Cahuita Restaurants

Walter, the owner is a super great guy. Most times he would pull up a chair & sit & chat for quite awhile. We ate there a lot.

Favorite Dish: The chicken was good as was pretty much anything we tried. If you order the banana split be warned it's not like you'd get at home....it's a banana with ice cream & some greenery for decorative purposes. It's good, local cooking & a great place to people watch from.

The Restaurant Relax used to be right down town Cahuita. The first time we went to their new location I thought "wow, that's a long dark walk for the average tourist on foot". We drove so I can't say exactlty how far it is. The new building though is very impressive, the food is wonderful & I'd highly recommend it. The service was fantastic too & the staff was very attentive & friendly.

Favorite Dish: I tried shark (tibaron) for the first time...tastey. Everyone in our group loved their meals (marlin, tenderloin).

While the food can indeed be excellent, the service never has been. We had a relative of Miss Edith's that we know well, recommend we eat there. We did & we sure weren't impressed. We've tried it a couple of times more but honestly I'm not sure I would recommend it, not just beacuse the prices are higher but the crappy service. Miss Edith no longer cooks & isn't there much. Her daughters run the place mostly & they just don't seem to give a s**t whether you're there or not. We won't be back no matter how good the food is....there are plenty of other places that would appreciate our money more.

Favorite Dish: The "jerk" lobster or anthing "jerked" is excellent. I don't know if they still make them but the beetroot/ginger & other combos of juices are quite interesting.

The Sol y Mar is only open for breakfasts from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. & this is by far our favorite place in town for breaky. The meals are reasonable & the restaurant is clean. Upstairs they have hotel rooms & on the side is their Sol y Mar Gift Shop. All parts of the Sol y Mar are run by long time residents, the Fergusons. Walter "Mr. Gavitt" Ferguson the caribbean's most famous calypsonian lives next door to the Sol y Mar.

Favorite Dish: EVERYTHING is good!!! Try their breakfasr sandwiches....they are great for take out if you plan to walk through the National Park.

Ingrid's place is clean & the food is excellent. Ingrid herself is Columbian & her husband is Dutch. We became fast friends with Ingrid & she treats us like family when ever we arrive.

Favorite Dish: We like pretty much everything we tried except the "pulpo" (octopus) cerviche but that's only because we don't like octupus :)

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This is a great place for Chinese food in Cahuita. Huge portions.....you won't leave hungry.
There are other non chinese dishes on the menu as well......all good.

Favorite Dish: The "especial" chowmein is excellent as is pretty much every dish we tried

The restaurant RELAX is no longer in front of Coco's Bar, you find it now on the main street to Puerto Viejo, left hand. It's still a delicious restaurant and the owners Serafino and Graciela are very friendly.

At the place-to-be in Cahuita, the Cocos Bar (see my nightlife-tip) you can also have a meal. There is a small restaurant that is attached to the bar itself, but you can also order some small dishes you can have in the bar itself: much better since you have a nice view of the streetlife here and you hear the nice music better.

The plates you can order are mainly local food: fried bananas or plantain, some white rice and chicken or fish. The special thing about Cahuita is that you can get much more seafood here then elsewhere in the country. So fresh fish and shimps are available here in different dishes and are an absolute must if you order your meal here!

Don't expect a perfect service here: the personnel is really used to bar-public and that is the way they serve you.