Steven Lisa's
Food & Coffee · Jacó & Herradura · Seafood and Costa Rican plates
Garden restaurant by the Tárcoles turn-off on the Costanera, with flowers around the tables and a tree where wildlife shows up. Patacones, ceviche, fish tacos and coconut shrimp in generous portions at fair prices.
Dishes to try
patacones · ceviche · tacos de pescado · camarones al coco · batidos
Contact & directions
- Location: 9.738142, -84.630342 — Google Maps · Waze
Secret spots nearby
- Playa PógeresBeach · Free · hidden gemA low-key beach between Tárcoles and Punta Leona, popular with Costa Rican families but rarely crowded, with local seafood spots nearby.
- Playa BochincheBeach · Free · hidden gemA small, almost empty beach just north of Playa Agujas, on the quiet stretch between Punta Leona and Tárcoles.
- Crocodile Statue, TárcolesLandmark · FreeA crocodile sculpture by the coastal highway at the fishing village of Tárcoles — a fun photo stop that goes with the real crocs under the Tárcoles bridge a few minutes north.
- Playa TárcolesBeach · Free · hidden gemThe beach of Tárcoles village, a short drive from the crocodile bridge and the river mouth.
- Playa AgujasBeach · Free · hidden gemA low-key village beach between Punta Leona and Tárcoles, with gentle waves, fishing boats and hardly any tourists: everything busy Jacó isn't.
- Catarata Manantial de Agua VivaWaterfall · hidden gemA waterfall near Tárcoles, Puntarenas province.