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Popular Restaurants | Other Restaurants Tips | All Tips (38) Miss Helena's (pronounced Elena & not to be confused with Miss Elena Brown who has a Soda downtown) cooking is a mix of local, Caribbean & North American style meals.The portions were plenty big enough & her personal service & conversations were something we looked forward to each morning!
For bird lovers, Miss Helena has bunches of over ripe bananas hanging beside the soda that attracts several species of birds & the nests of Oropendola's are hung around as decor.The soda has no walls,a thatched roof & tiled floor. Miss Helena herself is what makes this soda so special!
Addendum...we went back in Jan./06 & Miss Helena was still there...charming as ever! Finally tried her well known homemade gingerale....Wow..the first few sips have a real bite but you soon aqquire a taste for it! Apparently it's also a cure-all for just about everything! And you have to try her special hot sauce......it's mucho hot!
Another addendum...we went back in Nov./06 & again in Mar./07 & sadly Miss Helena no longer cooks for the public due to health reasons (her own). She has become a very good freind of our & regularly treats us to her fantastic breakfasts in her own home. Her father & husband are also delightful company. She made up a batch of her "HOT" sauce for us to take back with us to Canada...WOW...mmm good!
She does still offer camping on her property (she supplies the sheets, foamy, tent) & it is a safe & secure place to camp.
She also has a laundry service for tourists that she still opperates.
The Ham & Cheese omelettes were by far the best we had anywhere in Costa Rica!
Absolutely fantastic Banana pancakes! She picked the bananas "fresh" from the bunch she has hanging near her kitchen.
Her Typicals (beans/rice & either fish or meat)
were very tasty & as cheap or cheaper than other Sodas in P.V. Leave a Comment Theme: BreakfastPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: less expensive than averageAddress: School / Futbol field areaPhone: (506) 750-0580Directions: Find the school,(about 2 blocks inland from town)& hang a right as soon a you get to it (the futbol/soccer field will be on the left side of the school). Walk about a half a block & hang a left after the Lavenderia,cross the small bridge & there it is!
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This restaurant is located across the street from Playa Negra, just north of Puerto Viejo (on the right as you drive into PV). The restaurant is owned by a Brazilian man, Manchi, who loves to chat. We ate breakfast here on morning on our way into town. His Plato Tipico is the best that I've had in any CA country. There is some seasoning in the rice and beans that is to die for. Check it out!
Leave a comment and let me know if there is something that I could add to make this tip better!
Plato Tipico -- see above Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: Playa Negra, Puerto ViejoPhone: 750-0652Directions: Directly across from Playa Negra. Just before arriving at Puerto Viejo, on the right side of the road.
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All of the above restaurants were excellent,varied & reasonably priced. The Rest. Oro has great seafood.The El Loco Natural has great food ,live music some evenings & an outside balcony where you can watch all the happenings on the main street below.The Chil Rojo Rest. is Thai type food & really tasty.Camarones (shrimp) are cheap in most sodas & restaurants & cooked every way you can imagine-I practically lived on them! The Sodas(small cafes that serve "Typicals"-rice,beans & meat or fish) are of course the cheapest & if it looks busy then chances are they have the best food!
Camarones!!!!! The shrimp are big & scrumptious in most cafes! Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageDirections: El Loco Natural & the Chili Rojo are on the main street. Restaurant Oro is about a block inland from the main street.The Sodas are all over & each serves their own special "Typical" of the day.
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No matter where you are in the world, there is nothing quite possibly better than street food at 2 in the morning. I am not even going to argue this statement. You just gotta believe that no matter how disgusting something may seem, it is oh so delicious going down the hatch.
This street vendor was no exception. I had just come from the town's reggae party and it was raining outside. The electricity went out in the entire town, except for those fortunate enough to have generators. Well this guy didn't have any problem as he continued to cook over his charcoal grill. I ate my odd combination of a hamburger bun topped with a mystery meat shiskabob (or you also had the choice of a hot dog) with cabbage and some funky green and red creole style sauces poured on top. Now try to eat this with your hands (as there were no utensils) while the rain is pouring down onto your food. Also, you are walking a good 10 minutes back to your accomodation in the PITCH BLACK as there are no glimpses of light anywhere...that is till some unsuspecting car pulls into the road and nearly runs you over because you are invisible to them.
Now if that isn't a memorable experience, then what is? Leave a Comment
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Cafe Rico is where the expats hang out in Puerto Viejo. They have the best coffee in town and take in your laundry for wash and dry and you'll get a free cup of coffee. The owner is Roger and he is from England. They serve a great breafast and a good lunch. No dinner. He does have a few "cabinas" for rent. He rents bicycles and motor scooters. Roger knows everything in town. He's a good guy.
It's a breakfast and lunch place. They do a great fresh fruit plate with granola and yogurt. He serves only Cafe Britt coffee. I've never had better. Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: At hot Rocks Cafe, walk 100 mts south and 100 eastDirections: With your back at Hot Rocks cafe, walk south 100 meters, then turn left and you will see it on the left
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Friends of ours highly recommended Maxi's Restaurant in Manzanillo. Unfortunately we were there too early in the a.m. to eat at Maxi's. Instead we ate in the bottom right hand corner of the Maxi's Rest. building in a small Soda -big mistake! We ordered Ham & Cheese Omelets & they were WAY too undercooked! Besides the fact that the omelets were (yuk) runny, we couldn't keep the flies off our food & to top it off the cook & waitress couldn't care less that we were even there! We talked to others who were there & they were treated the same & everything they ordered was awful.In short, the service stunk & the food was bearly edible Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: ManzanilloDirections: At the end of the road in town,by the beach
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The coffee in Costa Rica is excellent!
Be warned it is served strong & if you like cream in your coffee ask for a little extra as they will only put a drop or two in.
There are a few bakerys in P.V. & they all smell heavenly & the baked goods are wonderful! Leave a Comment Theme: LocalAddress: All over Costa Rica
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It serves 2 main dishes every night and stays open till they run out of food. No menu, the waitress just "sings" it to you. Place only has about 5-6 tables and could not serve any more than about 20 people max. The place is not for the squeamish types. If fish eyes staring at you on your plate bother you you, stick with MacDonalds and don't come here.
Fish (the other was chicken) Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: Located south of Puerto Viejo.Directions: Close to Playa Chiquita. Just ask any local, they will know where the restaurant is.
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One of my favorite restaurants of all time. The dishes are wonderfully spiced and are very filling. There's a wide variety of food and I wish I had more time to have one of everything off the menu. The dishes are reasonably priced and are well portioned.
THE CHEESEBURGER! It sounds very basic but, the meat is incredibly spiced and the fries crispy. The pineapple smoothie is to die for! Theme: Middle EasternPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageDirections: On the main street.
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My boyfriend and I were lured into this one restaurant, located right off the main street in Puerto Viejo, because of their happy hour which was 2 for 1 cocktails. The special was from 3pm-6pm and stated so on their sign they had placed out on the street. As we cruised along the road, we noticed the sign and decided that we would come back when happy hour was in business. When finally coming to the restaurant around 4:45pm, we sat down at the bar and ordered two cocktails. The girl, a very unfriendly tica, made our drinks and gave us our bill. Problem #1: The bill didn't include the happy hour price. When my boyfriend asked her about the happy hour special, without even eye contact the whole time, the girl responds back with, "the sign isn't out so you don't get the special." My boyfriend tried again saying that the special was done at 6pm and it wasn't even 5pm yet. She then responds with, "the sign isn't out, so you don't get the special." Not wanting to argue, he decides to just pay and we'll leave because he was so mad that they were ripping us off. Not even five minutes had passed where the girl went outside, grabbed the sign, and putt it more in an area for people to see it. So rude! Problem #2: They charged us $9 per cocktail. I mean, it was ridiculous how expensive these two cocktails were. Needless to say, the terribly rude bartender girls and the shady business they conduct there were enough for me to come home and write about it. DO NOT GO TO EL DORADO if you're a tourist. They hate you. No joke.
I didn't eat the food to know if it was good. We were too turned off by the bill of the drinks and the mean service that we didn't want to blow anymore money or waste our time. Leave a Comment Theme: LocalComparison: more expensive than averageAddress: Puerto Viejo, Costa RicaDirections: Off the main road of Puerto Viejo.
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