Jacó Nightlife

Appropriately named due to the fact that it is located near the middle of the beach (yet not on the main strip. It's on a side street about a block down from the strip), the Discotheque La Central is probably the best dance club you will find. Nacho Daddys and Pancho Villa's are good, but La Central has a much bigger interior and has a proper dancefloor, not that I need one since I'm a white guy and don't know how to dance anyway.

Dress Code: See the Beatle Bar recommendation.....

Coming from the underground dance scene in San Francisco, Burning Man (Opulent Temple, Green Gorilla Lounge, Sunset parties, Deep End, House of Lotus, etc), and local turntable heroes Mark Farina, Miguel Migs, and Ellen Ferrato, I was pleasantly surprised to find Nacho Daddy's, especially after leaving the train-wrecked DJ at the Monkey Bar. I'd lost my personal tour guide, and wandered off with some Tiko to check out a club at the edge of town. We hop a taxi and 5 minutes later are knocking back $3 cocktails in one of the most Shagalicious clubs since Austin Powers. I couldn't believe I was still in CR, but the place was emptying out fast, and the bartenders were anxious. I couldn't get them to call a taxi (no wonder the club closed down), but a couple of older Ticos took pity and dropped me at Nacho Daddy's. It's 2:30am and the place is jammed with hipsters, there's reggae/hip-hop in the back room, progressive house in the front, and more top shelf vodka. I bump into familiar waiters and bartenders from the strip, promoters from Manuel Antonio, and tourists from London, Spain, and California. We exchanged club recommendations, and I found out about Arches Iris in Quepos (which is another adventure..). Everybody spoke English better than my Spanish, which already suffered from Absolute overdose. If you're FIT (Free and Independent Traveler), Nacho Daddy's is as close to a freestyle dancer's club as you get in CR. Pay your $3 cover, grab a drink, carve out a space on the dance floor, and bust a move. If you can dance to the beat, you won't be alone very long.

Dress Code: Regardless of what you might read in these other blogs (some guys lack class, money, and taste), you'll catch the bartender first if you're dressed for Miami CSI than Hawaii Five-0.

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Jaco is a shyte hole.. the clubs are filled with dirty hookers, expensive drinks, and peddling drug dealers. No culture. No class. Just pros & drugs. Boring & dirty. Bah!

Dress Code: Naked is best. It'll save the ho's some time.. afterall, time is money!!

There are only a couple places to go in Jaco...just ask a local where to go and there you have it...it's usually chronological order..go here at this time, then here then here..we would always then end up at Nacho Daddy's...kinda nicer with different dance rooms.

Dress Code: Casual beach wear..not bikinis..but tank, skirt, flip flops

Naturally, my friends wanted to take a gander up to Divas, above Pancho Villa's, for a look. It was probably the most run-down strip club I have ever seen (if we're not counting the Show of Shows in Cicero when I was 16 years old.) Very dark inside, sleezy people, and I think I walked out after 2 minutes.

But hey, if that's your thing, have a swell time!

Where else, later on at night, can you get a snack to satisfy your munchies, drink some more, dance, and hit the titty bar, called Divas, right upstairs? Why, it's nowhere else but Pancho Villa's.

Dress Code: See the Beatle Bar entry.......

It won't be long before Nacho Daddy's becomes the disco of choice in Jaco. It is fairly new, as it sits in the first floor of the newly built Galeone Mall in the heart of Jaco.

Although it also serves Mexican food like pretty good nachos and incredible margaritas, it is at night when it really gets its best going for it. It doubles as bar/club with reggae, hip pop and a little bit of house music late at night and, from what I recall, good surf videos on a big screen.

(Pleast note-the picture was taken inside Nacho Daddy's. Notice the skippy towards the right with the dress shirt and jeans on, thinking he'd just go out and start scoring with the local snapper. Needless to say, it was his first day down there from Boston, and little did he know the ladies would tag Rocky Dennis just as fast as they would him, as they are whores and want monaaaay! Now go back to the hotel room and change, beatoff!)