On my monthly retirement and relocation tours, my guests always ask about Costa Rica’s restaurants. I explain that Costa Rica has a full gamut of restaurants from inexpensive sodas where where the locals eat to high-end establishments which offer international and gourmet fare.

The majority of the country’s best restaurants are located in San José, Escazú and other areas of the Central Valley. However, good dinning may be found at many of the beach resorts in Northwest Costa Rica and in the Central and South Pacific. You’d be surprised where some of the country’s best restaurants are located. For example, Exotica is a little establishment in the middle of the jungle in the town of Ojochal in the South Pacific region. The French-Canadian owners prepare some of the best food you have ever tasted. During the beach portion of my monthly retirement and relocation tours I take my clients to dine at Exotica. Needless to say everyone loves the place.

The other night I had dinner with a couple of my closest friends at the Taj Mahal, the country’s outstanding Indian restaurant. The food is absolutely mouth-watering. The Taj is a high-end restaurant but worth every penny of the cost. I only go there a couple time a year on special occasions. I had a couple of friends in town from the U.S. and really wanted them to experience Costa Rica’s dining at its best.

If you are interested in Costa Rica’s restaurants, I suggest you purchase the “Tico Times Restaurant Guide to Costa Rica.” It is an informative guide featuring the restaurant and dining scenes both in San José and throughout Costa Rica. If you decide to move here you can be sure that you won’t miss he restaurants from home.