Soda, Costa Rican home cooking
El Arenal Soda
El Arenal village, Arenal Volcano National Park gateway · La Fortuna
🍽 Soda, Costa Rican home cooking📍 El Arenal village, Arenal Volcano National Park gateway🇨🇷 La Fortuna
Why eat here
Family sodas at the park gate cook the food hikers and drivers actually eat: rice and beans, fried plantain and strong black coffee.
Good to know
Breakfast before entering the park is cheapest here; kitchens close mid afternoon and the last bus back to town passes around 18:00.
More restaurants in La Fortuna
Don Rufino
La Fortuna's best known restaurant, a relaxed town centre room serving steaks, fresh lake fish and creative Tico plates under warm light.
El Novillo del Arenal
A no frills steakhouse popular with locals, where thick cuts sizzle over charcoal and set menus stretch a traveller's budget nicely.
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