 Very friendly service, excelent produce very fresh, really flavourfull, juice was delicious, the food was amazing, i can not recommend highly enough. But dont take my word for it and I guess you just have to try yourself to belive it can be this good !!
5.00 (37 reviews)
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La Terraza Restaurant Cahuita
Restaurant
5.00 (37 reviews)
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Soda donde Moni
Restaurant
👍👍 Excelente calidad , los sabores de los productos son elaborados frescos y muy buen gusto ..
5.00 (34 reviews)
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Carnes Asadas los parceros
Chophouse restaurant
👍👍 Venta de ventanilla, pero donde se puede disfrutar de unos platillos de carnes con una excelente preparación , mejor preparados incluso que en varios restaurantes supuestamente de primera, si es conveniente llegar con tiempo, porque generalmente por su excelente calidad son muchos los pedidos que re...
5.00 (33 reviews)
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Glenda's Intimate Cuisine (only reservation)
Fine dining restaurant
👍👍 We had dinner on the beach and it was worth every penny. It was one of the best experiences we had here in Costa Rica. It was so romantic, interactive, and stunning. The food was incredibly fresh and healthy. Glenda was an absolute delight as well. Would do this again in a heartbeat!
5.00 (31 reviews)
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