Other Restaurants/Bars/Cafes around Nayara Resort, Costa Rica, 2023

Other Restaurants/Bars/Cafes around Nayara Resort, Costa Rica, 2023

This article is going to cover the other places around Nayara Resort to hang out. First, and most important, is the Las Terrazas restaurant at Nayara Gardens. We never ate here for dinner, but we had our complimentary breakfast here every day. The bright and airy restaurant is right next to the reception area, and is really quite huge, but the atmosphere in the morning is buzzing. Each morning, a different type of coffee is served and they list it…

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Mistico Hanging Bridges Tour, Costa Rica, February, 2023

Mistico Hanging Bridges Tour, Costa Rica, February, 2023

If there is one tour that you do near the Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica, this hanging bridges tour has got to be it. It’s a several mile easy hike through primary and secondary forest, and your cross six hanging, suspension bridges along the way. We used a guide through Jacamar Tours, which was booked through our resort – Nayara Gardens, and we booked a private tour. I was super nervous about this experience because I’m not really great with…

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Nayara Gardens, Costa Rica, Nostalgia Wine Bar

Nayara Gardens, Costa Rica, Nostalgia Wine Bar

Nostalgia Wine Bar at Nayara Gardens in Costa Rica was one of our favorite places to dine at the entire Nayara resort, so much so, that we ate here twice! The first time was celebrating our anniversary – we participated in the multi-course wine tasting dinner which was exquisite. The second time was enjoying some of their wines by the glass and spanish tapas menu. I had really low expectations when it came to the wine tasting dinner. Typically, I…

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Taverna Violi Restaurant, Oak Brook, Illinois, March 25, 2023

Taverna Violi Restaurant, Oak Brook, Illinois, March 25, 2023

Taverna Violi is the new kid on the block at Oak Brook mall, having taken over the space that was formerly Mon Ami Gabi. Let’s just take a moment to shed a tear for the loss of that superb restaurant at Oak Brook! OK, moving on! Violi is a Greek Taverna, and this is not your regular old Greek diner. It’s most definitely a step up from even the old standard restaurants in Greek Town, and is a worthy replacement…

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Asia Luna Restaurant, Nayara Gardens, Costa Rica, February 23 & March 1, 2023

Asia Luna Restaurant, Nayara Gardens, Costa Rica, February 23 & March 1, 2023

We loved Asia Luna Restaurant so much, that we ate here twice during our week-long stay at Nayara Gardens! If you search around, you’ll find that most folks who review the resort on Trip Advisor or wherever else, also list Asia Luna as one of the best meals they had at the resort. We ate here on our first and last nights at the resort. Asia Luna is called a fusion restaurant, however it is really mostly heavily Asian influenced….

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Nayara Gardens, Rainforest Pool Villa, Costa Rica, February 2023

Nayara Gardens, Rainforest Pool Villa, Costa Rica, February 2023

This article is just a short description of our room at Nayara Gardens. I booked the Rainforest Pool Villa here because we wanted our own private space, and the resort was running a book 7 nights, pay for 5 deal. About half of the rooms at Nayara Gardens have a personal plunge pool. All of the rooms at Nayara Spring and Nayara Tented Camp have one. Our room was absolutely enormous, and easily one of the largest rooms we have…

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Amor Loco Restaurant, Nayara Springs, Costa Rica, February 25, 2023

Amor Loco Restaurant, Nayara Springs, Costa Rica, February 25, 2023

Amor Loco restaurant is located at Nayara Springs within the sprawling Nayara resort in Costa Rica. This restaurant definitely wins for funkiest decor. Nayara Springs is the adults only section of the resort, and this restaurant is definitely geared towards romance. The vibe was like a hookah-lounge mixed with a steakhouse or bistro. There were plush velvet couches and chairs, purple, red and blue lighting, along with photos of all sorts of celebrities both old-timey and current, plastered along the…

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Nayara Resorts, Costa Rica, Rum Tasting (Henry’s Bar, Nayara Tented Camp) February 28, 2023

Nayara Resorts, Costa Rica, Rum Tasting (Henry’s Bar, Nayara Tented Camp) February 28, 2023

Henry’s Bar up at the Nayara Tented Camp is a very cool and chill place to hang out any time of day. The best part about it, though, was the special Rum Tasting that we booked there. Our bartender and teacher, Joseph, was amazing. He was super nice, chatty, and very knowledgable and passionate about rums, and spirits in general. He was definitely one of our favorite staff members the whole week. The spread of different rums was intimidating, but…

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Ayla Restaurant, Nayara Tented Camp, Costa Rica, Feb. 28, 2023

Ayla Restaurant, Nayara Tented Camp, Costa Rica, Feb. 28, 2023

Ayla is the brand-new full service restaurant up at the Nayara Tented Camp at the Nayara Resort in Costa Rica. We ate here on one of our last nights, and considering that at home we are transitioning to a Mediterranean diet, and we recently ate at Galit in Chicago (check out my review here!) which serves very similar fare, eating at Ayla was definitely on the list for us. The ambiance at Ayla is glamping chic. Ayla is in a…

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Nayara Resorts, Private Bird Watching Tour, Costa Rica, February 2023

Nayara Resorts, Private Bird Watching Tour, Costa Rica, February 2023

So like I mentioned in my overview post here, Nayara offers about a billion different tours ranging from super adventurous to very low key. We are definitely more low key travelers, and picked a few tours that challenged us a little, but weren’t anything like zip lining or doing anything having to do with cliffs. Brian and I are extremely amateur birders, and I keep a life list in a note in my iPhone. I really keep thinking I should…

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