Costa Rica: Manuel Antonio notes

[Alcachofa]

Barba Roja: truly superb mahi maji cooked in banana leaf. Returned to restaurant for this entree. Also excellent grilled red snapper filet "azteca". Decent enough cocktails.

Kapi Kapi: somewhat pricey, very good. Perfectly seared tuna entreee. DC had the steak, also good, on a bed of yummy potato and (?) puree. Highly recommend this place for a "special" night. Great atmosphere and service.

Si Como No: Most pricey of the bunch. Had a good mahi mahi, DC had mahi mahi in a different presentation of a very sweet pineapple and mango sauce. Well prepared, but not to our taste. I had the more "famous" mahi mahi entree, sorry I can't remember it exactly, but it was very good. But, since Si Como No was more expensive than other places, not really worth it, IMHO. Coconut-drizzled flan on a nutty crust was a good desert. Wine list was not totally crazy-priced, but up there.

Mamma Mia: decent enough. Good pizza by Costa Rican standards, I suppose. Very good salads.

The place across the street from the Marlin at Espadilla Beach: had lunch here, decent "casado" with chicken, nothing horrible, nothing great. I *really* wanted to go to the grilled meat woman in the stands at the beach, but we really wanted a place to sit down after hiking through the park. Our loss. I've heard from multiple sources that she serves great stuff.

El Gran Escape (Quepos): good drinks, huge decent sandwiches. Heard their tuna dinner entree was awesome, so was mildly disappointed in the well-done tuna sandwich.

Farmer's Market (Quepos): go on Friday afternoon after they set up. We went Saturday afternoon, and you could tell stuff was tired from sitting in the heat. Not really a huge selection like in other places, but it's something.