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El Bucanero Restaurant (and Corcovado Tours)

Food & Coffee · Osa Peninsula · Food & coffee

Small family restaurant right on the water in Drake Bay: whole fried snapper, stuffed king crab, grilled lobster and home-style casados, with ingredients from the family's own farm and sunset tables over the bay.

Hours
Daily: breakfast 7-10, lunch 12-15, dinner 18-21 (shifts a little with season and tides)
Ratings
4.8 on Google (325) · 4.9 on Tripadvisor (7)

Dishes to try

whole fried red snapper · king crab stuffed with seafood · grilled lobster with garlic butter · garlic octopus · casado with chicken · seafood soup

Prices (as published)

Typical meals (casados)₡4,500-₡6,500
Seafood dishes₡6,900-₡25,900
Rice dishes₡4,200-₡5,800
Corcovado Sirena day tour (tour side)$110

Contact & directions

Secret spots nearby

  • Drake Bay Village BeachBeach · FreeThe curving bay in front of Agujitas village, where the dive boats and Corcovado shuttles come and go.
  • Agujitas Village (Drake Bay)Landmark · FreeThe small village that is Drake Bay's main town: a football pitch, a church, sodas and tour operators strung along a dirt road facing the bay, where boats, lodges and Corcovado tours begin.
  • Drake Bay Coastal TrailTrail · FreeA free public path that hugs the coast from Agujitas past Cocalito and Río Claro to Playa San Josecito: about 6 km of hidden coves, suspension bridges, capuchins and scarlet macaws.
  • Drake Bay Hanging FootbridgesBridge · FreeDrake Bay's many rivers and estuaries are crossed by swaying plank-and-cable footbridges, and the coastal path south of Agujitas starts over one at the Río Agujitas: part of the adventure of getting around.
  • Playa CocalitoBeach · FreeThe first cove on the Drake coastal trail, about half an hour's walk from the village: a small pocket of sand with a creek, jungle on all sides and rock pools at either end.
  • Punto de snorkel en Bahía DrakeViewpoint · hidden gemA snorkelling spot near Agujitas de Drake, Puntarenas province.

Sources: https://www.bucaneroscorcovadotour.com/en/restaurant