The best of Costa Rican cooking, in Monteverde.

Crema de ayote Vegetarian

A starter with a unique flavor: creamy pumpkin soup with ginger oil and bread.

Guacamole Vegetarian Vegan

Fresh, creamy guacamole with crunchy green plantain chips.

Ceviche de pescado

Seasonal fish, cut into fresh pieces and marinated in lime with red onion and sweet pepper. Served with crunchy green plantain chips.

Frijol blanco con costilla de cerdo

White beans with pork ribs, garnished with slices of ripe plantain.

Ensalada verde Vegetarian Vegan

Fresh lettuce, ripe tomato, avocado, hearts of palm, sweet corn, carrot, red cabbage, onion and sweet pepper, with olive oil and balsamic.

Guacho con gallina achiotada

Two recipes in one plate: guacho-style rice and beans with achiote hen, made with Auntie's recipe.

Güipipía

The breakfast of almost every Costa Rican home, turned into a main dish: gallo pinto with two seasoned tortillas, guacamole, ripe plantain and a pork rib, for lunch or dinner.

Mondongo

A Costa Rican classic, also known as callos or pancita: tripe in tomato sauce, with white rice and corn tortilla.

Arroz vegetariano Vegetarian Vegan

Rice with vegetables, hearts of palm, sweet corn, onion and sweet pepper, with plantain chips and fresh salad.

Arroz con pollo

The Costa Rican birthday rice: our house chicken rice, with plantain chips and fresh salad.

Arroz con camarones

From the Gulf of Nicoya to your table: fresh, responsibly caught shrimp, with rice and green plantain chips.

Arroz mixto

Four flavors in one rice: chicken, ham, shrimp and pork, with onion and cilantro, and green plantain chips.

Filete de pescado al Golfo

From the Gulf of Nicoya: seasonal fish fillet with green plantain hash and house salad.

Chicharrones y costilla de cerdo

Enjoy the combination of pork chicharrón and pork ribs, with mashed beans, ripe plantain, patacones and pico de gallo salad.

Rice and beans con pollo caribeño

The flavor of Costa Rica's Caribbean coast: caramelized Caribbean chicken cooked in natural coconut milk with thyme and hot chili, with rice and beans, patacones, ripe plantain and green salad.

Chifritico

In one bowl: rice with tender beans, pork chicharrón, sweet ripe plantain, pico de gallo, avocado and green plantain chips.

Olla de carne

Costa Rica's traditional beef soup.

Patacones ticos Vegetarian option

Patacones with mashed beans, guacamole and beef or chicken in sauce.

Fajitas de pollo

Grilled chicken fajitas in natural tomato sauce, with ripe plantain, salad and tortillas.

Pasta espagueti

Spaghetti in a delicious creamy mushroom white sauce or in tomato sauce, with garlic bread.

Lomo de cerdo relleno

A dish that can't be missed at Guanacaste festivities: pork loin stuffed with potato and egg, topped with wine sauce, with corn rice and chicken.

Vegetariano Vegetarian

With hearts of palm, cheese, egg, avocado and lettuce salad.

Gallina achiotada

Grandma's special recipe, celebrated in our family: Creole hen with firmer meat than chicken, marinated in achiote paste that gives it its reddish color and distinctive flavor.

Pollo caribeño

The flavor of Costa Rica's Caribbean coast in your casado: caramelized Caribbean chicken cooked in natural coconut milk with thyme and a touch of hot chili.

Pescado empanizado

Pechuga de pollo

Chuleta

Bistec en fajitas

Carne en salsa

Beef pieces in tomato sauce. Auntie's recipe.

Quesadillas Vegetarian option

Filled with beef or chicken, with guacamole and French fries.

Dedos de pollo

Papas fritas

Pasta espagueti a la mantequilla

Hamburguesa

With Monteverde cheese: artisan bun, beef or chicken patty, lettuce and tomato, with French fries.

Plátano maduro con queso Vegetarian

Sweet ripe plantain topped with cheese.

Gallos

A traditional Costa Rican treat: corn tortillas with potato and chorizo hash and green papaya hash with beef.

Empanada arreglada

The traditional Costa Rican empanada, filled with cheese and chicken or cheese and beef, topped with cabbage, ketchup and mayonnaise.

Tortilla aliñada Vegetarian

Corn tortilla seasoned with cheese.

Chorreada tica Vegetarian

The traditional Costa Rican chorreada made with fresh corn, served with sour cream.

Tamal de maíz

The Costa Rican Christmas and Easter table: corn dough filled with chicken, rice and vegetables, wrapped in banana leaf for a unique flavor.

Patty

A taste of the Costa Rican Caribbean in your hands: baked pastry filled with beef.

Prestiños

With Monteverde-flavored ice cream: flour tortillas drizzled with sugar cane syrup.

Arroz con leche Vegetarian

Grandma's traditional dessert: rice cooked in milk, served just like at home.

Copa de helado

Miel de plátano

Exquisite country-style dessert of plantain in syrup, with ice cream.

Ayote en miel

Traditional Costa Rican dessert: pieces of pumpkin cooked in sugar cane syrup, served with sour cream.

Naturales frozen

Pineapple, watermelon, blackberry, strawberry, mango, passion fruit, papaya, soursop, tamarind, cas (sour guava) and mint lemonade.

Batidos

Banana, mango, papaya, soursop, blackberry, strawberry, horchata and resbaladera.

Bebidas calientes

Black coffee, chocolate, tea and aguadulce (sugar cane drink).

Gaseosas

Cerveza nacional

Chili Guaro

Cacique, Panamanian chili, tomato juice, spices and lime.

Horchata Punch

Condesa gin, rice water, peanut, cocoa, spices, lime and milk.

Margatica

Tequila Nosotros, house tamarind liqueur, mountain honey and lime.

Hora del Café

Wild Turkey bourbon infused with local bread, Monteverde coffee and amaro.

Agua Sapo

Flor de Caña 12 rum, raw cane sugar, ginger, lime and sparkling water.

Coyol y Pipa

Don Q Cristal rum, coyol palm wine, sweet lemon liqueur and coconut water soda.