Match the restaurant to the moment
Cafes and bakeries suit an early start, casual local places keep meals flexible, and reservation-led dining works when the evening is the event. Compare menu character, setting, hours, specialties, and location.
Where To Eat in Surfside
5 places found
Carpe Diem 2.0 Coffee & more
Cafe & Coffee
Carpe Diem 2.0 is a friendly Surfside café beside Potrero Brewery, serving specialty coffee, Costa Rican breakfast plates, smoothie bowls, egg sandwiches, avocado toast, and lunch.
Surfside
Specialty coffee and plant milk
Costa Rican gallo pinto breakfast
+4 more
Nita Coffee
Cafe & Coffee
Nita Coffee is at Potrero Medical Plaza in Surfside, Playa Potrero, with indoor and outdoor seating on two levels.
Surfside
Specialty coffee and iced drinks
Made-to-order sandwiches
+9 more
Ponciana Restaurant
Restaurant
Ponciana is Santarena Hotel’s signature restaurant in Las Catalinas, serving Mediterranean-inspired dishes made with Costa Rican ingredients from the sea, mountains, and farms.
Surfside
Mediterranean-inspired cuisine
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
+4 more
Puro Costa Rica - Coffee Shop
Cafe & Coffee
Puro Costa Rica pours organic Costa Rican coffee from Santa María de Dota with breakfast, brunch, and lunch in Playa Potrero.
Surfside
100% Costa Rican coffee from Santa María de Dota
Açai bowls
+7 more
Surfside Bowls
Restaurant
Surfside Bowls is a bowls business at Tamarindo, Santa Cruz, LATAM 60108. The name points to spoon-built bowls rather than a broad plated menu. Specific dishes, hours, phone, and email are not specified.
Surfside
How to choose where to eat in Surfside
Choose the meal first, then the map pin. The coastal communities sit close together, but beach access, marina departures, hills, parking, and the trip home can make one restaurant a much better fit for the day than another.
Ask the useful questions
Confirm the kitchen closing time, current menu, dietary needs, reservation policy, payment options, parking, accessibility, and whether a particular table, dish, or service is available before making a special trip.
Build an easy route
Combine food with the beach, marina, errands, or an event in the same area. If dinner ends after dark, decide on a driver or return ride before leaving and avoid relying on an unconfirmed late pickup.