Restaurants and Dining
Playa Junquillal
Guacamaya Lodge specializes in both Swiss and local culinary entrees. I highly recommend "Pollo de Rosalita", a dish created by one of the chefs and my personal favorite. The Rancho bar/restaurant has panoramic ocean views, the ambience is warm and friendly and you can shop at the gift shop while you are there.
VISA
(506) 658-8431
http://www.guacamayalodge.com/
Land Ho at Villa Serena is located on the ocean and breaking surf accompanies a fine meal on the open air balcony. International, Tico and American dishes are available.
VISA
(506) 658-8430
http://www.land-ho.com/
Hotel Iguanazul is also located beachside, making sunset viewing a must during happy hour. International and seafood entrees available in the open air, casual setting.
VISA
(506) 658-8124
http://www.iguanazul.com/
Hotel Playa Junquillal is a restaurant located as close to the ocean as you can get without actually swimming. Golden sunsets enhance the dineing experience where you can get very good local fare in an extremely down to earth atmosphere (try the quesadillas). beachfront bar. Open for lunch, dinner or drinks. Located just .5 km from the villa.
Colones, US Dollars, Visa, Master Card or traveler checks accepted.
http://www.playa-junquillal.com/food.htm/
Hotel Tatankas offers excellent gourmet pizzas from a wood fired oven and italian style meals.
VISA
Mundo Milo Eco Lodge is a bar/restaurant which serves international food in great authentic ambiance. Every Tuesday is Sushi night (excellent) and saturday night it's dancing with lots of salsa and merengue.
Go to the bottom of the hill, make a right on the main road, go approximately 500 meters make a right at the sign for Mundo Milogo another 100 meters
You can pay in Colones and US$ and VISA and Mastercard are accepted as well.
Mundo Milo can be reached at 2658 7010
Mundo Milo Eco Lodge
Junquillal, Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
www.mundomilo.com
Tel. (00506) 2658 7010
Other Area Restaurants
Lola’s is a beach bar located in Playa Avellanas. Famous for its local lunch fare and for Lola, a pig that enjoys a good ocean swim just like the rest of us.
The Hotel Playa Negra is beach hotel/restaurant frequented by surfers, local and foriegn alike. The rancho style restaurant/bar serves excellent meals, including a fantastic spaghetti carbonera. Try a hamburger and fries ($4.50) for lunch while watching surfers hang ten beach.
VISA
(506) 658-8034
http://%20www.playanegra.com//
Restaurante Las Tucas is a good restaurant run by a local Tico family local restaurant. Located on the road to Santa Cruz, about 2 km outside of Paraiso.
Pablo Picasso is a local restaurant known for their "hamburgers as big as your head with all the ketchup you can eat". Located outside Playa Negra.
pablosplayanegra.com
Villa Deveena is located in Los Pargos, Playa Negra. This restaurant is a fine dining experience with and esquisite ambiance and very good food.
http://villadeevena.com
villadeevena@yahoo.com
506 2 653-2328
Groceries / Supplies
The Mini Super Junquillal is a full service, albeit small, supermarket located one kilometer from Casa Juliana on the main road through Junquillal. You can get everything that you need without having to trek to Santa Cruz. They also carry breads from the German bakery.”