Nicoya Paella
Dinner
Costa Rican cuisine made of fresh, organic, local ingredients, sparked with mesoamerican and topical inspirations.
5:00PM - 9:00PM
Tax is included in final price
(13% sales tax & 10% service tax)
Starters
$15.00
Tartar de Los Santos
Tomato and pecan paste, mixed with fresh tomato, tomato water, criollo apple, and cold uchuva sauce yolk, served with focaccia bread.
$15.00
$14.00
Croqueta de Gallina Achiotada
Delicious achiotada chicken croquette, covered in crispy corn, served with a cold criollo sauce and culantro coyote gel.
$14.00
$20.00
Coyote Chicharrón
Crispy culantro coyote chicharrón, served with ancho chili mayo, diced red onion, ají and rubbed aged tuna.
$20.00
$12.00
Tongue Molotes and Mole
Pujagua corn molotes stuffed with beef tongue in sauce, served over seasoned ayote mole.
$12.00
$8.00
Pionono
Ripe plantain stuffed with aged Turrialba cheese, Bagaces cheese, and roasted pickled cabbage.
$8.00
$14.00
Lobster Mogambitos
Fried lobster pieces seasoned Caribbean-style, served over green banana ceviche.
$14.00
$12.00
Chancleta
Chayote stuffed with blue cheese, tapa dulce, and cinnamon.
$12.00
Main Courses
$32.00
Paella Nicoyana
Corn rice with chicken, clams, mussels, and shrimp from the Gulf of Nicoya, sautéed in butter, garlic, and white wine.
$32.00
$37.00
Mahi and Chucheca Risotto
Chucheca and squid ink risotto, with cocoro and white chayote, served with a buttered dorado fillet.
$37.00
$22.00
Tamal
Nezquesado tamal dough stuffed with baby back pork ribs roasted in plantain leaves, glazed with cane honey and served with confit carrots.
$22.00
$48.00
Lamb Vigorón
Lamb rib chicharrones and pork skin, served with fried yuca, pickled cabbage, pico de gallo, and dried sweet pepper sauce.
$48.00
$33.00
Lovers Picadillo
Empanada filled with green papaya picadillo, with creamy pejibaye sauce and banana vinegar-glazed octopus.
$33.00
$28.00
Bistek Encebollado y Arroz con Siempre
Creamy chicken rice, served with grilled beef tenderloin and roasted onions, accompanied by roasted pico de gallo.
$28.00
$20.00
Rondón Pargo
Creamy seafood rondón sauce, tiquisque and poached green plantain, served with pickled chilera and grilled red snapper.
$20.00
$17.00
Tortellones
Tortellones stuffed with mashed ripe plantain and goat cheese, served with homemade tomato sauce.
$17.00
$25.00
Gnocchi de Tacaco
Grilled skirt steak, tacaco gnocchi in a creamy Costa Rican sauce (house-made Lizano), topped with grilled skirt steak and crushed cashew seeds.
$25.00
$15.00
Almuercitos
Cabbage rolls stuffed with crimini mushrooms and chicasquil, with Asian-influenced beet sauce.
$15.00
Tax is included in final price
(13% sales tax & 10% service tax)
~ Special Offers ~
$125.00 per person
Huacas Tasting Menu
Bite size tasting of our most popular menu items.
$125.00 per person
This menu is an authentic tasting of the traditional Costa Rican dishes presented in the Nicoa Kitchen in the Jungle Lounge. (If you’re not familiar with a Blue Zone ask us).
Blue Zone Tasting Menu
Available by advance reservation only.
This menu is an authentic tasting of the traditional Costa Rican dishes presented in the Nicoa Kitchen in the Jungle Lounge. (If you’re not familiar with a Blue Zone ask us).
$150.00 per person
$150.00 per person
Cooking class of Costa Rican cuisine sampling, includes a glass of wine or cocktail.
Private cooking class with our Chef Valerios
Available by advance reservation only.
Cooking class of Costa Rican cuisine sampling, includes a glass of wine or cocktail.
$150.00 per person
$150.00 per person
Seasonal Ice Cream
Desserts
$12.00
All desserts are
$12.00
Doña Jenny
Praliné of cacao nibs, banana in syrup, mezcal foam, dulce de leche, and natilla ice cream.
Prestiñoles
Fried dough soaked in cane honey, filled with creamy pecorino cheese and served with salted tapa dulce ice cream.
Sabor a Nicoya
Corn and white chocolate namelaka, with smoked Bagaces cheese, toasted corn crumble, and dried chile congo.
Pejibaye Dulce
Pejibaye flan, with caramel and pejibaye chips dusted with sugar and cinnamon.
Guayabita
Chocolate shell filled with vegan pink guava Chantilly, featuring a liquid guava jelly core. Served on a bed of candied and crushed peanuts.
All ice creams are $8.00
~~ Home made ice cream ~~
All ice creams are $8.00
Chiverre Veteado
Sweet pumpkin ice cream
Natilla
Traditional sour cream ice cream.
Talamanca Chocolate
Talamanca chocolate ice cream with cacao nibs.
Fresas del Poás
Fresh strawberry ice cream from the Poás area.
Café por la Tarde
Coffee ice cream with cookie crumbles.
Fresco de Cas
Cas sorbet.
Tapa Dulce Salty
Salty tapa dulce ice cream.
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