Arenas Del Mar features two gourmet restaurants famous for their use of seasonal ingredients and local foods featuring Costa Rican Cuisine with an international flavor. The more formal restaurant El Mirador hangs over the Espadilla Beach with its white sand beaches and the sparkling Pacific Ocean and overlooks the spectacular Manuel Antonio National Park. Gorgeous sunsets can be enjoyed along with fantastic fresh lobster, squid, sea bass, and other delicacies at this authentic Costa Rican fusion restaurant.

Breakfast Whenever you chose to enjoy your breakfast you can look forward to fresh fruits with home - made granola and a bakery basket brimming with a freshly baked display of assorted muffins and breads. The menu includes eggs cooked to your liking along with other tempting dishes including; Corn chorreadas, Costa Rican savory corn pancakes served with sour cream, Vegetable or Chicken Tamales made from corn and filled with sautéed vegetables or chicken and served on plantain leaves, Gallo Pinto (rice and beans), a typical Costa Rican breakfast including homemade corn tortillas and Tico farmer’s cheese, satisfying your hunger as you enjoy the sounds of the rainforest and the waves below.

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Lunch The restaurant offers a completely new lunch experience: you can partake in authentic Costa Rican family style meals, a host of natural drinks made from fresh fruit; Agua de Sapo –a refreshing lime and ginger drink, Tamarindo, Horchata and Resbaladera (hearty drinks based in milk, rice and spices) and Mangospacho, a chilled delight of diced mango, papaya, jalapeño, cucumber, avocado, cilantro, lime & tomato. Enjoy the famous Casado (literally means married) which offers fish or chicken, rice and beans, served with home made tortillas, fried plantain and a picadillo (a chopped native vegetable dish with spices). Each day our pastry chef will surprise you with his selection of pastries, pies, rice pudding, caramel flan and tropical tortes of your choice.

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Dinner At Dinner we will offer you a fascinating menu with the most representative dishes of regional cuisine infused with flavors and techniques from Costa Rica. Our chef’s philosophy is simplicity with a twist, using authentic Costa Rican recipes and local ingredients in an extensive collection of delicious and innovate dishes. Our most popular signature dishes include our lobster & shrimp salad served with Tostones Fritos (fried green plantain), Jerk Chicken filled with Spinach, plantain and bacon Served with black eye peas and julienne root vegetables, Herb-Crusted Mero(grouper) with a Pineapple Cilantro Relish served with farm fresh vegetables and the famous Caribbean rice and beans. We also offer an excellent range of vegetarian options whether you choose from seasonal roasted vegetables or curried spinach and Ñame casserole. And if you have room for dessert; then you should try Teri’s favorite flourless chocolate cake.

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Bar. Our bar menu includes have a great variety of natural and Costa Rican style drinks such as Horchata made with rice, milk, cinnamon and peanuts or a refreshing Agua de Sapo that combines the flavors of lime, ginger and cane syrup. And nothing satisfies your thirst better than our Guaro Mojito prepared with Aguardiente, typical Costa Rican liquor made with sugarcane. If you want a non-alcoholic cocktail please ask for our Mango Lasse that combines the best mango, almonds, vanilla and fresh coconut water.

Aside from our extensive New World wine selection from Argentina and Chile you also can enjoy the sunset sipping a delicious espresso or cappuccino made with the best organic shade grown coffee from Finca Rosa Blanca in Santa Bárbara, Heredia. Our bartenders will be waiting to serve you with their characteristic Tico enthusiasm.

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Playita Snack Bar is surrounded by beauty and diversity; nature, the sand and the sea. Located next to Arenas del Mar’s secluded white sand beach, Playita Snack Bar is where our guests will choose their favorite drink or cocktail of the day and enjoy the sound of the waves and the sea breezes. We offer light but elegant foods such as chipotle lime and bacon- grilled shrimp wrap in spinach-herb tortilla, fresh salsa with green plantains chips, sweet potatoes and yucca chips, quesadillas, roasted vegetables, sandwiches/ We also serve freshly baked pastries with wonderful Costa Rican flavors such as Lemon coconut bars, cashew cookies, Pineapple, mango and papaya squares. You will able to dine and drink steps away from one of the world’s most spectacular beaches, Playitas, surrounded by rain forests with white faced monkeys chattering next to baritone Howler monkeys bellowing and above, sloth lazing in the tress.

Playitas Snack Bar also offers a great variety of tropical drinks as the Margarita Mango that perfectly combines the flavors of Tequila, Cointreau and mango, national beers, wines and the best cappuccinos or espressos to be enjoyed just a few short steps from the white sand beach

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Room Service

You will find an extensive Room Service Menuat Arenas del Mar, catering to your every desire. You can choose from appetizers, entrees, snacks, specialty coffees,a selection of teas and sand desserts all of which you can enjoy in the comfort of your private guest room or suite. Room service beverages include several featured wines, beer & liqueur along with mixer and soft drinks.

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Let us help you relax even more by taking care of your dinner plans while staying at Arenas Del Mar. We would like to offer you the "Dinner Included" option which includes a gourmet seasonal three course dinner at El Mirador Restaurant, with our famous Chef Dixon. For only $60 per day per adult or $30 per day per child (taxes and service charges included) we offer you a choice of salad or soup of the day and main entrée and we present you with one of our magnificent desserts as a gift. Reserve now to hold your table and ensure that Chef Dixon will share his culinary secrets with you.

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Manuel Antonio Hotel, Costa Rica
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