La Casona del Cafetal (restaurant on Lake Cachí)
Food & Coffee · San José & Central Valley · Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Lakeside restaurant (part of a small hotel) on a coffee estate above Cachí reservoir, with a large covered terrace over the water and traditional Costa Rican cooking such as gallo pinto.
- Hours
- Not listed on the site or the Google listing
- Ratings
- 4.4 on Google (1,558) · 3.9 on Tripadvisor (398)
Dishes to try
gallo pinto breakfast · traditional Costa Rican plates
Contact & directions
- Website: http://www.lacasonadelcafetal.com/
- Phone: +506 2577 1414
- Location: 9.82818, -83.81125 — Google Maps · Waze
Secret spots nearby
- Embalse y Lago de CachíViewpoint · Free · hidden gemA big, calm reservoir in the Orosi valley with green hills around it and roadside lookouts over the dam and water.
- Casa del Soñador (Dreamer's House)Local shop · Free · hidden gemA fairy-tale wooden house built from coffee-plant roots and bamboo by sculptor Macedonio Quesada; his family still carves rustic figures there and sells them on the spot.
- Mirador Represa de CachíViewpoint · hidden gemA viewpoint near Santiago, in the Central Valley.
- Escalada CachiViewpoint · hidden gemA viewpoint near Santiago, in the Central Valley.
- Ruinas de UjarrásLandmark · FreeThe lime-and-stone shell of a 1690s church, one of the oldest in the country, standing in a quiet park of lawns and old trees near Lake Cachí.
- Mirador de UjarrásViewpoint · Free · hidden gemA small roadside lookout on Route 224 above the Ujarrás ruins, with a wide view down over Lake Cachí and the valley — usually with nobody else there.
Sources: http://www.lacasonadelcafetal.com/