Plan de Vida

Restaurant in Playa Flamingo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

Where the cafe sits

Plan de Vida Cafe is a chef-owned cafe in Plaza Mar Azul, also called Centro Comercial Arenas, beside the BCR bank on Ruta 180. The address is Plaza Mar Azul (Centro Comercial Arenas), next to the BCR bank, Ruta 180, Playa Flamingo, Guanacaste 50308, Costa Rica. Directions also use Contiguo BCR, Ruta 180, Playa Flamingo 50308. The plaza is between Playa Flamingo and Playa Potrero.

A map point for that address sits near latitude 10.43095 and longitude -85.78649. The bank, the plaza name, and Ruta 180 are the landmarks that place the door. Among Playa Flamingo restaurants it is categorized as a cafe and as healthy, in the lowest price band.

What the kitchen serves all day

Breakfast and lunch run all day, so one visit can cover either meal. The cafe describes the food as vibrant, wholesome meals and serves smoothies, bowls, and refreshing drinks with them. Organic and vegan options belong to that offer.

Standing specialties are sourdough breakfast toasts, açaí and yogurt bowls, a make-your-own salad bar, tuna poke and grain bowls, cold-pressed juices and smoothies, and specialty coffee and lattes. A smaller plate, a set bowl, a salad built at the bar, and a drink all fit inside the same breakfast-and-lunch service.

Toasts and bowls

Sourdough breakfast toasts are the bread-led plates. Visitors have eaten chopped egg and avocado toast, and whipped beet with feta, on fresh sourdough. One of those plates came with a honey drizzle and a side of fresh fruit. Egg, feta, and honey are the details that set those plates apart from a strict vegan order, while vegan options remain part of the wider menu.

Açaí and yogurt bowls sit beside the toasts as the fruit-led specialty. A yogurt bowl on one visit held five fresh fruits, granola, and honey. Yogurt is the dairy bowl in that pair. Açaí is the other bowl named with it.

Tuna poke and grain bowls are the fuller savory specialties. Tuna is among the foods diners mention most often. A grain bowl is the named plate built around grains rather than fish. In ordinary cafe cooking, poke means fish cut into cubes and served with rice and toppings; the fish named here is tuna. That is a general picture of the style, not a list of every garnish in this kitchen.

Words that come up often in reviews include the fresh salad bar, tuna, smoothies, and burger. No description explains that burger, so the theme only shows that a burger has drawn comment.

Salad bar, specials, and seats

The make-your-own salad bar is shown with 18 fresh toppings. Descriptions of the bar mention smoothies, coffee, and a wide range of organic and vegan options. The practical difference is assembly. Toppings are chosen at the bar, while a toast or a named bowl arrives as a composed plate.

Daily specials show up in visitor accounts, apart from those standing items. One special was Turkish eggs: two poached eggs in yogurt with spices, plus toasted bread described as an Italian type. It was that day’s plate. It shows a cooked-egg dish beyond the regular toasts and bowls, without making one special a permanent menu line.

The room is a small cafe. A family described two tables with seating for six at each, a window bar with about ten chairs, and attached restrooms they found modern and clean. Seating is noted among the features, which matches that compact layout.

Juices, coffee, and other drinks

Cold-pressed juices and smoothies are named specialties. Refreshing drinks are part of how the cafe describes the menu. Visitors write about fresh cold-pressed juice drinks, blends, and smoothies together with the food.

Specialty coffee and lattes are the named coffee offer. Traveler notes add tea, several coffee options, and cold brew. One family, stopping on the way toward Playa Flamingo, highlighted the cold brew. Another visit praised the coffee with the food. Those notes make coffee a reason to come, not only an extra beside a plate.

A juice, smoothie, latte, or other coffee can be the whole order. It can also accompany a toast, a poke bowl, a grain bowl, or a salad from the bar. No combination is required. In general, cold-pressed juice is the thinner pressed drink and a smoothie is the thicker blended one, which separates the two specialties named here.

How recent visits read

Fourteen reviews all carry the top score, for a 5.0 average. Food, service, and value are each 5.0. Atmosphere is 4.8. The cafe ranks 13th of 32 restaurants in Playa Flamingo.

Write-ups from 2025 and 2026 call the breakfast fresh and strong, and they describe the owner as a creative chef. A couple who ordered the beet toast and the egg toast wanted both again. A family who tried the yogurt bowl and the Turkish-egg special said they would order each again. Those meals are what those tables ate. A later special can differ.

The open hours and the phone

Monday through Saturday the hours are 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Sunday is closed. Opening at 8:00 a.m. covers an early breakfast. The 3:00 p.m. close ends the day in midafternoon, so this is not presented as a dinner restaurant.

The phone number is +1 203-243-5565. No email is published. Reservation practice, parking, and delivery are not described. A plan that depends on holding a table, leaving a car, or having food sent out needs a direct conversation with the cafe before arrival.

Location

Phone: +1 203-243-5565