Las Olas — Restaurant in Jacó

Honestly this was the worst meal I have had in the 6 years I have been coming to CR (no exaggeration).

We had a group of 7 people and arrived at around 8:30pm. Our waitress was really friendly and chatty, taking our our order.

It took about 40 minutes for our drinks to arrive and the food more than 90 minutes for the food to arrive! While waiting we kept asking where our food was and the manager unapologetically told us they were busy and this was normal.

I had ordered the Mariscada (seafood platter) and my wife the fried whole fish. My Mariscada, when it eventually came, was inedible full of tough foul tasting shellfish and literally RAW lobster. My wife's whole fish was terrible, not crispy or tasty at all, we think it was probably reheated. The patacones we ordered were overcooked and soggy. The rest of the dishes people reported as ranging from mediocre to bad.

The ceviche we ordered never arrived and we eventually cancelled it. How long does it take to put premade ceviche on a dish and add some chips or patacones. That should have come out with the drinks.

At the end, they did agree to take Mariscada off the bill but only if they replaced it with the ceviche we never received.

We will not go back which is a shame because we now have a house here in Jacó and are always on the lookout for gems. This is not...

We went on May 2021 and again on Aug 2022, and on this second occasion, for being a Friday night, the place was very empty and felt lonely. The waiters that attended us back in 2021 were not there anymore, and the music was odd for a tropical restaurant (Ganstas paradise music style, idk why).

The waitress was very attentive, the food was good and the beverage was great too, but some plates are a little over priced for what you expect from a place like this one.

There was a singer who actually sings pretty good.

The food quality is still the same (good food), prices went a little up (understandable due to economic reasons), the attention was good, but the place itself felt lonely and the environment was less comfortable and friendly than in our...

We had been coming here daily for the casados pescado and happy hour cocktails, which we loved. However the last time we came they overcharged us for the drinks by A LOT! And when we brought it up they told us it was our fault for not telling the waitress we came in for happy hour ... Umm I'm not sure how the waitress not being trained or able to read the sign is OUR fault, or how that makes the drinks a different price than is listed on the menu but I can tell you that it means we won't be coming back at all anymore.

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