Vista Mar (Tárcoles)
Food & Coffee · Jacó & Herradura · Grilled fish and seafood
Seafood restaurant on a bluff above the Costanera with ocean views and a tunnel that leads down to the beach. Grilled sea bass and fresh seafood get the praise, with quick service and big portions.
- Hours
- Mon-Sun 11:00-22:00 (Google listing)
- Ratings
- 4.5 on Google (873) · 4.5 on Tripadvisor (161)
Dishes to try
corvina a la plancha · mariscos frescos · ceviche · casado de pescado
Contact & directions
- Phone: +506 8609 1796
- Location: 9.744017, -84.630384 — 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.
- 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 BochincheBeach · Free · hidden gemA small, almost empty beach just north of Playa Agujas, on the quiet stretch between Punta Leona and Tárcoles.
- 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.
- Playa Azul & Tárcoles River MouthNature spot · Free · hidden gemWhere the Tárcoles River pours into the Gulf of Nicoya: a wide estuary beach with flocks of gulls, pelicans and frigatebirds, fishing boats, and at dusk, pairs of scarlet macaws flying out to roost in the mangroves.