Restaurants in Tortuguero National Park
Most visitors take all their meals, as part of a package, at their hotel. The town has a couple of simple sodas (diners) and restaurants. The best of these are Miss Junie's (tel. 2709-8102) and Donde Richard (tel. 8870-8634).
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Budda Café
With an appropriately Zen atmosphere of canal-front outdoor seating—try and grab one of the tables on the over-the-water deck—this happy cafe has been in business for years, drawing locals, volunteers, and tourists who aren’t eating all three meals at their lodge. The food is rather…$$Around Town - International
El Patio
Perched on a second floor palapa overlooking the canal, breezy spot has the best view in town. The menu is a mix of Afro-Caribbean favorites like pollo en coco (chicken stewed in coconut milk) and grilled fish with fried plantains plus a short list of cocktails and beers. They also…$$Around Town - International
Taylor’s Place
Set in an open-air palapa attached to a small guesthouse, Taylor’s Place has just a small menu serving a mix of Afro-Caribbean and international classics. Think steak in tamarind sauce or grilled fish with yuca. It’s on a side street, off the main road, near the center of town.$$Around Town

