Posts Tagged ‘restaurant’

Koi Sushi Lounge Tamarindo

Friday, January 28th, 2011

Koi Sushi is situated on the main road of Tamarindo, on the third floor of a fairly new building. The entrance is a little bit awkward but the restaurant’s décor is stylish and comfy. Do not choose a seat near the window as you will have no view and extremely bright lights in your eyes.

On Mondays and Thursdays there is a special “all you can eat sushi” for $20 per person. Therefore, we went to try it out. Of course, the selection of rolls was limited but it still consisted of crab, veggie, tuna and tuna tempura rolls. You can simply ask for a plate and they place all the different sushi rolls on it or you can specify the rolls you want.

There is also a special “all you can eat sushi + alcohol drinks” for $25, including vodka, rum and other house drinks together with soft drinks if you would like. It works out well if you prefer to have a couple of drinks as one drink or cocktail is about $6 anyway.

I liked the place very much, efficient staff, quality sushi and an enjoyable atmosphere. Although there is one annoying thing in Costa Rica. Some restaurants, including Koi Sushi, in their menu do not include the 13% tax which together with a mandatory 10% service charge comes up to a quite different amount than expected. So your $40 meal for two comes to $50 before drinks  :).

Pizzeria La Baula, Tamarindo

Friday, January 21st, 2011

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Recommended by a local (tica) as the best pizza in Tamarindo, which is conveniently situated just a hundred meters away from our apartment, it was a must go and try. The pizza we ordered was crunchy, thin and tasty. If you are really hungry you might be able to have a pizza for yourself but we decided to split one and ordered a focaccia as well. The pizza costs around $8-$10, the cocktails are around $6. Apart from the lovely pizza experience, we also enjoyed the atmosphere.  The place can easily accommodate large parties too. It also seems to be great for families and for children who have a well-kept garden to run and play in.

The owner of the restaurant is surprise-surprise Italian, from Milan, who decided that it is too cold where he is from and five years ago moved to Costa Rica and opened a café. Nicely designed, this place seems to be one of the favorites in Tamarindo. So, we will be back…

 

Olive Garden

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

I finally had a chance to go to a very popular chain of American restaurants named Olive Garden. It was all packed at 12 am but we were lucky to get a table there.

I cannot say that interior impressed me though the service was definitely American style (are you still working on your food? How is everything? etc)  but pretty good. We were asked if we would like a complimentary glass of Pinot Grigio and of course noone refused.

It was the first time I saw that the restaurant is showing the amount of calories in dish in their menu and this information was surprisingly very helpful. I realized that I am not willing to get a pasta with thousands calories in it!!! Oh My God, what kind a portion is that?

We both went for a house garden salad with garlic breadsticks and one appetizer and were more than full afterwards.

I have nothing against the food quality or service but also no intention of going back either. Strange…