Cahuita's Taste Caribbean Soul Food
Food & Coffee · Caribbean Coast · Food & coffee
Chef Doria Sequeira Sellers cooks Afro-Caribbean home food in Cahuita: coconut-braised rice and beans with seafood, marlin in her own Caribbean sauce and Caribbean meat pies. Visitors can also book a hands-on cooking class.
- Hours
- Mon-Sat 12:00-20:00 (site)
- Ratings
- 4.8 on Google (572) · 4.6 on Tripadvisor (32)
Dishes to try
rice and beans with seafood · marlin in Caribbean sauce · Caribbean meat pie (pastel de carne) · fajitas with patacones · ruca pasta with shrimp
Prices (as published)
| Rice and Beans con Mariscos | ₡10,000 |
| Marlin en Salsa Caribeña | ₡8,000 |
| Pastel de Carne | ₡8,000 |
| Ruca Pasta Camarones | ₡8,000 |
| Frijoles en Salsa Caribeña (with shrimp) | ₡11,000 |
Contact & directions
- Website: https://www.cahuitastaste.com/
- Phone: +506 8484 8107
- Location: 9.733338, -82.84729 — Google Maps · Waze
Secret spots nearby
- Cahuita Village (Main Street)Landmark · FreeLaid-back Afro-Caribbean beach village with one main street of wooden shops, sodas and bars, right at the edge of Cahuita National Park.
- Cahuita National Park (Kelly Creek)Trail · about $2The donation-only entrance to Cahuita National Park at the edge of town: a flat beachside trail through the forest where sloths, howler monkeys and raccoons are very likely sightings.
- Playa Negra (Cahuita)Beach · Free · hidden gemA long black-sand beach on the north side of Cahuita village: palm-lined, quiet and a world away from the park crowds.
- Playa Blanca (Cahuita)Beach · about $2Cahuita National Park's main beach, a long arc of pale sand fringed by forest, just a short walk past the Kelly Creek entrance.
- Playa GrandeBeachA beach in the Caribbean coast.
- Punta Cahuita ReefNature spot · about $2The headland at the heart of Cahuita National Park, wrapped by the largest living coral reef on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast, with parrotfish, rays and two colonial-era shipwrecks offshore.
Sources: https://www.cahuitastaste.com/