Oceana Restaurant

Restaurant in Playa Flamingo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

Seafood and Mediterranean at Local #3

Oceana Restaurant serves seafood and Mediterranean cuisine from Marina Flamingo Local #3 in Playa Flamingo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. The address is a marina unit, handy if you are already on the peninsula for the beach, a boat day, or a stay in town.

Traveler reviews give it 4.1 from 23 reviews and place it 18th of 32 restaurants in Playa Flamingo, in a $$-$$$ band. Across those reviews, food and service each sit at 4.5, value at 4.4, and atmosphere at 4.8, the highest of the four. Fifteen reviews are excellent, two good, one average, three poor, and two terrible.

Starters on the menu

Beet hummus is $4,200 and comes with quinoa and spinach crisps. Veggie tempura is $6,600: assorted vegetable tempura with basil aioli and black garlic. The artisan board is $14,400, a selection of cheeses and charcuterie with papaya and rocoto jam.

Basil aioli and black garlic also come with the seafood sampler, so the vegetable tempura and that seafood plate share the same two sauces. The board is the plate that brings cheese, cured meat, and papaya and rocoto jam.

Ceviche, sashimi, and the sampler

Ceviche tricolor is $9,120. It uses cuts of dorado, tuna, and salmon marinated in tiger's milk, served with yucca and parmesan crisps. Rainbow sashimi is $7,920: thin slices of fresh tuna, sea bass, and salmon. The seafood sampler is $12,720, tempura shrimp, octopus, and fish with basil aioli and black garlic.

Dorado is named on the ceviche and not on the sashimi. Sea bass is named on the sashimi and not on the ceviche. Tuna and salmon appear on both. The sampler adds shrimp and octopus, and it does not name which fish is in the tempura.

Vegan options are offered beside the seafood plates. Beet hummus and veggie tempura are the plant-leaning names here. The artisan board includes cheeses and charcuterie, and the ceviche, sashimi, and sampler are fish and shellfish.

Meals guests have described

Guests have also described octopus with gnocchi, corvina, a shrimp salad, and mushroom arancini. Beetroot hummus drew separate praise. One dessert note was passionfruit flan with sweet potato ice cream, in a meal called creative and light.

One guest had their own fish cooked in two ways: the first batch fried, the next half blackened and grilled, served family style with homemade fries, grilled vegetables, and salad. A birthday on a Saturday in May 2025 brought a dessert and a song, and that note called the food beautifully presented. The two-way fish, the shrimp salad, and the flan were February 2025 visits. A March 2026 note found the prices fair for the marina and the dessert a little high, and still liked the variety.

Service notes name Vanessa and Jeffrey and describe friendly, attentive staff. Outdoor dining after a fishing day was called relaxed. Another guest, after walking the marina, found the room welcoming and well kept. A separate note called the atmosphere intimate. A family visit mentioned a welcome that included their dog.

Terrace, cards, and the daily hours

The unit has a terrace and an air-conditioned interior. Parking is available. Credit cards are accepted. Lunch, dinner, and drinks are all served. The phone is +506 8602 5101, and the site is oceanacr.com.

Hours run from noon to 10 p.m. every day, Sunday through Saturday. Nothing in that schedule opens the restaurant before noon or keeps a different weekend close.

Location

Phone: +506 8602 5101