Soda Jardín Tropical — Restaurant in Sardinal

Very lovely staff. Very clean establishment as well. I enjoyed my fish in garlic sauce with rice and beans. I also had a nice, big refreshing mint lemonade. Wonderful afternoon meal.

PS... I returned for the fried red snapper and banana pina smoothie. Excellent! I know someone complained about the price but they are wrong. Price was the same as everywhere else. They also complained about the salad and plantains. The salad is a salad is a salad. You have to add oil. vinegar, salt, and pepper. Plantains were traditional and not soaked in sugar. Not everything has to be covered in...

Food was EXCELLENT but it does not justify the fact that we have been "gringood" without any hesitation. The exchange rate for the USD were shocking low (4,2 instead of 6,1 in most restaurants) A glass of cold tap water: 1,000 colones ( over $2) A can of small Imperial light beer: 1,800 colones ( over $4) Super tasty dish with fish: 12,000 colones (almost $30) Seafood assorts: 6,500 colones (over $14) Beer was ice cold, food was delicious, but the I don't like to be treated like someone who has no clue of the value. So, the 2 stars are for the attitude, but food was 5 star...

This place was recommended by our airport driver and he did not let us down. We were there at a busy time and I’m confident our meals got forgotten about as tables seated after us were eating well before us. But when we got our food it was absolutely work the wait. The catch of the day was a whole red snapper and I recommend adding the mashed beans and savory plantains - put it all together like an open faced sandwich. I had the rice and seafood and it was so full of seafood I couldn’t eat it all. Very very good local food. Oh and a soursop smoothie to top it off! Would...