El Jardin Bar & Restaurant
Begin and end your days in the El Jardin Restaurant at Monteverde Lodge. Our menu includes the freshest local produce simply prepared. All meals include fresh homemade bread. Our wine list includes some of the best South American Wines.
We delight in serving your meals whenever and wherever you would like to eat, breakfast in the garden, a sack lunch for the trail, dinner under the stars or indoors by the fire.
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..."The food at Tortuguero was delicious, fresh, healthy and reflective of Costa Rican cuisine. We loved it. My daughter is an extremely picky eater ...
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Breakfast Menu, included in your room rate
| Included with main dish: Coffee or Tea, Small Orange Juice, Bread basket with Jam and fruit salad |
| Traditional Traditional rice and beans, eggs any style, tortillas and cheese with a side of sour cream and fried plantains |
| Classic Eggs any style, home fried potatoes, bacon, toast with our house marmalade |
| Omelet Any Style Choice of cheese, ham, mushroom, tomatoes, red pepper, onion, spinach served with homemade potatoes |
| Light and Tropical Plain yogurt with chilled mango purée, a side of granola and fresh seasonal fruit |
| Pancakes Two fluffy pancakes served with fresh fruit marmalade and maple syrup |
| French Toast Two slices of thick French Toast served with fresh fruit marmalade and maple syrup |
| Monteverde Sandwich Cheese, ham, avocado served with homemade potatoes |
| Side orders at extra cost | |
| Granola with milk | $ 4 |
| Bacon | $ 2.5 | Grilled bread with jam | $ 4 |
| Additional Drinks | |
| Glass of Milk | $ 1.5 |
| Small Juice | $ 1.5 |
| Large Juice | $ 3 |
| Espresso Lungo, Doppio or Cortado | $ 3 |
| Black Coffe and Milk Coffee (Tico or American) | $ 3 |
| Flavored Latte Vanilla, irish cream, amareto or hazel nut |
$ 6 |
| Capuccino American or European | $ 4 |
Rates for meals do not include 13% sales tax and 10% service
Dinner Starters
| Arugula Salad Red onion, blue cheese, apple, parmigiano and balsamic dressing |
$ 9 |
| Tropical Salad with citrus dressing | $ 6 |
| Duo of Vietnamese Spring Rolls minced pork, shrimp & Asian vegetables |
$ 10 |
| Local Mozzarella & Tomato Salad with basil oil and balsamic reduction |
$ 8 |
| Cream of Butternut Squash with roasted spices and cilantro |
$ 6 |
| Goat Cheese Salad with marinated tomatoes, roasted beets & cheese on crouton |
$ 8 |
| Salmon Three Ways: Smoked Marinated & Sashimi with horseradish cream blinis |
$ 9 |
| Tuna Tartare with avocado, mango and toasted sesame seeds |
$ 9 |
| Monteverde Cream spiced zucchini and carrot cream with herbs |
$ 6 |
From the Garden
| Eggplant Napoleon layered with mozzarella and roasted vegetables |
$ 12 |
| Roasted Stuffed Vegetables | $ 13 |
| Baked potato with mushrooms fresh baked potato with a mushroom herbs stew |
$ 13 |
| Corn beignet pan cooked corn bun with a zucchini and garlic sause served with spinach and mushroom |
$ 12 |
From the Ocean
| Basil Baked Snapper in beer sauce served with sautéed chives and baked potato |
$ 21 |
| Grilled Salmon in a virgin sauce with sweet chives potatoes purée |
$ 18 |
| Sautéed Sea Bass caramelized with soy sauce, rice and parsley |
$ 18 |
| Grilled Yellow Fin Tuna Loin with Asian vegetables and sushi rice |
$ 18 |
| Jumbo Shrimp flambee, served with vegetables rice and Paella juice |
$ 20 |
From the Land
| French Cut Pork Chop marinated in garlic and sage |
$ 20 |
| Grilled Rib-Eye Steak | $ 18 |
| Beef Tenderloin | $ 23 |
| Braised Short Ribs red wine broth and creamy |
$ 17 |
| Sauces | |
| BBQ MOL Black & Green pepper corn | |
| Chimichurri / Truffle / Bordelaise | |
| Chicken | |
| Chicken Curry with vegetables and rice |
$ 18 |
| Chicken Chipotle boneless chicken breast served in a chipotle and guayaba sauce |
$ 16 |
Please select two sides dishes and one sauce with your meat courses of above
Sides
| Sautéed garlic & parsley mushrooms | $ 5 |
| Roasted stuffed vegetable | $ 5 |
| Sautéed creamy spinach | $ 4 |
| French Fries | $ 4 |
| Twice Baked Potato with bacon | $ 4 |
| Sweet corn chayote picadillo | $ 4 |
| White rice with vegetables | $ 4 |
| Smashed potatoes with roasted pepper | $ 4 |
Pastas
| Gnoccis with tomato and basil, Traditional gnoccis served with a fresh tomatoe and basil sauce |
$ 16 |
| Four cheese ravioli Spinach Raviolis served with a four cheese sauce |
$ 16 |
| Farfale Farfale pasta cooked with fresh salmon, capers and cherry tomatoes |
$ 15 |
| Penne with prawns Penne pasta cooked with a pineapple coconut milk sauce whit shrimps |
$ 17 |
Local Flavors
| Pork tenderloin Grilled pork tenderloin with caramelized onion sauce |
$ 18 |
| Beef tenderloin Grilled tenderloin with a coffee blackberry sauce |
$ 20 |
| Chomes Red Snapper Steamed red snapper served with a lemon passion fruit sauce |
$ 17 |
| Stuffed sea bass with corn, onions, sweet pepper and tomatoe served with beet sauce |
$ 22 |
Local Flavors
| Chocolate Ganache With candied orange peel |
$ 8 |
| Banana Crèpes Flambéed in rhum |
$ 8 |
| Orange & passion fruit baked tart with green cilantro sugar |
$ 8 |
| Warm Apple Tart Served with yogurt ice cream |
$ 8 |
| Trio of Sorbet With mango, pineapple and lemon |
$ 8 |
| Cheese Platter With Goat, blue cheese, manchego |
$ 8 |
Rates for meals do not include 13% sales tax and 10% service
When available, El Jardin Restaurant uses locally-grown herbs and vegetables Restaurante
Please alert your server if we should be aware of any food allergies or restrictions
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