Costa Rica Restaurant

Very nice place. The food is incredible. I really enjoy the place. Live music everyday after 9 pm.

Was, our first time here. Waitress amazing! Omg the live group, the music!! Oh and karaoke, but the band! They play, as if , a live famous concert! As they should be! Famous! My, daughter, son, myself. Had an amazing time! We only ordered empanadas. Very bland 😞. Next time, we’ll try something different. Moving soon, but wish we’d known about this place, we’d come more often. Worth the two hour drive. We’ll be back .,

🇨🇷 COSTA RICA (via Eat the World Los Angeles) - A couple wall-mounted surfboard advertisements for Cerveza Imperial combine with Costa Rican flags on just about every surface to show off the pride of the place. The restaurant and the people that run it take their job as a community hub very seriously, and customers all appreciate this very much. On any given night, it seems like everyone that comes for a drink or a meal is one big family and know each other well.

First time coming here. Brought my mother for her birthday and the waitress rushed us to eat and get out. The waitress insisted a for a tip. I have never experienced something like this.

This place is a good place to come to dance and meet people. The food I don't recommend, music is good and people that comes here are nice

Honestly this place was pretty ghetto, the parking lot was full at night. The venue itself was really small and you have to pay to get in. The service was also pretty bad. But I’m not gonna lie, I actually had a fun time here, maybe it was my group, but it was definitely one of those whole in the wall place. You would have to just try. Overall all experience was decent.

Friendly people, fun show, and open dancing for all. Had a great time!

Ok place for elders, salsa bachata and more, food is reasonable service and atmosphere is good.

The gallo pinto and yuca frita were the best I've had, even in Costa Rica. Great, welcoming family ambiance and a gracious owner. Supportive karaoke patrons where everyone is just having a good time regardless of ability. Will definitely be back!

The food was not good i spent $400 and they still did not want to give me water which is such a basic need besides other drinks etc. the waiter was super rude not sure what her name was but was super rude when I asked for water.

Great people snd good musicians .. great This is a Live Music event every Fri/Sat Also Karaoke fun

Good food, We went with the family and kids and had lots of fun. They have Karaoke night and a dance floor. The service was amazing too, everyone welcomed us and make us feel special. Can wait to go back again.

Food service and Live music was awesome. Lovely place to eat and party at the same time

No es lo que yo esperaba!! No me gusto el ambiente, ni el lugar ni la comida..el personal si fue amable

The food is no Bueno, I came here on a Saturday to dance with the family the vibe is really good but the food is not good they have to spicy it up a bit. the service is very slow they ah e to hire more chefs to cook we waited for 1 H.R. for our food to be ready. La comida no tiene sabor no está nada bueno. El ambiente para bailar los Sábados si está bien.Pero la comida tienen que cambiar. El servicio es muy despacio tuve que esperar 1 hora para que me sirvan la comida deberían de contratar a otro chef par que cocine pq no tienen mucha ayuda y es muy lento para que sirvan la comida Las meseras son amaba les pero no conviene esperar 1 hora por la comida si no está nada bueno no tiene nada de sabor. Otro día ya se que ay que comer antes de venir a bailar aquí la música si está buena aunque deberían de bajar un poco la música casi quedo sorda jajajaha

Nice food, yucca with pork, Nice live music, excellent salsa dancers. Nice people. Crowded environment with excellent dancers. Thank you.

I think they need to renovate this place and make it more Costa Rican. I am happy there's a Costa Rican restaurant but it didn't feel like the ones over there.

This place was fun, never even knew a place like this existed. Unfortunately, I didn't get to try the food, but the ambiance was great. Fun, fun. FUN!!!

De solamente el nombre,es más mexicano qué otra cosa. Estuve ahí anteriormente,una de ellas para año nuevo y no quedé convidado de volver ,viajando desde San Fernando Valley.Imaginen food was serve in paper plates,very few choices.Looking in their menu today everything appears more appealing,got into their website to check prices,but never was able to connect,so bye ,bye,perhaps better wait to my next trip to

Mostly regulars on a Friday night!! They play some fan favorites and before Karaoke ends they hog a lot the mic. A fight broke out while we were there and I believe it was with a woman named "Elsa". It took 5 men to escort a little man out, we couldn't leave as the door was barricaded. The dinning was pressured and it was slow. There is a 15 dollar entrance fee for the music. The food was not that great, We have the appetizer which was meh okay, the tacos were drenched in lettuce and the tacos tico were drenched in thousand island sauce. The bistec was better than the rest of the dishes.

Stopped by this place on a Saturday night, during a company Christmas party. And it was awesome. They had live music band that played cumbia , salsa and merengue. We were politely greeted at the door by the owner and received a vip table in the front of the dance floor. We were a party of seven, and they did not have any problems seating us. We also tried the platano Fritos con crema, which was amazing. Thank you Elise for making our evening amazing!

$20 coverage if you're trying to dance and have dinner. That $20 just covers you and your date to come in, you also have to order food or drinks. I think the $20 is for weekends and Fridays only. They have a live band and DJ, with the dance floor open to dance. I honestly think it's well worth the $20 if you're into dancing Cumbia, Salas, bachata, etc. Most of the crowd is older married adults who just love dancing. You don't have to worry about seeing someone "drop it to the floor" or "twerk" their way to the dance floor. This is a classy place where you can vibe with the band and just listen, or dance the night away with your date. This place is definitely our go-to spot when me and the lady feel like dancing. We don't have to worry about the "young shenanigans" like at other places around the OC. The only problem I have is that if you don't feel hungry or don't want to drink alcohol, they will charge you $5 for a Costco water bottle. I guess a part of that goes to the occupying of the table. Oh well, the other stuff definitely out weighs everything else.

The food was not memorable. Maybe the last two years of COVID hurt them. I'll never know. Visited once with friends and i don't think we'll be returning. I wish them the best.

This is the 3rd time I come with my family to this restaurant and they continue to let us down. 1. The first time we celebrated a birthday party and they made us wait a long time to order food and the service from the waitress wasn't that good. 2. Second time, we came to celebrated my moms birthday and although they food and service was better they still took long to serve us and check in. 3. Today, we brought my dad since we thought he could enjoy a nice meal and hear live music. Unfortunately, all of our expectations were not to standard and the restaurant owner even failed to admit they messed up. We waited 1 1/2hrs to order our food and when we kept asking, the owner came to say her (only) cook had left mid service because she didn't feel good (none of this was communicated to us). We waited a little longer and we had ordered 3 steaks and 1 shrimp plate with a couple appetizers. When we finally received our food, the meat was cold, rubbery and tasteless. Again, the owner was avoiding us and when we told her we were only paying for one of the plates she failed to accept she & staff failed to meet basic dinner needs and she just said she'd take it off the bill (which wasn't the point). In the end, we asked for water and she never said bottled water was all they were serving. Turns out each water is $4. Wow. Won't be coming back.

Muy mal servicio solo iba a comer y querían que pagara por la entrada o si solo comía que terminara de comer y que nos fuéramos rápido la comida muy mala no recomiendo

Very rude manager or owner on the night of 4/13. I was not informed of the cover charge when I had called earlier. My family drove all the way from Temecula! I expressed my concerns to the manager/owner, and she blew me off! I received no apology for the lack of communication. Also, they had confirmed over the phone, when I was making a reservation, that kids were allowed inside; but did NOT mention they were not allowed to dance. What kind of place are they running?! How can you say "family-friendly" but kids are not allowed on the dance floor?! The "family-friendly" is a scam. Also, the waitress told us "if I knew you guys were not going to order food I wouldn't have brought you the chips and salsa." Very poor service. There are better places than this. The one star is for the band.

Family oriented nice little place .. Weekends has great Latin music Older crowd and awesome people

Came here for the first time this week to meet up with friends. They were offering a salsa dance class that you could take for $5. We didn't do it but it seemed popular. During the class it there was no music or anything so the background noise was the instructor. After the class it turns into a salsa club with way to loud of music. We ordered food and for the 7 of us it took at least 45mins to get it and the food didn't come out together. Between the first plate and the last plate coming out it was at least another 30mins. I had a cocktail which was fine, no complaints, everyone else had beer. I just had the fried cheese which was good. If your here for dancing and drinks it could be a good place to hang out but for dinner I wouldn't recommend

Que vergüenza tener q escribir esto! Pero también sería un crimen no escribirlo. Primero este lugar ay q veer q sean ticos en verdad. Porq ningún tico con orgullo tendría este lugar como lo tiene esta gente. La comida terrible ! La decoración terrible el ambiente es un ambiente triste feo escueto y sin gusto. Lastima porq los TICOS somos muy orgullosos de donde somos. Y este lugar no representa nada de cómo somos . Creo a los dueños tienen q invertir y tener el orgullo de q es un lugar de ticos para ticos. Q tristeza. Y veer un partido ahí es terrible y triste. La pantalla una tele de 20 pulgadas con otra tele de projeccion que no enseña el juego en tiempo real. Lo único rico es la cerveza y ahí no la hacen por eso ! Pero por favor arreglen el lugar el ambiente oscuro feo sin gusto. No es para Ofender, porq creo q no soy la única persona en decir algo. Pero ay que hablar hacer algo porq este lugar es una representación de ticos MALÍSIMA !!!

Overly priced in all aspects. They charge a $10 fee to come dance or dine. We were a party of 6 so just entree was $60. Fountain drinks are 4.50!!! small water bottle $4! What the fudge not even Disney is that expensive. Food reasonable price portions are normal taste is very basic. Live band is nice and smooth Dj is pretty upbeat, service was good but what the restaurant has to offer for what each of us paid is not worth supporting this business. They have a different norm then most restaurant. They go by them (restaurant) first then customer. Customer is always first that explains the max 40 persons on a Friday night thats including the live band and dj members! Look for other options better, dont waste your time and money.

Horrible, horrible! $10 to get in, $4.50 for a sip of Soda, not even a whole can to be honest. I could have a beer for $5 and at least get a whole drink. Food was terrible and even though the waitress tried it was still not a pleasant experience with the over priced menu. The live music and Dj were good, but honestly there is other places way better to go for that. Last time coming here. Oh and make sure not to stay too late, the waitress will ask you to move so that she can clean the table and put it away! WTF so I paid $10 to get in and I have to move because they want to close up early?

This place does not represent Costa Rican food at all. I'm super disappointed. I'm originally from Costa Rica and when I came here the food had no flavor. On top of it the drinks were watery and just overall not good. Please research the country more so it can actually be called Costa Rica restaurant. Thank you!

Food is not good. Stick to the alcohol and entertainment but eat somewhere else. Great Costa Rican atmosphere from a generation ago!

So many things to say about how dissatisfied and disappointed this place but I won't waste my time! Food is decent but not worth the time wasted to get food served, party of 16 and it took like3 hours to get everybody's food because the waitress was bringing everybody's order individually (by the order they were taken) This place's service is absolutely horrendous!!!! Don't go hungry and expect quick service because they don't know what that is! Awful awful awful service, the worst I've ever received

This place is tacky, service is super slow, old manager lady in the front was rude, came running after us to tell us there was cover charge, how about "Good evening, welcome, may i look up your reservations please?" Sheesh. I came here with my mom's co-workers and they all were unimpressed with this tacky and cheap restaurant. After an hour of waiting, we got our food and empanadas and yucca were so oily, we pressed our finger and the oil oozed out, so gross. I asked for ketchup, guess what i got...small ketchup packs from Smart n Final brand, whaaat...i mean c'mon!! Im not at a hot dog stand!! Food was bland and if u want to spend your evening with older folks attempting to break a hip while they dance, then this is the place. ONE AND DONE WITH THIS RESTAURANT.

Super expensive and the food is not good. They make you to buy $20 if you are using a credit card , otherwise you have to pay cash. Live Music is great!

This is the worst service. We were invited for a friends birthday party and it was super loud and crow no music yet. We come at around 8 and the number of chair were not right. We order drinks and 40 mins later we received them. It took 2 hour for the food to come. The rice was not well cook and most of the order were wrong. We wait it for so long and by the end we pay more than 40 for one plate one coffee one lemonade and a tamale. All beside the money we pay just to enter. When we ask the person in charge we got attitude. Most people are 40+ old and mostly go for the to dance not worth dinning in there It's expensive in here

We visited Costa Rica Restaurant because my son is doing a report on Costa Rica for school. The ladies who helped us were very friendly and patient as my son practiced speaking Spanish with them. To start, we received complimentary chips and black bean dip. It was a nice change of pace from the typical chips and salsa, though I wish the chips had been homemade. The dip was tasty and we had to be careful not to fill up too fast! We ordered the Queso Frito as a starter and I'm so glad we did! It was by far my favorite dish of the evening. It was warm, salty, and delicious. I need this in my life on a regular basis now. For our main course, we ordered Gallo Pinto, Casado Bistec, and Bistec Encebollada. I also tried a Guaro Sour, which was tasty, though not very potent. We all enjoyed our dishes and I thought the rice and beans had much more flavor than I'm used to. The red and green bell peppers gave it a little something extra. For dessert, we tried a Granizado. It was much better than I expected and a perfect way to end the night. Just as a word of caution, do not go here if you are in a rush. This is definitely a restaurant where you need to give yourself a couple of hours if you're going to have appetizers through dessert. We weren't in a rush, so it was fine for us. We got there early, about 5:00 on a Saturday, so we didn't mind the slow pace and had a nice time chatting with each other. It's a quirky, little place I'd recommend if you're looking for a new cuisine to try!

Wow. I have never been to a worst "Restaurant" in my life. Shady and The place is disgusting with 80s dirty decor. I ordered two empanadas and a Red snapper for dinner. First it took way to long to get two tortillas fried in greasy meat.It was not an empanada. One bite waste of money. They I received my supposibly Red snapper like it stated on the menu. But come to behold it was just dirty Telapia. I asked waitness and she flat out lied in my face sayng the box said that whn she checked. I said no bring the manager. SMH. Manager comes and says oh yeah it just white fish not Red Snapper. My wifes meal was disguating also so I said Im sorry but we are not satified and your waitress Lied.Never again. Avoid!

Terrible service Only 1 free water. Gotta pay for bottle after freebie. I walked to liquor store for Gatorade n was followed by manager. Making sure I didn't bring outside drinks in. Lol Great music Best advice is to roll up with a flask. ; )

I absolutely love to come to this restaurant as it fully immerses you in all things Costa Rican! It has great ambience with tropical decorations all around and beautiful details in all of the furniture and decor. It's very old school but festive! The food is yummy and the music is even better! They have live music some weekend nights but Saturday is the best for dancing! It has a more mixed crowd where Friday is a little older and lots of couples. They play salsa, cumbia and bachata. So fun and authentic, old school place!

Homey, low-key, freindly environment. The Costa Rican vibe is authentic here. VERY casual. Fun place for dancing. Mixed Latin on Fridays and Sarturdays, (cumbia, merengue, boleros). Happening Salsa scene on Wednesdays with a DJ and dance lessons with professional instructors. My favorite dishes are the pescado en salsa and hot patacones (fried plaintains simlar to tostones from Puerto Rico).

Our family group had a wonderful time; we celebrated my 64th birthday. My parents are from Costa Rica and had never been here before so I was hoping that the food was going to be good, and it was. The waitress was very professional and kind. We would like to go back again.

Once a year my family gets together for some authentic CostaRican food and to celebrate birthdays for the month of December. We've visited this place 4 years in a row. Food, service, music and overall experience is always nice. Last year (2019) was the total opposite. It was understandable that there was only one server but there was only one group of people at the restaurant at that time (8pm). The waitress forgot drinks, brought a pitcher of TAP water out to our tables. Mold was around the rim of the pitcher and the cups smelled like a wet rag. After placing our orders the food came out about 40mins to an hour later. My plate never came out. The lady offered to place my order but everyone was almost finished with their food. After a while she offered me a free drink from the bar area. I took it but was not feeling it at that point. Food was all rated about a 3-4/10. We will go back the end of this year because we know this place is capable of doing a way better job. (Will see if I can find pictures)

this place has good drinks along with the best live music! Greeted super friendly right when you walk in! Super cool place filled with such good vibes! The band plays the perfect mix of music! Can't wait to go this weekend!

Had a celebration for my mom's 75th a few years ago. They made our food by request whatever I wanted that was Costa Rican food. Everything was great. It doesn't come off as a Costa Rican restaurant its more of a night club w Latin food. I would probably go again but I would call ahead to make sure they could accommodate our requests. The owner was nice to us but nothing like the Costa Rican restaurant back in the day when I was a teenager. Don't remember where it was located. Plenty of parking since it was in a plaza. Had a great time all 16 of us. All Costa Rican's at my table so we have fun wherever we go.

3 Stars probably isn't a fair rating for this place. When me and my cousins went there it was not long after our actual Costa Rica trip. And this place wasn't anything like Costa Rica itself. For now I'll keep it at 3 stars and try it again later

This restaurant is the only Costa Rican restaurant in the entire LA/Orange county area and because it doesn't have any competence it's not that good, most of the food(arroz con pollo/camarones) doesn't have enough flavor, they need to change some things in that restaurant to make it better

Not a good place to eat... yet it's a good place to dance with the music. Bad service

A warm, friendly and welcoming restaurant. Gets quite lively with a live band or multiscreens during soccer season. I am still enjoying this mountain of arroz con pollo!

Worst customer service!!!!! My boyfriend and I wanted to order to go on a Saturday night. the lady in the front was VERY RUDE. While waiting upfront of the door for a friend. Owner was yelling at a different customer . it's a restaurant and you expect to be able to eat. Ridiculous price to go in $15.

Ok it kills me to give only three stars since I'm Costa Rican, but I have to be truthful. I was so excited to finally find a Costa Rican restaurant, and trust me that's not easy to do as I've been to many states and have never been able to find one. It's not as main stream as Puerto Rican or Mexican food. Anyway, when I did finally stop by it was pretty bland so I'm hoping it was an off night. I've found they are more popular for their bar and small dance floor than their food. I was the only table there so service was pretty quick. I ordered a casado, a tamale, and patacones/ tostones (having missed this food I wanted to try it all). If you eat here please don't be biased or turned off from Costa Rican food!! This is possibly the worst interpretation of our native food I've ever tried. The only decent thing were the patacones, which is a mashed plantain slice that's fried. The food was not as fresh as it could've been, and I'm really doubting that the person doing the actual cooking knew what they were doing. Bottom line, I would be embarrassed to have their poor food quality associated with such a beautiful country. It seems like a great place to stop by for a drink tho... And it's really cheap. (Just to correct a previous review, the water is free...duh)

I hate to do this... I really wanted to like the place, but it was really blah. I do geologic research in Costa Rica and have spent many a field season there in various parts of the country (Valle Central, Nicoya, Pacific coast). I've eaten many a meal in the country and at real restaurants, not tourist ones. Costa Rican food is rather simple, dare I say not very creative, but tastes great when prepared properly. My friend and I showed up at 6pm on a Friday night. No one was there, no one at the door, no one in the restaurant. We wandered in a bit, said 'hello' a couple times, and eventually a nice lady came out, said hi, and seated us (after she turned the lights on in the place). Everything says they open at 5... I guess the day was slow. The decor is a bit Costa Rican, containing all the standard things you'll see in the touristy areas of the country. Above the entrance is a wall full of bottles and containers of Costa Rican food stuffs such as beers and sauces. The food here is just blah. I got the beef casado, friend had it with chicken, and we shared the patacones. The patacones were meh and not too flavorful, the casado was also meh. The meats in particular were not simple seasoned pieces of meat like I'm used to from Costa Rica, but instead were stewed with a tomato sauce. Pretty unexpected, and downright blah. To drink, I was hopeful they had Pilsen (one of the 'other' beers from Costa Rica) since they had bottles of it on the wall... and alas, they did not. I got the standard Imperial instead. It wasn't that cold. Sodas were also had by both, they were badly mixed (ratios off) and semi flat. After the meal, I had hoped to at least enjoy a couple shots of guaro (aka gasoline hehe) and when I asked if they had any (since there were bottles of it on the display wall), she didn't know what I was asking for. So, a lot of fails... any place that claims to be Costa Rican and have a bar should have guaro let alone know what it is. Service was very nice, but slow and pretty bad (food took forever, drink refills were nonexistent, and getting the check took forever) . The food, meh, and the price was a tad high. I'm sad this place could not be better... but oh well. Perhaps other dishes on the menu are good, but I figured I should judge it by the casado so I played it safe. At least the Lizano was good. Now, the place was dead when we showed up, but from other reviews it seems like this place becomes pretty hot on the dance floor late night. Perhaps it is a great salsa hall... but restaurant... nah.

This place is family owned, in the corner of a shopping plaza. I went there on a Thursday night, which was salsa night. There was a dance instructor and a live band and a group of at least 20 who was learning salsa. It was so cute, there were like these two old white guys who were actually pretty good. So cute. So as we ate, we watched them dance. It was a pretty good place, good atmosphere. The food was ok. I got the Costa Rican style steak that was a thin piece of steak, not too much flavor (had to sqeeze alot of lime on it) and kind of tough. It came with plantains...mmmmm white rice and beans, the beans which I passed on....I hate beans. My friend got the shrimp and arroz and they were pretty skimpy on the shrimp and they were really small but the arroz was flavorful. It was cute place, something different. Next time, Im' bringing my dancing shoes. :)

Samara Beach, Franks Restaurant. Beware of this business and the deceitful exchange rates. The prices are in colones but the visa machine is in US dollars. He could give you a good exchange rate but doesn't.

Great food. I love the ambiance. They usually have a band playing playing on Saturday nights and they show Costa Rican soccer games when there is a big game on. I'm half-Costa Rican from my Mother's side so I enjoy being around a Costa Rican community.

I didn't eat here, but only came for the late night music and dancing portion. It didn't really start getting busy till after 10, like a normal club. They do have a full bar and full on restaurant menu. I don't know how much anything costs but I can tell you about the atmosphere. Super throwback 90's old school status. Popcorn low ceilings and a mirrored disco ball. (Ok, maybe back to some 70's status, whatever I can't remember that far.) Anyways, all of that gives this little place character though, and it started growing on me. Music seemed quite authentic, and there were tons of people getting their groove on. I was the youngest one there at 24, but I surely enjoyed watching old folks rekindling their passion together on the dance floor. Some of them have got quite the moves too. Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Cuban, some other super ethnic stuff I've never seen before. For a majority of the portion I was there they had live music, then it switched to a DJ. This place definitely has a more upscale vibe. No one's really going here to pick up on someone, there were mostly couples and groups just wanting to let loose and let their latin out. All in all I enjoyed myself, and if you want to throw some culture in your life (which I suggest you do), go here! Thanks to this place I'm really itching for some Caribbean fun now.