Restaurante El Buen Gusto — Restaurant in San Juan del Sur (Municipio)

Stopped here on a whim on our way out of town because it looked nice and had good views of the bay.

Parking was difficult but once we managed to cram our tiny car between two huge trucks, we got seated quickly and the server was very attentive.

The food was beautifully presented, as you can see from the photos. I would have give all five stars if the steak hadn't been cooked to jerky. The langosta was prepared fine and the sauces were excellent. I mopped the plate with the mashed potatoes to get every last drop of sauce.

The staff did a pretty good job of keeping the beach vendors away while we were eating but that alone is a full time job in San Juan del sur. The views were terrific from the rancho style seating area. The prices seamed competitive. You really can't ask...

We booked a fishing trip through the guys at this place, which was fine and went well. The deal was they would arrange the trip and then clean any fish we caught and cook enough for us to eat for a reasonable price. Many of the guys were very nice and helpful. But when we came back with ten good sized fish, they only cleaned the ones for our meal and wouldn't give us any ice to keep them cold so we could get them home, despite our offer to pay for it. Suddenly they weren't so friendly and all the nice guys disappeared. We even gave them a few fish to take home because they were admiring them. Classic bait and switch/promise the world stuff. The food and service were OK but nothing special. They did follow through on preparing the fish they did clean at a...

We had two very good cocktails and an amazing view at the beach of San Juan at this place. To be fair, they pulled us in because of the ‘happy hour restaurant-hint’, but it was no happy hour…

I would’ve given five stars to this experience if the restaurant would not have added some extra unexpected costs to the bill at the end. They added 10% extra service costs (tip?) and 15% IVA(VAT?) which wasn’t included in the price on the menu. And finally, they had an pretty broad exchange rate, because we found that the price in dollars should be $16.74.

But in total it was still $17 for 4 good cocktails (especially the piña colada and the strawberry daiquiri), it’s still...