Restaurante Celajes

Top choice in Monteverde & Santa Elena


Ease into a studded leather armchair in the lounge and indulge with a dazzling cocktail designed by the country's finest mixologist. Then around sunset, go for a table on the veranda, with views across the cloud forest all the way to the Gulf of Nicoya. Proceed with the farm-to-table feast composed mainly of ingredients from the restaurant's organic farm.

The inventive soups and salads, croquettes, and grilled meat plates are all beautifully presented, and the service is excellent.


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