Restaurant Recommendations
Exotica
For dinner we highly recommend this fabulous restaurant that serves tropical fare with a French accent. Exotica sets the 5-star standard and offers a true culinary experience.
Reservations are required, phone 506 2786-5050 or email Lucy and Bob and let them know you are guests of Ellen and Bernie.
Located on the main road in Ojochal. Open Monday to Saturday for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Citrus
Also highly recommended is Citrus. The cuisine at this wonderful restaurant is another savory experience - “Mediterranean Fusion”.
Reservations are required, phone 506 2786-5175 or email Sylvan. For a review of this restaurant click here
Located just as you enter Ojochal from the Costanera. Take the first left, pass the police station and you will see it on the right.
Open Thursday to Sunday for lunch and dinner
Ylang Ylang
Ojochal’s reputation for international cuisine continues to grow with the addition of Ylang Ylang offering Indonesian cuisine.
You will also enjoy the ambiance and the wonderful view.
Phone 506 2786 5054 for reservations or email Hans and Caroline. For a review, click here
Location: after you enter Ojochal from the Costanera. Take the first left and follow the signs Open Thursday to Sunday for lunch and dinner
Madras
Partway between Ojochal and Uvita is Madras, an eclectic restaurant built into the home of the French owners serving Indian cuisine.
After years of isolation (no phone or internet) and an excellent reputation built solely on word-of mouth, Madras now boasts a phone and website.
Location: at Playa Ballena just 5 minutes north of the Ventanas Plaza near the 170km highway marker. There is a small road on the mountain-side of the highway and a restaurant sign.
Tel: 2786 5524
La Parcela
A little further out just south of Dominical, we highly recommend La Parcela which is located high up on a point jutting out to the ocean and boasts great views of the ocean and coastline both north and south.
Menu is local traditional. La Parcela is open for lunch and dinner. Reservations can be made through their
Website and click here for picture
Los Manglares
Five kilometres south of Ojochal on the oceanside is Los Manglares (The Mangroves)
Traditional local fare with an ocean view.
Gringo Mikes
Every Saturday night from 6-9pm is the plentiful and varied Pizza Buffet where all the ex pats gather to catch up on local news. Located off the Costanera just south of Ojochal, cross the bridge and turn right.
Website
Joe's Coffee Shop
Specializes in coffees & expressos plus on-site bakery, plus lending library. Free wifi. Located off the Costanera just south of Ojochal, cross the bridge and turn right. Website
Shopping for Food and Liquor
There is a liquor store with a good selection in the Cinco Ventanas strip mall right beside Cinco Ventanas Road next to the service station (shown as Licorera on lower-left corner on the map above).
La Corona and B&M, the supermarkets in Uvita, have most everything you need for in-house meals and BBQing. You'll find meat, chicken, vegetables, fruit and liquor along with a good selection of breakfast foods, juices, soft drinks and snacks.
Across from La Corona is a new butcher shop, one of the few that age their beef in cold storage. "Lomo" is sirloin and "Lomito" is tenderloin.
The best place to buy fresh fish is near Gringo Mike’s which is on the road to Playa Tortuga just south of the road into Ojochal. A fisherman lives in the first house on the right before Gringo Mike's.
On Fridays the fishermen bring their cooler with fresh fish to the main entrance of Ojochal and setup near the Guarana Bar and local variety store.
Golf
New to the neighbourhood and still under development, San Buenas Golf Resort will be the first golf resort in Southern Costa Rica - for updates, click here for website
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