Malibú Restaurante — Restaurant in Sámara

Our family of 5 headed to this Marisqueria (Seafood Restaurant) a couple of blocks from the beach and had an amazing dinner. We shared a paella for 2, a casado plate with fish, a casado plate with calamari, and some french fries - everything was great. The paella was delicious - full of shrimp, clams, calamari, octopus, and two big lobsters. My kids loved the calamari and my husband loved his fish casado. My mom was with us as well and she loved talking to the family who owns the place. They have local organic coffee available for sale, as well as a beautiful Bikini shop onsite. Try this locally-owned Tico favorite - you will not regret it! We will be back for their ceviches and...

This place is absolutely yuck! Feral cats everywhere. The owners saw us come in and didn't even raise an eyebrow. There was one other customer who was I believe the waitress' boyfriend. Waited several minutes for the waitress to call me to our table and it was at least 15 minutes until she came back to serve us water and ask us for our drink order. Meanwhile one of our party went to the washroom and came back almost gagging. Apparently the washroom was disgusting! We finally ordered our food when then waitress returned about 30 minutes later. All the food was from a box or package ...not fresh! NOT FRESH! Shrimp, chicken, squid was all out of a box! DO NOT...

Arguably the best paella I've had in the world but have not had in Spain yet. We ordered the fish ceviche to start. It was perfectly refreshing on a warm humid evening. A cerveza would have been the perfect compliment but passed to leave room for the paella. The paella was perfect in every way. The amounts of seafood were generous and each bite was as fresh as can be; like it was caught that day from the ocean. The rice was fluffy and seasoned to perfection. I would recommend everyone to stop by during their visit to Samara. It was the highlight of my whole trip...