EL TUCAN By Doni Comida Tipica costarricense

¡La cena perfecta! We wanted to have authentic Costa Rican food. We had the traditional chifrijos and pollo en salsa tomate. Doni is a great host! He shared a homemade hot sauce as well. You don’t need to go somewhere fancy to have really excellent food in Tamarindo. Great prices too!

El Tucan was AMAZING!! Hands down best food we’ve had on this trip! Doni was super cool and very generous! Portions are great and very well priced. He really could charge more!! We had the Chicken Kabab, Shrimp Quesadilla and Beef Fajitas 🤤

We had our best meal in Costa Rica so far at this authentic local food place. I had the breaded fish and my spouse had the breaded chicken. Each comes with a salad, rice, beans and a fried plantain. We also had the fresh (and no sugar added or processed) orange with carrot juice and the lime with mint juices. Everything was SO fresh and tasty. There was even this green spicy sauce available that you could add to any of the food that gave it a little extra kick. I was worried the fish would fried to oblivion (like fish and chips is) but it was nothing like that. It was perfect. We’ve been here for several days already and paid for restaurants sometimes four times as expensive as this one, and none of them were as good. Also the owner, Doni, is an absolute sweetheart. Came up to chat with us and you could tell he is so passionate about his cooking and providing a memorable experience for people. I love seeing that in business owners.