MONO BISTRO

Restaurant in Playa Flamingo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

Plaza La Flamingo on Route 180

MONO Bistro occupies Plaza La Flamingo on Ruta Nacional Secundaria 180 in Playa Flamingo 50309, Costa Rica. Playa Flamingo is in the Province of Guanacaste. The phone published with that address is +506 8668 5552. No email is published beside it. Hours are not posted.

The useful stop is the full line: plaza name, secondary national route, postal code 50309, and MONO Bistro. A lunch, dinner, or late seating is not established by the address. A plan that depends on a set hour still has to be settled with the restaurant.

Five named drinks

Featured drinks are the Mocca-Tini, Monocello, and Banana Republic, plus Conundrum white blend and Pazo Cilleiro Albariño. Those five names are the offerings specifically attached to the restaurant. Three are cocktails. Two are whites.

That list does not include recipes, sweetness, glass size, or which bottles are open. It also does not include a food menu. The card at the table is what names the current pour and the plate next to it.

A cocktail from that trio is a single-glass choice. A named white is a bottle or glass choice, depending on what the card offers that day. Sharing one white across a table only makes sense if the people at the table want the same style. Ordering by the glass leaves room for a cocktail beside it.

Plates and the room guests described

Reviews from November 2025 through September 2026 describe single visits. In August 2026, Sharon B recommended seafood pasta, beef bourginion, and oxtail. That table met the owners while smooth live jazz played. In July 2026, Anastasia mentioned live music, food she would recommend, and comfortable service from Juvenal.

In May 2026, Christopher called the restaurant beautiful. He credited Angelo, Alejandra, and the rest of the staff after a drink one night and a birthday dinner the next. Those two nights show a drink visit and a full dinner as separate uses of the same room.

In March 2026, James came with two adults and four teenagers. The dinner menu felt a little outside the group's comfort zone at first, then worked for all six. In November 2025, Amandine described professional waiters, several excellent dishes, friendly and relaxing decoration, and a great location.

Seafood pasta, beef, and oxtail are reports of what one table ordered. They are not a standing menu. A group that wants familiar plates and a group willing to try less familiar ones can both use those notes. Live jazz and live music appear in specific visits, not as a posted schedule.

Scores next to one hard night

Public totals show 4.3 of 5 bubbles from 8 reviews and place MONO Bistro at 22 of 32 restaurants in Playa Flamingo. The same set scores service at 4.5, food at 4.0, value at 4.0, and atmosphere at 5.0. The price band is $$$$. Six reviews are marked excellent, one average, and one terrible.

Atmosphere is the strongest of the four scores. Guests who wrote about jazz, live music, and a relaxed room sit beside that number. Food and value sit lower, at 4.0, which leaves more room for a mixed night.

The terrible score is a September 2026 family review. It describes a long wait even to see the menu. Appetizers and drinks took nearly 45 minutes. A shrimp salad near 21 dollars arrived as mostly lettuce, a few cherry tomatoes, three shrimp, a little avocado, and no dressing. A fish main was burnt on the bottom after about an hour and a half.

That near-21-dollar plate is the only price written into a review. Other guests marked value at 5 of 5. The eight-review set does not fix what a typical bill includes. A $$$$ band signals a higher restaurant range in general terms. It does not itemize tax, tip, or shared plates.

Using the address and phone

For the door, use Plaza La Flamingo, Ruta Nacional Secundaria 180, Playa Flamingo 50309, Costa Rica, and the name MONO Bistro. +506 8668 5552 is the number published with that address. No email is given as a second route.

Because hours are not posted, a reservation, a walk-in, or a birthday table is an option to settle by phone before the trip. Naming a featured drink, or a dish another table ordered, is a way to describe the kind of night you want. Treat both as starting points, not as a promise that the same pour or plate will be on the card.

Location

Phone: +506 8668 5552