Tilapias El Pavon - Ciudad Cortes

We had such a good time here! My husband, adult son daughter her husband came here for lunch. Firstly, the grounds are absolutely beautiful, don’t miss the towering Ceiba tree...it’s beauty majesty gave me goose bumps. The tico food was great we all enjoyed our dishes...rice w shrimp, fried whole tilapia, tilapia filet...but there was one hilarious exception. My daughter saw “fish slides” on the menu thought it was a typo for “sliders”. She asked the sweet young server, who spoke almost no English, if it was a sandwich, she said no. She made a slicing gesture with her hands, we thought that meant fish sticks, so my daughter ordered that. The look of horror on her face when she was presented with a plate of fried fish heads was priceless. For those of us brave enough to try them, they were quite tasty! And fortunately the portions of other food were large, we were able to provide her w plenty of lunch...no fish heads for her!

This place charges WAY too much. The food was just OK and that isn’t even considering that my entire family got diarrhea after eating this food. Our bill was like $50! For lunch, 2 people and a child! Absurd. Pay the 1000 colones to see the falls and get lunch at Terraba after.

The menu is as small as the choices. The service is slow and inattentive. When we claimed that the portions are to small, they brought additional fries. And charged 12$ for that. For a small meal with drinks for two people the bill was 48$. Even if the portions were adequate, this place is totally overpriced. Do not trust the local recommendations from the manager of Rio tico Lodge.

The waterfall and gardens are awesome enough but this place also farms tilapia, has cabinas to rent, protects a tree that is over 200 years old, and has a bar/restaurant. I really enjoyed the easy walk around the place. Even petted a few horses and talked to geese.

We ate here because we were staying at Rio Tico next door and there are few dining options near by. This restaurant farm there on fish on site. Meal was OK typical of a Soda simple fish rice and salad. We each had small glass of wine each and the bill came to a staggering 52 USD. we could check the price as they don't have menu's.