Amigos Tacos y Beer

Restaurant in Playa Flamingo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

North ridge in Playa Flamingo

Amigos Tacos y Beer is a fast-casual Tex-Mex restaurant on the north ridge in Playa Flamingo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, across from La Plaza. Lunch, dinner, and drinks define the service. Guests eat in a courtyard overlooking the marina or take food toward the beach. The kitchen prepares tacos, burritos, nachos, and burrito bowls fresh every day, with homemade tortilla chips, homemade salsa, and fresh toppings. Craft beer, beach beverages, and Big Ass Margaritas belong to the same menu. Catering for special events is offered alongside the daily counter.

Among restaurants in Playa Flamingo it ranks number 2 of 32, with a 4.8 score from 170 reviews and a Travelers' Choice distinction. Service scores 5.0, food 4.9, value 4.9, and atmosphere 4.7. The price band is inexpensive. Cuisine labels are Mexican and Southwestern. Credit cards are accepted. Free off-street parking and street parking are available for drivers coming up to the ridge.

Formats, toppings, and how orders are built

Tacos, burritos, nachos, and burrito bowls are the hot formats, sold ready to go and prepared fresh every day. Tacos are the format guests load with fresh toppings. Nachos draw on homemade tortilla chips, and homemade salsa is part of the regular spread. A photographed bowl brings rice, beans, and pork together, one concrete way a burrito bowl has been served. Build-your-own tacos and burritos mean fillings and toppings are assembled with the order rather than handed over as a single fixed combination.

Guacamole is marked extra when Tuesday tacos are loaded. Vegetarian-friendly choices, vegan options, and gluten-free options are among the features, so those paths are marked for guests who want them. Naming a strict restriction while the order is placed makes those features useful for the person who is eating. Chips, salsa, and fresh toppings can be treated as part of the meal, whether the hot item is a taco, a burrito, a bowl, or nachos.

Tuesday taco pricing

Every Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., three tacos cost the same as two. Fresh toppings go on those tacos, and guacamole costs extra. Bowls, burritos, nachos, chips, and drinks can still be ordered that day. The three-for-two price applies to the taco count, so a table centered on bowls does not receive the same saving. A group that wants several tacos gets the benefit by arriving inside that Tuesday span, from late morning through 9 p.m.

Beer, beach drinks, and Big Ass Margaritas

Craft beer, beach beverages, and the Big Ass Margarita make up the drink list. The margarita comes in 14-ounce and 22-ounce sizes. On Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m., both sizes are half price, and that short window is the value hour on the pour. A margarita popsicle has appeared as well, a frozen form beside the two glass sizes. Outside those Wednesday hours the margarita stays on the menu at the regular price.

Beer is the plain cold drink when a large margarita is more than the meal needs. Beach beverages cover coastal drinks that are not the margarita. A taco order or a bowl stands alone if no drink is wanted. When a margarita is the point, the 14-ounce size is the smaller pour and the 22-ounce size is the larger one. Ice-cold beer and margaritas are served with the fast, friendly counter service.

Takeout for the beach

Beach takeout is offered for anyone headed to the water. The order number is +506 8829-2725, and that same number is Jennifer Little's WhatsApp. Ready-to-go food is the point of the call: tacos, burritos, nachos, burrito bowls, homemade chips, salsa, fresh toppings, craft beer, beach beverages, and Big Ass Margaritas. Because the kitchen prepares food fresh every day, place the order when the group is ready to leave the ridge so the meal does not wait through a long gap.

The courtyard is the seated choice. It overlooks the marina, so an eat-in meal has a view a beach bag does not. Grab-and-go service is fast and friendly, which suits a short stop before the sand. One kitchen covers both uses. Plates and a marina view belong to the courtyard. A phone order belongs to the beach.

Catering a special event

Special events can be catered. Jennifer Little handles requests at jjlittle086@gmail.com and by phone or WhatsApp at +506 8829-2725. That single contact covers events and beach orders. A useful note names the date, the head count, the formats, and whether food is for pickup or for service at the gathering. Add drinks in the same note when the bar should come along, choosing craft beer, beach beverages, or Big Ass Margaritas in either size.

Catered plates come from the counter menu. Name tacos with fresh toppings, burritos, burrito bowls, nachos, homemade chips, and homemade salsa if those should be included. Guacamole can be named too, since it is an extra on the taco offer. More than one format covers a mixed group: tacos for guests who want that format, bowls for guests who want a bowl, and nachos when a shared chip plate fits the table. Putting chips and salsa on their own line keeps them portioned with the hot food.

A loyalty card, merch, and the drive up

A loyalty card picked up on a visit is the path to free burritos. Counter merch is simple and priced: T-shirts and tanks are $22, and coozies are $3. The card rewards a return. The shirt, tank, or coozie is a one-time add-on with a posted price, easy to include when food or a drink is already being ordered.

The restaurant is on the north ridge across from La Plaza in Playa Flamingo, Guanacaste. Free off-street parking and street parking give drivers two places to leave a car. Credit cards are accepted. Beach orders and event notes reach Jennifer at +506 8829-2725 or jjlittle086@gmail.com. Those two lines cover a packed beach meal and a catered gathering without a second contact.

Location

Phone: +506 8829-2725