Capriccios Pizza Bistro & Cafe

Restaurant in Playa Flamingo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

Capriccios Pizza Bistro & Cafe is the Italian dinner restaurant at Margaritaville Beach Resort in Playa Flamingo, in Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, on Costa Rica's Pacific coast. The kitchen serves gourmet pizzas, flatbreads, freshly made pasta, crisp salads, Italian desserts, and signature cocktails in a casual yet elegant setting with views of the resort and beach. Guests on the resort all-inclusive plan can take daily meals and snacks here along with Banana Wind Cafe, 5 O'Clock Somewhere Bar & Grill, and License to Chill Pool Bar.

Pizzas, pasta, salads, and desserts

Capriccios is a sit-down Italian dinner, not a counter for a quick slice. Gourmet pizzas and flatbreads lead the menu. Freshly made pasta and crisp salads give another route if someone at the table wants a plate instead of a pie. Italian desserts finish the meal, and signature cocktails sit with the food, so the room works for a full evening rather than a snack between swims.

From 10:00 p.m. until midnight, only the pizza menu is served. Come earlier if pasta, salads, or desserts are the reason you are going out. Come later if pizza is all you want after a long day on Flamingo Beach.

The all-inclusive plan covers three daily meals and snacks at Capriccios and the other named restaurants and bars, plus restaurant and bar gratuities and unlimited house brand beverages and spirits. Some menu items carry a moderate up-charge. Takeout is not included. Children aged 0 to 5 eat free when they dine with a paying adult and order from the children's menu.

Dinner hours and a night on the property

Capriccios is open daily for dinner through midnight. Service begins in the early evening. Call +506 2654 4444 for tonight's opening time if you want the first tables. After 10:00 p.m., plan on pizza rather than the wider Italian list.

The other kitchens on the same grounds help you time the day. Banana Wind Cafe serves breakfast from 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and lunch and dinner from 12:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., with fresh seafood and traditional platters indoors or on an outdoor oceanfront patio. 5 O'Clock Somewhere Bar & Grill is the rooftop room, open from 12:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., with drinks only from 10:00 p.m. License to Chill Pool Bar runs from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. for hotel guests and day-pass guests, with snacks from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. In-room dining is available from 6:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

and is not included in the all-inclusive plan.

Put together, Capriccios is the late Italian option on property. Banana Wind's dinner ends at 9:30 p.m., room service ends at 9:00 p.m., and pizza at Capriccios continues until midnight.

Finding Capriccios in Playa Flamingo

The bistro is inside Margaritaville Beach Resort, Playa Flamingo, Santa Cruz, Guanacaste. The resort faces Flamingo Beach and the Pacific, with mountains and mangroves around the bay. There is no separate street restaurant to hunt for in the village; you enter through the resort. Use +506 2654 4444 for the dining rooms. Callers in the United States and Canada can also use 1-866-403-1911.

Playa Flamingo is a small Pacific beach community. If you are already staying at the resort, dinner is a walk from garden, pool, or ocean-view rooms. If you are coming from another lodging on this Guanacaste coast, give yourself time to reach the resort entrance after dark and to locate the dining rooms once you are on the grounds.

Choosing a pizza and pasta night in Flamingo

Match the kitchen to the meal. Capriccios is dinner-only Italian: gourmet pizzas, flatbreads, freshly made pasta, crisp salads, Italian desserts, and signature cocktails, with a pizza-only window from 10:00 p.m. to midnight. Banana Wind is the all-day cafe when you still want seafood or a traditional platter and will eat before 9:30 p.m. The rooftop grill is the panoramic drinks-and-food room through the afternoon and evening. The pool bar is a daytime snack stop, and only hotel guests and day-pass guests use it.

Families often want pizza and pasta after hours in the sun. Couples often want the same room for a slower dinner, a cocktail, and a view of the resort and beach. A mixed table can split pies and pasta, then share dessert. The clock is the real constraint. Full Italian service belongs to dinner; pizza-only belongs to the late window.

Four questions cover most tables: Is the full menu still being served? Which dishes have an up-charge on the all-inclusive plan? Can children order from the children's menu? Is a table with resort and beach views open?

Building a Flamingo day that ends here

Spend the morning on Flamingo Beach or on a boat, snorkel, or inland outing, then come back to the pool while the afternoon heat is high. Breakfast at Banana Wind fuels an early start. Lunch at the cafe, or at License to Chill if you have access, keeps you near the water. Give yourself a few minutes between the pool and dinner; this is a bistro with pasta, pizza, and cocktails rather than a swim-up counter.

Sit down while the full menu is available if anyone wants pasta or a salad. Stay for dessert or a signature cocktail. If a tour runs late, the pizza menu until midnight still feeds you on site. After dinner the beach is close, and the village itself stays quiet. Over a few nights, one Italian dinner at Capriccios, one rooftop evening, and Banana Wind for breakfast uses each room for what it serves.

What to have with you

Keep +506 2654 4444 on your phone if you are arriving from off property or need tonight's opening time. Know whether you are on the all-inclusive plan. House beverages and gratuities are included there, some plates add a moderate charge, and takeout is not covered. Decide before 10:00 p.m. whether anyone needs pasta or a salad. Bring children who will use the children's menu if that is part of the table.

You are looking at a resort Italian bistro on Playa Flamingo with gourmet pizza, flatbreads, pasta, salads, desserts, cocktails, views of the resort and beach, and pizza until midnight. That is the whole plan for the evening. Boats, parks, and longer Guanacaste drives can wait until morning.

Location

Phone: +506 2654 4444