Bread & Chocolate — Restaurant in Cahuita

A few days before we travelled to Puerto Viejo we met someone who had visited there several times. We asked her if she could recommend any good restaurants, and the first words out of her mouth were “Bread and Chocolate”. It didn’t take us long to figure out why that was her first recommendation.

Bread and Chocolate has it going on. Great food (and in the case of the baked goods off-the-charts delicious food), delicious coffees, reasonable prices, and exceptionally friendly and helpful staff who really appreciate your business.

While they serve some really delicious sandwiches that make for a satisfying lunch, our meal visits were focused on their amazing breakfasts. A couple of “can’t miss” items here: the Caribbean pancakes with a side of bacon; and, their justifiably famous “Completely Homemade PB&J”. We had very high expectations for both these breakfast classics, and they didn’t disappoint.

But, in all honesty, we spent most of our time devouring their amazing desserts, accompanied by various takes on delicious coffee. In the dessert category, top of the list has to be the best Coconut Cream Pie we’ve ever had - anytime, anywhere! But their various chocolate desserts are - not surprisingly - consistently amazing. And don’t miss the Blackberry Cheesecake. We almost did due to our chocolate and coconut cream pie fixation, but thankfully the owner convinced us to try the Blackberry Cheesecake and it was phenomenal.

Finally, they rock the coffee game every day. Whether you’re dialed into their hot coffees (we love both their Americano and their French Press), or their decadent iced coffees (the Salted Caramel Cappuccino in particular is just superb!) you can’t go wrong finding a perfect pairing for the scrumptious desserts.

Bottom line: we’ve been home for a week and we already miss this place. If you find yourself in Puerto Viejo make sure you find Bread and Chocolate and...

I enjoyed a rum and chocolate tasting at another spot in the city and the staff suggested checking out this restaurant. I love chocolate so I was sold based solely on the name!

My sister and I rode bikes to this restaurant and arrived a little after 7am on a Saturday. lucky for us there was no wait. There was one guy serving as the greeter and wait staff. There were 3 other tables with patrons upon our arrival .

The young man asked us for our order fairly quickly. I opted for the Caribbean pancakes and a deconstructed salted caramel latte. I did add a side of 2 scrambled eggs to get some protein in my meal. My sister ordered the salted chocolate caramel mocha cold drink and the frenchies.

The drinks came out first. I love the idea of a deconstructed latte. The expresso came out in the mug and I received a small container of what appeared to be frothed milk and a separate container of caramel. This gives you the option to add as much or little milk and caramel to your drink as you like. My only feedback is that it appeared to be more of a cappuccino than a latte and that the caramel lacked a salted taste. However, the caramel was tasty. Would I order it again, probably not.

The food came out within approximately 10-15 minutes. It was clear that the food was cooked to order. The pancakes are worth the hype! They were AMAZING! Every flavor written in the description popped when eating them! I would highly recommend the pancakes. The eggs were just ok. I would not order those again.

The total cost of my meal was about $16.00. It’s about the same as eating out for breakfast in the United States.

I am going to be honest and admit that I read the reviews and was expecting to be wowed with everything. The only item that I had that wowed me was the pancakes. I suggest giving...

So this place is my favorite breakfast place. But there's been a couple misses along the way. The bagels are great.the avocado toast isn't on toast it's on a giant fried plantain, which I thought cool, patacones. Nope think giant plantain loaf cut and then a steak sized loaf slice is served with avocado on it. It was kind of slimy and bland and gray. Their cream cheese is Costa Rican, not American, eye much means it tastes like soft butter. And they could 100% spring for Philadelphia...they just don't. Which makes the bagel meh in my opinion. They also charge like 5 bucks for toast.

But....the waffles are really really good. I've ordered them like three times lits served with homemade strawberry sauce and whip cream...and its so good. The roast beef sandwich is really good. As close to deli as you get here. The juices are fresh and the orange juice has never been bitter. The coffee float is a really nice treat with vanilla ice cream.

You just have to play around with the menu a bit. But it's a...