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Restaurante Lochito's

Sodas & Local Food · Guanacaste · Lunch and dinner

Casual local restaurant a few minutes' drive from Playa Junquillal, the go-to for fresh-caught fish and Tico casados on this quiet stretch of coast.

Dishes to try

fresh fish of the day · casado · seafood

Prices (as published)

Main dishesabout $10-18

Contact & directions

Secret spots nearby

  • Playa JunquillalBeach · Free · hidden gemThree kilometers of nearly empty sand with low-tide rock pools and a community-run sea turtle hatchery — Guanacaste the way it looked decades ago.
  • Playa Blanca (Junquillal)Beach · Free · hidden gemA hidden white-sand cove just north of Playa Junquillal, a rare white-sand beach on this coast.
  • Playa Blanca ViewpointViewpoint · hidden gemA viewpoint near Veintisiete de Abril, Guanacaste province.
  • Playa CallejonesBeach · Free · hidden gemA rocky, roughly 800-meter beach by a small fishing village between Paraíso and Playa Negra, with the sand covered in spiral shells.
  • Playa Negra (Los Pargos)Beach · FreeA legendary right-hand reef wave over dark volcanic rock — even if you don't surf, it's a great place to watch barrels peel past from the shore.
  • Playa Surco de PiedraBeach · Free · hidden gemA quiet dark-brown sand beach south of Junquillal, with shade trees along the back and a moderate slope into the sea.