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Serves meat, vegan options available. A hotel restaurant with a separate vegan & vegetarian gourmet menu. Pleasant ambiance. Located a ten-minute walk from the restaurants, bars and attractions of downtown Santa Elena and a 15-minute drive to the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve. Open Mon-Sun 7:30am-3:30pm.


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7 Reviews

First Review by hmcutts

Srincon

Points +566

Vegan
03 Jul 2024

Incredible delicious (food & ambiance)

As someone who loves to cook it is always a pleasure to feel the love and intention through meals at restaurants. I throughly enjoyed every bite here & I will most definitely be coming back. We got the red curry soup & bean stew vegan chocolate avocado dessert. All were 10/10 couldn’t recommend enough.


07/02

We came back for lunch & dinner once again. Ordered the vegetarian margarita pizza the cabbage with mash potatoes. It was amazing food no disappointment here.

Updated from previous review on 2024-07-01

Pros: Delicious , Multiple options , While separate vegan/ vegetarian menu

missyjane

Points +87

Vegan
22 Mar 2024

Excellent and healthy

So nice to have a whole planr-based menu here. Emphasis on veggies and they taste way better than expected. A whole ice cream menu for dessert! Breakfast had an excellent French toast. My kids enjoyed vegan hot chocolates. My only recommendation would be to add more vegan items to the kids menu.

outlier5

Points +21

Vegetarian
22 Jan 2024

Garden Eating Friendly!

El Jardin was extremely accommodating to our vegetarian needs with a fully vegetarian menu with multiple vegan options. The red curry was really tasty, with a fascinating use of avocado, and the pumpkin agnolotti was incredibly tasty. We ended the evening with the tres leches cake which was phenomenal and drizzled with a passion fruit reduction.

rubberquaker

Points +13

Vegetarian
13 Dec 2023

Amazing vegetarian food

Great options vegan food is great

iamim

Points +13

Vegetarian
12 Dec 2023

Best vegan option in/near monteverde!

They have a completely separate vegan/vegetarian menu, a rarity in Costa Rica!

MichelleWO

Points +49

Vegan
29 Jul 2023

Excellent service in a beautiful location

The service here is stellar. We went here multiple times while eating in the resort, and we had at least one of breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Plant based menu available by request, and the options are good.

I had the "typical" breakfast without eggs or cheese to make it vegan. My husband had the pancakes made vegan. Soy milk was available for coffee by request.

Lunch and dinner were really good also. Plenty of vegan options, especially if you don't have any food allergies. I'm gluten free with a sesame allergy, and I still managed to eat well — just be sure to communicate with your server.

Great service and great food!

Pros: SERVICE, Food, Scenary

Cons: A little tricky with other food allergies

hmcutts

Points +71

Vegan
24 Jan 2023

Fine dining with a vegan menu

We loved el jardin, having not found anywhere fully vegan in Monte verde it was a nice surprise to go to a fairly fancy restaurant and be presented with a separate vegan menu. Good options and really delicious food. It’s a lovely setting too they had live music when we were there. Would recommend

Pros: Separate plant based menu, A few good options not just rice and beans, Live music and nice setting

Cons: More expensive than most , Serves meat and fish also




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