Restaurants /Bars

Restaurants and Bars

The buzzing beach village of Santa Teresa now counts with a staggering choice of 56 restaurants and bars! In Mal Pais there are another 6 places for dining or lounging. In low season however many places are closed.

Mal Pais Restaurants
Restaurants are listed in a South to North direction
Ordered by location: From Mal Pais Center to Playa Carmen
Mary's	Restaurant	Casual Fine Dining	Street	Evening	$$
Papaya	Restaurant	International Fare	Oceanview	Evening	$$$
Rancho Escondido	Restaurant	Costa Rican	Beachfront	All day	$
Vista de Olas	Restaurant /Lounge	BBQ Specialties	Oceanview	Evening	$$$
Surf Camp	Restaurant /Bar	American-style	Patio	All Day	$$
Tropico Latino	Restaurant	Italian	Street	Evening	$$

Santa Teresa Restaurants: Playa Carmen
Ordered by location: From El Cruze to the Soccer Field
Playa Carmen	Restaurant	Italian	Beachfront	All Day	$$$
Cocoloco	Lounge /Disco	Music and Events	Beachfront	Evening	$$
Frank's Place	Restaurant	Costa Rican	Patio	All Day	$$
Las Olas	Restaurant /Bar	Seafood	Patio	Evening	$$
Artemis	Bistro /Lounge	Pastry and Snacks	Patio	All day	$$
Dulces Sabores	Ice Cream Shop	Italian Ice Cream	Patio	Day	$$
Product ©	Bistro	Fish Market and Lunch	Patio	Day	$$
Umi Sushi	Bistro	Sushi Bar	Patio	Day	$$
Da Monkey	Bar	Sports Bar and Snacks	Street	Evening	$$
Bakery Cafe	Café	Belgian Bakery	Street	Day	$$$
Las Piedras	Restaurant	Argentinian BBQ	Street	Evening	$$
Camaleon	Soda (what's this?)	Costa Rican	Street	All Day	$
Mi Tierra	Soda	Costa Rican	Street	All Day	$
Amistad	Soda	Costa Rican	Street	All Day	$
Pasta Basta	Restaurant/Lounge	Italian	Street	All Day	$$
Piedra Mar	Soda	Costa Rican	Patio	All Day	$
Horizon	Restaurant	Vegetarian Tea House	Oceanview	Day	$$
Brisas del Mar	Restaurant	Casual Fine Dining	Oceanview	Evening	$$
Mafra's	Café	Italian Bakery	Street	Day	$$
Zula Inn	Restaurant	East Mediterranean	Street	All day	$
Tropico Latino	Restaurant	Casual Fine Dining	Beachfront	All Day	$$$
Iguana	Lounge	Bar and Live Music	Street	Evening	$$
Amici	Restaurant	Italian	Beachfront	Evening	$$$
Mata Hambre	Soda	Costa Rican	Street	Day	$
Habanero	Restaurant	Mexican	Beachfront	Evening	$$
Zaza	Food Bar	East Mediterranean	Street	All Day	$$
Casa Zen	Restaurant	Thai-style	Patio	All day	$
Casa del Mar	Restaurant	BBQ and Italian	Street	Evening	$$
La Yunta	Soda	Costa Rican	Street	All Day	$
Ranchos Itauna	Lounge	Chill out	Beachfront	Evening	$$
Carpe Diem	Restaurant	Argentinian	Street	Evening	$$$

Santa Teresa Restaurants: Playa Santa Teresa
Ordered by location: From the Soccer Field to Playa Hermosa
El Pulpo	Restaurant	Italian	Street	Evening	$$
Fuente de Vida	Soda	Costa Rican	Street	Evening	$$
Chicken Joe's	Bistro	Chicken BBQ	Street	All day	$$
Pita	Food Bar	East Mediterranean	Street	All day	$$
Burger Rancho	Restaurant	East Mediterranean	Street	All day	$$
Pizza Tomate	Restaurant	Italian	Street	All day	$
Don Jon's	Restaurant	International Fare	Street	All day	$
Funky Monkey	Restaurant /Bar	Sushi and Snacks	Patio	Evening	$$
Zwart Cafe	Bistro	Café, Lunch and Arts	Street	Day	$$$
Olam	Café /Lounge	Health Food	Patio	Day	$$
Gumbo Limbo	Restaurant	Italian	Ocean View	Evening	$$
Ginger Cafe	Restaurant	Breakfast and Lunch	Street	Day	$
Otro Lado	Restaurant	Italian	Patio	Evening	$$
Alma	Restaurant	Fine Dining and Sushi	Patio	Evening	$$$
Kika	Restaurant /Lounge	Argentinian /Live Music	Street	Evening	$$
La Lora Amarilla	Bar /Discotheque	Live Music and Parties	Street	Evening	$
Manala	Restaurant	International Fare	Patio	Day	$$
Tiquicia	Soda	Costa Rican	Street	Day	$
Al Chile Viola	Restaurant	Casual Fine Dining	Street	Evening	$$$
Roca Mar	Lounge	Snacks	Beachfront	All day	$$
Milarepa	Restaurant	French Cuisine	Beachfront	Evening	$$$
Flor Blanca	Restaurant /Lounge	Fine Dining	Beachfront	All day	$$$
Ambrosia	Restaurant	International Fare	Street	Evening	$$
Pranamar	Restaurant	Health Cuisine	Beach	All day	$$
Koji	Restaurant	Japanese	Street	Evening	$$$
A soda is a small, simple Costa Rican restaurant, serving typical local dishes. The best deal is normally the "Casado" which includes rice, beans, salad and a serving of fish or meat.